Hung Commentary: Whore For All

October 13, 2011 Patrick Hickey Jr. TV 0

Episode Commentary: Take The Cake or Are You Packing?

Through the first two episodes, between the witty dialogue, provocative drama and plain ole sex appeal, “Hung” has been extra saucy. With a few different story arcs, the added emphasis on Ann Heche’s character as well as the added drama between Ray, Tanya and Lenore, there’s plenty of traction and room to develop.

Through this, “Hung” has the possibility of being one of the best shows on HBO this fall.

So far this season, Ray [Thomas Jane] has had his hands full with both his customers and the presence of Lenore [Rebecca Creskoff], who wants to destroy “The Happiness Constultants.”

Although it doesn’t sound like much, the old cliché definitely rings true here: “There’s nothing like a woman scorned.”

Between stealing Tanya and Ray’s clients and ruining the lives of people she’s never met, Creskoff makes the show so much more than a sexy cable sitcom.

In less than an hour of showtime this season, Creskoff has been at her devious best. This opens up so many possibilities; ones that weren’t even possible before her role on the show was cemented last season. The scene in the bakery alone proved that she is one of the sexiest and talented actors on cable today. While Adams and Jane form a solid duo and get most of the time on the show, Creskoff’s appearances are always worthwhile and smirk inducing.

Her expanded role also allows Jane Adams to be at her quirky best as Tanya.

Wanting to take more of a leadership role with the company, Tanya is out to do big things, [she does, in a way] but Ray doesn’t think she can handle the pressure.

His instincts are right, as Lenore’s new stud, Jason, [Stephen Amell] affirms those suspicions. In an unexpected and wacky scene, Hung’s newest baddie proves Tanya does her best work on top, in a bathroom stall. It was surprising to see the ultra-feminist liberal do something like that, but it continues to prove the creative team is all about the curve-balls thus far this season.

What other things can we expect this season?

With the war between Ray, Lenore, Jason and Tanya just beginning, the craziness is far from over. And to think- at this point in the show last season, it was hard to imagine ‘Hung” making it through the season.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 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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