Californication
Plot
Former X-Files star David Duchovny played for laughs rather than chills in this Hollywood-based Showtime dramedy, which first aired August 13, 2007. Duchovny was cast as writer Hank Moody, whose highly acclaimed best-selling novel "God Hates Us All" had been made into an innocuous romantic comedy film with Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise named "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love." The novel, alas, may have been the summit of Hank's literary career; after a lengthy professional slump, he was suffering from the mother of all midlife crises. To boost his tattered self-esteem, Hank had turned to booze and drugs, to say nothing of his innumerable one-night stands with an endless parade of nameless starlets, waitresses, and assorted floozies. As a result, his relationship with his 12-year-old daughter, Becca (Madeleine Martin), was somewhat shaky; while Becca's mother, Karen (Natascha McElhone), weary of Hank's self-destructive hedonism in particular and the L.A. scene in general, had become engaged to another man. At the same time, Hank's brief fling with a girl named Mia (Madeline Zima) would prove to sobering long-range ramifications...but we're getting ahead of ourselves. Rounding out the cast was Evan Handler as Charlie, Hank's agent and best friend (a unique combination in La-La Land!). The weekly Californication had originally been conceived as a theatrical feature by series creator Tom Kapinos, who'd been inspired by the famous cautionary bumper sticker "Don't Californicate Oregon." ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCredit
Felicia Fasano - Casting, Kate Garwood - Co-producer, David Brixton - Editor, David Duchovny - Executive Producer, Stephen Hopkins - Executive Producer, Tom Kapinos - Executive Producer, Tyler Bates - Composer (Music Score), Gabrael Wilson - Production Designer, Peter Levy - Cinematographer, Ann Kindberg - Producer, Tom Kapinos - Show Creator, Tom Kapinos - Screenwriter, Melanie Greene - Co-Executive ProducerEpisodes
Californication: Season 01 (2007)- Pilot
- The Devil's Threesome
- Turn the Page
- The Last Waltz
- Hell-A Woman
- The Whore of Babylon
- Fear and Loathing at the Fundraiser
- LOL
- Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
- Girls Interrupted
- California Son
- Filthy Lucre
- Slip of the Tongue
- In Utero
- Blues from Laurel Canyon
- La Petite Mort
- The Great Ashby
- No Way to Treat a Lady
- The Raw & the Cooked
- Vaginatown
- Coke Dick & the First Kick
- In a Lonely Place
- Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills
- La Ronde
- Wish You Were Here
- Dogtown
- Coming & Goings
- Mia Culpa
- The Land of Rape and Honey
- Verities & Balderdash
- Zoso
- Slow Happy Boys
- Glass Houses
- So Here's the Thing...
- The Apartment
- Mr. Bad Example
- Exile on Main St.
- The Trial
- The Last Supper
- ...And Justice for All
- Suicide Solution
- Home Sweet Home
- Monkey Business
- Freeze-Frame
- Lawyers, Guns and Money
- The Rescued
- Lights, Camera, Asshole
- Another Perfect Day
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