Not Hanging Properly

July 2, 2010 Patrick Hickey Jr. TV 0

Episode Commentary: “Just the Tip”

Aside from seeing the uber sexy Alanna Ubach walk around naked for about two minutes, there’s little to enjoy in the season premiere of “Hung.”

Seeing Tanya [Jane Adams] resort to approaching random hookers and a pimp for advice to get Ray [Thomas Jane] back in line is smirk inducing, but it is far from laugh out loud funny. The same thing goes for Lenore’s [Rebecca Creskoff ] speech at the art museum when detailing where she sees the future of Happiness Consultants leading to.

It’s almost as if these actors are so ready to take these parts and run with them, but the writing isn’t allowing them to go as hard as they’d like.

For a show that is supposed to be outrageous and sexy, the season premiere had little of both.

However, with the tension beginning to build between Lenore, Tanya and Ray, as well as Ray’s interest in his ex-wife, Jessica [Ann Heche], there looks to be plenty of drama this season. Add in the situation with Jessica and her failing marriage and might even be able to say there is more plot depth this season than in the first.

Nonetheless, you have to wonder why writers Colette Burson & Dmitry Lipkin had Drecker involved with a pregnant woman to start the season. Sure, we understand that Drecker isn’t really a legitimate prostitute and that this connection brings him closer to his wife than he has been in ages, but so far, he’s mostly been with older women or those with mental problems [aside from Lenore], making for drama that isn’t exactly endearing to the eyes.

After watching a show the likes of “True Blood” for an hour, it’s kind of hard to keep pace in the smut department and “Hung” doesn’t even try to compete.

Perhaps that’s why the season premiere had two million less viewers than HBO’s sexy blood bath.

In the end, maybe that’s to the show’s benefit, but at this point, after a first season full of highs and lows, “Hung” must begin to cement itself in season two.

Or else it may lose its audience entirely.

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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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