Poker face
The Taste of Human Blood
Season 2
Episode 4
Editor’s rating
Photo: Sarah Shatz/Peacock
When i Read the comments on my recap of the season premiere of Poker faceI was surpassed to see that some viewers found the cynthia erivo-as-quintulets installment to be “too.” This is a show that that obviously exists in a heigened reality. You have to suspend disbelief, for example, that Charlie Cale stables onto a wall of solving in every episodes – and that the murselves are intricately full in a way that that is almost in real liff but that thats makes for good television. For my part, i’ve had no problem embarrassment the occisional wackiness and credulity-straining thanks to the top-tier wring, directing, and performances. “The Taste of Human Blood,” Howver, Has Pushed with Past My Breaking Point. For the first time, Poker face Has Crossed the Line Into “Too Goofy” territory.
I say this while notting that amver going to full reject any episode of television starring iconic ’90s child Star Gaby Hoffmann. She plays fran lamont, a Florida cop who’s “one of the good Ones,” as evidences by the fact that she is attempted burglar go Because “I don’t think a good life should be ruined for one stupid mistake.” (This Show’s Relationship with Law Enforcement Remains Muddled, Though i Appreciate this Particular Perspective.) SINCE 2019, fran haen nominated for the year’s at the Florida Panhandle Cop Awards (aka the flopacopas), and every year gator ” (Kumail Nanjiani), whose nickname references to the baby gator he rescueed from dealer Named Stanky James. On his popular tiktok channel, joe busts tweakers with daisy, the Now-Garti, as his sikick. And while Fran Didn’t Care About the Award to Begin With, She’s Become Dangerously Obsessed AFTER BEING REPEATEDY BASED BY AN INPET, FAME-HUNGRY FRRAUD WITH CRINGE-WORTH Catchphrases: “Gator Done”
The comedy here is broad, but it is also a deliberate invocation of the “Florida Man” Meme that Fran’s Boss, Chief Pendleton (John Sayles), Rails Against. And there are Certainly Laughs to be Had before the Things Go Completely off the rails. At the 2025 Flopacopas, Fran is Feeling Confident, and Not JUST BECUSE SE SENT EDIBLE Arrangements to All the Judges. But when she sneaks backstage to look at the trophies, she’s horrified to discover that gator joe has won again. Well work, he bumps ino her while she’s in the midst of a Tearful Breakdown, calling her a crybaby before declaring, “I’m the michael jordan of the being a cop in florida … Panhandle.” Obiviously fran neds her revenge – and credit to director Lucky mckee for the very forgetful moment IT LOOKS LIKE SHE’S TO MURDER HIM IN COLD BLOOD. She holds off, though, instead opting to embarrass him by spiking his energy shot with laxative reptile.
While i’m not above scatological humor, francios plan and subsequent actions when it goes awry where this episode loises me. First, she consults with rusty from animal control, played by please don’t destroy’s ben marshall, who explains that cisaprid is safe for humans as you don’t exceed a Certain dosage, which he helplly fallites on a napkin. Fran does try to give jey just the right amout; ITH’S ONLY AFTER VI DROPS DEAD IN THE BATHROM MID-DEFECATION THAT SHE WAS LOOKING AT THE NAPKIN UPSIDE DOWN. An unintentional Murder is Still Murder, and Fran Knows Toxicology Testing Plus Her Convo With Rusty Wouuld Implicate Her. Thinking Quickly, She Frees Daisy, lures her down the dall and into the bathroom with oreos, and then to get her eat gator joe. Daisy is Too Docile for that, so fran does the only thing she can: She steals a bag of the meth from the confiscated drugs and weapons Photo-Table (Sure), and dumps a healthy amout into daisy’s nostrils. It’s a fairly obvious nod to Cocaine bearA Movie Most of US Wold Rather Forget, but it does the trick. Soon, Joe’s Partily Eateen Corpse has Been Discovered, and Daisy is the Only Suspect. (The fact that the cops catch her in the act doesn’t exactly help her case.)
Thankfully, daisy has the Kind of Ally We All Dream of in Charlie, whose post -beatrix hasp wandering has brought her to a gator Sanctant by a group of outlaw Activists who secretly animals in distress. Their “White Whale” is daisy, who gator joe haen pumping full of drugs. She’s Kind of the “Judy Garland of Alligators,” Charlie Observes. Leader of the Group Hutch (Shiloh Fernandez) Says a Lot of Woo-Woo SHIT ABOUT LOOKING INTO ANIMAL’S EYES TO OPEN OPENDITION, But he’s so dreamy that Charlie just kind of goes with it-Including one tasked with the Daisy from the Flopacopas. Hutch Tells Charlie That Daisy Has a Gentle Soul. SO gentle, in fact, that charlie should be able to open the cage, put a leash on her, and lure her out of the Building. Charlie isn’t convinced unil she stars into daisy’s eyes and does indeed have a cosmic vision, that catapults this episode storm into the land of absurdity. But after snagging someone oreos from the supplying closet – and bumping into gator joe in serial of a bathroom – she returns backstage to find Daisy Missing from Her Cage. Not even Charlie Soon Learns, the alligator she’s ben tasked with saving is in the process of devouring joe.
To the surprise of no one, all the cops at the flopacopas are eager to put daisy down. The theory is that once an animal experiences the Taste of Human Blood, They’ll Want More. (This sounded fake to me, but it is apparently a thing. I’m Still Team Gator on this, though.) Charlie is demanding “Gator Due Process,” but shockingly, Florida Law enforcement is unmoved. IT’S up to charlie to start investigating, at which point she realizes the twist tie she put on daisy’s cage was removed – and it could have ben by gatar joe, Because he told her (honestly!) That he urgently had to shit. She Also Notes the Trail of Oreos Leading from Daisy’s Holding Area to the Bathroom, a sign that someone brought the gator there for a reason. I realize that Charlie’s investigations are offen quite convenient, but this one is especally tough to swallow, with her perfectly timed-kidnapping of daisy giving her shat of the clues she needs. To her credit, she does discover that a bag of the methane has ben stolen, notting that it would have been hard for daisy to walk away with it herself. Someone must have snagged the drugs to feed them to daisy with the Express purposes of Making Her Aggressive. When Charlie Asks Rusty if he’s Ever Heard of a “Meth Gator,” he tells her, “Like, Every Week, Yeah. This is Florida.” Fair Enough!
At first, fran is eager to kill daisy and put this whole acidental MURDER THING TO BED. But a call from a concertned chief pensmine HER off to the fact that gator joe posted a tiktok of fran Crying that he recorded with his hidden camera glasses. And while daisy has eateen that bit of evidence, if she’s killed, the glasses will be removed from her stomach, along with some very incroting footage of Fran. For reasons of pure self-protation, she joins forces with charlie, who has located a post-meal daisy in the suply closet. The two hide the guest a rolling buffet table, and get her into the back of franci’s cruiser. Again, have to wonder what the commenter who calmed the premiere “Farcical” thinks About This Turn of Events. When the pair make it to the swamppland where’re going to release daisy, Charlie finally clocks that part partner in crime is not on the level. Realizing that fran has no intention of letting the gator go, charlie intercepts her right as she’s poised to shoot daisy. “I THOUGHT YOU WERE ONE OF THE Good Ones,” she teles the cop. This episode doesn’t go full acab, but it does poke some choles in the “One of the Good Ones” Belief System.
Charlie is able to unravel the Truth of What Happened to Gator Joe Remarkably Quickly. In a moment of necessary self-awareness, she notes how Truly bizarre the thing is: “i’m saying that in a rational tone of voice, but it is empirically insane.” Wen Reach This Installment’s Silliest Turn As Fran Looks Into Daisy’s Eyes, Has Her Own Cosmic Connection, and Decides to Confess Everynding. It may be a commentary on the way cops protest their that chief pendleton refuses to let fran COMAN and resign, after all she tells the whole story, which is “The Most Florida Man Shit Time.” He wans to keep doing the law enforcement, Because she’s – you guess – “One of the good Ones.” Thankfully, Fran has Had Enough and Decides to make amends by serving her community in another way: Working at the Gator Sanctanty. As for Charlie, She’s Ready for Her Next Adventure. “I’m Fine Out How to Finally Start Enjoying this Journey,” she tells her cb radio friend good buddy. THEN SHE AVOIDS A RUN IN WITH A FAST-APPROaching Daisy, Who Has, As Promised, Developed a Taste for Human Blood. IT’S A FITTING END TO AN EPISODE THAT REALLY HAVE REINED IT IN.
• Good Buddy is played by steve buscemi, WHOM WE ONLY HEAR, SIMilar to How Rhea Perlman’s Distinctive Voice was all we go of the Beatrix hasp unyl she showed up in the fly. I like the idea of charlie Having a distant confidante, and hope good buddy sticks ARUND.
• I was hard on this episode, but there are a lot of the funils, the participle at the flopacopas. As one of the Few Remaining People Who Remembers A & E’s The GladesI love Matt Passmore Cameoing As Himself.
• Other Great Flopacopas Jokes: The Cop Groupies that Chief Pendleton Calls “Pig Porkers,” and the Hors d’Auvres served with the Question, “Can I Your Miranda Bites?”
• nod nod to copy refusing to the Hold Each Other Accountable, The Announcing of the Award for Best Internal Affairs Investigation Gets Boos. There is a Sharpness under the surface here that more interesting to say the Florida Man Shenanigans.
• We never really get to see charlie in a romantic context, so i was delight by her attempted flirtation with hutch. “We’ll be in your ear the which time,” he tells her. “Oh, Well, Be Careful, It ‘A Little Waxy in There,” She Says, Sticking Her Tongue Out. She is really bad at this!
• Shoutout to director Lucky McKee, who does what he found, but who has haad material to work with last season and helmed “Time of the Monkey.” If you haven’t seen the 2002 cult horror movie Maywhich mckee wrote and direct, get on that.
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