Nov 24 2008
Californication Episode 2-9
TV.com: La Ronde - Hank refuses an offer. Karen and Ashby go on a date. Charlie and Daisy get to know each other better.
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Recap & Review: We know that season two is coming to close soon, and this means Hank will have something big happen to him. This is just a fact of life. This episode starts with a look at Marcy, Charlie’s wife. She is in rehab finally, and she is trying to make amends with her friends. Apparently, there was a waiter at the airport with some cocaine, and after a little make out session with him, the drugs became more important. Charlie didn’t want to hear about this though. Maybe there is a little guilt there over he sleeping with Daisy. It wouldn’t be his first affair though.
During the episode, we do see Charlie and Daisy get closer. She is helping out at Marcy’s salon, and when she has a date with someone else she leaves and then comes back to spend the night with Charlie watching Dirty Dancing. After the movie, these two talk, and we see them definitely get closer. By the end of the night, the two of them are dancing together. No Marcy in sight. No Marcy on Charlie’s mind. He actually looks happy here. Even with it being wrong to cheat, I actually like these two together more than I like Marcy and Charlie together.
As for Hank, he is continuing to work on Ashny’s ex. He even asks her out like she told him too. However, when he tells Lew he is seeing her that night, Lew has a big problem it. It is Friday night, and that is date night. He doesn’t want Hank dating his ex. Hank goes anyway, and Lew decides to get a little revenge. He arranges a night out for him and Karen with a private concert at the Hollywood Bowl. A date of his own. However, when he tries to pursue more with her, she backs off from him.
The same happens with Hank and his own date. Janie and him go to an art show, and they even meet up with Sonja and her boyfriend. He even makes a pass for a little orgy, but Janie says no dice. She isn’t interested, and neither is Hank. However, Janie is interested in a little one on one with Hank. Shockingly, he shuts her down and he goes to find Karen. She’s just arriving from her own night out, but she won’t tell Hank where she had been. The two share a few words, and before we can even realize it the two of them are kissing. They fall into bed, and he tells her all about how he shut down this woman. However, something happens here. Karen finds a mysterious painful lump. This is where the episode ends.
So are Hank and Karen back together or are they doomed to just keep messing around for the rest of their lives? Never really together, but never really apart either. It is hard to know what will happen. There is no doubt the two of them have some type of connection to each other, and it is more than just the daughter the two of them share. What did you think of this week’s episode of Californication?
