Girls, Interrupted (24 Sep. 2007)

While Charlie and his wife Marcy are considering a ménage à trois, Hank tries to win Karen over by arranging a dream job for her.

Director:

Tucker Gates

Writers:

Tom Kapinos (creator), Gina Fattore

Stars:

David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Madeleine Martin

Cast

Episode cast overview:
David Duchovny	...	Hank Moody
Natascha McElhone	...	Karen
Madeleine Martin	...	Becca Moody
Madeline Zima	...	Mia Lewis
Evan Handler	...	Charlie Runkle
Pamela Adlon	...	Marcy Runkle
Lance Barber	...	Nick Lowry
Rachel Miner	...	Dani
Chris Williams	...	Todd Carr

Storyline

Much to his joy, Charlie's wife Marcy tells him she wants to do a threesome. She asks Dani to join in. Charlie has arranged that Hank and Todd Carr meet because Carr wants to option Hank's blog. When Carr is talking about his house, Hank arranges a surprise Karen must love, being an architect. Becca tells Hank she doesn't believe in happy ends anymore. Meanwhile, Charlie, Marcy and Dani's threesome doesn't end up the way they thought it would.

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Plot Keywords:

sex | boxer shorts | torture | underwear | father daughter relationship | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aggressive Mediocrity, And Then..., Showtime Networks

Technical Specs

Runtime:

28 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Hank Moody: Just because something is bleak doesn't necessarily make it true.

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Connections

References The Godfather: Part II (1974)

User Reviews

Further complications

Things just keep getting complicated for Hank and everyone around him, as the first season of Californication enters its second phase. And just like the first six episodes, it's gonna be a wild, fun ride.

Things start on a false note for Hank, as he finds out Becca doesn't believe in happy endings, partly because of hi situation with Karen. He tries to fix this by getting Karen her dream job - working on Todd Carr's house. Carr, on the other hand, is interested in optioning Hank's blog, to which the concerned party reacts in a fully justified way: "How the f*ck do you option a blog? What's there to option? The title? The font?". Meanwhile, Charlie and Marcy may have found a solution to their marital problems: a threesome (or a ménage à trois, as the more sophisticated ones say).

One of the funniest things about this episode is how Charlie really has come into his own since he first appeared: originally a two-scene-per-episode supporting dude, he's now a bona fide co-star who can compete with Duchovny over who gets the funniest lines (Duchovny wins, but still...). Plus, there's that wonderful postmodern notion of characters explaining literary theories (in this case, the existence of happy endings) by relating them to their own personal stories. Who said this kind of cleverness isn't doable in a 30-minute TV episode?