The Best Episodes of Californication Season 4

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.4/10(1241 votes)

   #1 - Exile on Main St.

   S4:E11/9/2011

   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

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   Director:David Von Ancken

   Writer:Tom Kapinos
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   8.1/10(1124 votes)

   #2 - Suicide Solution

   S4:E21/16/2011

   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

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   Director:David Duchovny

   Writer:Tom Kapinos
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   7.7/10(1044 votes)

   #3 - Home Sweet Home

   S4:E31/23/2011

   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

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   Director:Adam Bernstein

   Writer:Tom Kapinos
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   8.5/10(1215 votes)

   #4 - Monkey Business

   S4:E41/30/2011

   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

   Writers:Matt Patterson, Gabriel Roth

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   Director:Bart Freundlich

   Writers:Matt Patterson, Gabriel Roth
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   7.9/10(1003 votes)

   #5 - Freeze-Frame

   S4:E52/6/2011

   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

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   Director:Beth McCarthy-Miller

   Writer:Tom Kapinos
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   7.9/10(1005 votes)

   #6 - Lawyers, Guns and Money

   S4:E62/13/2011

   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

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   Director:John Dahl

   Writer:Vanessa Reisen
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   7.6/10(991 votes)

   #7 - The Recused

   S4:E72/20/2011

   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

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   Director:Michael Weaver

   Writer:Tom Kapinos
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   8.0/10(1059 votes)

   #8 - Lights, Camera, Asshole

   S4:E82/27/2011

   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

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   Director:Adam Bernstein

   Writer:Tom Kapinos
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   7.8/10(980 votes)

   #9 - Another Perfect Day

   S4:E93/6/2011

   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

   Writers:Tom Kapinos, Gabriel Roth

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   Director:Michael Lehmann

   Writers:Tom Kapinos, Gabriel Roth
10. 

    8.0/10(1042 votes)

    #10 - The Trial

    S4:E103/13/2011

    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

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    Director:Seith Mann

    Writer:Tom Kapinos
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    7.8/10(1021 votes)

    #11 - The Last Supper

    S4:E113/20/2011

    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

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    Director:John Dahl

    Writer:Tom Kapinos
12. 

    8.7/10(1387 votes)

    #12 - ...And Justice for All

    S4:E123/27/2011

    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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    Director:Adam Bernstein

    Writer:Tom Kapinos