I find myself rooting more and more for Charlie with every episode. He’s got a great everyman quality to him that makes him easy to like, even if he is the most pathetic white man in the history of the Northern Hemisphere. However, he is willing to at least attempt to make a change for the person he cares most about, which is more than I can say for Hank.
Other observations:
- Rick Springfield, playing himself as the evil Rick Springfield, has really thrown himself into his character and instead of just playing the real Rick Springfield, he really has become a lecherous, mean bastard who you can really hate and that deserves some applause.
He does a great job of breaking the celebrity TV show cameo mold where the star plays a mildly mean or slightly egotistical version of themselves. Anybody who pays a stripper to yell out their name while they are having sex and orders his agent to score him drugs should win the “Golden Douchebag” award every week.