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Californication

He's in way too deep.

7.6IMDb1K votesStrongly recommended
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2007 – 20147 seasons · 84 episodes~28 min per episodeTV-MAEnded
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TV DNA

How Californication actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Californication reads strongest on Character Depth, Humour and Emotional Weight.

Character DepthVery strong8.3

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

HumourStrong6.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

Emotional WeightStrong5.8

How much the series is designed to affect you.

BingeabilityStrong5.5

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

SerializedStrong5.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

SpectacleLight3.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

The story

What it's about

A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions.

The run

Seasons

7 seasons · 84 episodes.

  • Official poster for Specials

    Season 0 · Unannounced

    Specials

    7 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    200712 episodes

    7.8IMDb

    Novelist Hank Moody struggles to help raise his 13-year-old daughter, while carrying a torch for his ex-girlfriend Karen. His obsession with honesty and his self-destructive behavior are simultaneously destroying and enriching his career. . . all this in the city he loathes the most: Los Angeles.

    Best episode · S01E12 The Last Waltz

  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    200812 episodes

    7.6IMDb

    This season, Hank and Karen will finally rekindle their long-lost romance. But their road to love will hit a major snag when Hank's new job as biography writer for a legendary music producer lands him waist-deep in his three favorite vices — sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Meanwhile, daughter Becca is growing up way too fast; best friend and agent Charlie and wife Marcy are working through the fallout from last season's affair; and Hank's newest book is a huge hit — for someone else, who stole the manuscript from him and is basking in her newfound, totally unearned fame. But nothing gets good old Hank down for long — it's all just another day in the city for our favorite hedonistic scribe.

    Best episode · S02E12 La Petite Mort

  • Official poster for Season 3

    Season 3 · Complete

    Season 3

    200912 episodes

    7.3IMDb

    This season Hank Moody’s life, like the economy, is officially turned upside down. The lack of writing assignments forces him to get a “real” job as a college professor while trying to keep wild child Becca on the straight and narrow with Karen still working in New York. Can he learn to keep “regular” hours and inspire the next generation of scribes? First, he'll have to stay on the right side of the dean of students, the dean’s wife and a teacher’s assistant who’s immune to his charms… Meanwhile, Charlie’s returned to the mainstream -- he’s ditched the porn world for a job at a legitimate agency. His only problem is a boss/agency head who’s more interested in him than her clients (hello, Rick Springfield!). It would all be manageable with Marcy by his side, but she’s still bitter over his affair and is even back on the dating scene, which is further complicated since the two are platonically sharing the house – who can afford a divorce in a recession?

    Best episode · S03E12 Mia Culpa

  • Official poster for Season 4

    Season 4 · Complete

    Season 4

    201112 episodes

    7.3IMDb

    Hank Moody is back and he couldn’t be more screwed. A one-night misunderstanding has landed him in serious hot water, but his troubles don’t end there. Hank's literary sex scandal has caused a sensation, even as he prepares to defend himself in court and tries to get Karen and Becca to speak to him, and a movie based on his stolen book begins production.

    Best episode · S04E10 The Trial

  • Official poster for Season 5

    Season 5 · Complete

    Season 5

    201212 episodes

    6.9IMDb

    Hank Moody has become hip hop’s most wanted. Rich and powerful rap mogul extraordinaire Samurai Apocalypse is pimped-out famous – and hell bent on getting our bad boy writer into more trouble than he’s ever known. With Charlie chasing strange and pining over Marcy, and an insufferable 20-year-old Hank wannabe dating his beloved daughter Becca, Hank’s got more on his plate than ever in the town he hates to love.

    Best episode · S05E12 Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be

  • Official poster for Season 6

    Season 6 · Complete

    Season 6

    201312 episodes

    6.8IMDb

    This season Hank collaborates on a musical with a rock star while taking up with his beautiful muse, Charlie and Stu compete for Marcy, Marcy falls under the spell of a radical feminist, and Becca drops out of college to become a writer.

    Best episode · S06E12 I'll Lay My Monsters Down

  • Official poster for Season 7

    Season 7 · Complete

    Season 7

    201412 episodes

    6.5IMDb

    He’s come a long way. After blowing every chance at love and happiness – and burning every bridge in Hollywood – Hank Moody is finally ready to put the past to bed. But as always, old indiscretions turn up to bite him squarely in the ass. Could it be too late to pull off a happy ending?

    Best episode · S07E12 Grace

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from The Last Waltz

S01E12

The Last Waltz

8.2IMDb29 votes

As Karen's wedding to Bill nears, Hank struggles with accepting what appears to be inevitable. Bill informs Mia that he will not allow her book to be published and Hank has a unique solution to dealing with Becca's surprise visitor.

29 Oct 200728 min
Still from The Raw & the Cooked

S02E04

The Raw & the Cooked

8.1IMDb26 votes

Hank proposes to Karen right before a dinner party, to which Mia, Charlie, Marcy, Lew Ashby, Sonja and Julian are invited. Drugs and special circumstances turn the evening in an unexpected direction.

19 Oct 200828 min
Still from Turn the Page

S01E11

Turn the Page

8.1IMDb29 votes

Charlie and Dani represent Mia after she wrote a book that seems to have come out of Hank's feather. Becca decides to move out of Bill and Karen's home to live with her dad Hank.

22 Oct 200728 min
Still from La Petite Mort

S02E12

La Petite Mort

8.1IMDb24 votes

Hank completes his biography of Ashby. Charlie is reduced to working at a car dealership. Sonja gives birth. Karen accepts a job offer back home in New York, forcing Hank and Becca to make painful choices.

14 Dec 200828 min
Still from Blues from Laurel Canyon

S02E11

Blues from Laurel Canyon

8.0IMDb24 votes

Ashby hosts a party to celebrate the publication of Mia's book. Becca is devastated to catch Damien cheating on her.

7 Dec 200828 min
Still from California Son

S01E08

California Son

8.0IMDb35 votes

Hank's father dies. Despite the memories of his father floating to the surface, he doesn't want to go to the funeral. To ease his pain, he goes to bed with a hooker named Trixie, despite the fact he doesn't have enough money to pay her. Meanwhile, Karen does her best to help him overcome the pain.

1 Oct 200728 min

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7.0IMDb17 votes
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6.5IMDb20 votes
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6.3IMDb18 votes
8 Jun 201428 min
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6.5IMDb22 votes
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6.2IMDb21 votes
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The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Executive production

Cinematography

Music

Recognition

Awards

0 wins · 1 nomination

Golden Globes

No wins yet · 1 nomination

  • NomineeGolden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy2008

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