Throughout the entirety of the series, the relationship between Hank and Becca has been constant part of the show’s charm. I suspect some people might color this as a jump the shark type of moment, but it really does make a lot of sense. This led to a heated argument in which both parties dropped the “I hate you” bomb. She wanted to go out, but Hank wouldn’t have it. Through the first two eps, we haven’t seen much of Becca, and when we have, she’s been with friends or idly texting away. But, when you think about it, we’ve sort of been set up that way. We were left with a gut-punching Hank/Becca exchange, seemingly out of nowhere. Runkle has always been something of a half-wit, but are we really to believe that he thought this would be a good idea? Luckily, Marcie’s reaction completely justified my own. This is pretty much where I went from uncomfortably intrigued to all-out perplexed. In other disturbing news, after this discussion, Runkle took a cue from his boss’s pep talk and decided to rape Marcie in her sleep. I don’t know if it’s the way she’s looking these days, or that voice of hers, or just the effed-up stuff that the writers are having her say, but her presence is so overbearing it takes me out of the action sometimes because I’m so disturbed. I’ll go ahead and say it: Kathleen Turner freaks me right the hell out. Runkle’s bewilderment led to a particularly odd exchange with his boss, Sue. Sidebar did you hear Marcie say, “Get that purple thing away from me!”? I had to pause the DVR for a second to let the laughter subside. The shenanigan reached new heights when Marcie returned home and Runkle proceeded to save her from being date-raped, only to figure out that it was a fantasy. That is, until, a strapping black man came to pick up Marcie for a date. He seemed content to be co-habitating with his estranged wife again, confident he would wear her down over time and win her back. In other news, how many episode until Hank beds Balt’s robust stripper roommate Jackie? I’ll set the over/under at 2.5.Įlsewhere, Charlie Runkle’s world continues to be in violent upheaval. he’s talented and this role is right in his wheelhouse. He comforted him by borrowing Runkle’s “gay experience” story, earning the assist on Westwick’s perfectly delivered line, “That sounds pretty fucking gay to me.” Overall, a nice little arc.
I enjoyed the scene because it forced Hank to deal with that harsh, devil-may-care manner in which he treats other people.
Of course, in the process, he also dashed poor Balt’s dreams, leading to that aforementioned suicide attempt.Īfter a meeting Felicia and Dean Koons (still a funny joke to me) which resulted in some serious wrist-slapping, Hank made nice at the hospital with Balt and made it clear that he was genuinely sorry. Good stuff, particularly when he referred to the books as “bound toilet paper”. But, I was pleasantly surprised to see it was included in the episode for the express purpose of allowing Hank to tear into it. Before I go on, I’ll share that a friend of mine who saw this episode on the internet before it aired let it slip that there was some Twilight nonsense in this episode, which bummed me out. The vampire-loving, would-be Stephanie Meyer laid it all on the line for Hank, wanting to know if he was a good writer. That male was Chris, better known as “Balt”, brought to life by Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick. But the show threw us a little curveball by making the student in question a male. And even though he was completely out of his element, it sort of seemed to suit him didn’t it? Given his new position it seemed only a matter of time before he start having students come onto him. He was detached, scathing in his criticism, funny, honest, all the things that any of my college professors never were. It lived up to the hype more than I could ever imagined. This isn’t to say I didn’t enjoy the episode, though.įirst of all, We were thrown right into the firestorm that is Hank Moody as a college professor. All this talk of rape fantasies, suicide attempts, daddy-daughter strife had me a little down, I have to say. The second episode of Californication‘s third season was darkly funny, as are most of the episodes, but with a special emphasis on dark.
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