But fun, as in well-structured, confidently filmed visual treats with the aim of delivering pure, non-binged enjoyment? Hard to come by, and suavely delivered by Poker Face’s comfortable rhythm and Natasha Lyonne’s charismatic, bumbling detective. Plenty of TV shows aim for it – fun via competency porn, addictiveness, skewering societal critique, sexiness, suspense or brain numbness. Poker Face, writer-director Rian Johnson’s whodunnit series for Peacock, is the rare show to deliver on the elusive promise of fun.
