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The Review Geek
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Poker Face – Season 2 Episode 6 'Sloppy Joseph' Recap & Review
Episode 6 The Murder Episode 6 of Poker Face Season 2 opens up in an elite private school called Good Hope Academy. We are introduced to Stephanie, who loves achieving things, particularly having the most gold stars in the class. However, her streak is broken when she loses the spelling bee contest to Elijah, a small boy whose best friend is the class gerbil named Joseph. The teacher comforts Stephanie and points out that she can still win the upcoming talent competition. Later, Stephanie Googles 'how to kill a boy's self-esteem.' It tells her to find what he loves and destroy it. She then spies on Elijah as he does magic tricks for the talent show. It involves putting Joseph inside a paper lantern and making him disappear. The trick is the box below the lantern. Elijah pulls a string which makes Joseph fall onto some cushions inside. He then swings a hammer onto the empty lantern to complete the effect and then pulls out the intact gerbil. Stephanie steals the keys to the office where Elijah's things are and sneaks inside. She finds a baby picture of Elijah on the computer and makes a copy of it on her tablet. Although she drops one of the gold stars on her uniform while doing so. The day of the talent show arrives. As the students go up to showcase their work, a slideshow prepared by Stephanie shows photos of them. Stephanie smugly tells Elijah that his baby picture will be going up soon. He runs off to the projector and manages to delete his baby picture seconds before it goes up. Then it's time for his magic trick but this time, the hole in the box doesn't open for little Joseph. Unfortunately, Elijah doesn't realise and brings his hammer down, killing Joseph and traumatising his entire class. The Investigation We then shift to Charlie, who's telling her radio pal Good Buddy that she's gotten a new gig at a private school. Maybe being around innocent kids is what she needs? He laughs it off and wishes her luck. Charlie begins working, although she butts heads with the school's uptight principal, Dr Hamm. She does get along with the janitor named JB, who is none other than Elijah's father. In JB's office, Charlie happens to find a gold star pin that Stephanie dropped while snooping on him. The day of the talent show arrives and all hell breaks loose. Charlie drops by JB's house with some whiskey to offer comfort. Elijah has shut himself in his room and JB describes how he got into magic after his mother's death. Now he wants to burn it all. He also tells Charlie that he thinks somebody sabotaged Elijah's magic trick by turning the box with the hole upside down so Joseph couldn't fall. Before she leaves, JB asks her to feed the other gerbils and gives her the key to his office for their food. He asks her to be careful since Dr Hamm is the only person with the other key. At school, Charlie notices that Stephanie is wearing the same gold star pin she had found earlier in JB's office. Charlie tries to talk to her, getting to the truth very quickly and encouraging her to confess the whole thing and clear Elijah's name. However, Stephanie refuses to do so. Instead, she records a video of Charlie calling her a pigtailed demon. Charlie then ropes in one of the class's computer geeks and asks to see the video of the talent show. In the footage, she spots Elijah running towards the projector. On the same computer, she also finds the baby picture of Elijah in Stephanie's presentation. Dr Hamm then calls Charlie to her office and tells her she's fired. The reason? She's seen the video of Charlie calling Stephanie a pigtailed demon. Charlie explains how Stephanie distracted Elijah and then turned the box in his magic trick upside down, so the gerbil couldn't fall. Charlie then realises that the only place Stephanie could have gotten the keys to JB's office from is Dr Hamm's office. However, Dr Hamm refuses to speak a word against the little girl. She tells Charlie to meet her in secret in the toilets, where she shows her a file with evidence of Hamm's gambling habits. There's also proof of Hamm stealing from the school's cash box. Apparently, Stephanie is blackmailing her with it and since her parents are quite important to the school, Hamm is now under her control. Stephanie, who overheard the whole thing, gloats in front of Charlie after Hamm is gone. Charlie then meets Ms Dee, the class teacher, and tells her she's been fired. They both discuss how they want to do something for Elijah. Elijah returns to school to see that his classroom has been made to look like a boat (a replica of the one that houses the gerbils). All the students welcome him back and Ms Dee shows the class a new gerbil but says that it is Joseph and that they managed to save him! Everyone cheers, much to Stephanie's dismay. In anger, she steals cash from the school's cash box and tries to make it look like JB stole it. Charlie takes a picture of her, catching her in the act. She then threatens to use the picture unless Stephanie stops with all the bullying and the blackmailing of Dr Hamm. At the end of Poker Face Season 2 Episode 6, Charlie then gets in her car, all set to leave. On her dashboard is a golden star from Stephanie, saying that she will find Charlie when she grows up. The Episode Review Poker Face Season 2 Episode 6 offers another fun Charlie Cale adventure. It's nice to see that this season is branching out from the structure of its mystery-of-the-week. While murder is very much involved in some way or the other, we can now include alligators in the suspect list and gerbils in the victim list. It's a solid twist to the format and stops it from getting too predictable. In this one, Charlie does come upon the truth fairly quickly and that's a new change as well. More of the episode revolved around Charlie trying to bring Stephanie to justice rather than figuring out who the killer is. With all of Stephanie's creepy Orphan-esque energy, the series does continue to lean into its absurdist elements. But that's what makes it fun! After all, it's more enjoyable to watch a small child make threats and blackmail a principal rather than seeing the portrayal of a realistic child. Also, the show's decision to shoot all of the kids' perspectives at their height and to cut off all the adults was a nice detail! While it doesn't have much relevance later on, it definitely makes the initial section of the story more immersive. To wrap this up, Charlie's discussions with Good Buddy are getting increasingly philosophical and she seems to be looking for something. It will be interesting to see where this goes! Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
Straits Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Mixed reactions as young girl serenades delayed Delta flight with Moana song
The girl was singing to a planeload of passengers enduring more than four hours of delay. PHOTOS: JOECHRISTIANGUY, DRUZIROAMING/TIKTOK A young girl serenaded passengers on a Delta flight that had been delayed for over four hours with a song from the movie Moana – and not everyone got that warm, fuzzy Disney feeling. Clips of the girl singing the 2.5-minute long How Far I'll Go from Moana have gone viral. One video posted by TikTok user druziroaming has garnered over 31 million views as at June 1. In the caption, the user said the Delta flight bound for Orlando, Florida, was delayed for two hours and had to circle for two more hours due to bad weather before it could finally land. 'When your flight gets delayed by 2 hours and you circle Orlando for another 2… But then a little girl sings Moana on the crew mic and suddenly everything feels okay,' the user wrote. The girl's performance was meant to ease the tension and tedium on the flight, akin to that spontaneous outburst of joyful singing in 2014 by the cast of The Lion King on a flight home from Brisbane, Australia. But it instead left the internet debating over good intentions, passenger rights and flight mismanagement. 'We were delayed by about… an hour and a half, two hours to even get on the plane,' another TikTok user, named Stephanie, recounted. 'So tensions are already high. People are pissed, they've missed connections, and some people just wanna get home.' Describing the atmosphere on the stalled plane as 'really hot' and 'packed', Stephanie said she was anxiously awaiting an update from the crew, 'when all of a sudden (a flight attendant) shares with us that they have a sweet little girl that would love to share, or sing, a song with us'. The girl was handed the flight crew's intercom system, and she started singing. Some passengers went along with it, quietly singing along during the impromptu performance. One passenger commended the girl for her 'bravery'. 'She's on key and on tempo. It could be much, much worse,' someone said in the comments to one video. But others were not as game. 'Flight got delayed and this little girl won't stop singing Moana,' read one TikTok caption. 'Get me off this plane.' Another said: 'This is actually my worst nightmare and personal hell.' A third labelled the scene 'torture', while a fourth quipped that they were 'still waiting for the parents' apology video'. 'No hate to the girl, but the parents should know how to read a room. not everything should be centred around your child. she isn't Moana, life isn't a Disney movie,' one social media use r said. 'The worst part is, if you're watching a movie on the plane, the movie pauses when someone makes an announcement,' another noted. 'So everyone was forced to stop what they were doing to listen to her.' It was not known what prompted the young girl to get up and sing for the flight, but a Delta Air Lines spokesperson told Newsweek: 'We appreciate the customer sharing her talents and apologise to our customers for the delay in their travels.' Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Stephanie's chilling message to Charlie in 'Poker Face season 2' episode 6 foreshadows dark future
In episode 6 of 'Poker Face season 2', called Sloppy Joseph, Charlie Cale visits a fancy elementary school where the class pet, a gerbil, accidentally dies. She meets Stephanie Pearce , a very competitive student, and Elijah Turner, a young magician. During a talent show, Stephanie tries to ruin Elijah's magic trick to win more gold stars, which leads to the gerbil's death. Charlie finds a clue to prove Stephanie is lying, but Stephanie gives her something that makes Charlie leave the school quickly. The Threatening Note and Its Impact At the end of 'Poker Face season 2' episode 6, Charlie Cale gets a scary message from Stephanie, written on the back of a gold star. The note is so threatening that Charlie decides to leave the school quickly. She realizes that being around kids isn't always innocent and fun like she thought. This message hints that Stephanie might cause trouble for Charlie in the future, showing that she has made a new and possibly more dangerous enemy. From Mobsters to Elementary School Rivalries by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Dermatologista recomenda: simples truque elimina o fungo facilmente Acabe com o Fungo Undo In the first season of 'Poker Face', Charlie Cale made enemies with dangerous people like the mob. In the beginning of season 2, she dealt with murderers who were old enough to go to jail. But in episode 6 of season 2, Charlie finds herself in a battle with 8-year-olds at an elementary school, especially a super competitive girl named Stephanie who even blackmails the principal. At the end of the episode, Charlie thinks she's solved the problem by threatening to keep Stephanie out of good schools if she doesn't stop her bad behavior, but she's wrong. While talking to her friend on the radio, Charlie sees a gold star on her car. When she reads the message, "For the lunch lady," she thinks Stephanie might have changed for the better, but this is not the end of their story. The True Message Revealed However, when Charlie flips the gold star, she uncovers the true message from Stephanie, which says, "When I grow up I will find you." Stephanie's Eerie Stare If the threatening note wasn't enough, Charlie catches Stephanie staring at her from across the school at the end of 'Poker Face season 2' episode 6. Stephanie stands still with an eerie, emotionless gaze that feels straight out of a horror or true crime show. The unsettling look makes Charlie nervous, and she quickly starts her car and speeds away from the school. A Tougher Case: Evidence Swallowed In her earlier cases, Charlie usually had little trouble proving who the killer was once she understood how the murder happened, as seen in Rocket's case in 'Poker Face season 2' episode 5. But in episode 6, she faces a tougher situation when Stephanie swallows the only piece of evidence, leaving Charlie without any proof. After the class gerbil dies during the magic show, Charlie realizes that Stephanie tampered with Elijah's magic box. The box has a hidden hole on top that opens when a string is pulled. Elijah places the gerbil inside a sock over the box, and when he pulls the string and hits the sock with a mallet, the gerbil is supposed to drop through the hole into a secret compartment. Stephanie's Deadly Sabotage and Blackmail Stephanie flipped the magic box upside down, blocking the hole that would have allowed Joseph the gerbil to escape, which caused him to be crushed by the mallet. Charlie discovers that Stephanie had been in the janitor's office after finding a button there. When Charlie confronts her, Stephanie quickly grabs the button and swallows it to destroy the evidence. Stephanie also manages to get Charlie fired from the school. It is then revealed that Stephanie is blackmailing the principal, Dr. Hamm. Charlie notices a friendship bracelet on Dr. Hamm's wrist that says, "Ur mine." Dr. Hamm explains that Stephanie took photos of her stealing money from the lunch box to support her gambling habit and is using those pictures to control her. Charlie Outsmarts Stephanie At the end of 'Poker Face season 2' episode 6, Charlie turns the tables on Stephanie. While Stephanie is upset about the arrival of the new Joseph Gerbils , she steals the lunch money and uses Dr. Hamm's key to sneak into the janitor's office, planning to blame Elijah's dad for the theft. Unbeknownst to her, Charlie is quietly watching from a hidden spot. She snaps a photo of Stephanie placing the stolen money into Elijah's dad's coat pocket. With this evidence, Charlie threatens Stephanie that she will share the photo with her parents and the admissions offices of all the top schools, ruining Stephanie's chances of attending a good school after elementary—unless Stephanie stops her schemes and deletes the photo she's using to blackmail Dr. Hamm. The Gerbil's Fate and Stephanie's Lone Voice After the violent incident at the magic show in 'Poker Face season 2' episode 6, it's clear that the class gerbil, Joseph Gerbils, probably didn't survive. To comfort Elijah and keep the class calm, Charlie and Ms. Dee come up with a plan. Ms. Dee puts a bandage on a new gerbil and tells Elijah that Joseph has been brought back to life and is doing fine. Elijah and most of the class are relieved and happy to believe this, but Stephanie is the only one who speaks up, accusing Ms. Dee of lying and saying the new gerbil isn't really Joseph. Although Stephanie is likely telling the truth, no one pays attention to her.
Indian Express
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
John Cena on setting up his own gym, training wrestlers who later challenged him in WWE ring: ‘I was just sick of…'
John Cena is currently going through his farewell tour in the WWE and will be retiring from in-ring performances at the end of this year. Cena debuted on Smackdown in 2002, when he accepted Kurt Angle's open challenge and decided to showcase his own brand of 'ruthless aggression'. 23 years and 17 world titles later, he is finally closing the curtain on his storied career, and in a conversation with his former boss Stephanie McMahon, the wrestler discussed his in-ring career and how he created a home for himself and other wrestlers away from the ring. In a special interview hosted by ESPN, WWE's former co-CEO Stephanie talked to Cena about his career in the company once helmed by her dad, Vince McMahon. While Cena didn't talk in detail about his current character, he did share some interesting anecdotes from his own gym, a place which became a haven for wrestlers before the opening of WWE's own performance centre. When asked about how the 'Hard Nocks' gym came to be, Cena said, 'We opened the doors to here in 2008, and believe it or not, I was just sick of working out at sh**** places. This building came up, and I bought it.' ALSO READ: WWE Raw: Logan Paul feels the 'yeet' as Jey Uso hits him with a superkick ahead of their title match at Smackdown. The name Hard Nocks comes from another gym situated in Amesberry, Massachusetts, where Cena trained in his formative years. He added, 'This is a very safe place for conversation to be kicked around, for you to have a bad day but not stay in it. In here we right the ship.' Stephanie explained in a voice-over that the gym not only means a lot to Cena but also to many other WWE superstars such as Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose, who followed in Cena's footsteps and eventually challenged him in the ring. Cena then showcased a record board alongside the American flag, which holds all the power-lifting records held by people in the gym, a list which has WWE superstar Big E on the top in many categories. Cena continued, 'It's been really cool to see it evolve. From the weightlifting competitions we used to have, to becoming the kind of place where the family gets together now.' Cena is currently on his final championship run in the WWE. After winning his 17th world title against Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 41, he defended his belt against Randy Orton at Backlash. He will next be facing Rhodes and Jey Uso at Money in the Bank, with influencer-turned-wrestler Logan Paul on his team.
New York Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Tiny Love Stories: ‘He Left Me for a Much Younger Woman'
Out of Despair After 21 years of marriage, he left me for a much younger woman whom he had been secretly seeing. They moved in together. I remained in our apartment, mostly in despair. We both hired lawyers. A year and a half later, he returned. Some friends disapproved of our reconciliation. 'Don't forgive him,' they counseled. But we missed each other and our family. We each learned things about ourselves during the separation (he realized his role in our problems; I learned to let go of the small stuff). An enlightening and happy reunion, but what a miserable way to learn! — Nan Bauer-Maglin Terrible Pets My mice, Cucumber and Toothpaste, were terrible pets. The family who relinquished them promised loving, social companions. They were, in fact, standoffish and nippy — but I adored them. When I lowered my face to their level, one might come over and press his little soft nose to mine before scampering off. At the end of their lives, a vet identified them as an inbred strain of lab mice, supposedly notorious for violence. Terrible pets, who were also my couch mates, comedic relief, muses for countless doodles and stories and unexpected teachers of unconditional love. — Elana Berk An Easy Choice Stephanie told me she had cancer two hours into our first date. I said, 'I won't treat you any differently because of that.' She was brilliant, kind, amazing in many ways. We became inseparable, falling in love on a road trip from Tyler, Texas, to New Orleans. Shortly afterward, she said, 'I want to spend the rest of my life with you.' I said yes. My two and a half years with her were the best of my life. Losing her was the hardest thing I've ever experienced. Yet, I'd make the same choice, every time. I love you, Stephanie. — Gary Zeiger The Last Cookie In the early days of our marriage, money was scarce but Oreos were on sale. We savored them, a few at a time, until only one remained. I held off eating it, wanting you to enjoy the last of our splurge. The cookie sat on our counter — untouched — for a week until you said, 'I was saving it for you.' We snapped the cookie in two, a communion-like ritual in our sunshine-yellow kitchen. Twelve years later, money is no longer tight but the memory of that split Oreo still tastes sweet. — Bethany Hughes See more Tiny Love Stories at Submit yours at Want more from Modern Love? Watch the TV series; sign up for the newsletter; or listen to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play. We also have swag at the NYT Store and two books, 'Modern Love: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption' and 'Tiny Love Stories: True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less.'
