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Tip of the day: Poker Face on SkyShowtime

By Wieke Veenboer | #!30Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:00:04 +0200+02:000430#30Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:00:04 +0200+02:00-2Europe/Amsterdam3030Europe/Amsterdam202330 18pm30pm-30Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:00:04 +0200+02:002Europe/Amsterdam3030Europe/Amsterdam2023302023Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:00:04 +0200002009pmMonday=9#!30Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:00:04 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam9#09-18-2023#!30Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:00:04 +0200+02:000430#/30Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:00:04 +0200+02:00-2Europe/Amsterdam3030Europe/Amsterdam202330#!30Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:00:04 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam9#

Yes yes, I know: yet another streaming service. I had also made a huge promise to myself that I wouldn't take on another one and that I even needed to cancel a few, but I haven't quite succeeded in that. I have now had it for almost a year SkyShowtime and I can tell you that it really is a keeper. I'm very happy that it's the only service where you can watch all seasons of Frasier (the best sitcom ever made), but there are many other blockbusters and well-known series and movies on it. Now they have come out with a new series, and I have literally only read rave reviews about it. So if you're still hesitating about a subscription: this series alone is really worth it.

You've probably seen it around: Poker Face, starring Natasha Lyonne (whom we of course still know from Orange Is the New Black) in a sort of murder mystery but just a bit different. It's an anthology, so you can watch each episode independently and each episode tells a new story (or: a new murder).

The surprising thing about Poker Face is that you already know who the culprit is at the beginning of the episode; you are actually watching how Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne) gradually discovers who the guilty party is. She has a very special gift: she can tell immediately when people are lying. That's why she's also called ‘a human lie detector’.

That might sound a bit... crazy and like a bad comedy, but no worries: this series is really excellent — it's no coincidence that it's been nominated for the Emmys. And besides Natasha Lyonne, the cast includes Adrien Brody, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Chloë Sevigny, and Charles Melton.

Are you still not convinced after my plea and seeing the trailer? I can't imagine that, but okay: Het Parool is also extremely enthusiastic. The second season has already been announced, so we are (thankfully) not done with this series yet.

Oh, one more extra tip: you can take a free trial subscription at SkyShowtime for seven days. And then, while you're at it, try Frasier as well, because you won't regret that either