20 Best TV Shows Of 2023

11. Poker Face

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As a general rule, casting Natasha Lyonne in a TV show means you're onto a winner (Russian Doll, Orange Is The New Black), and Poker Face finds her in her finest role to date, as a casino worker with an uncanny ability to detect people's lies.

From the mind of Rian Johnson, fresh off the success of Knives Out and its sequel, Poker Face follows Lyonne as she travels across the 'States on the run from a vengeful murderer, and along the way finds herself embroiled in a variety of oddball murder mysteries.

With an impossibly stacked cast of supporting players (including but not limited to Nick Nolte, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Stephanie Hsu and Adrien Brody), the series acts as an effortlessly amusing riff on the case-of-the-week adventures of Columbo, as well as a thrilling, unique whodunit in its own right.

Clever, twisty and hilarious, Poker Face is immaculately staged and intensely rewatchable - and another delightful showcase for Lyonne and Johnson's talents.

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