Californication: Season 1

2007 · 12 episodes · ★ 7.8

What Season 1 of Californication

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.

12episodes

Aug 13, 2007premiered

Oct 29, 2007final episode

5.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Pilot
Aug 13, 2007 · 28 min · ★ 7.7
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.”
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins · Written by: Tom Kapinos · Starring: Pamela Adlon, Camille Langfield, Amy Price-Francis, Michele Nordin
1x02 Hell-A Woman
Aug 20, 2007 · 28 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Directed by: Scott Winant · Written by: Tom Kapinos · Starring: Pamela Adlon, Rachel Miner, Lucy Davis, Paula Marshall
1x03 The Whore of Babylon
Aug 27, 2007 · 28 min · ★ 7.5
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.
Directed by: Scott Winant · Written by: Tom Kapinos · Starring: Rachel Miner, Robert Merrill, Chris Williams, Paula Marshall
1x04 Fear and Loathing at the Fundraiser
Sep 3, 2007 · 28 min · ★ 7.7
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.
Directed by: Michael Lembeck · Written by: Daisy Gardner · Starring: Rachel Miner, Robert Merrill, Camille Langfield, Chris Williams
1x05 LOL
Sep 10, 2007 · 28 min · ★ 7.6
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.
Directed by: Bart Freundlich · Written by: Susan McMartin · Starring: Pamela Adlon, Rachel Miner, Henry Rollins, Lance Barber
1x06 Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Sep 17, 2007 · 28 min · ★ 7.9
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.
Directed by: Ken Whittingham · Written by: Tom Kapinos, Eric Weinberg · Starring: Pamela Adlon, Rachel Miner, Michelle Lombardo, Lance Barber
1x07 Girls, Interrupted
Sep 24, 2007 · 28 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directed by: Tucker Gates · Written by: Gina Fattore · Starring: Pamela Adlon, Rachel Miner, Lance Barber, Chris Williams
1x08 California Son
Oct 1, 2007 · 28 min · ★ 8.0
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.
Directed by: Scott Winant · Written by: Tom Kapinos · Starring: Amber Heard, Judy Greer, Chris Williams, Mark Margolis
1x09 Filthy Lucre
Oct 8, 2007 · 28 min · ★ 7.9
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.
Directed by: Scott Z. Burns · Written by: Ildy Modrovich · Starring: Pamela Adlon, Rachel Miner, Brigitte Bako, Damian Young
1x10 The Devil's Threesome
Oct 15, 2007 · 28 min · ★ 7.5
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.
Directed by: John Dahl · Written by: Tom Kapinos · Starring: Pamela Adlon, Rachel Miner, Laura Niles, Luis Moncada
1x11 Turn the Page
Oct 22, 2007 · 28 min · ★ 8.1
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.
Directed by: David Von Ancken · Written by: Gina Fattore, Eric Weinberg · Starring: Rachel Miner, Mo Collins, Damian Young, Mike B. Metz
1x12 The Last Waltz Season Finale
Oct 29, 2007 · 28 min · ★ 8.2
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.
Directed by: Scott Winant · Written by: Tom Kapinos · Starring: Pamela Adlon, Damian Young, Christen Sussin, Robert Gilling