Hung Coverage: Cops and Hoes

Episode Commentary: We’re Golden or Crooks and Big Beaver

This week’s episode of “Hung” continued the show’s recent stretch of enjoyable TV by not messing with the formula enough to ruin a good thing.

The storylines involving Jessica, Jason and Lenore were all played with enough, but were ultimately toyed with, but for good reason.

Considering Ray’s current predicament, there were more pressing matters at hand.

On the surface, this could have been a disaster, but the writing team did something ingenious here; they had Ray find a way to play a part in Jessica’s storyline. This made the transition natural and not forced. What this also does is further that storyline to the point where we want to see what happens next week. Will Ray’s kids move in with him? Can Jessica handle the mounting pressure at work and in her personal life?

The hallmark of a good sitcom is having questions that beg to be answered. While “Hung is still a work in progress on that front, it’s getting there.

Throughout this entire episode, you wondered what was going to happen to Ray. Once Tanya got involved and tried to weasel her way out, the show was at its best. Jane Adams and Thomas Jane have an undeniable chemistry and their banter while handcuffed in the police car was hilarious. The end scene, which saw Tanya handcuffed to a pole on the pier while Ray got it on with Ana Ortiz’s character was also classic. But don’t let the laughter fool you; Tanya’s character is going through a transformation here. Quick to tell Ray she was the boss a few episodes ago, she sees the situation is quite different now. This sets up a future that is uncertain and most definitely sure to be drama-filled.

When was this the case last season?

With another solid episode under their belts, the writing team behind this show continues to prove that their success so far this season hasn’t been a fluke.

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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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