About 20 minutes into every hour-long episode, Charlie will need to help/avenge one of these new friends when they get killed or erroneously blamed for a murder (you know, the usual). (Johnson even leaves us an Easter egg referencing the contemporary master of mixed-up narratives, Quentin Tarantino, when in episode one we see that director’s 1994 master work Pulp Fiction playing on Charlie’s TV.)Ĭharlie is your basic iconic loner who rolls through town, just trying to get by maybe making a couple friends. There’s a shuffled timeline in each episode-we see the crime happen at the beginning, then flash back to see how our hero Charlie figures into the drama. Did you like Knives Out and Glass Onion? This series features the same syncopated jazz melody of an unusual lead character set against a scrambled bass line of unusual settings and malevolent goings-on. The show is a testament to creator Rian Johnson’s storytelling. Because Lyonne’s performance as Charlie Cale, a woman who, in addition to being our lead detective, happens to be on the run after a Vegas mob boss blames her for a family death, makes for true must-see TV. Even if you have to go over to a friend’s house and watch it on their iPad, just do it. No matter that the show is on Peacock, which honestly just reminds me that I can’t keep track of all these streaming services ( sign up here).
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