The Orpheus Syndrome

After a slightly underdone episode in a similar setting (theatre) and last week's racing-themed and twist-heavy open-ender, Poker Face is back in shape with a beautifully crafted and meticulously paced crime mystery of dostojewskijan dimensions.

This time, nothing to guess about the identity of the victim(s) and/or culprit, but all the more fun - and educational! - to watch how the latter struggles with legitimizing its acts, how themes like necessity, pressure to succeed, legacy are used to tell a tale of hubris, immorality, guilt and eventually fatal, irrepressible regret (yes, murder is against nature, it's the right time to remember...). The guest actors again are well chosen, production value is on point - it had to be in this particular episode, it's literally a monster cabinet at times, thanks for the retro horror flair, Rian! -, and the ending, while not surprising, still does add another layer of variation to the series.

Add to that a quite particular, even quirky touch of comedy - Charlie being basically on -truth detox- in the beginning, to the point of developing tics; the thing with the horsey (I won't spoil, you'll see) -, and you'll get a pretty consummate hour of television entertainment. Enjoy it like I did!