![]() Circumstances lead him to go into the porn industry, as he becomes the agent/paternal-figure of a porn star named Daisy, and spends the majority of his and wife Marcy's nest egg financing the artsy porn movie Vaginatown (a take on Chinatown), starring Daisy. Office masturbation costs Charlie Runkle his job. A mistake and a fight with an obnoxious police officer land Hank in jail, where he meets world-famous record producer Lew Ashby, who commissions Hank to write his biography. Hank gets a vasectomy and attends a party thrown by Sonja, a woman he had sex with in Season 1. In Season 2 (September 28 – December 14, 2008), Hank and Karen's relationship seems to be working out, Becca seems happy again, and their house is on the market as they plan a move to New York. Included artists are The Rolling Stones, Peeping Tom, My Morning Jacket, The Doors, Tommy Stinson, Bob Dylan, Harvey Danger, Madeleine Martin, Gus Black, Mexican institute of sound, Warren Zevon, The Heavy, Champion, Steve Earle, Elton John, and two original tracks created for the show by Tyler Bates and Tree Adams. On June 3, 2008, Showtime released the Season 1 soundtrack Temptation: Music From The Showtime Series Californication, which features music from the original series. But that evening, as he and Becca leave the reception, Karen runs out and jumps into his car, presumably to resume their life together. On Karen's and Bill's wedding day, Hank chooses to be unselfish and accept the situation so as not to destroy his beloved's wedding day. Upon returning to L.A., he believes the original copy to be lost when he is carjacked, but Mia had previously stolen the manuscript, and now she takes credit for it herself and attempts to have it published. After the funeral, Hank stays in New York to finish a manuscript for a new novella. The death of Hank's father drives Hank on an alcohol-fueled binge and a sexual encounter with Karen. She uses the threat of illegal sex charges to extort stories from him that she passes off as her own for her high-school creative-writing class. Mia proceeds to harass Hank during his visits to his family. One day he picks up a younger woman in a bookstore after they have sex, he discovers that she is Bill's 16-year-old daughter Mia. Hank spends most of his time drinking and not writing. Hank wallows in self-loathing following the release of A Crazy Little Thing Called Love, a drastically altered and watered-down-yet commercially popular-movie adaptation of his most recent novel, God Hates Us All. Season 1 (August 13 – October 29, 2007) followed Hank and the other main characters in the months leading up to Karen's planned marriage to Bill, a Los Angeles publisher. ![]() The segment before the Opening Theme is the intro to The Stooges' song, "I got a right". The movie based on "God Hates Us All", "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love", is named after the song by the rock band Queen from their album "The Game". The books Crack The Sky and Blood Mountain by Richard Bates are also the names of two Mastodon albums. Hank's lawyer in Season 4 is called Abby Rhodes his first three novels, "South of Heaven", "Seasons in the Abyss" and "God Hates Us All", are all named after Slayer albums. It frequently alludes to Warren Zevon and featured Henry Rollins in a guest appearance some episode titles, such as "Filthy Lucre" and "Turn the Page", allude to album and song names (Sex Pistols' "Filthy Lucre Live" and Bob Seger's "Turn the Page", respectively). The show is laced with rock culture references. Showtime renewed Californication for a third season, which premiered on Sunday Septemat 10 pm. The first season was released on DVD in the US on June 17, 2008. The premiere episode of Season 2 aired September 28, 2008. Season 2 began filming in April 2008, and was underway as of June 2008. The Season 1 finale, titled "The Last Waltz" (in homage to Martin Scorsese's concert film), originally aired on Showtime on October 29, 2007. The show was renewed for a second season on September 7, 2007. ![]() Hank constantly deals with the consequences of his inability to say "no" to temptation while trying to show his family that he can be a responsible, caring father to Becca and a reliable partner to Karen. ![]() He blames his longtime writer's block on reasons ranging from the hedonism of Los Angeles to the departure of his partner Karen. The series revolves around Hank Moody, a novelist plagued by alcoholism.
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