Thoughts on Season Two of Hung

Much like another HBO show this season, “True Blood,” “Hung” had plenty of highs and lows, but unlike the vampire sitcom, it maintained some nice momentum for the majority of it that made it more than worthwhile to it’s dedicated audience.

Nevertheless, the last episode was a complete stinker, voice of any type of drama or intrigue that may end up impacting the rest of the series as a whole.

With so many intangibles in play and new characters in the fold, “Hung” had the ability to deliver the goods and still leave viewers pondering what was going to happen next.

However, what happened was kind of the opposite.

For one, during the last two episodes of the season, there were no spots showing any of Ray’s clients. For a show that’s supposed to be about a male prostitute, there was a complete lack of sexiness. Sure, the show has proven itself and has never depended on the skin to keep its audience; nonetheless, it couldn’t have hurt to have some time dedicated to Ray and the ladies.

In the end, to be completely void of any type of steam was mind-boggling.

Likewise, with so many different story arcs, it’s shocking that none of them developed anywhere by the end of the season. All we know is that Ray is thinking about selling his home and getting out of the business, but it seems that he’s patched up things with Tanya and is ready to take another stab at being a gigolo. The same thing goes for Jessica, who looks ready to leave Ronnie and isn’t sure if her and Ray have a future.

Mike and Frances’ future is up in the air as well, after Tanya told Frances that Mike may not have been aware of the real situation at hand. All the viewer gets is a tease as to what may happen in the future, rather than something tangible to look forward to next season.

All in all, all of these situations will get played out eventually, but the writers of “Hung” may have made a huge mistake by forcing viewers to wait.

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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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