Californication

Hank is bailed out of jail to find that his literary sex scandal has made him the toast of Hollywood and the target of a lawsuit - as well as estranged him from Karen and Becca. Season premiere.

Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon
Director(s): David Von Ancken
Writer(s): Tom Kapinos

Hank polishes off a day of flaky neediness with a creative meeting about his potential new movie that ends with him hiding in a starlet's bathroom and accidentally overdosing on booze and sleeping pills.

Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon
Director(s): David Duchovny
Writer(s): Tom Kapinos

Hank takes advantage of the misperception that he tried to commit suicide and moves back home with Karen and Becca, but his daughter knows the truth; Charlie sets out to reach a sexual benchmark while a wealthy producer pursues Marcy.

Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon
Director(s): Adam Bernstein
Writer(s): Tom Kapinos

A meeting to discuss Hank's recently completed movie script ends with a billionaire dead in a bathroom; Marcy suspects that she might be pregnant; Karen meets a potential new boyfriend in the artist father of one of Becca's bandma...

Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon
Director(s): Bart Freundlich
Writer(s): Tom Kapinos, Gabriel Roth, Matt Patterson

Charlie discovers that his vasectomy was botched and that Marcy's baby could be his; Hank's relationship with lawyer Abby gets more personal but a good deed yields a compromising photo that could ruin Hank's life.

Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon
Director(s): Beth McCarthy-Miller
Writer(s): Tom Kapinos

A sensational photo derails Hank's case and threatens to destroy his movie project until his sincere love for Becca rescues his career, while Karen resuscitates her ex-husband's relationship with his beautiful lawyer.

Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon
Director(s): John Dahl
Writer(s): Tom Kapinos, Vanessa Reisen

Forced by her relationship with Hank to recuse herself as his lawyer, Abby pitches the case to a senior partner on the golf course; Hank is dismayed by Karen's growing relationship with artist Ben.

Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon
Director(s): Michael Weaver
Writer(s): Tom Kapinos

Hank takes a gig rewriting dialogue on a zombie sequel but threatens his job when he hooks up with a sexy woman with close ties to the film's female lead; Marcy tells Stu she's pregnant but not that the baby may be Charlie's.

Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon
Director(s): Adam Bernstein
Writer(s): Tom Kapinos

Evicted from his apartment, Hank moves back in with Karen and Becca while he prepares for his trial and teaches his daughter to drive; while Karen's out on a date with Ben, Becca and Pearl steal the Porsche and wreck it.

Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon
Director(s): Michael Lehmann
Writer(s): Tom Kapinos, Gabriel Roth

A nervous Hank panics when his trial turns into an all-out character assassination, with even friendly witnesses Charlie and Karen unable to portray him as anything other than a drunken lout.

Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon
Director(s): Seith Mann
Writer(s): Tom Kapinos

Found guilty of statutory rape, Hank buys a used Porsche and considers fleeing from Los Angeles, but instead enjoys one last night in the company of his friends and family.

Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon
Director(s): John Dahl
Writer(s): Tom Kapinos

As Hank awaits sentencing, the lines between his real life and the movie based on his life blur as the film's star hits on his ex-wife and he feels stirrings of passion for the actress hired to play Karen. Season finale.

Stars: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon
Director(s): Adam Bernstein
Writer(s): Tom Kapinos