crshtrep Review of Californication

Californication (2007–2014)

Like California itself, it first entrances and then disgusts

[1/10 · 6 August 2013]

I loved the first three seasons of this show, when it was still fun, well written and even innocent (in a very non-innocent way). Then seasons 4 & 5 came and went, leaving little impression other than "more of the same". Season 6, though, has driven right off the PCH into the ocean. It's cartoonish, lacking any depth or nuance, almost as if the Wayans brothers had decided to make a broad, boorish spoof. In keeping with season 6's sophomoric obsession with all things sexual, at best it's a teenage masturbatory fantasy; at worst, it's an abortion. Sad to see the terminal decline of what began as a truly great piece of television.