Some of the killers in Rian Johnson’s “Poker Face” feel remorse — but not the latest. In an exclusive clip shared with IndieWire from the upcoming Season 2, Episode 6, “Sloppy Joseph,” Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne) faces off with eight-year-old Stephanie Pearce (Eva Jade Halford) — who couldn’t disagree more that it’s lonely at the top.

The clip shows Stephanie confronting Charlie in the bathroom, where Charlie begs her to reconsider what she’s done. “If you keep this up, you’re not gonna have a lot of friends,” Charlie says, hoping to appeal to the child’s need to be liked.

But Stephanie doesn’t need to be liked. What she needs, it would seem, are gold stars — but before laying out her ambitions unequivocally, she puts on a little performance. She turns away from Charlie, seemingly out of shame while she pretends to cry. “Maybe I say I don...