californication

through eight episodes, david duchovny's return to (somewhat) late night premium cable has been a successful one. while recent episodes are less red shoe diaries and more adult pacey after he loses joey for being neglectful, the show offers enough half-way decent writing to suck me in. that's the deal, though--i can't tell if i actually like the show or if duchovny's bad-assness is just so freakin' textbook narcissistic identification that i can't look away (even though i find myself in reality resembling bill a bit too much for comfort). either way, i'm glad to see that season three of AD was not the last time that i got to see "THESE" (so to speak), with kitty's perfect cameo in episode eight, and i'm quite happy that they chose to explicitly make the suicide girls reference instead of leaving me screaming at the screen that they're ripping off an all-too-common fantasy.
...this could be an interesting one. chalk of another HUZZAH for showtime narratives.