8.4/101,171 votes#1 - Exile on Main St.
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2011
Just as Hank is released from a 72 hour jail period for assault he is picked up by Charlie and dragged off to show the recent events of F&P with Mia becoming public and dropped into a meeting with a young actress that wants to capitalize on the publicity, and make a movie out of F&P. whom which he later re-enacts F&P in her hotel room. The episode ends with Hank hearing from his lawyer that the assault charges have been dropped and he is then arrested for statutory rape.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Tom Kapinos
8.1/101,063 votes#2 - Suicide Solution
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2011
Hank is told he faces 3 years in prison because the DA wants to make an example of him. There are signs Marcy is pregnant. Hank tries to fix things with Becca. The episode ends as Hank high on drugs and liquor writes a letter to Becca and then passes out.
Director: David Duchovny
Writer: Tom Kapinos
7.7/10980 votes#3 - Home Sweet Home
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2011
Hank takes advantage of the misperception that he tried to commit suicide and moves back home with Karen and Becca, but his daughter knows the truth; Charlie sets out to reach a sexual benchmark while a wealthy producer pursues Marcy.
Director: Adam Bernstein
Writer: Tom Kapinos
8.5/101,142 votes#4 - Monkey Business
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2011
Hank Moody is notified by his attorney Abby that he will be going to trial for statutory rape. But not before Hank hands the completed F&P script to Charlie, who promptly drags him to a meeting with the Director, producer Stu Beggs and eccentric financier Zig Samitaur, setting off a chain of events that leads to Hank and Charlie having to explain why there’s a dead billionaire in the bathroom.
Director: Bart Freundlich
Writer: Matt Patterson, Gabriel Roth
7.9/10945 votes#5 - Freeze-Frame
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/2011
After a personal grooming mishap, Charlie discovers that his vasectomy was botched and that Marcy's baby could be his; Hank's relationship with lawyer Abby gets more personal but a good deed yields a compromising photo that could ruin Hank's life.
Director: Beth McCarthy-Miller
Writer: Tom Kapinos
7.9/10948 votes#6 - Lawyers, Guns and Money
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2011
A sensational photo derails Hank's case and threatens to destroy his movie project until his sincere love for Becca rescues his career, while Karen resuscitates her ex-husband's relationship with his beautiful lawyer.
Director: John Dahl
Writer: Vanessa Reisen
7.6/10936 votes#7 - The Recused
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2011
Forced by her relationship with Hank to recuse herself as his lawyer, Abby pitches the case to a senior partner on the golf course; Hank is dismayed by Karen's growing relationship with artist Ben; Marcy and Stu ask Charlie to help them pitch a TV project.
Director: Michael Weaver
Writer: Tom Kapinos
8.0/101,000 votes#8 - Lights, Camera, Asshole
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/2011
Hank takes a gig rewriting dialogue on a zombie sequel but threatens his job when he hooks up with a sexy woman with close ties to the film's female lead; Marcy tells Stu she's pregnant but not that the baby may be Charlie's.
Director: Adam Bernstein
Writer: Tom Kapinos
7.8/10926 votes#9 - Another Perfect Day
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/6/2011
Evicted from his apartment, Hank moves back in with Karen and Becca while he prepares for his trial and teaches his daughter to drive; while Karen's out on a date with Ben, Becca and Pearl steal the Porsche and wreck it.
Director: Michael Lehmann
Writer: Tom Kapinos, Gabriel Roth
8.0/10980 votes#10 - The Trial
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 3/13/2011
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.
Director: Seith Mann
Writer: Tom Kapinos
7.8/10963 votes#11 - The Last Supper
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 3/20/2011
Found guilty of statutory rape, Hank buys a used Porsche and considers fleeing from Los Angeles, but instead enjoys one last night in the company of his friends and family.
Director: John Dahl
Writer: Tom Kapinos
8.7/101,307 votes#12 - ...And Justice for All
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 3/27/2011
As Hank awaits sentencing, the lines between his real life and the movie based on his life blur as the film's star hits on his ex-wife and he feels stirrings of passion for the actress hired to play Karen.
Director: Adam Bernstein
Writer: Tom Kapinos
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Exile on Main St." is the best rated episode of "Californication" season 4. It scored 8.4/10 based on 1171 votes. Directed by David Von Ancken and written by Tom Kapinos, it aired on 1/9/2011. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Suicide Solution".