Californication (2007)

Name: Californication
Rating: 7.6

TV-MA — Mature Audiences

Rating: 7.6

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Synopsis

A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions.

First Air Date: 2007-08-13

Last Air Date: 2014-06-29

Number of Seasons: 7

Number of Episodes: 84

Created By: Tom Kapinos

Networks: Showtime

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Top Cast

David Duchovny as Hank Moody
Natascha McElhone as Karen van der Beek
Evan Handler as Charlie Runkle
Pamela Adlon as Marcy Runkle
Madeleine Martin as Becca Moody
Madeline Zima as Mia Lewis
Stephen Tobolowsky as Stu Beggs
Jason Beghe as Richard Bates
Rachel Miner as Dani
Callum Keith Rennie as Lew Ashby

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Novelist Hank Moody struggles to help raise his 13-year-old daughter, while carrying a torch for his ex-girlfriend Karen. His obsession with honesty and his self-destructive behavior are simultaneously destroying and enriching his career. . . all this in the city he loathes the most: Los Angeles.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Pilot (2007-08-13)

A transplanted author suffers from writer's block and is disappointed that his novel has been turned into a romantic comedy for the big screen. He also learns his ex is engaged and that their 12-year-old daughter is acting on her “emerging sexuality.”
Ep. 2: Hell-A Woman (2007-08-20)

Hank begins his blogging job at Hell-A-Magazine. Karen is able to set Hank up with her friend Sonja by disguising the get together as a family dinner. At dinner, Becca reveals how Hank met Karen.
Ep. 3: The Whore of Babylon (2007-08-27)

At a book signing, Hank gets into a scrap with the disgruntled director of the film based on his novel, and later runs into a woman whom he embarrassed and insulted on a blind date. Mia attempts to steal some of Hank's work to use for her high-school creative-writing class.
Ep. 4: Fear and Loathing at the Fundraiser (2007-09-03)

Meredith convinces Hank to escort her to an environmental fundraiser. Coincidentally Bill and Karen are at the same event, where Karen makes a scene. Also, Hank runs into Dani and Charlie while they are in his office.
Ep. 5: LOL (2007-09-10)

Bill asks Hank to step in as a guest speaker at Mia's creative writing class. During a radio interview, Hank talks about his writing and motivations. Meanwhile, Becca develops a crush on her guitar teacher Dave, but he ends up with Mia.
Ep. 6: Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (2007-09-17)

Hank spends the night with a sexy surfer girl and in return she robs him. Mia wants more of Hank's writing to pass her class, instead he offers her to help her with her own writing. Charlie wants to spice up the sex life with his wife, but she is not as fond of spanking as Dani is.
Ep. 7: Girls, Interrupted (2007-09-24)

Hank is disturbed by Becca's negative reaction towards the concept of happy endings, even more so when he finds out that it is partially his fault. Marcy comes up with the idea of a threesome with Charlie and Dani, but it ends unexpectedly.
Ep. 8: California Son (2007-10-01)

Hank's father dies. Despite the memories of his father floating to the surface, he doesn't want to go to the funeral. To ease his pain, he goes to bed with a hooker named Trixie, despite the fact he doesn't have enough money to pay her. Meanwhile, Karen does her best to help him overcome the pain.
Ep. 9: Filthy Lucre (2007-10-08)

After the funeral of Hank's father Al, Hank comes back to L.A. with a new manuscript, that he wants Karen to read. After receiving a bonus paycheck, he buys a new car for himself and a new guitar for Becca.
Ep. 10: The Devil's Threesome (2007-10-15)

A new threesome including Hank and Charlie evolves from a meeting at the gym, while Karen and Marcy have a girl's night out at which they decide to surprise Hank and Charlie.
Ep. 11: Turn the Page (2007-10-22)

Charlie and Dani represent Mia after she wrote a book that seems to have come out of Hank's feather. Becca decides to move out of Bill and Karen's home to live with her dad Hank.
Ep. 12: The Last Waltz (2007-10-29)

As Karen's wedding to Bill nears, Hank struggles with accepting what appears to be inevitable. Bill informs Mia that he will not allow her book to be published and Hank has a unique solution to dealing with Becca's surprise visitor.