No, the flashbacks weren’t about Hank’s ex-lover Faith. Those are my dreams. So right away the title brings back awkward memories for an episode that basically promised to give us some glimpse of how Hank and Karen will end up during this final season. With Karen’s car smashed up by a drunk driver in the last episode, this week Hank, Marcy and Charlie gather in the hospital to play the waiting game. Like any other sitcom or drama that happens to send a character to the hospital, Californication has to go the flashback route to break up the teary-eyed monotony of waiting for the doctor’s word. Californication has always used the flashback fairly well during its run, so I’ll play ball. Here’s my analysis of the flashbacks: Flashback 1: Hank and Karen are in the car, fighting about going to a therapist. Flashback 2: The Therapist Weighs in Keep in mind these flashbacks take place before season one. This is one of the few times we’ve seen a flashback that portrays how close Hank and Karen actually came to being a real, functional couple. They were in a marriage without the certificate. It becomes clear that LA changed their relationship, with Hank’s drinking and newfound movie fame taking over his life and Karen clearly feeling neglected, forcing her to seek a new “emotional connection” so she didn’t have to stand idle and be Hanks’s “ball and chain at home.” Becca! She lives! Ok well only in a flashback and only because they got a different little girl actress to play her… Anyway, little Becca drops some real knowledge on us: “boys and girls make the world go round.” What purpose this flashback serves is to show just how feelings between lovers can get so twisted and unexplainable that maybe only a child with an innocent outside perspective can make sense of it all. Flashback 4 – “It was never just about fiery sex” After sevens seasons, I’m starting to think the entire reason the show exists is for fiery sex. Flashback 5 – More fiery sex “I love you to death, I’m sure of that,” Hank says. That’s not an answer, Hank. “To hard cocks, wet pussies, bald heads, smurfs and weathering the storm.” Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
