![]() ![]() The scene is worrisome, but not without hope, especially as when Becca loses her virginity later in the episode, she is able to assure Hank that it was neither magical nor bad but simply a necessary rite of passage a sign that “you didn’t fuck me up…I’m a woman now, Dad”. When he once again is unable to answer her, she begins to sing ominously, “I think I’m sinking down,” in a great allusion to her own name recently tattooed on the anchor on Hank’s shoulder. Karen warns Hank – and us – that there’s not going to be a happy ending, while Becca bombards him with the questions she’s been asking all season. ![]() Opening in a dream-like sequence in a swimming pool with Hank surrounded by the three women of this season, we realize how many deeper connections he has actually forged the deepest connection being forged with Felicia as she held the prominent place of sharing Karen’s chair while the other two swam around him like sharks in the pool. I was surprised to feel so pleased at her return!īut not only did we get some real dramatic tension, we also finally enjoyed a return to some of the more artistic, interesting modes of storytelling that have been long absent. Karen and Becca can hold Hank to a limited type of accountability, but I realized last night that they need Mia to keep his feet to the flames in any real way. With Mia gone, our greatest plot driver was gone too – she’s the one who Hank has to worry about, whether she’s going to tell on his inadvertent indiscretion and how far she’s going to take his stolen book. But last night felt like a return to so much of what once made this show great! The thing is, Mia always annoyed me, and I was happy when she left, but the show has been in a strange holding pattern since her absence a holding pattern I didn’t recognize until last night. ![]() The mayhem, childish antics and total lack of consequences have started to wear on me. Finally! It has probably become clear over my last few posts that I’ve become quite sick of Californication this season. ![]()
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