Californication’s final scene wasn’t a dream, Duchovny says
June 8, 2008 by Jillian Cohan
In a recent Variety interview, David Duchovny talked a little about Californication’s Season 1 cliffhanger.
After marrying Bill, Karen jumps into Hank’s convertible and drives off with him and Becca. Fans of the show speculated that it was a dream sequence, but wondered whose dream it might be. Duchovny said he doesn’t think it’s a dream, but he’s coy about what that means.
“I will say this: When I got the idea on how it should all end, I called (creator) Tom (Kapinos) and pitched it to him, and he said, ‘That’s funny. That’s exactly what I was thinking.’ ”
In discussing the show, Duchovny describes Hank as a good father who simply lacks impulse control in a few areas (namely, sex, booze and speaking your mind). Hank may be a wreck, but Duchovny loves that he’s not a hypocrite.
He said his favorite scene last season was when Hank got into a fight with a man in a convenience store after trying to steal tampons from the guy’s wife for Becca. “To me, that’s really an encapsulation of who Hank is. He’s doing a beautiful thing but going about it in the wrong way.”
Season 2 is shooting now in LA. It’s expected to air in September, possibly paired with the final season of The L Word.
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