Californication

10.10pm sunday / OCTOBER 12

How long will it take Hank to mess things up with Karen?

Hank’s usual nice disposition doesn’t win him any favourites when he tries to talk his way out of a police warning. Finding himself in jail and with Karen still upset about the accident at the party, she refuses to bail him out.

In prison, Hank is introduced to fellow inmate Lew Ashby, who proposes that Hank writes his long-awaited biography. When Hank refuses, Ashby bails them both out and tells Hank a story of the girl he loved and lost, prompting Hank to call Karen.

Meanwhile, Charlie gets fired after his former assistant Dani, plays the agency president a montage of Charlie’s self-pleasuring office sessions.

Series 2, Episode 1: October 5 2008, 10:10pm

What is it about racy behaviour that has everyone running home to tune into their TV’s?

And with TEN's hit series Californication returning for a highly anticipated second season, you're only going to be running faster…

Californication centres around the life of Hank Moody (Golden Globe winner David Duchovny) who is struggling through his career as a writer while trying to win a family he’s already lost. But don't pity the guy for his situation; the feeling fades once he begins to bed women three times a day!

Season one ended with Hank coming to terms with having lost his long time love, only to have her bail on her own wedding and hop into his convertible, driving off into the sunset. Does this mean that a new Hank has emerged, now that he has his perfect family? Hardly. As part of the reconciliation, Hank undergoes a grueling vasectomy at Karen’s request.

9.30PM MONDAY NOVEMBER 12 ON TEN

Guest Stars: Pamela Adlon

Hank wakes up from his nightmares about Karen's imminent marriage to Bill to discover his nightmare is a reality and the wedding is today. But before he and Becca can get out the door, Becca reveals a secret that requires some vintage Hank Moody problem solving.

Bill tells his daughter Mia there is no way he will allow her book to see the light of day as the character in the book’s sex fantasy is too frighteningly similar to Hank. Enraged, Mia asks him why he’s so sure it’s a fantasy at all…

Meanwhile, Karen admits to Marcy (Pamela Adlon) she slept with Hank after his father died. Marcy uses her wily ways to facilitate a last chance meeting between Karen and Hank but Hank takes the high road and wishes her and Bill well – but what does Karen really want?

The ceremony goes off without a hitch, until Mia steps in and drops a bombshell, telling the guests that her father and Karen are not right for each other. Hank tries to minimise the damage by having a word with her but it backfires tremendously when Mia spills the truth to all about her and Hank have sex. Bill, understandably, attacks Hank whilst Karen, Becca and the guests demand answers. Hank is just about to reveal

9.30PM MONDAY OCTOBER 29 on TEN

Guest Stars: Pamela Adlon, Rachel Miner, Laura Niles

Newly minted roommates Hank and Charlie have moved in together and vowed to get over their respective relationship woes by spicing up their lives. Charlie is determined to be in fighting shape as he is now a single man and convinces Hank to join him at the gym.

Dani (Rachel Miner) reminds Charlie that he has a meeting with Mia but Charlie blows it off. He also scoffs at Dani's mention that she wants to be an agent; however Dani has the upper hand when she threatens to go to Human Resources with stories of their sordid past if he doesn't take her seriously.

At the gym, Hank and Charlie meet a girl, Laura (Laura Niles), who remembers Hank from a previous encounter. She seems pretty upset about their last meeting, but Hank can’t remember her. So she beats him up.

Dani takes the meeting with Mia and is impressed by the fact that she is only sixteen and has written a novel. Dani offers to help Mia get published which Mia obviously agrees to. But Mia is hiding a dirty little secret about her supposed self-written manuscript…

CALIFORNICATION 9.30PM MONDAY OCTOBER 22

FILTHY LUCRE - Season 1, Episode 9

Guest Stars: Pamela Adlon, Brigitte Bako

Hank returns to LA from New York with an engagement ring for Karen – he is just waiting for the right moment to present it to her. Meanwhile, Karen and Bill continue with their wedding preparations with Bill none-the-wiser about Karen having had sex with Hank. To make matters even tenser for Karen, Bill reveals he doesn't want Becca to play with her band at the wedding,

Hank attempts to pick up where he left off with Karen – the sex must have meant something, right? Wrong. Karen tells him the sex was a mistake, leaving Hank fearing just when he thought he was a step closer to gaining Karen back, he is actually a step further away.

Charlie presents Hank with a bonus cheque for ‘A Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ and Hank presents Charlie with some equally thrilling news – he has a new manuscript. Hank also gives a copy for Karen to read, hoping to woo her with his writing.

http://www.podshow.com/shows/?mode=detail&episode_id=82372 ... I love the sex, the nudity, the women, the humor ... and, for some reason, I can identify with a 40+ year old writer...

I review every episode of Californication, usually minutes after it's been on tv. Here's a link to my review of Episode 8 - a great episode - http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/10/californication-continues-8.html

You'll find links there to my reviews of previous episodes.

Monday October 15 at 9:30pm on TEN

Hank falls into a spiral of despair when his father Al (Mark Margolis), dies. In a flashback sequence, Hank remembers a series of events where Al points out Hank's shortcomings, both professionally and personally, which Hank takes great offence too.

However, at the time, Karen agreed with Al and informed Hank he did indeed fall short on his family obligations. It was these events and accusations that lead to Karen revealing to Hank she slept with Bill (Damian Young), thus resulting in them splitting for good.

Meanwhile, back in the present day, Karen tries to get Hank on a plane to go to his father's funeral. Instead, he holes up with Trixie (Judy Greer), a hooker he meets at a bar. Completely broke, Hank has Charlie come to the hotel room to pay off the hooker's bodyguard.

Hank returns home and finally reads an old unopened letter his father wrote him years ago in which Al apologises for all of his own shortcomings and tells Hank how much he loves him and his writing. Hank breaks down just as Karen arrives at his house to console him, leaving them both in a very emotional and tender state. Has heartbreak ultimately brought the one person Hank has been pining for, back in to his life?