Californication: Season 5, Episode 2 “The Way of the Fist” (B+)
Perhaps there was too much going on in the season premiere for me to properly take stock of the fact that Hank has once again put himself in a position where he’s slept with someone (or at least made out with) he wasn’t supposed to, and if he’s ever found out, things are good to get very bad, especially if he keeps holding her hand in public. Peter Berg already decked him in the face, and Samurai Apocalypse could do much more damage. Now, however, Hank has made an even bigger mistake, telling Samurai Apocalypse about his daughter’s philandering boyfriend and getting him beat up in the process, which is only going to push her closer to him. I like that Richard sides with Hank in terms of his feelings toward Tyler, and hopefully he’ll stick with him in the near future after finding out what happened to him. Charlie has some weird luck with the ladies, and his encounter with Alison was quite possibly his most bizarre interaction yet. It’s rare that Charlie is less disturbed than his female companion, though apparently it’s not so unusual for Alison to behave in the way that she did (it’s also no surprise that Charlie’s three-year-old son is inheriting some of his more despicable tendencies). Hiring Lizzie as the new nanny for his son doesn’t seem entirely wise, though I suppose that Charlie’s behavior around his son can’t be any worse than the very graphic and unfiltered manner in which Marcy and Stu conduct themselves around him.
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