Californication
Starring David Duchovny as Hank Moody: a troubled novelist whose move to California and his writer’s block complicate the relationships with his ex-girlfriend Karen (Natascha McElhone) and daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin)
Episode 9: Mr. Bad Example
Becca and Chelsea (Ellen Davis Woglom) get involved in a brawl on campus, which results in one of Hank’s sexual dalliances being discovered. Meanwhile, Charlie jeopardizes his job when he attempts to get Marcy away from his client Rick Springfield (as himself).
Episode 8: The Apartment
Hank is kept up all night after a surprise visit by Jackie (Eva Amurri) and two of her stripper colleagues from the club. He’s really sent scrambling when both Jill (Diane Farr) and Felicia (Embeth Davidtz) show up at his doorstep the next morning before the trio have departed. To complicate things ever further, Dean Koons (Peter Gallagher) also drops by, and Charlie arrives with a verbally abusive Rick Springfield (as himself)
Episode 7: So Here’s the Thing…
Fearing he may have ruined things (again) with Karen, Hank plans to cool things down with the campus hotties, but true to form winds up getting burned by his amorous pursuits. Meanwhile, Charlie scrambles to keep the agency’s top client (Peter Fonda) from leaving the fold; and Becca chastises her father for the horrible role model he’s become
Episode 6: Glass Houses
Trouble with Becca and her friend Chelsea interferes with Karen’s visit who wants to reunite her family.
Episode 5: Slow Happy Boys
Hank has the apartment all to his bad self when Becca visits Karen in New York for the weekend. Meanwhile, Hank’s old buddy from Long Island, Mike Zlosowski, pays a visit. Hank shows Zlos an epic time, inviting him to a swanky party hosted by Sue Collini and her eccentric husband Dickie. The weekend culminates in a night of debauchery where Hank and his talented pupil Jackie take their student / teacher relationship to the next level. Upon picking up Becca at LAX, Hank’s surprised to see his daughter isn’t traveling alone. Charlie and Marcy are finally hitting the sheets again, but it’s coitus interruptus after Charlie reveals a dirty little secret involving ex-flame Daisy.
