Californication

The Best Episodes of Californication

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Every episode of Californication ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Californication!

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...
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  1. 8.0/10(28 votes)

    #1 - California Son

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    S1:E8

    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.

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    Director:Scott Winant
  2. 8.0/10(24 votes)

    #2 - Turn the Page

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    S1:E11

    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.

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  3. 8.0/10(24 votes)

    #3 - The Last Waltz

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    S1:E12

    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.

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    Director:Scott Winant
  4. 8.0/10(21 votes)

    #4 - The Raw & the Cooked

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    S2:E4

    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.

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  5. 8.0/10(20 votes)

    #5 - La Petite Mort

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    S2:E12

    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.

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  6. 7.9/10(35 votes)

    #6 - Hell-A Woman

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    S1:E2

    Hank begins his blogging job at Hell-A-Magazine. Karen is able to set Hank up with her friend Sonja by disguising the get together as a family dinner. At dinner, Becca reveals how Hank met Karen.

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    Director:Scott Winant
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  8. 7.9/10(26 votes)

    #7 - Filthy Lucre

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    S1:E9

    After the funeral of Hank's father Al, Hank comes back to L.A. with a new manuscript, that he wants Karen to read. After receiving a bonus paycheck, he buys a new car for himself and a new guitar for Becca.

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  9. 7.9/10(23 votes)

    #8 - The Apartment

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    S3:E8

    Hank's in for a hedonistic night to remember when Jackie and two stripper friends arrive at his doorstep, unannounced. The next morning, before Hank can escort his new friends from the apartment, Charlie shows up with a verbally abusive Rick Springfield. Hank’s forced to hide the hung-over party girls all over the house after Jill and Felicia pay surprise visits. The charade reaches its boiling point when Dean Koons arrives on the scene, resulting in a messy catharsis by fire.

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  10. 7.9/10(21 votes)

    #9 - Mia Culpa

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    S3:E12

    As the Moodys at last prepare to move to New York, Becca tells Hank about an intimate coming of age experience she had. Hank’s stunned when Mia shows up at the house unannounced, in town with her slimy boyfriend / manager PAUL for a book signing. Hank fails to prevent Mia and Paul from hatching a devious publicity stunt, forcing Hank to finally share the long-buried heartbreaking secret with Karen. gives Charlie a career opportunity of a lifetime, but Charlie must confront the fact that he might be losing Marcy for good.

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  11. 7.8/10(20 votes)

    #10 - Blues from Laurel Canyon

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    S2:E11

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

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  12. 7.7/10(39 votes)

    #11 - Pilot

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    S1:E1

    A transplanted author suffers from writer's block and is disappointed that his novel has been turned into a romantic comedy for the big screen. He also learns his ex is engaged and that their 12-year-old daughter is acting on her “emerging sexuality.”

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  13. 7.7/10(28 votes)

    #12 - Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

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    S1:E6

    Hank spends the night with a sexy surfer girl and in return she robs him. Mia wants more of Hank's writing to pass her class, instead he offers her to help her with her own writing. Charlie wants to spice up the sex life with his wife, but she is not as fond of spanking as Dani is.

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  14. 7.6/10(31 votes)

    #13 - Fear and Loathing at the Fundraiser

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    S1:E4

    Meredith convinces Hank to escort her to an environmental fundraiser. Coincidentally Bill and Karen are at the same event, where Karen makes a scene. Also, Hank runs into Dani and Charlie while they are in his office.

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  15. 7.6/10(27 votes)

    #14 - The Devil's Threesome

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    S1:E10

    A new threesome including Hank and Charlie evolves from a meeting at the gym, while Karen and Marcy have a girl's night out at which they decide to surprise Hank and Charlie.

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    Director:John Dahl
  16. 7.5/10(32 votes)

    #15 - The Whore of Babylon

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    S1:E3

    At a book signing, Hank gets into a scrap with the disgruntled director of the film based on his novel, and later runs into a woman whom he embarrassed and insulted on a blind date. Mia attempts to steal some of Hank's work to use for her high-school creative-writing class.

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    Director:Scott Winant
  17. 7.5/10(30 votes)

    #16 - LOL

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    S1:E5

    Bill asks Hank to step in as a guest speaker at Mia's creative writing class. During a radio interview, Hank talks about his writing and motivations. Meanwhile, Becca develops a crush on her guitar teacher Dave, but he ends up with Mia.

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  18. 7.5/10(27 votes)

    #17 - Girls, Interrupted

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    S1:E7

    Hank is disturbed by Becca's negative reaction towards the concept of happy endings, even more so when he finds out that it is partially his fault. Marcy comes up with the idea of a threesome with Charlie and Dani, but it ends unexpectedly.

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    Director:Tucker Gates
  19. 7.5/10(20 votes)

    #18 - No Way to Treat a Lady

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    Charlie wants to help Daisy with her porn career, while Hanks starts writing Lew Ashby's biography. Becca has her first day at a private school, while Karen meets Sonja and Julian again.

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    Director:John Dahl
  20. 7.5/10(19 votes)

    #19 - In Utero

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    Hank awaits test results and reflects on his early days with Karen; Charlie begs Daisy to move out.

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  21. 7.4/10(19 votes)

    #20 - Coke Dick & the First Kick

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    Hank decides to seek out Lew Ashby’s long lost love, Janie Jones. Hank accidentally walks in on Julian going at it with a rocker chick he’s “mentoring”. Mia spends the day trailed by Rolling Stone reporter Annika Staley. The Runkle residence is transformed into the set of Vaginatown.

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  22. 7.4/10(19 votes)

    #21 - Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills

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    S2:E8

    Hank tries to get the truth about Ashby; Karen confronts the record producer; Marcy detoxes at her mother's house; Charlie succumbs to temptation.

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  23. 7.4/10(21 votes)

    #22 - Wish You Were Here

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    S3:E1

    With Karen gone, Hank has to deal with a more and more rebellious Becca. Meanwhile, Charlie and Marcy move back together though they still plan to divorce each other.

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  24. 7.4/10(21 votes)

    #23 - Glass Houses

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    Karen hatches a plan to move the family back to New York for good. Hank's mighty pleased, but Becca's crestfallen about leaving her new best friend, Chelsea. After inviting herself to Hank's class, Karen meets the comely ladies of the university: T.A. Jill Robinson and sexpot student Jackie. Later on, tempers flare when Becca and Chelsea get into some serious trouble and Hank and Karen are forced to pay a tense visit to Chelsea's parents, Felicia and Stacy Koons. Charlie is crushed when Marcy loudly consummates her girlhood-crush on Rick Springfield. But Sue Collini thinks up a creative way to restore Charlie's confidence.

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  25. 7.4/10(19 votes)

    #24 - The Trial

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    S4:E10

    A nervous Hank discovers that he's got good reason to panic when his trial turns into an all-out character assassination, with even friendly witnesses Charlie and Karen unable to portray him as anything other than a drunken, oversexed lout.

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    Director:Seith Mann
  26. 7.3/10(20 votes)

    #25 - The Great Ashby

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    Hank finds himself in jail after assaulting a mouthy police officer. Karen, still upset at Hank for his accident at the party, refuses to bail him out. Meanwhile, Charlie gets fired after his former assistant, Dani, plays the agency president a montage of Charlie’s self-pleasuring office sessions.

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Best Episodes Summary

"California Son" is the best rated episode of "Californication". It scored 8/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by Scott Winant and written by Tom Kapinos, it aired on 10/1/2007. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Turn the Page".