''Californication'' is an American comedy-drama television series, created by

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, which aired for seven seasons on Showtime from August 13, 2007, to June 29, 2014. The show follows New Yorker Hank Moody (

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), a troubled novelist who moves to California and suffers from writer's block. His drinking, womanizing, and drug abuse complicate his relationships with his longtime lover, Karen (

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), and their daughter, Becca ( Madeleine Martin). The show's other main characters are Hank's best friend and agent Charlie Runkle ( Evan Handler) and Charlie's wife Marcy ( Pamela Adlon). Recurring themes are sex, drugs, and rock and roll, all of which are featured regularly, as well as the seedier side of

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. The show won several awards, including two

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s (nominated for two others) and one

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(nominated for five others).

Series overview

The series revolves around Hank Moody, a novelist plagued by

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. He blames his longtime writer's block on reasons ranging from the

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of Los Angeles to the departure of his girlfriend Karen. 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. The show was renewed for a second season on September 7, 2007. The season-one finale, "

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" (in homage to

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), originally aired on Showtime on October 29, 2007. Season two began filming in April 2008, and was underway as of June 2008. The premiere episode of season two aired September 28, 2008. The first season was released on DVD in the US on June 17, 2008. Showtime renewed ''Californication'' for a third season, which premiered on Sunday September 27, 2009, at 10 pm. The show is laced with rock culture references. It frequently alludes to

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and featured

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in a guest appearance; some episode titles, such as " Filthy Lucre", " Turn the Page", and "The Land of Rape and Honey", allude to album and song names (

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' " Filthy Lucre Live",

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's " Turn the Page", and Ministry's '' The Land of Rape and Honey'', respectively. ''Turn the Page'' was also covered by

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; episodes ''...And Justice for All'' and ''The Unforgiven'' are named after Metallica songs). Hank's lawyer in season four is called Abby Rhoads; his first three novels, ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' God Hates Us All'', are all named after

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albums. The books ''Crack the Sky'' and ''Blood Mountain'' by Richard Bates are also the names of two

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albums. ''A Crazy Little Thing Called Love'', the movie based on ''God Hates Us All'', is named after the

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by the rock band

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from their album '' The Game''. The segment before the opening theme is the introduction to

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' song, "I Got a Right".

Season one

Season one (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. 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''. Hank spends most of his time drinking and not writing. One day, he picks up a young woman in a bookstore; after they have sex, he discovers that she is Bill's 16-year-old daughter Mia. Mia proceeds to harass Hank during his visits to his family. 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. The death of Hank's father drives Hank on an alcohol-fueled binge and a sexual encounter with Karen. After the funeral, Hank stays in New York to finish a

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for a new

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. Upon returning to LA, he believes the original copy to be lost when he is carjacked, but Mia had previously stolen the plot, and now she takes credit for it herself and attempts to have it published. On Karen and Bill's wedding day, Hank chooses to be unselfish and accept the situation so as not to destroy his beloved's wedding day, but that evening, as Becca and he leave the reception, Karen runs out and jumps into his car, presumably to resume their life together. On June 3, 2008, Showtime released the season-one soundtrack ''Temptation: Music from the Showtime Series ''Californication'' '', which features music from the original series. Included artists are

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, Harvey Danger, Madeleine Martin,

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, The Heavy,

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, and two original tracks created for the show by

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and Tree Adams.

Season two

In season two (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. Hank gets a vasectomy, and attends a party thrown by Sonja, a woman with whom he had sex in season one. 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. Office masturbation costs Charlie Runkle his job. 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 wife Marcy and his nest egg financing the artsy porn movie ''Vaginatown'' (a take on ''

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''), starring Daisy. Marcy goes into treatment for her

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, and Charlie starts an affair with Daisy. Hank proposes to Karen on the night they discover that Hank could be the father of Sonja's child. Karen refuses his proposal, leading him to go back to his old ways and continuing the show's central focus on clandestine sexuality. Hank moves in with Ashby, who—to Hank's dismay—starts a romance with Mia. Becca finds a boyfriend named Damien. Mia's book is a hit and Ashby holds a party in her honor, where Damien cheats on Becca while Charlie announces he wants to leave Marcy for Daisy. After the party, Hank sees that Ashby's old girlfriend, the one who got away, has finally resurfaced. Hank then heads to Ashby's room, finding him with girls and cocaine. After Hank convinces him to rekindle the relationship, Ashby snorts some of what he believes is cocaine (but is actually heroin he had grabbed from a pile of drugs earlier in the party) and overdoses. This incident is believed to be an homage to

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's overdose in

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's ''

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''. Hank finishes Ashby's biography. Charlie ends up working at a BMW dealership in the Valley, introducing himself as Chuck Runkle. Sonja's baby arrives; it is biracial, which proves that Hank cannot be the father. Hank and Karen slowly move toward reuniting. Karen is offered a job in New York, and Hank is happy to go there with her. When Damien apologizes to Becca, though, and they reconcile, Hank decides taking Becca out of LA would be wrong, and stays there with her while Karen starts her job in New York. The season closes with Karen's plane leaving for New York City and Hank and Becca walking on the Venice boardwalk.

Season three

Season three (September 27 – December 13, 2009) began where season two ended. Key elements include Hank becoming a creative-writing teacher, and the various shenanigans he gets into when let loose on a college campus. The father/daughter relationship between Hank and Becca becomes decidedly moodier as she progresses through her teenage years. Hank keeps questioning his fathering ability as he watches his daughter become more like him than he ever wanted. He also continues to complicate his relationship with Becca's mother, his longtime love Karen, with various relationships with women of all ages. Hank's various relationships include a female student, his teaching assistant, and the dean's wife, all of whom fall for Hank. In the season finale, Hank has recurring nightmares of floating in a pool, drinking heavily while talking to his most recent conquests, who are swimming naked around him; Karen and Becca watch poolside. In reality, Mia returns to Hank's home and invites the family to the media launch of the paperback edition of her book. At the after party, Hank talks to Mia's manager, who is also her new boyfriend, who says he knows of Mia's history with Hank and offers Hank a way out by coming clean to the press about how the novel came about. Since it will affect Karen and Becca, though, Hank must decline. When they meet again, the men fight and the manager/boyfriend threatens to call the police. Hank hurries home to Karen and confesses that he slept with Mia when she was 16. Karen breaks down uncontrollably, the argument bursts onto the street, and a police car arrives as Hank is trying to calm Karen. When an officer grabs Hank from behind, Hank belts him and is bundled into the back of the car as Becca runs out to try to stop the police. The final scene shows a dream sequence of Hank in the pool again, drinking out of the bottle. He falls from his seat and drops his drink. The last shot shows Hank sinking while the bottle remains visible.

Season four

Season four (January 9, 2011 – March 27, 2011) filming began on April 19, 2010. Guest stars included

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as Hank's lawyer Abby;

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as Becca's new friend, who gets her to join Zoë's band, Queens of Dogtown; Addison Timlin as Sasha Bingham, a movie star; and

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as Eddy Nero, a famous actor who wants to play Hank's character in a movie.

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, singer and guitarist for

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and former guitarist for

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, has a cameo as a guitar-shop employee in episode two, the title of which, "Suicide Solution", comes from the Ozzy Osbourne song.

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drummer

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also has a cameo in the episode "Lights, Camera, Asshole", where he performs his solo version of Mötley Crüe's song "Home Sweet Home", on a piano at a bar at the end of the episode. Michael Ealy played a new love interest for Karen in four episodes, and Madeline Zima returned as Mia for four episodes. The story picks up 72 hours after Hank is arrested at the end of season three, and revolves around Hank's thoroughly destroyed life. His secrets have come to light; the world knows that he penned ''Fucking & Punching,'' and that he slept with the

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Mia. Karen is disgusted and Becca is disappointed, so Hank goes to live at a hotel. Season four follows his new legal troubles, such as his lawyer's attempts to get him acquitted of

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charges, plus the development of a film adaptation of "Fucking & Punching" and his sexual involvement with Sasha and Abby. Other developing storylines include Charlie learning his vasectomy may have been botched, Marcy moving in with a movie producer and learning she is pregnant by Charlie, Becca joining an all-female rock band, and Karen finding a new boyfriend. On January 11, 2011, the season-four soundtrack was released. Exclusive tracks include Tommy Lee's solo version of "Home Sweet Home" and three rock covers from the show's on-screen band Queens of Dogtown. Other artists on the soundtrack are Shooter Jennings and Hierophant,

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, Better Than Ezra, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Monster Magnet vs. Adrian Young,

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, and Gregory Alan Isakov. The soundtrack was co-produced by Nora Felder and Budd Carr, the show's music supervisors.

Season five

The show returned to Showtime for its fifth season in January 2012. Creator Tom Kapinos stated the show needed to take a completely new direction to stay fresh. The narrative takes place 2 years and 9 months after season four, almost at the end of Hank's probation. Hank has since made New York his home, but he returns to Los Angeles for a short, business-related visit. His family issues end up extending it. Karen is married to Professor Bates, 19-year-old Becca is in college and has a new boyfriend, and Marcy is married to Stu Beggs, sharing the custody of her son Stuart with Charlie. Hank meets with rapper-turned-actor Samurai Apocalypse ( RZA), who wants Hank to write a screenplay for a movie starring Samurai. Hank originally turns down the job, but eventually ends up writing ''Santa Monica Cop'' because he needs the money. Hank has a hard time working with Samurai, and their strained relationship leads to some unpleasant situations. Hank is disgusted with Hollywood after his book ''God Hates Us All'' was adapted into a movie that he hated, so is not thrilled with the prospect of working on another movie.

Season six

Season 6 started on January 13, 2013. Its storyline revolves around Hank's relationship with Faith (played by

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), whom he meets in a rehabilitation facility, in parallel with Hank's artistic participation in the music industry. Initially, Hank reluctantly agrees to rehab, not because of a drug dependency, but rather because of depression over his role in ex-girlfriend Carrie's suicide at the end of season five. After being dumped by him, Carrie, emotionally devastated, drugs Hank and herself, but Hank is the only one who awakes, making him lose control over his alcoholism for feeling deeply guilty. At this point, Hank's family and best friends intervene, sending him to rehab. Faith is a famous rockstar groupie/muse who is in rehab dealing with the recent death of a rockstar with whom she was involved, ultimately becoming Hank's muse. Faith and Hank seem to be made for each other, as they take off in a bus to follow a tour of Atticus Fetch (played by Tim Minchin), a rockstar who recruits Hank to write for him during the season, but in the end, Hank is too weak to move on from Karen, and though their relationship apparently has run its course, he leaves Faith and goes back to see Karen.

Season seven

Production for the seventh season began in 2013. In December 2013, Showtime announced that ''Californication'' would end its run after the seventh season.

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plays a neurotic writer, whom Charlie Runkle takes on as a client.

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plays Rath, a television producer for whom Hank begins to work. On June 4, 2013, actress

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announced that she would have a guest role as Amy Taylor Walsh, a TV star whose plea for Hank's help ends up putting him in an uncomfortable, compromising position. Amy apparently has ties to a season-four character, Sasha Bingham. Roger Howarth plays Karen's yoga teacher. Oliver Cooper plays Levon, Hank's son from a previous relationship;

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plays Julia, Levon's mother. Comedian Jim Florentine plays a pimp, and Rob Lowe reprises his role as movie star Eddie Nero.

Cast and characters

Main

* Henry James "Hank" Moody (

) is an erratic but esteemed writer who frequently becomes embroiled in bizarre, scandalous situations. One reviewer likens Moody's character to that of writer

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. In the fourth season, his daughter, Becca, notes that he behaves like a "poor man's Bukowski". Similarly, in a flashback scene to the night they met, his girlfriend Karen calls him Bukowski. Charles Bukowski's main creation was the semibiographical Henry 'Hank' Chinaski, who was also an alcoholic writer struggling in LA. * Karen Van Der Beek (

) is Hank's long-term, on-and-off girlfriend and mother of his daughter. She is an interior designer and an architect. * Rebecca "Becca" Moody ( Madeleine Martin) is Hank and Karen's daughter. She is 12 years old at the start of season one. (main, seasons 1–6 and 7 pisodes 11–12 * Charles Wolfgang "Charlie" Runkle ( Evan Handler) is Hank's agent and best friend. * Marcy Runkle ( Pamela Adlon) is Charlie's wife, later ex-wife, then wife again, with whom he has a son, Stu. (recurring, season one; main, seasons two-seven) * Mia Lewis (Mia Cross as her pen name) ( Madeline Zima) is Bill Lewis' teenage daughter. In the show's pilot, Hank has a one-night stand with her, oblivious to her age and identity. Her pen name is Mia Cross (play on Cross pens). (main, seasons one-two; guest, seasons three-four)

Recurring

* Bill Lewis ( Damian Young) is Karen's ex-fiancé, Mia's father, and Hank's nemesis in season one. (seasons one, four) * Meredith (

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) is a friend of Charlie and Marcy's, who is introduced to Hank in the show's pilot. Hank and she have a short relationship. (season one) * Todd Carr ( Chris Williams) is the director of ''A Crazy Little Thing Called Love'', the movie adaptation of Hank's novel ''God Hates Us All.'' (seasons one, four) * Sonja ( Paula Marshall) is a friend of Karen's. She has a brief affair with Hank. (seasons one-two) * Michelle (Surfer Girl) ( Michelle Lombardo) is Hank's friend, and on at least two occasions, lover. (seasons one-two) * Beatrice (Trixie) ( Judy Greer) is Hank's prostitute friend. (seasons one-two, four-five) * Dani ( Rachel Miner) is an ambitious agent who was formerly Charlie's assistant. They had a brief affair. (seasons one-two) * Lew Ashby ( Callum Keith Rennie) is a record producer who comes to Hank with a book deal, to write his biography. The character is believed to be based on the real-life producer Rick Rubin, and the scenes in Ashby's house were actually filmed in Rubin's house. (main; season two, recurring; seasons five-six) * Janie Jones (

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) is Lew Ashby's long-lost love. (season two) * Daisy ( Carla Gallo) is a porn star, Charlie's client, and later his extramarital lover. (seasons two-three) * Ronny Praeger ( Hal Ozsan) is a porn director and Charlie's business partner in the ''Vaginatown'' project. (season two) * Julian ( Angus MacFadyen) is Hank's season-two nemesis, and Sonja's husband and spiritual guru. He is the author of ''The Artist Within''. (season two) * Damien Patterson ( Ezra Miller) is Becca's boyfriend, son of her English teacher, Mrs. Patterson (season two). * Mrs. Patterson (

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) is Damien's mother and Becca's English teacher. Hank and she engage in a brief affair. (season two) * Stacey Koons ( Peter Gallagher) is the dean of the college where Hank teaches. Hank once teasingly called him

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. (season three) * Felicia Koons (

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) is married to Dean Koons and a teacher at the college. Hank and she engage in a brief affair. (season three) * Chelsea Koons (

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) is Becca's best friend and the daughter of Hank's bosses, Felicia and Stacey Koons. (season three) * Richard Bates (

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) is Karen's old professor and later husband in season five. Bates had published ''Blood Mountain'', to which Stu Beggs bought the rights to turn into a movie. (seasons three, five-six) * Jill Robinson ( Diane Farr) is Hank's

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. They engage in a brief affair. (season three) * Jackie ( Eva Amurri) is Hank's student, who moonlights as a stripper. They engage in a brief affair. (season three) * Sue Collini (

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) is Charlie's boss and occasional sex partner. (season three) * Paul Rider (

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) is Mia's manager and boyfriend. (season three) * Abby Rhodes (

) is Hank's lawyer. Besides business, Hank and she have a short relationship. (season four) * Stu Beggs (

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) is a movie producer and Marcy's boyfriend and later husband. (seasons four-seven) * Sasha Bingham ( Addison Timlin) is an actress scheduled to portray Mia in Hank's upcoming movie. Hank and she engage in a brief affair. (season four) * Eddie Nero (

) is an actor set to portray Hank in his upcoming movie. (seasons four-seven) * Pearl (

) is the vocalist for the Queens of Dogtown, the band in which Becca plays guitar. (season four) * Ben ( Michael Ealy) is Pearl's father and Karen's love interest. (season four) * Peggy (Melissa Stephens) is Charlie's realtor and occasional sex partner. (season four) * Carrie ( Natalie Zea) is Hank's girlfriend in New York. (seasons five-six) * Kali (

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) is a singer and Samurai Apocalypse's former lover. Hank and she meet on a plane flight to LA and immediately hit it off. Later, they engage in a brief affair. (season five) * Samurai Apocalypse ( RZA) is a rapper-turned-actor, and a business associate of Hank's. (season five) * Tyler ( Scott Michael Foster) is Becca's boyfriend, disliked by both Hank and Richard. (season five) * Lizzie (

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) is the nanny of Marcy and Charlie's son, and later becomes Charlie's occasional sex partner. (season five) * Atticus Fetch ( Tim Minchin) is a rockstar writing a musical with Hank. His name is a play on

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from ''

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.'' (season six) * Faith (

) is a famous rockstar

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, who makes a serious emotional connection with Hank and seems to be the only woman in Hank's life with the potential to replace Karen in his heart. (season six) * Ophelia Robins (

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) is Marcy's man-hating spiritual guide. (season six) * Krull (

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) is Atticus Fetch's bodyguard. (seasons six-seven) * Trudy ( Alanna Ubach) is the widow of Atticus Fetch's former guitarist, with whom Faith was involved until his death and prior to meeting Hank. Hank and Charlie both engage in brief affairs with her. (season six) * Levon ( Oliver Cooper) is Hank's alleged son from a previous relationship. (season seven) * Rick Rath (

) is an old-school TV producer and former writer. (season seven) * Julia (

) is Hank's ex-girlfriend and Levon's mother. (season seven) * Melanie (

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) is Rick's assistant and Levon's crush. (season seven) * Goldie (

) is Hank's co-worker and Charlie's new client. (season seven) * Amy Taylor Walsh (

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) is the female lead in Hank's show. She is also best friends with Sasha Bingham. (season seven)

Guest stars

Amber Heard Amber Laura Heard (born April 22, 1986) is an American actress. She had her first leading role in the horror film ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' (2006), and went on to star in films such as '' The Ward'' (2010) and '' Drive Angry'' (2011). S ...

plays herself, an actress on the set of ''A Crazy Little Thing Called Love''. (season one) *

Pete Wentz Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III (born June 5, 1979) is an American musician best known as the bassist and lyricist for the rock band Fall Out Boy since 2001. Before Fall Out Boy, Wentz was a fixture of the Chicago hardcore scene and was the lea ...

has a cameo as a guest at Mia's party. (season two) *

has a cameo as a radio personality who interviews Hank. (season one) *

Rick Springfield Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut ...

plays a depraved version of himself. (season three) *

Peter Fonda Peter Henry Fonda (February 23, 1940 – August 16, 2019) was an American actor. He was the son of Henry Fonda, younger brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget Fonda. He was a prominent figure in the counterculture of the 1960s. Fond ...

plays himself as Sue Collini's first client. (season three) *

has a cameo as a

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employee. (season four) *

Fisher Stevens Fisher Stevens (born Steven Fisher; November 27, 1963) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Ben in ''Short Circuit'' and '' Short Circuit 2'', Chuck Fishman on the 1990s televi ...

is Zig Semetauer, a potential investor for the movie adaption of "Fucking & Punching". (season four) *

has a short cameo as himself. (season four) *

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plays himself in one scene, where he ends up fighting with Hank. (season five) *

Drea de Matteo Andrea Donna de Matteo is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO television drama ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2006), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress i ...

plays a stripper who has sex with Richard, Karen's then-husband. (season five) * Sebastian Bach has a cameo as the dead rockstar. (season six) *

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plays himself, a friend of Atticus Fetch's. (season six) *

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plays himself, an AA member. (season six)

Critical reception

The critical reaction for the first season of ''Californication'' has been generally favorable, with a rating of 70 on Metacritic. American critic Nathan Rabin, though, gave that season an "F" rating on '' The A.V. Club'', calling it "insufferable". The show and the lead actor, David Duchovny, were both nominated for

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in 2007; Duchovny won the lead actor award, but the award for best TV series in this category went to '' Extras''.

Awards and nominations

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(ACE) * 2007: Best Edited Half-Hour Television Series (for "

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", nominated)

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* 2007: Best International (nominated)

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* 2007: Outstanding Casting — Television Pilot: Comedy (nominated) * 2008: Outstanding Casting — Television Series — Comedy (nominated)

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* 2008: Outstanding Casting — Comedy Series (nominated) * 2008: Outstanding Cinematography — Half-Hour Series ( Peter Levy, for " Pilot", won) * 2009: Outstanding Casting — Comedy Series (nominated) * 2009: Outstanding Cinematography — Half-Hour Series (Michael Weaver, for "In Utero", won)

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: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series (Duchovny as Hank Moody, won) * 2007: Best Series – Musical or Comedy (nominated) *

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: Best Actor — Musical or Comedy Series (Duchovny as Hank Moody, nominated) *2008: Best Series — Musical or Comedy (nominated) *

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: Best Actor — Musical or Comedy Series (Duchovny as Hank Moody, nominated) *

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: Best Actor — Musical or Comedy Series (Duchovny as Hank Moody, nominated) PGA Awards * 2010: Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television — Comedy (Kapinos, Duchovny, Fattore, Dyer, Fusaro nominated) Prism Awards * 2009: Comedy Episode (for "The Raw & the Cooked", nominated)

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: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series (

as Hank Moody, nominated)

Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as SAG Awards) are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The award was founded in 1952 to recognize outstanding performances in movie an ...

: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (Duchovny as Hank Moody, nominated)

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* 2010: Nomination for Best Foreign Television Series

Lawsuit

The

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filed a lawsuit on November 19, 2007, against Showtime Networks over the name of the series, which is also the name of the band's 1999

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and

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. They state in the lawsuit that the series "constitutes a false designation of origin, and has caused and continues to cause a likelihood of confusion, mistake, and deception as to source, sponsorship, affiliation, and/or connection in the minds of the public". Pointing to Dani California, a character who appears in both the series and three songs by the Red Hot Chili Peppers (including ''Californication'') as well as confusion when shopping for their album and that of the series soundtrack, the lawsuit asks for unspecified damages, and requests that a new name be found for the show. Showtime Networks argued that the band did not in fact create the term Californication. They point out that the term appeared in print in ''

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'' magazine in 1972, in an article called ''The Great Wild Californicated West'', while show producer Tom Kapino cites the inspiration as coming from a

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he saw in the '70s that read ''Don't Californicate Oregon''. Canadian art-rock band the Rheostatics released an album called ''

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'' in 1992, with a song called "California Dreamline". In this song, the word Californication appears in the phrase "Californication, spooning in the dry sand". Kim Walker, head of intellectual property at Pinsent Masons, states that the band should have registered Californication as a

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. Instead, the only application for such was filed in April 2007 in the US, by Showtime. The mark has not yet been registered. Walker has also stated: In the United States, character names and titles of works are only subject to trademark protection, not copyright protection. According to an article on Hollywood news site ''

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'' in 2011, the lawsuit was settled out of court.

Viewership

The season-two (December 14, 2008) finale drew 615,000 viewers, with a combined total of 937,000 for the evening, retaining less than 50% of its lead-in from the season-three finale of ''

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''. Season three steadily gained viewership, and the show was quickly picked up for a fourth season by Showtime.

References

External links

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