The very entertaining poker face is an offbeat case of the week mystery show where a dryly

witty down to earth oddball solves murders.

It's from the mind of Ryan Johnson who's fresh off the movie Glass Onion, and it's

the kind of thing that flourished on television for decades but is harder to find now.

And at the center of all these mysteries is Natasha Leon.

She's perfectly suited as it turns out to be a modern Colombo.

I'm Aisha Harris.

And I'm Linda Holmes and today we're talking about the Peacock series poker face on Pop

Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining me in Aisha today is our Pop Culture Happy Hour co-host Glenn Weldon High Glenn.

Mama Ma Ma, hey Linda.

You took my name, I'm greeting.

Who's either that or bluffing with my muffin and I think I made the right choice.

So poker face was created by Ryan Johnson whose films include Glass Onion and Knives

Out, not to mention the Star Wars entry, The Last Jedi.

It stars Natasha Leon as Charlie who's working in a Nevada casino when she gets mixed up

in some very dirty deeds committed by her boss played by Adrian Brody and his henchman

played by Benjamin Brad.

So Charlie goes on the run and from there each episode takes her to a different place

where there just happens to be a crime to solve.

Charlie has a special talent for knowing when people are lying.

But more than that she has an uncanny ability to get people to open up to her.

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