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Californication on Showtime

2007, TV Show

Seasons:

1
- The Last Waltz (Original Airdate Oct 29, 2007)
- Turn the Page (Original Airdate Oct 22, 2007)
- The Devil's Threesome (Original Airdate Oct 15, 2007)
- Filthy Lucre (Original Airdate Oct 8, 2007)
- California Son (Original Airdate Oct 1, 2007)
- Girls, Interrupted (Original Airdate Sep 24, 2007)
- Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (Original Airdate Sep 17, 2007)
- LOL (Original Airdate Sep 10, 2007)
- Fear and Loathing at the Fundraiser (Original Airdate Sep 3, 2007)
- The Whore of Babylon (Original Airdate Aug 27, 2007)
- Hell-ay-Woman (Original Airdate Aug 20, 2007)
- Pilot Episode (Original Airdate Aug 13, 2007)
2
- La Petite Mort (Original Airdate Dec 14, 2008)
- Blues From Laurel Canyon (Original Airdate Dec 7, 2008)
- In Utero (Original Airdate Nov 30, 2008)
- La Ronde (Original Airdate Nov 23, 2008)
- Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills (Original Airdate Nov 16, 2008)
- In a Lonely Place (Original Airdate Nov 9, 2008)
- Coke D. & the First Kick (Original Airdate Nov 2, 2008)
- Vaginatown (Original Airdate Oct 26, 2008)
- The Raw & The Cooked (Original Airdate Oct 19, 2008)
- No Way to Treat a Lady (Original Airdate Oct 12, 2008)
- The Great Ashby (Original Airdate Oct 5, 2008)
- Slip of the Tongue (Original Airdate Sep 28, 2008)
3
- Mia Culpa (Original Airdate Dec 13, 2009)
- Comings & Goings (Original Airdate Dec 6, 2009)
- Dogtown (Original Airdate Nov 29, 2009)
- Mr. Bad Example (Original Airdate Nov 22, 2009)
- The Apartment (Original Airdate Nov 15, 2009)
- So Here's the Thing ... (Original Airdate Nov 8, 2009)
- Glass Houses (Original Airdate Nov 1, 2009)
- Slow Happy Boys (Original Airdate Oct 25, 2009)
- Zoso (Original Airdate Oct 18, 2009)
- Verities & Balderdash (Original Airdate Oct 11, 2009)
- The Land of Rape and Honey (Original Airdate Oct 4, 2009)
- Wish You Were Here (Original Airdate Sep 27, 2009)

Californication Episode: "Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder"

Season 1, Episode 6

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Episode Synopsis: Hank spends a wild evening with a fetching surfer girl (Michelle Lombardo), and later must deal with unwanted attention from Mia. Meanwhile, Becca knocks 'em out in her school's Battle of the Bands; and Marcy almost nabs Charlie in flagrante with his assistant (Rachel Miner). Original Air Date: Sep 17, 2007

"Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder"

Sep 18, 2007 04:24 AM ET
by Michelle Heller
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Hank Moody is getting more like The Dude every dayThat opening scene in the grocery store just proves it Him slumping around a grocery store in the wee morning hours hunched over a shopping cart while slugging from an as-yet-unpurchased bottle of liquor was a terrific snapshot of our Hanks worldview And then of course a smoking-hot half-naked teenager hits on him a piss-drunk albeit charming rogue whos twice her age Yup that sure happens every day Oh well Ill once again suspend my disbelief on the grounds that she was only out to steal his stuff Best part of that whole scene had to be Crusty the cashiers operatic eye roll Beautiful stuffAfter Hanks nostalgic tour of the vinyl age we next see him in broad daylight passed out on the floor amid a world of records also very Dude-like incidentally with only a cleverly directed shot of a spinning record machine covering his privates As my roommate said What a needle dick Turns out hippie grocery chick has ta read more

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Premiered: August 13, 2007, on Showtime

Rating: TV-MA

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Premise: The carnal escapades of a New York City novelist who relocates to Los Angeles when one of his books is turned into a movie and he's pegged to work on the screenplay. After overcoming writer's block, he takes a job ghostwriting a famous record producer's memoir and later teaches a college course in creative writing.

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