Hung Coverage: Balls to the Floor

Episode Commentary: “Money on the Floor”

For the first time in the series’ history, “Hung” ended with an “Oh my God” moment.

It’s another reason why this was the best episode of the season and why season three, thus far, has been an orgiastic fun-fest.

It appears just minutes after having a conversation with Charlie [Lennie James] about expanding his client base and sleeping with men, we find out that Ray’s newest client, the one he’s receiving oral sex from, is indeed, a dude.

The way it was all set up, with Lenore [Rebecca Creskoff] approaching Tanya’s [Jane Adams] car, was brilliant. Creskoff’s character remains the most entertaining of the group and just when you think the writers have limited her role, she goes and churns her little cauldron of sexy naughtiness. Her influence on these characters should never be understated. In a few minutes of screen time, she is able to steal the show once again.

The same thing goes for James’ character, Charlie. Gaining influence with Tanya, his role is ever expanding. Smart, charismatic and the most logical of the bunch, he’d be a perfect fit to work with Lenore. For the most part, they are the only people that want to make any money. At this point in the series, who knows what could happen. An agreement between these two seems like impossibility, but then again, this is a show about a middle-aged gigolo. Anything can happen. That’s why we watch.

While the performances of Creskoff and James and the plot development were noteworthy, the shot selection and general cinematography was what made this episode stand out so much. It was incredibly playing and passionate, with great tones and balance; as a result, the episode flowed to each scene change. The desperation of Jessica’s [Anne Heche] character and the childlike innocent of her children in Ray’s backyard were all beautifully captured. The shot selection in Ray’s Mile-High Club adventure was also incredibly sexy. For a second, the camera trolls down towards Ray and his partner’s no-no parts, but surreptitiously sneaks its way back up.

This episode, like Ray’s upcoming experience with Kyla, was a complete surprise. But unlike the feelings Ray is sure to harbor following the revealing of Kyla’s gonads, it was a pleasant one.

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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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