So why does she feel compelled to use her very particular set of skills for the greater good? In episode two, the answer is specific. Charlie isn’t Columbo, a homicide cop with open cases to clear.
This risk-taking behavior may be the series’ most complicated investigation so far. and his henchman get a little closer with every tap of the brakes. So every time Charlie swerves off the road and into some one-horse town to solve a case or right a terrible wrong, she’s imperiling herself. Sterling blames Charlie for his heir’s suicide in episode one, or maybe he really blames himself ultimately, it was his decision to keep Charlie close rather than banish her from his casinos in the first place. Now, she’s racing through the Southwest in her unreliable beater, trying to stay off the grid and ahead of Cliff - the man Sterling has dispatched to avenge his son’s death. Her devotion to justice in the case was primarily emotional.īut that’s not Charlie’s MO any longer. As such, the inaugural crime she was solving was intimate.
In the series premiere, Charlie was a hapless cocktail waitress with a curious ability to read people - a mostly dormant skill that came suddenly handy when her close friend was murdered. Our girl is on the run now, and it dramatically changes Poker Face’s feel.
