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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

Original air date: 8/13/2007

Directed by: Stephen Hopkins

Written by: Tom Kapinos

Guest Star(s): Amy Price-Francis (Meredith), Pamela Adlon (Marcy), Michelle Nordin (Nun/Heather), Camille Langfield (Sandy)

Soundtrack:
* The Rolling Stones, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”
* Quantic Soul Orchestra, “Pushin’ On”
* Ive Mendes, “À Beira Mar”
* Peepin’ Tom, “Mojo”
* My Morning Jacket, “Rocket Man”

Synopsis: We meet 40ish year old Hank Moody in a church asking Jesus to help him get his life back on track. He is then distracted by a hot nun, which turns out to be a dream that is representative of his lifestyle. Sex-addicted Hank sleeps with many women including a woman who is cheating on her enraged and muscular husband and 16-year-old girl Mia whom he thinks is in college. Moody also has to interact with ex-girlfriend Karen who might still love him. With her, they share the custody of their 12-year-old daughter Becca who is wise beyond her years but is starting to have a sex life, which freaks out both of her parents.

This is the video of Californication Session 1, Episode 1 : ” Pilot “