User Reviews

I really liked this one, for the following reasons:

• nice twist midway through. They had done it before - the thing with the second perspective, which changes the narrative -, but it took me by surprise, nonetheless.

• the villain knows, right from the start, about Charlie's lie detector gift, and uses it against her. Almost to perfection, which is very interesting to watch.

I have a knack for intelligent villains.

(he was, until he made a mistake, of course)

• at the end, he gets away with it - kind of. Which is another nice shake-up to the formula.

• oh, and: the villains' plans are not as overcomplicated as those of quite a few earlier episodes, which stressed my suspension of disbelief a lot. Still the episode has a pretty cool story.

I won't call this episode one of my favorites, but this was another good one for Poker Face. They kept going back and forth early on about who the bad guy was and then they kept a fun story all the way until the end.

There is also the right balance of comedy thrown in. They always stick to the story and don't get too far off track, but they also find a way to ensure we are laughing throughout.

I don't know how long they'll be able to find these small town storylines to focus on, but we shall see. Right now we can just keep enjoying the ride and this fun take on the weekly crime drama we're getting.

Like the episode just before this one, 'Exit Stage Death', the story here keeps you guessing about the characters and their motivations. When you see the tow truck drive out on Kyle Owens' (Tim Blake Nelson) phony breakdown call, you fully expect it was Davis McDowell (Charles Melton) going out on the job. Instead, his Mom (Angel Desai) went while Davis hung back to see Owens tamper with his race car. Turning the tables on his hated rival, Davis lures Owens' daughter Katy (Jasmine Aiyana Garvin) into racing his vehicle with the carburetor still rigged to prevent it from reducing speed. But after she crashes and goes into a coma, Kyle Owens has a come to Jesus moment and admits that he interfered with the car's engine looking to undermine his racing opponent. Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne), with her ability to sniff out when someone is lying, calls 'bulls...' on Davis's explanation that the seat belt that didn't hold for Katy's crash was an accident. The way this story strays from the formula already established in the series is that no one dies in this one, by murder or otherwise, although Katy's crash could have resulted in much worse. Content with her investigation, Charlie's final act was to psych out Davis for his upcoming races, instilling in him a doubt about facing Katy as a future rival that could dethrone him as a racing champion.

Full disclosure: Most of the race car scenes and the interview fight between Davis McDowell and Kyle Owens were filmed on August 2, 2022 at the Orange County Speedway in Middletown, New York. The race track was renamed the Peach Tree Raceway for the episode. I know, because I was there as a background extra hired to portray a blue-collar race car fan. I'm not visible as part of the crowd scenes in the stands viewing the races. The go-kart scenes were filmed in nearby Chester, New York at the Castle Fun Center. I was not involved on that occasion.

An episode about sports car where we can see a guy who just wont accept defeat and will sabotage his opponent car but the other guy will put the daughter's opponent to the car and make it crash. Soon, Charlie take the case and will find out by some illogical reasons, lost talks, deductions. I mean the episode came back to what i dont really like about the show and the way that they count too many times on the lie detector stuff and i dont like this. It feel strange and not really believable and logical. She will find as always the killer and warn him.

This episode was prettty classic in structure and the work arround lights, camera setup, set design was less interesting than usual but still pleasant. We can see also Charlie in skirt and need to say that she was sexy in it but really the only pleasant and original thing in this episode. Pretty classic overall.