Californication Insider

Original air date: 10/14/2008

Written by: Gina Fattore

Directed by: John Dahl

Guest star(s): Paula Marshall, Angus MacFadyen, Callum Keith Rennie, Carla Gallo, Judy Greer, Ezra Miller

Soundtracks:
* Johnny Whitehorse, “Native Call”
* Maylene & The Sons of Disaster – “The Day Hell Broke Loose at Sicard Hollow”

Sinopsis : A prostitute who is acquainted with Ashby and Hank claims that Hank is better in bed. Karen comes under the spell of a self-help guru. Charlie pitches himself as an agent, and wants to help Daisy with her porn career.

Written by: Tom Kapinos

Directed by: David Von Ancken

Guest star(s):
Paula Marshall
callum Keith Rennie
Carla Gallo
Rachel Miner
Paul Rae
Alexis Arquette

Soundtracks:
* Mega Jive, “Dirty Thang”
* Kid Rock, “So Hott”
* Univited Guests, “Beautiful”
* Tom Petty, “Wake Up Time”

Sinopsis: After Hank is arrested by the police and sent to jail, he meets record producer Lew Ashby, who asks Hank to write his biography, and Charlie is fired after videos of him masturbating in the office are shown to his boss.

Original air date: September 28, 2008

Written by: Tom Kapinos

Directed by: David Duchovny

Guest star(s):
Carla Gallo (Daisy)
Michelle Lombardo (Surfer Girl)
Paula Marshall (Sonja)
Brian Posehn (Scooter Man)
Callum Keith Rennie (Lew Ashby)
Kym Stys (Party Fight Girl)
Peter Wentz (Himself)
Sheri Moon Zombie (Nurse)

Soundtracks:
* The Mamas and the Papas, “California Dreamin’”
* Slayer, “Raining Blood”
* Shake Some Action, “What You Want Me to Do”
* My Heat, “Prima Donna”
* Echo Pilot, “Go Low Step Low”
* Rob Zombie, “(Go to) California”
* Clinic, “If You Could Read Your Mind”
* Warren Zevon, “My ****’s ****** Up”

Sinopsis: Hank is back with Karen, making a go at a healthy, normal relationship – which isn’t easy when it seems all the stray trim in Hollywood is lurking just inside his peripheral vision. With his daughter pulling away, he becomes increasingly worried he’ll **** up everything he thought he wanted. To top it off, a painful vasectomy drives him to sedation. When Hank loses his bearing at a party and accidentally winds up in bed with a woman who’s not Karen, the fallout gets Hank – and his balls – busted by the authorities.

Original air date: 10/27/2007

Directed by: Scott Winant

Written by: Tom Kapinos

Guest Star(s): Charlie Mattera , Lynn A. Henderson, John Laughlin, Myles Trifon, Robert Gilling, Jory Glick, Shira Kreitenberg, Cristy Joy Slavis.

Soundtracks:
* Steve Earle & Reckless Kelly, “Reconsider Me”
* Madeleine Martin, “Only Woman Bleed”
* Elton John, “High Flying Bird”
* Tommy Stinson and Friends for Done to Death, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”

Synopsis: Hank struggles with the onrushing reality of Karen’s wedding to Bill. Becca receives an unexpected visitor prompting some vintage Hank Moody problem solving. Bill, meanwhile, breaks it to Mia that he has no intention of allowing her book to be published.

Original air date: 10/22/2007

Directed by: David Von Achken

Written by: Gina Fattore & Eric Weinberg

Guest Star(s): Rachel Minor

Soundtracks:
* Lodger, “Butterfly Blues”
* Joe Strummer, “Coma Girl”

Synopsis: 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.