Don’t judge a book by its cover
The second season of ‘Californication’ has come to an end and as I watched the season finale I could not help getting impressed with the realism of the show. Most of us know it as a raunchy adult comedy revolving around the life of a sexually depraved writer, Hank. The last two seasons were mostly about which woman he would finally settle down with. And there he was all ready to move with Karen and his daughter Becca, to New York (and Becca, his daughter) with all his fondest dreams just a road trip away when Becca’s love Damien showed up with an iPod and a playlist and said, “I love you, Becca Moody.”
So Karen felt bad about splitting them just then and Hank made up his mind about staying back in California (New Yorkifornication does not rhyme either). Karen had her professional commitments so she decided to move on. I wiped a tear when Hank talked about their relationship and its possible future and Karen chuckled and gave him a kiss and told him that she loved him. I am sure many would have found this unexpected turn distasteful but it is much closer to reality than most other soaps running on the television. In real life people move cities, fall in and out of love only to fall in love again as they struggle to balance their personal and professional lives and long distance relationships do succeed though it seems highly improbable to me in this case.
Moreover, there are people in real life like Hank and Karen who know that ‘happy endings’ are not for everyone, not for them at least or may be they understand that happy endings are not always in black and white. They know that relationships are transitory and it’s not a tragedy to part while one is still in love. Real tragedy is the death of love while still continuing the relationship. Honestly, I was not expecting such profound and realistic interpretation of relationship from a show like Californication. I am eagerly looking forward to the next season and I must say that I was extremely wrong to judge the show as bawdy and shallow. In case you missed the season’s finale you can download it or watch it online here.
