Californication (2007)

Californication--the best new TV show in a year.

There's a lot to love in Californication, from the blowtorch-keen dialogue of creator and writer Tom Kapinos to the way that Duchovny's ever-so-slightly-fading good looks perfectly encapsulate the character's downturn in Hollywood, to a multitude of standout performances in the ensemble cast.

Californication can be unabashedly self-centered, judgmental and off-putting, but it is redeemed by occasional hilarious moments, an appealing father-daughter relationship and Duchovny's skillful creation of a charismatic boor.

Californication is reasonably charming straight out of the gate, and as the story progresses, the intelligence of the writing gains traction.

Duchovny is as rakishly appealing as any cad can be.

The team behind this series--creator Tom Kapinos from "Dawson's Creek," executive producer Scott Winant from "My So-Called Life" and "thirtysomething," and Duchovny himself--makes it easier for Duchovny by surrounding him with sparkling female characters and talent.

The show is not designed to appeal to prudes, but the writing and the acting are too good to be wasted on the prurient.

Dark comedy suits insouciant Duchovny.... Here he delivers a tousled sort of aw-shucks Huck Finn, lighting out for erotic territories. McElhone, à la Rene Russo, manages to convey the notion of adult womanhood without being either drippy or schoolmarmish about it.

The show is sometimes sweet and wry, sometimes crass and vicious, and, though often subtle, it embraces that embarrassing title and flings itself boisterously into a hacky premise

Never mind the clichés, because Duchovny makes his character worth watching, as he swaggers from bad predicament to bad predicament, pretending not to care about his life anymore.

This is too unrealistic to be a drama & not funny enough to be a comedy. Stopped watching after four episodes.

My second favorite ssitcom. Duchovny was great in this. Sad that it was unfinished.

Serie muito fixe, com grande elenco e momentos muito bons do actor principal.