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Original air date: 9/17/2007

Directed by: Ken Whittingham

Written by: Tom Kapinos & Eric Weinberg

Guest Star(s): Michelle Lombardo (“Surfer Girl”), Daisy Gardner (“Crusty Cashier”), Rachel Miner (“Dani”), Pamela Adlon (“Marcy”), Lance Barber (“Nick Lowry”)

Soundtracks:
* Madeleine Martin, “Don’t Let Us Get Sick”
* Gus Black, “Paranoid”
* Sea Wolf, “The Garden That You Planted”
* Pat Guadagno, “Don’t Let Us Get Sick”

Synopsis: 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 Marcy, but she is not as fond of spanking as Dani is.

See short scene of Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder below:

Original air date: 9/10/2007

Directed by: Bart Freundlich

Written by: Susan McMartin

Guest Star(s): Henry Rollins (Himself), Damian Young (William “Bill” Lewis). Camille Langfield (Sandy), Amy Price-Francis (Meredith)

Soundtracks:
* Marsmobil, “Reversed Mantra”
* Mark McAdam, “While You Wait”
* Harvey Danger, “Little Round Mirrors”
* Bob Dylan, “If You See Her, Say Hello”

Synopsis: Bill asks Hank to step in as a guest speaker at Mia’s creative writing class. Hank talks about his writing and motivations on a radio interview. Becca develops a crush on her guitar teacher Dave, but he ends up with Mia.

Original air date: 9/3/2007

Directed by: Michael Lembeck

Written by: Daisy Gardner

Guest Star(s): Rachel Miner (Dani, Charlie’s Assistant), Chris Williams (Todd Carr), Damian Young (William “Bill” Lewis), Camille Langfield (Sandy), Amy Price-Francis (Meredith), Robert Merrill (Jonathan Mandel), Kathy Christopherson (Nikki Mandel)

Soundtracks:
# CéU, “Lenda”
# Radio Citizen, “El Cielo”
# 8 Bold Souls, “Brown Town”
# Luca Mundaca, “Ha Dias (There Are Days)”
# Arling & Cameron, “Popcorn 2006″
# Mundo Livre, “Meu Esquema”
# Mindy Smith, “Peace of Mind”
# Arco, “Lullaby

Synopsis: Meredith convinces Hank to escort her to an environmental fundraiser. Coincidentally Bill and Karen are at the same event, where Karen makes a scene, and Hank runs into Dani and Charlie while they are in his office.

Original air date: 8/27/2007

Directed by: Scott Winant

Written by: Tom Kapinos

Guest Star(s): Rachel Miner (Dani, Charlie’s Assistant), Amy Price-Francis (Meredith), Damian Young (William “Bill” Lewis), Kathy Christopherson (Nikki Mandel), Robert Merrill (Jonathan Mandel), Chris Williams (Todd Carr)

Sountracks:
* She Died, “I’m Ten Feet Tall”
* Josh Blake, “Pain & My Misery”
* Creosote, “The Ballad of Whiskey and Tears”
* Betty Davis, “Walkin’ Up the Road”
* Dawn Landes, “Toy Piano”

Synopsis: Hank and Todd Carr, the director of “A Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, the movie adaptation of Hank’s book, start a fight, after which Hank ends up in jail. Bill bails him out and Hank finds a new connection to Meredith. Charlie learns about a different side of his assistant Dani.

Original air date: 8/20/2007

Directed by: Scott Winant

Written by: Tom Kapinos

Guest Star(s): Damian Young (Will “Bill” Lewis), Rachel Miner (Dani, Charlie’s Assistant), Pamela Adlon (Marcy), Paula Marshall (Sonja)

Sountracks:
* Robbers on High Street, “Japanese Girls”
* The Doors, “L.A. Woman” (Paul Oakenfold Re-mix)
* Kenneth James Gibson, “Sarcastically Yours”
* Tommy Stinson, “Light of Day”

Synopsis: Becca invites Hank to her Mom and Bill’s house for a dinner party with some mutual friends. After he arrives, however, he realizes that Karen has planned a little setup for Hank with her scientologist friend Sonja, which doesn’t thrill Hank all that much. But, Hank gets a nice laugh out of it after the rest of the party people walk in on him and Sonja in the bedroom. Hank also gets a little news about the job he recently accepted.

See short scene of Hell-A Woman below