Californication: Season 6, Episodes 4 and 5 “Hell Bent for Leather” and “Rock and a Hard Place” (B+)
As it becomes clearer where this season is heading, I’m starting to enjoy it more and more. There’s something recognizably consistent about this show, mainly due to the dialogue and the way in which everything invariably comes down to sex. These two episodes had very different focuses, the first spotlighting Charlie’s last-ditch effort to maintain his gay front and the second returning things to the rock and roll themes of this season, bringing both Atticus and Faith back into the picture. Fortunately, things seemed to have worked out despite some emotional and physical abuse endured by Charlie. It was fun to see Jorge Garcia reunite with his former “Lost” costar Maggie Grace as the drug dealer who spoke just like Hank, and he managed to be helpful in convincing Atticus that he should hire Charlie and Hank to get them back on track. I’m glad that Bates keeps popping up to invigorate Hank’s life, in this case affording him the opportunity to see Becca in her element without her knowing that she was there. Maggie Wheeler’s Ophelia is almost as memorable as her “Friends” character, Janice, and I like the effect she’s having on Marcy. Only Stu would so willingly agree to put on Ophelia’s horrific male-hating device, which was a disturbing but humorous element of the fifth episode. It was interesting to hear Hank talk about how he’s now a single man since Karen isn’t likely to welcome him back with open arms anytime soon, but it looks like he might have more luck in the long run with Faith than he did with Ali.
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