Alright. POKER FACE! This is it. Episode 10, The Hook. Written by me. This is the first thing I have ever gotten made that I’ve written and not directed, and I was very lucky to have the amazing Janicza Bravo at the helm. I learned so much watching her work. The episode was shot by @jaronpresant who along with Christine Ng did the lord’s work all season. Edited by @glenngar who also has a terrific podcast where he interviews editors, check it out! This is a photo I took of Jaron. Man can wear a hat.

POKER FACE! Ep 2: The Night Shift. Directed by myself, written by the immensely talented Alice Ju, who worked with Natasha on Russian Doll. Hi Alice! One of my first ideas after the pilot was a highway rest stop, and the mini culture of the businesses there. We shot just outside of Albuquerque. Judy Rhee and her team completely built the subway and the garage portion of Abe’s (!!!)

POKER FACE! Episode 1: Dead Man’s Hand. I wrote and directed this episode, actually wrote the script in 2020 right before I wrote Glass Onion. I wanted to not only set up Charlie, but clearly demonstrate the structure each ep would stick to going forward. For weird reasons this was the 2nd episode we shot, the first was episode 9 (which I also directed.) We shot all the interiors in upstate NY, all the casino interiors are sets by our BRILLIANT production designer Judy Rhee. Hi Judy!

Something I love about Agatha Christie is how she never tread water creatively. I think there’s a misperception that her books use the same formula over and over, but fans know the opposite is true. It wasn’t just settings or murder methods, she was constantly stretching the genre conceptually. Under the umbrella of the whodunnit she wrote spy thrillers, proto-slasher horrors, serial killer hunts, gothic romances, psychological character studies, glam travelogues.