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Quick Review: The Big Bang Theory, Californication

By fred | October 31, 2007

Ok let’s rewind a little on this God awful season ending. It opened with what is obviously some kind of a dream, you know that about 2 seconds in. And it goes there, as expected, and it’s never well made or even funny. Like the whole show, it thinks it’s so great but it really is not.

Moving on to Becca, the little robot girl, having her first period. So I guess she may not be an actual robot after all. Anyways, it happened so Hank goes to the store to get her some Tampons. But there’s only one box left, and some woman grabs it pretty much at the same time. Then follow some stupid argument elevating to Hank and the husband starting to fight.

But when he throw the box away and her daughter catched it, then the woman realized it was for her, not for Hank. Because that was only obviously to people with a brain, even half a brain maybe, so obviously neither her or her husband could figure out that he was trying to buy tampons for his little girl standing next to him. No, the most obvious explanation was that he came into the store hoping for someone to catch the last box so that he could get into a fight, and his daughter was there for moral support, right?

But then again, had he said it was for his daughter who just had her first period, well, there was no stupid fight, meaningless plot and they wouldn’t have wasted 5 minutes of our time, and all those shitty things are exactly what the show is about.

Then we have some pretty stupid things, like Karen’s best friend trying to get her high and talk her out of the marriage. Oh and, that happens on the day, yes, that day, the wedding only about a couple of hours away. Maybe, just maybe, that’s not the time. Maybe that’s not what she needs you there for. But then again, drugs, sex talk, don’t you see how this show is so cool and irreverential ?

Let’s cut to the wedding. During the wedding, Hank behaves, because he’s not that much of an asshole in the end. Never mind that, a drunken Mia will speak up, during the “speak now or forever hold your peace” moment. Because underage drinking is so cool, right?

So she tries to ruin the wedding, while so drunk she can barely stand up, yet her daddy doesn’t get pissed, or mad, or anything. It’s like he doesn’t care almost. So Karen let’s her talk, Mia – again – claims that she did had sex with Hank, who gets punch in the face by the dad, because, as he said “you fucked her”. Her being his drunken 16 years old daughter.

But then, Mia denies it. And everyone believes her this time, obviously, and since no one noticed anything the wedding goes on as planned. And the book will be published, and I’m sure no one will ever notice anything. Right.

So then as all happy endings are popping up you think you’re done for the crap, think again! Because out of nowhere Karen will come running after the wedding, jump into the car with Hank & Becca and ask him to drive away. Freeze the frame, put it in black & white, that’s the ending shot. How lame is that !?

It came out of nowhere and we can’t figure out why she would do such a thing. I mean, Hank didn’t change or do anything deserving such a thing, neither did Bill, the new husband who’s wife left him about 10 minutes in the wedding. Poor guy, but he wasn’t a selfish bastard so you know, he had it coming, I guess.

This obviously is an example of shitty writing, without question, and it wasn’t ever made with character, stories, and sense in mind, only what would look good on screen, and give some “cool” ending. If you have really really bad taste.

By the way, this show started as a dark comedy, this show thought of itself as a provocative irreverential dark comedy, why end things in such a cheesy lame way ? That’s doesn’t even fit the profile! It’s even less understandable, when you know it already received a second season order, so it’s not even made to be a series finale. Just a lame shitty one.

Now why would anyone want to see more of than crap, I really don’t know.

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Shows: Californication, The Big Bang Theory