![]() ![]() No, it’s that “The Hook” so expertly bottled that delicate balance of comedy, drama, and suspense that has made this show so wonderful. (And a series that, once upon a time, I took great pleasure in watching, particularly in the second season.) Nor even that a good chunk of the finale is devoted to showing us Cliff’s POV on the events of the season, along with his burgeoning addiction to Burn Notice, a show very much in the done-in-one vein of this one. It’s not just that it brought back Luca the FBI agent from the retirement community episode, nor that it gave us closure to Natalie’s murder by having Cliff get arrested for it. It’s not just that it found a way to continue the show’s premise - this time, amusingly enough, with Rhea Perlman replacing Ron Perlman as the big bad on the phone. It’s not just that it wrapped up the original arc of Charlie being on the run from Sterling Sr. The one-two punch of “The Orpheus Syndrome” and “Escape from Shit Mountain” was definitely the creative peak of Season One, but “The Hook” - written by Rian Johnson and directed by Janicza Bravo - felt like a perfect close to the season. I would suggest that time has really flown with this season of Poker Face, but I guess that’s what happens when you drop the first four episodes of your throwback Case of the Week show on the very first week.
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