Which makes it a peculiar and potentially ill-fitting name for Poker Face, a TV mystery series about a smugly complacent cocktail waitress named Charlie who just happens to be a human lie detector. To have a poker face is to be entirely inscrutable - free to lie without the threat of detection, free even to tell outrageous truths without betraying a hint of self-consciousness. Photo: Vulture Photo: Phillip Caruso/Peacock
