Twisted Developments on ‘Hung’

Hung-HBOEpisode Commentary: “Doris Is Dead or Are We Rich or Are We Poor?”

Can Ray Drecker be falling in love with a client?

Is he made out for the life of a John?

Is his newest, sexiest and strangest client, Gemma, asking for too much from him?

How does Tanya feel about all of this?

These questions fuel a solid episode of “Hung” that makes the future seem like quite an interesting place.

After spending the last episode at his newest client’s beck and call, Drecker has continued to meet her behind his Madam’s back after she failed to agree to her terms. Much like last episode, Drecker is in for a handful again. The setting for a few of their “meetings” is interesting, as well as their conversations. Thought-provoking, yet steamy, the developments between these two are something the show could use a bit more of.

With these two spending more “time” together, Drecker is able to pay for some of the repairs on his home, making him happier than we’ve seen him for most of the season. However, there’s trouble in paradise. While Tanya is pleased with the financial outcomes of Ray’s relationship with Gemma, she’s feeling out of the loop and is quickly losing power.

How long until she has what appears to be an eventual nervous breakdown?

While Drecker seems to be enjoying his relationship with Gemma immensely, there seems to be a huge caveat. As he gets to know her more, his identity is in jeopardy of being exposed [due to he and Tanya’s inexperience and negligence at prostitution] and despite warnings from an increasingly-fidgety Tanya, he seems to be digging himself into a hole that will be interesting to see him get himself out of in upcoming episodes.

Speaking of nervous breakdowns, the past few weeks have had a lasting effect on Drecker’s ex-wife, Jessica. In the dark about her new husband’s finances, she finds out some disturbing details that show us even more about this character. While she’s still far from endearing, is slowly becoming a character with the type of multifaceted-ness viewers can latch on to. Add in another hilarious spot with her mother and this is a sub-story that many viewers will want to see develop more.

The same can be said too for Drecker’s love life, as even though he’s already established himself as an enjoyable character, seeing the three women in his world [all whom appear to be lost about different things in regards to their relationship with him] pull at his heart strings and simultaneously get him to become a better man and coach makes for some quality television.

An engaging sneak peak at next week’s episode only sweetens the pot more, as “Hung” seems to be back on track again after an erratic episode the week before.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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