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 ImpactAt 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

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 RevealedHowever, 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 StareIf 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 SwallowedIn 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 BlackmailStephanie 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 StephanieAt 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 VoiceAfter 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.