Great news for the gays — Melanie Lynskey is reuniting with Natasha Lyonne for season two of Poker Face!
The Peacock series, which premiered in 2023, stars Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a casino waitress with an uncanny ability to tell when somebody is lying. After this leads to her figuring out too much about unsavory dealings at her job, she flees the state and gets entangled in a different murder mystery in each episode.
The case-of-the-week format allowed for a revolving door of impressive guest stars in season one, including Tim Meadows, Ellen Barkin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Stephanie Hsu, Rhea Perlman, and frequent Lyonne collaborators Clea DuVall and Chloë Sevigny.
The parade of familiar faces linking up with Charlie Cale for season two is just as exciting, although the announcement of Lynskey stepping up to the plate is of particular interest to sapphic fans.
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The two first shared the screen in the 1999 conversion camp rom com, But I’m a Cheerleader. Lyonne played the titular cheerleader who falls for DuVall’s unapologetic edgy bad girl character, while Lynskey took on the role of the goody two shoes none of them could trust.
This won’t be the first time Lyonne and Lynskey have reunited since that iconic entry into queer cinema. They also starred alongside DuVall in her pre-Happiest Season directorial debut, The Intervention.
Details about what role the Yellowjackets star will be tackling in Poker Face are still under wraps. But she’s certainly in good company. Her husband, Jason Ritter, was also announced as an upcoming guest star, along with Alia Shawkat, Carol Kane, and David Krumholtz.
The list of season two guest stars who had previously been announced include Cynthia Erivo, Margo Martindale, Gaby Hoffman, Sherry Cola, Patti Harrison, Katie Holmes, Giancarlo Esposito, Kumail Nanjiani, Kevin Corrigan, Ben Marshall, Kathrine Narducci, BJ Novak, John Mulaney, Ego Nwodim, Sam Richardson, Awkwafina, Corey Hawkins, Simon Rex, Method Man, GaTa, Haley Joel Osment, John Cho, and Justin Theroux.
Unfortunately, we’re also still waiting on word of a premiere date, but when it arrives, we will obviously be seated!
