In college I found most of my professors extremely boring. There were few that were passionate about their field to get the other students excited. When I wasn’t browsing the internet for movie trivia in class I was probably dosing off. Of course I might have paid attention more to the teacher if they were the ones falling asleep in class. And I sure would have payed more attention to my teachers if they were more like Hank Moody.
In its junior year the show about a cynical book writer and his messed up life entered a new era. Hank Moody no longer was just complacent with corrupting one young mind, he sets out to do it to an entire college campus. Hank’s on again-off again girlfriend Karen is in New York and has left their teenage daughter Becca in his care. Through a series of events Hank ends up teaching at the local college. Soon Hank is not only dating his part-time stripper student and his T.A., but he is also satisfying the wife of the dean of the college. Of course none of them are as troublesome to Hank this season than when his teenage daughter begins experimenting with drugs and her sexuality.
Meanwhile Hank’s best friend and agent Charlie has his own femal issues. His boss, played by Kathleen Turner, is trying to get him into bed, and he can't seem to get his soon to be ex-wife back in bed because she’s too busy seeing other guys, most notably 80’s rock star Rick Springfield. Evan Handler performance always make me feel sorry for the little bald man.
This season saw plenty of great acting talents come through the Showtime’s series like Peter Gallagher as the dean of the college, and Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick as one of Hank’s gay students who has a crush on him. Of course to me Kathleen Turner’s performance was the best. Her portrayal as Charlie’s arrogant and horny boss was perhaps one of her best roles in years. She was defintely a fresh character in these already repetitive storylines.
In season 2 we saw a lot of the characters go off the deep end, and although this season saw them a little more sane they were all just ready to screw any person they could to the point of pure ridiculous. David Duchovny is perfect as a man so smug and cynical he has no problem pissing people off, and having us love him for it. But after three seasons of Hank and Karen practicing their “free love” lifestyle I feel like it’s time for them to get it together. And not just them, but Charlie and his wife Marcy as well. I saw nothing new this season that challenged the characters or took them to a place of growth, aside from Becca, played by Madeleine Martin.
At the end of the season Hank sees the light, which is one of several already in this series, but it may be too late for him. The season didn’t end how I expected, but you can see it coming as soon as you start watching the last episode. I look forward to seeing how Hank is going to get out of this mess, but if this just means the same schemes on how he can win Karen back I prefer just to see him go fornicate with other women and be as ass. Maybe I'll just switch over to watching The Tudors.
Season Rating: C
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