Californication Review; Home Sweet Home

There are SPOLIERS contained in all my Movie and TV Reviews. If you do not want to be let down by me ranting about my favorite shows or movies than perhaps you should go watch the episode or movie in question before proceeding past the point of no return.  

Californication has been a wild roller coaster of a show and I would like to have been doing episode by episode reviews for the first three seasons, but I did not have an outlet for them, but now dear reader I promise them weekly. I will begin with the third episode of the Fourth season titled; Home Sweet Home.

I think one of the most romantic images of a writer was shown during the last minute or so of this week’s episode. It was when Hank after losing (temporarily I hope) everything that is important to him retreats to the one thing that has always been good to him; the word.  

He is in a hotel room with a typewriter on one of those way-to-small tables, with a couple of bottles next to him, he puts a sheet of paper in the typewriter,  lights a cigarette and types FADE IN: , then as the credits begin to role he is furiously typing away at the keyboard. Writing again!

I do not know who this show is for really. But as a writer I find it to be written for us. All the images of the show, all the truths revealed, all the character interactions, and even all the drama is all focused on Hank’s struggle with the words, either written or spoken.  This speaks to my soul as a writer. I have been through various struggles with words myself and because of this I think writer’s can identify with the show more than most. But of course with everything going on in the show; the writing and plotting is good enough for everyone to find something they like in the show. 

Hank has had a secret for the whole first three seasons and now since it has come out he must seek redemption for sins. Not just the first episode sin of fucking Mia, but for all his sins. Becca explains it very well  in this episode. She says “What aren’t you sorry about…?” I believe this is going to be the question that plagues Hank for the rest of his life, if not at least the rest of this season.

I am very interested to see where the show goes next. Hank is now writing, working on another screenplay even, living in a hotel, trying to win back to anchors in a life Karen and Becca. I am already fiending for next week’s episode. I guess I will have to keep myself busy writing in this blog until then.

What is your favorite Californication moment? Your favorite Hank-ism?