"Californication" now in its fourth season is based around Hank Moody (played by David Duchovny) and his attempts to win back Karen the love of his life and mother of his daughter Becka. Standing in Hank's way, is "The swirling Chaos" which consists of sex, booze and the city of LA itself, a city that doesn't really place much value on love. This show is a very pertinent as it deals with issues that affect all of us like divorce, failure to live up to other people's expectations and the fact that a person may be talented, but totally unable to live a productive life. In the show we really get a chance to see Hank differently through the eyes of every character from Becca his daughter who begins the show absolutely adoring Hank, and then as she grows up begins to question whether Hank really respects women. To Karen who saw such promise in young Hank and is made so cynical by the reality of him: womanizer and drunk. To Charlie his manager and best friend who having looked after Hank for years now needs Hank to look after him in turn during his own mid-life crisis. To Hank himself who having tried for years to escape California and return to New York no longer even mentions the possibility of escape his life is in LA now and it's a toss up which will ultimately kill Hank the booze, the smokes, or the city.
As far as the acting goes Duchovny plays Hank, with humor and sensitivity having had certain parallels to the character in his own life having struggled with sexual addiction and in a way I'd say this is his catharsis. Another standout performance is by Madeleine Martin who plays Becca. I enjoyed how she plays a troubled teen far wiser than Hank much preferable to just angst ridden and dumb. This is a SHOWTIME show which means that it is a showcase for the core characters and the bulk of the writing goes into them and it shows, so the quality usually wobbles a little throughout a series The series is worth watching for its frank and often funny sex scene's even if you don't really care for the acting. This is a personal favorite and I feel a bit bad being so harsh on it. Check it out.
Well that's all I had time for this week. I hope to put out more content next week, see you then!
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