I realize the last three posts have been a bit of a Showtime Network showcase. That's what happens when a network pays me cash. This is America... bribery works... so take some notes HBO, there will be no reviews til I see some bills.
Bribery aside, Californication is a pretty funny show. It stars former X-Filer David Duchovany and then a whole host of "that guy" actors. Those guys you see everywhere but have no idea who they are. I'm not going to solve that problem for you, but I will tell you not to make the mistake I did while watching this show. Do not watch it with your dad. Unless your Dad is into strippers, sex, alcohol abuse, pot, cocaine, borderline child abuse, verbal abuse, drunk driving, statutory rape and infidelity. In that case he may be a monk of the church of Hank Moody. My Dad was not.
Lead character Hank is a writer who moved from NY to LA for his family, and since the move has totally unraveled. His wife divorced him before the pilot, and now he drinks and smokes (cigarettes and weed) and screws his way into your hearts. Hank is an alpha male, and gets any woman he wants. Seriously. Any. Woman. He. Wants. Think that's an exaggeration? Just check this clip out, but be careful, definitely NSFW. There have been some womanizers in TV history, but Hank Moody has to take the prize as the most successful.
He also has a teenage daugher, whom he loves and dotes on. He is the most accepting and tolerant Dad in history. At one point he figures out his daughter is high and instead of yelling he says "Where the fuck did you get it? I''ll kill him!" "Your typewriter" "Damn it, I thought it was light! Alright gimme back what you got, all of it." He just wants to spend time with a child who is pulling away from him more and more because she realizes what he is, a depraved, self-destructive womanizer.
Unrelated note: Yes, the creators did indeed get sued by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and obviously RHCP lost. I guess Flea was too busy dyeing his hair blue to make it to class they day they talked about trademarking and copyright laws.
1-10 Odds I will add Californication to my Must Tivo list: 7 This show is pretty fucking funny. Hank says what he wants to pretty much anyone he chooses; man, woman, child, friend or stranger. I could watch him get in his own way all day. I'm in the process of getting myself caught up for the new season coming in January... Won't you join me?
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