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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!
The Sun
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Britain's Got Talent's full list of finalists revealed after tense last semi-final and Golden Buzzer fix row
THE FULL list of finalists on Britain's Got Talent has finally been revealed after a tense semi-final. The last live show before the forthcoming ITV grand finale of the talent variety competition was filled with controversies. 8 8 8 Ten acts have made it through to the highly-anticipated final show of Britain's Got Talent. For the first time, all of the performers will face the public vote after a number of Golden Buzzers sent contestants straight through. The Blackouts Olly Pearson, Jasmine Rice, Joseph Charm, and magician Harry Moulding were the acts to receive the five golden buzzers. The acts who won each of the semi-final shows were Vinnie McKee, Stacey Leadbeatter, Ping Pong Pang and Hear Our Voice. Eight-year-old singer Binita Chetry was the last artist announced to win the public vote. This comes as the long-running variety competition was engulfed with controversy over the 'biggest set up ever. ' Harry Moulding claimed that he was "going to create a special moment of real magic for one person" at the start of his act. The performance was full of incredible tricks which involved pop star references and predictions before the live show. One contributor - who was also named Harry - appeared in a pre-recorded VT that was filmed in Paris. His girlfriend Jess was sat in the audience and she was 'randomly' chosen by the magician to come onto the stage. At the end of the clip, Harry miraculously appeared in front of Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli, Amanda Holden and KSI. He got down on one knee and popped the question to his partner, who tearfully accepted. After KSI chose to send the act straight through to the final with his Golden Buzzer, droves of viewers took to social media as they claimed the show was 'rigged'. Writing on X - formerly known as Twitter - one fan fumed: "Cowell said this boring idiot is the frontrunner - so if he wins (despite everyone watching losing the will to live) you'll know that this trashy, s***** programme is fixed." Full list of BGT 2025 finalists THIS is the full list of finalists who will perform at the grand finale of the 2025 series of Britain's Got Talent Vinnie McKee The Blackouts Stacey Leadbeatter Olly Pearson Ping Pong Pang Jasmine Rice Joseph Charm Hear Our Voice Harry Moulding Binita Chetry A second claimed: "That was either an amazing magic trick or there was some absolute collusion going on there. Decent act but had to have been set up somehow." "What the f*** do they expect him to do for the final now?? Biggest fix ever, magic my bloody a***," furiously wrote someone else. As a fourth added: "Utterly rigged and the trick itself was too grand and ridiculous it shouldn't even be called magic. I know exactly how he did it, it was rigged." 8 8 8 8
