One of the many sins of Hank Moody's life has caught up with him - the one that actually anchored the very first episode of this show, in fact - and he's on trial for a crime that could very well see him incarcerated for several years. Will it? Well, that's what this season is pretty much entirely about. Will Hank learn anything from his latest tribulations? Well, if a magic 8-ball could burst out laughing, I am pretty sure it would for that question. .
If I can wax nerdy for a moment, Dungeons and Dragons has two mental ability scores for the characters in it: Intelligence and Wisdom. Early editions of the game described the difference as "Intelligence is knowing it is raining; Wisdom is knowing that you should go inside". I submit that if the game had been written in 2011 instead of the early 1970s, they might instead have said "Intelligence is Hank Moody knowing it is a bad idea to sleep with this woman; Wisdom is Hank Moody actually not sleeping with this woman". Because Hank's a pretty smart guy, but he's incapable of making a good decision or of learning from his mistakes.
Of course. "making good decisions and learning from their mistakes" is not something that anyone on Californication seems very skilled at, and as I've said before a whole lot of the show's appeal seems to be about seeing how these fundamentally broken people manage to repeatedly ruin their own lives, despite the many, many chances they are given to actually be happy. It's surprising how entertaining that turns out be.
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