A Prostitute With Morals

Episode Commentary: “Tucson Is the Gateway to Dick or This Is Not Sexy”

Ray Drecker has the “tool” to be the greatest male gigolo the world has ever seen.

So why can’t he just shut his brain off and turn his member on?

At first, many that watched “Hung” wanted it to be a sexy diversion from “True Blood,” but make no mistake about it, it’s not and never will be. Much like “Bored to Death,” it’s a witty show that has quietly carved its own niche on HBO.

Forcing you to use your head, rather than your body each episode, it’s a tease to see a slew of beautiful women on the screen and watch Drecker not know what to do with all of them.

Nonetheless, it’s far from a horrible viewing experience- it’s just not as steamy physically as you’d expect.

There is plenty of drama to be had though.

This is mainly shown through the relationship between Drecker and his ex-wife, which continues to heat up. By the end of the episode, you’re left wanting him to escape this life of money and sex and have the stability he never wanted to lose in the first place.

After the last episode ended, you’d think Drecker was working towards accomplishing that goal, but that’s anything but the case. Forced again to do the right thing for everyone else, Drecker almost sabotages his relationship with his best client [perfectly showing, much like last season that he does not have the heart for prostitution] and now has a co-worker wondering how he’s paying for buses for his bankrupt High School baseball team.

However, rather than get a thank you or a hand shake for his care and concern, all he gets for his trouble is a new bed to sleep in.

Literally.

We wish it could have been figuratively.

If that wasn’t enough, his two pimps can’t get along either. This element of the story is quickly becoming an interesting one as Lenore and Tanya are both hilarious on-screen together and provide a nice break in between the main drama with Ray.

Because of all this going on, this episode of “Hung” hits the spot and has us waiting eagerly to see what happens next.

Again it ma not be as sexy as we’d like, but it’s still more than entertaining.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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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