Anyone Want Some Beaver?

Episode Commentary: Beaverland

So many developments in this episode of “Hung” that the rest of season looks to be shaping up quite nicely. Not only does it look like Mike Hunt may have to join the business in order for it to stay afloat, but Ray Drecker has a sexy new customer in Liz [the uber-sexy Merrin Dungey] that appears that he can’t even help with his magic member. Add in more drama between Ronnie Haxton and his wife Jessica [who is seeing beavers her basement for some reason] and the always entertaining ravings of Lenore and Tanya and it’s fair to say that this episode was better than True Blood’s offering this week and one of the best so far this season.

Seeing Ronnie squirming to keep his wife happy and trying to compete with Ray is hilarious, especially considering he’s fighting a losing battle on both fronts. Where this ends up right now is anyone’s guess, but the tension is absolutely building up to the point that something huge is bound to happen by the season finale.

Even more thought-provoking is Tanya’s situation with her pimp friend, who is now buying her things. As well, it’s always nice to see Rhea Perlman on TV and even though her part is small here, she’s excellent at ripping her daughter’s self-confidence to shreds. Again, where this situation is going is unknown, but it’s definitely got plenty of drama, with multiple possibilities.

That’s what a good sitcom is all about and right now, “Hung,” is doing much more than holding it’s own.

However, by the end of the episode, the situation between Ray and his new client, Liz, who is a “human ice-cube,” is the most interesting because again, there are so many possibilities here. Classy and beautiful, yet knowing what she wants, Liz may be the most interesting client he’s had thus far. Considering the fact that she’s not a lunatic, pregnant or elderly, her chances at sticking around the on the show for at least a few episodes are a strong one, making for even more drama.

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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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