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When Californication first started airing, I was a little ambivalent.  But as I was totally sucked into Dexter at the time and on the prowl for new edgy shows, the critical acclaim of the show kept pulling me back in.  Once I finally got into the show, I found myself really enjoying it.  It also really spoke to me, probably because of my own tendencies as a tortured writer. (is there any other kind?)

But now that Californication is entering into it's 3rd season, and is doing so extremely strongly, I find it pulling ahead of all the other shows that I currently keep up with.  It continues to impress me with it's character development and situational comedy that feels both real and fresh in a disturbing way.  The writing for the show feels like it's constantly walking a tightrope where it can easily go awry or even worse, become boring.

The voice in the show is so strong and original that you can tell it's material very close to creator Tom Kapinos.  So it made me wonder who the hell is Tom Kapinos.  I looked him up on IMDb and was shocked with the results I found.  The only other credit to his name is as writer and producer on Dawson's Creek.  Dawson's Creek?!! Seriously?!  I've never been a big fan of the teenage drama series, and Dawson's Creek always seemed to represent some of the lamest of the genre.  Perhaps I'm wrong on that, as I never really watched the show to get into the nuances of the story and characters, but it seems so far removed from the enternally politically incorrect and soul damaging material that Californication love to wade in.  In fact, and I could be completely off base here, but it almost feels like the tale of a writer that is stuck in purgatory and trying to recapture his soul after selling it out may be more reality than fiction.

Tom Kapinos... more Cali, less Dawson.

Ashley