It’s Cynthia Erivo who says it best in the new teaser for the second season of Poker Face: “This is getting a little crazy.” Well, at least it’s a Cynthia Erivo; by all accounts, there will be three in the new season of the Peacock show. Crazy, wacky, zany; whatever adjective you wanna call it, this sure looks like more of the show that won the hearts of audiences and convinced a murderer’s row of guest stars to hop aboard Rian Johnson’s mystery-of-the-week series.
The new trailer doesn’t reveal much of anything about the specific mysteries that Johnson will turn his lens toward in the series’ second outing, but it heralds the return of Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale, a casino worker with an uncanny ability to tell when someone is lying. Though she’s cool as ever, one thing the trailer makes clear is that she is very much still on the run, as evidenced by a bullet passing through the cup she’s drinking from. “Oh, right,” she deadpans before taking off.
“Each episode is a mini movie, existing in its own world with a unique tone and vibe, featuring an eccentric lot of characters played by a truly gonzo parade of guest stars,” Johnson and Lyonne, who also executive produces the series, say in a press statement. The two highlight the “kinda dizzying” actors they got for the season, a descriptor that feels pretty accurate. Beyond Erivo, John Mulaney, Katie Holmes, Giancarlo Esposito, Awkwafina, Method Man, Justin Theroux, Taylor Schilling, Melanie Lynskey, and Kumail Nanjiani, all of whom get a brief appearance in the teaser, a press release also lists Adrienne C. Moore, Alia Shawkat, Ben Marshall, B.J. Novak, Carol Kane, Corey Hawkins, David Alan Grier, David Krumholtz, Davionte “GaTa” Ganter, Ego Nwodim, Gaby Hoffmann, Geraldine Viswanathan, Haley Joel Osment, Jason Ritter, John Cho, Kathrine Narducci, Kevin Corrigan, Lauren Tom, Lili Taylor, Margo Martindale, Natasha Leggero, Patti Harrison, Rhea Perlman, Richard Kind, Sam Richardson, Sherry Cola, Simon Helberg, and Simon Rex as the season’s guest stars. Phew.
