Hung: Season 3, Episode 9 “A Monkey Named Simian or Frances Is Not a Fan” (B+)
It always seems to be the episode before the finale that packs the most emotional punch. What we have here is our two main characters trying desperately to cling on to things they’ve lost long ago. Ray’s affection for Jessica hasn’t decreased, but his citing of a twenty-year-old incident designed to win her over demonstrates that he’s hardly living in the moment. Tanya getting upset about not being invited to Mike and Frances’ wedding is similarly out of date since, as Ray correctly points out, she can’t expect to be considered a friend when she’s actually a pimp. Seeing Charlie driving the minivan and taking his children away without even a planned goodbye to Tanya was decently heartbreaking, but kudos to Tanya for standing up for herself, however ineffective it might have been. It seemed likely that Jess was going to figure out Ray’s new profession, but I wasn’t sure that she was already aware of it. I thought that Ray’s toast would be considerably shorter and less meaningful that it ended up being, and I’m glad that Tanya told him that she knew before he ran off all gleefully to try to seduce her. Her desire just to dance made for a melancholy scene that seemed to illustrate the end of their relationship as it currently stands. I’m sure that Jessica won’t be able to cut him out of her life entirely since he does seem to have that effect on people, but he’s going to have to try harder than a surprisingly accurate monkey impression to charm her back into liking him.
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