‘Hung’ Coverage: Hot Stuff Indeed

Episode Commentary: Mister Drecker or Ease Up on the Whup-Ass

This season has been sweltering. From the wild storyline involving, Ray, Tanya, Lenore and Jason to Jessica’s newfound independence, there have been plenty of talking points.

And oh, yeah,and who could forget the great looking women that find themselves in bed with Thomas Jane. That’s a plus for anyone, regardless of his or her sexual persuasion.

But aside from the pure sex appeal of the show, this season has been about Ray finally having a little extra. At first, it appeared that the little extra pertained to money, money to fix his house, get a new car and to support his family. But as the season goes on, we see Ray has a little extra confidence as well. Hit on by a former student, [The totally gorgeous Kaitlin Doubleday] Ray is quick to think that she’s a client, and even though she ultimately becomes one by the end of the episode, it’s a safe assumption to make that he could have scored for free if he wanted to.

The same thing goes for the way he behaves with his client [Played by the always yummy Ana Ortiz] who enjoys dressing up as a police officer [who we later find out is one]. Earlier in the show and the season, he would have done anything to keep her as a customer. Now with added confidence, he’s able to tell Tanya he wants to pursue other options.

A hoe has to have standards, right?

Even so, Ray is playing with fire here. With already a slew of problems and dilemmas to deal with, he doesn’t need this.

As a viewer though, watching the cavalcade of drama enter his life is a joy to behold.

Truth be hold, all of these problems and changes in his life have made Jane’s character much more enjoyable to watch.

But don’t get too happy just yet. Lenore and Jason’s plans can ruin all of that happiness and swagger, which sets up a conflict the show has never had. That conflict however can make the show and this season in particular, orgasmic. It may have taken two and a half seasons to develop, but this is easily the best story arc the show has ever had. The fact that Jason’s backstory and agenda has been mapped out so clearly make him an easily identifiable one as well. Seeing Rebecca Creskoff at her evil best as Lenore is reason enough to tune in.

Add in words of wisdom from Tanya’s pimp lover, Charlie [Lennie James] at various points of this episode and you have a slew of entertaining and engaging characters that either weren’t developed last season or weren’t on they’re show.

Simply put, this feels like a better show than last year, mainly because it is.

The way it stands, the 28 minutes that encompass “Hung” go by way too quickly.

That’s a good thing.

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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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