Poker Face

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And yet she has no inkling that the station is really a one-man show.

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By this point in the series, the formula is clear.

The Stall kicks off with a false confession.

He thinks meat is murder and animals love vegans.

Taffy is talentless in the kitchen but has a nose for business.

Its also clear that while George has been cooking brisket, Taffys been cooking the books.

Taffy even has the perfect alibi.

In the world of TV morality, a man can get away with fratricide but never animal abuse.

(Can animals lie?

Can Charlie tell if animals are lying?)

The dog turns out to be pretty Trumpy, as far as dogs go.

The only thing that can soothe the mutts incessant yapping are the dulcet tones of Hanky T. Pickins.

Well, that and barbecue.

He begs to be let out at Boyles, where he swiftly helps himself from diners plates.

Taffy demands Charlie pay for the damage, but George steps in to play good cop.

He says Charlie can work it off in the pit.

Its not a terribly convincing meet-cute, nor is it distracting.

In episode two, her car broke down fair enough, that happens.

Now the series is getting more creative: Charlie is doing in-lieu time on behalf of a racist puppy.

Regardless, its nice to see George alive again and his mind yet unbothered by veganism.

His instructions to Charlie take the form of a love letter to barbecue.

Its like a symphony of simple flavor, he tells her.

(The putrid cinnamon floss Taffy puts on every table?

Thats more like a blow horn a harsh, discordant end to a beautiful meal.)

He even cooks the tongues using pecan wood so that every part of the beast is honored.

To help George bear the solitude, Charlie gives him some DVDs she thinks hell like.

LikeBabe, a movie about the complex relationship between a pig and a farmer.

AndCharlottes Web, a movie about the complex relationship between a pig and a spider.

She inadvertently caused it.

The suicide cover story unravels speedily for Charlie.

Still, people lie for all kinds of reasons and she attributes this one to the bottom line.

What kind of wood?

One of MAGA dogs weird jackal teeth is in the smoker.

(The fashion is a gun.)

Being known to her adversary also adds an element of fun to the chase.

In the end, Taffys alibi unravels faster than a speeding train.

In the absence of glaring evidence of malfeasance on The Stall, for example, she invents some.

Put a bow on it.

Hes rehoused with the only man who could ever subdue the savage beast Hanky T. Pickins.

All Gods creatures great and small (and even part jackal) deserve dignity.