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Californication Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2008 - 2008
Episode 1
Slip of the Tongue
Sun, Sep 28, 200828 mins
Hank and Karen plan to move back to New York together, but their reunion is short-lived thanks to a series of drunken incidents and Hank's subsequent arrest. Season premiere.
Episode 2
The Great Ashby
Sun, Oct 5, 200827 mins
Hank befriends a legendary record producer in jail and considers writing the man's biography; Charlie loses his job when his scheming former assistant Dani betrays him.
Episode 3
No Way to Treat a Lady
Sun, Oct 12, 200828 mins
On Hank's first day as biographer to Lew Ashby, he's reintroduced to Trixie, who stirs up trouble by claiming that Hank is better in bed than Ashby. Becca grudgingly starts her first day at Mia's private school, where she meets an unexpected friend, Damien. Meanwhile, Charlie spots a porn actress named Daisy and pitches himself as her agent, Charlie hops a ride with Daisy only to realize that he's in the middle of an impromptu porn movie.
Episode 4
The Raw & the Cooked
Sun, Oct 19, 200828 mins
Hank and Karen's dinner party is derailed by Hank's botched marriage proposal to Karen, the revelation that Hank is likely the father of their friend Sonja's baby, and Lew's near-death from an allergic reaction to sushi.
Episode 5
Vaginatown
Sun, Oct 26, 200827 mins
Because Karen gave back his ring, Hank has moved out and he now lives with Lew Ashby. When he sees television cook Chloe Metz on the TV, Hank tells Lew he can't stand Metz and at the same time he'd like to have sex with her. Lew promises Hank he'll arrange Metz so Hank can have some hate sex with her and forget about Karen. Meanwhile, a very upset Daisy tells Charlie and Marcy she has been blackballed, which means nobody hires her any more. Because Charlie is responsible for this, Marcy demands him to get Daisy a job in a porn film called "Vaginatown".
Episode 6
Coke Dick & First Kick
Sun, Nov 2, 200829 mins
Hank sets out to track down Lew's long-lost first love, and discovers Sonja and her self-help guru boyfriend Julian have an "open" relationship; Mia spends a day trailed by a "Rolling Stone" reporter; Charlie's house becomes a porn set.
Episode 7
In a Lonely Place
Sun, Nov 9, 200827 mins
Hank meets an attractive new love interest in Becca's English teacher, but it turns out she's also the mother of Becca's boyfriend; Charlie discovers that Marcy has been hiding a financially devastating secret.
Episode 8
Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Sun, Nov 16, 200829 mins
Hank pays another visit to Lew's former love, Janie Jones. She tells him why she left Lew but when her husband enters, Hank has to hide and meets the maid. Stuck as he now is, he calls Karen to tell her he can't pick up Becca from school and starts a conversation with the maid. When he finds out Janie Jones' husband cheats on her with the maid, Hank, with the maid, confronts him. At Becca and Mia's school, Karen finds out Mia is dating Lew and she decides to tell Lew off about this. Meanwhile, Charlie sees Marcy off to her mother where she goes for a detox.
Episode 9
La Ronde
Sun, Nov 23, 200829 mins
To unravel more of her secrets for his book, Hank goes on a date (although he himself doesn't consider it a date) with Janie Jones, Lew's long lost love, to an art exhibition. There, they run into Sonja and Julian. Lew invites Karen on a date and takes her to an amphitheatre where a band is playing just for them. Marcy's not at her mother's, but at a rehab center to get the coke monkey off her back. Meanwhile, Charlie has to fight the sexual tension between him and Daisy.
Episode 10
In Utero
Sun, Nov 30, 200828 mins
Hank nervously awaits medical test results while reflecting on the early days of his romance with Karen, which coincided with a famous grunge rocker's overdose; Charlie begs Daisy not to move out.
Episode 11
Blues from Laurel Canyon
Sun, Dec 7, 200828 mins
Mia's - that is, originally Hank's - book gets rave reviews, ironically better than any of the books published in Hank's name. Lew is having a party to which pretty much everyone is invited. Marcy has just come back from rehab and Charlie is planning to give her some time before announcing that he wants a divorce in order to be with Daisy. Annika, a Rolling Stone book critic has a scandalous theory about the true story behind Mia's book... And there's still more problems arising.
Episode 12
La Petite Mort
Sun, Dec 14, 200830 mins
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. Season finale.
