Californication s04e04 review

It seems that this season on Californication is going 'one okay, one great', episode-wise. This was a great episode, and by far the funniest of the season so far. We open where we left off last week - Hanks hotel room where he's been writing none stop ever since we left him. He's finished the script and Charlie thinks its brilliant.  Hank is drinking whiskey straight from the bottle and wandering around like the bad-ass he is and Charlie has to convince him to go see 'Zig' whos financing the movie. Hank reluctantly goes (eventually). I expected Rob Lowe to be at the meeting, but alas! he was not. Where has that goatee'd legend got to this season?

Anyway Zig was a brilliant character for the short time he was with us. As soon as Charlie opened his mouth he shouted 'silence agent!' in an overly dramatic way, which is always fun to do. His apartment was ridiculous, full of gold chairs and he had twin-sisters for wives. The life of a billionaire, eh? Hank reads some of the script which arouses Zig for the first time in years. He goes off for a while and we see the rest of the gang get stoned. Zig owns this monkey who steals Charlie's beer, high fives Hank and is generally a little legend. Charlie goes off with one of the twins and the monkey throws shit and him and bites Charlie's arm. Charlie throws and kills the money. All this leads to one of the best lines from the show: 'Hank, that monkey was a deviant and a cockblocker.' Fantastic.

They go up to find Zig and apologise for the monkey, only to find Zig dead, hanging from his belt loop. 'autoerotic asphyxiation'... god damn. Hank just deals with it, despite being stoned and calls his lawyer (who I actually kind of forgot about). Hank knocks out a cop before she gets there (woops).

This was a great episode, its good to take a step back from the darkness and have a laugh every once in a while. Hank and Charlie have some amazing adventures together, I only wish I could live more like them. The dialogue was sharp and funny it was brilliant acted from start to finish and I was laughing all the way through.

We also spent some time with Marcy and Karen this episode as they let Becca and her new band practice in the house. There's a new 'cool-dad' love interest for Karen and the big news is Marcy is preggo! Who's is it? It can only be Charlie's, I think, that guy looks too much like a baby not to be a daddy. Also they have to get back together soon, I love them as a couple.

To sum up, this was an episode that did not advance the plot a great deal, but a fantastic comedic episode that reminds us why we love the show to begin with. NINE THUMBS UP.

Check out Hank and Charlie's past adventures with Californication - The First Season, Californication : The Complete Second Season and Californication: The Third Season