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Californication

  • TV-MA
  • 2007–2014
  • 7 seasons
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 7.6

He's in way too deep.

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.

Episodes

Hank Moody is back and he couldn’t be more screwed. A one-night misunderstanding has landed him in serious hot water, but his troubles don’t end there. Hank's literary sex scandal has caused a sensation, even as he prepares to defend himself in court and tries to get Karen and Becca to speak to him, and a movie based on his stolen book begins production.

12 episodes
  1. 1Exile on Main St.

    28 minJan 9, 20117.0

    Just as Hank is released from a 72 hour jail period for assault he is picked up by Charlie and dragged off to show the recent events of F&P with Mia becoming public and dropped into a meeting with a young actress that wants to capitalize on the publicity, and make a movie out of F&P. whom which he later re-enacts F&P in her hotel room. The episode ends with Hank hearing from his lawyer that the assault charges have been dropped and he is then arrested for statutory rape.

  2. 2Suicide Solution

    28 minJan 16, 20117.4

    Hank is told he faces 3 years in prison because the DA wants to make an example of him. There are signs Marcy is pregnant. Hank tries to fix things with Becca. The episode ends as Hank high on drugs and liquor writes a letter to Becca and then passes out.

  3. 3Home Sweet Home

    28 minJan 23, 20117.3

    Hank takes advantage of the misperception that he tried to commit suicide and moves back home with Karen and Becca, but his daughter knows the truth; Charlie sets out to reach a sexual benchmark while a wealthy producer pursues Marcy.

  4. 4Monkey Business

    28 minJan 30, 20117.2

    Hank Moody is notified by his attorney Abby that he will be going to trial for statutory rape. But not before Hank hands the completed F&P script to Charlie, who promptly drags him to a meeting with the Director, producer Stu Beggs and eccentric financier Zig Samitaur, setting off a chain of events that leads to Hank and Charlie having to explain why there’s a dead billionaire in the bathroom.

  5. 5Freeze-Frame

    28 minFeb 6, 20117.3

    After a personal grooming mishap, Charlie discovers that his vasectomy was botched and that Marcy's baby could be his; Hank's relationship with lawyer Abby gets more personal but a good deed yields a compromising photo that could ruin Hank's life.

  6. 6Lawyers, Guns and Money

    28 minFeb 13, 20117.4

    A sensational photo derails Hank's case and threatens to destroy his movie project until his sincere love for Becca rescues his career, while Karen resuscitates her ex-husband's relationship with his beautiful lawyer.

  7. 7The Recused

    28 minFeb 20, 20117.2

    Forced by her relationship with Hank to recuse herself as his lawyer, Abby pitches the case to a senior partner on the golf course; Hank is dismayed by Karen's growing relationship with artist Ben; Marcy and Stu ask Charlie to help them pitch a TV project.

  8. 8Lights, Camera, Asshole

    28 minFeb 27, 20117.0

    Hank takes a gig rewriting dialogue on a zombie sequel but threatens his job when he hooks up with a sexy woman with close ties to the film's female lead; Marcy tells Stu she's pregnant but not that the baby may be Charlie's.

  9. 9Another Perfect Day

    28 minMar 6, 20116.8

    Evicted from his apartment, Hank moves back in with Karen and Becca while he prepares for his trial and teaches his daughter to drive; while Karen's out on a date with Ben, Becca and Pearl steal the Porsche and wreck it.

  10. 10The Trial

    28 minMar 13, 20117.7

    A nervous Hank discovers that he's got good reason to panic when his trial turns into an all-out character assassination, with even friendly witnesses Charlie and Karen unable to portray him as anything other than a drunken, oversexed lout.

  11. 11The Last Supper

    28 minMar 20, 20117.3

    Found guilty of statutory rape, Hank buys a used Porsche and considers fleeing from Los Angeles, but instead enjoys one last night in the company of his friends and family.

  12. 12...And Justice for All

    28 minMar 27, 20117.7

    As Hank awaits sentencing, the lines between his real life and the movie based on his life blur as the film's star hits on his ex-wife and he feels stirrings of passion for the actress hired to play Karen.

Where to watch Californication

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Series cast

David DuchovnyHank Moody84 episodes
Natascha McElhoneKaren van der Beek84 episodes
Evan HandlerCharlie Runkle84 episodes
Pamela AdlonMarcy Runkle84 episodes
Madeleine MartinBecca Moody84 episodes
Madeline ZimaMia Lewis48 episodes
Stephen TobolowskyStu Beggs30 episodes
Jason BegheRichard Bates13 episodes
Rachel MinerDani12 episodes
Callum Keith RennieLew Ashby12 episodes
Carla GalloDaisy11 episodes
Michael ImperioliRick Rath11 episodes
Oliver CooperLevon11 episodes
Embeth DavidtzFelicia Koons10 episodes
Kathleen TurnerSue Collini10 episodes
Carla GuginoAbby Rhodes10 episodes
Scott Michael FosterTyler10 episodes
Camilla LuddingtonLizzie10 episodes

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