Season 1 Episode 3 - The Whore of Babylon

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.

Season 1 Episode 2 - Hell-A Woman

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.

Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot

Hank Moody is a thirtysomething sex addicted author. During his many affairs with women of all ages and walks of life, Moody has to keep contact with his ex-wife Karen, who may still be in love with him, and their 12-year old daughter, Madeline. Though mature for her age, Madeline starts to have a sex life, which scares both her parents, especially her father despite his addiction

Marcy

Fresh off a stint in rehab, Marcy Runkle is still a woman who never minces words. She's a brash, hard core, unapologetic salon owner currently in the middle of a nasty divorce with Hank's agent/best friend, Charlie. Reluctantly, she has allowed her soon-to-be-ex-husband to move back in while they sort out the details of their pending split. But after Charlie got far too close with one her salon customers, will Marcy set her sights on one of his new clients?


Pamela AdlonActor BioPamela Adlon's diverse career spans the gamut of film and television projects and includes an Emmy® Award for "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance" for her work as awkward middle schooler 'Bobby Hill' on the hit animated series King of the Hill. In addition to shooting the third season CALIFORNICATION, she is currently voicing the role of 'Vidia' in the upcoming Tinker Bell movies. She starred opposite Louis C.K. on the comedy series Lucky Louie. Adlon recently had recurring roles on Boston Legal and The Wedding Bells; and the Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney series Unscripted.

Adlon has been acting since age 12, making her film debut in Grease 2 with Michelle Pfeiffer. Additional feature credits include Say Anything..., Bed of Roses, Sgt. Bilko, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Eat Your Heart Out, Plump Fiction and Some Girl. Adlon's extensive voice work includes the animated features The Animatrix, Vampire Hunter D, Kiki's Delivery Service, Recess: School's Out, Trumpet of the Swan and Brother Bear and numerous animated children's television shows including Squirrel Boy, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Recess, All Grown Up, Pepper Ann, Wild Thornberries and 101 Dalmatians: The Series, as well as adult animated series The Oblongs and The Drinky Crow Show.

Charlie

Hank's best friend and agent once lived life on the straight and narrow path. But it all blew up in his face when an affair with his receptionist (among other peccadilloes) was caught on tape, earning him a pink slip and an uncertain future. After a brief stint as a producer in the adult film biz – and an equally brief fling with one of his stars – Charlie found himself in need of a job and a good divorce lawyer. Setting up shop at a new talent agency is a good start, but can Charlie find a way to rekindle romance with his soon-to-be ex, Marcy? Or will the pressure send the struggling ten-percenter into the arms of his new boss?

Evan Handler Actor BioEvan Handler's second season on CALIFORNICATION completed a "trifecta" year for him: first, on May 1st, came the publication of his second book, It's Only Temporary: The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive, from Riverhead Books. Then, later that month, Handler reprised his leading role of "Harry Goldenblatt" in the box office sensation Sex and the City: The Movie. Handler's past film and TV credits include leading and featured roles in Taps, Ransom, Sex and the City, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Three Stooges and It's Like, You Know…, as well as memorable guest appearances on Lost, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, Shark, and Friends. Prior to his screen work, Handler played leading roles in seven Broadway productions, among them the world premiere production of Six Degrees of Separation, I Hate Hamlet, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound and Master Harold…and the Boys. Handler's critically acclaimed first memoir, Time on Fire: My Comedy of Terrors, chronicles his astonishing recovery from acute leukemia over 23 years ago. He is currently shooting the follow up to Sex and the City.

Becca

The women may come and go, but Hank's heart truly belongs to his daughter. Hank and Karen's quick-witted teenager has seen it all – watching her parent's on-again/off-again relationship, as well as her father's roller-coaster lifestyle. The experience - combined with some first-hand heartbreak of her own - has made Becca wise beyond her years. Until recently, she had always accepted her father for who he is. But thanks to adolescence and a new best friend with a taste for trouble, Becca is starting to challenge her father's authority more than ever


Madeleine Martin Actor BioMadeleine Martin captured Broadway's attention when, at age seven, she starred in the Broadway National Tour of The Sound of Music, with Richard Chamberlain. At the age of ten, she received rave reviews for her performance in the title role of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Her performance was so heartbreakingly stunning that she was invited to be the youngest presenter in its history at the 2003 Tony® Awards. Next, Martin starred in Martin McDonough's The Pillowman. The New York Times Arts & Leisure section profiled her at the age of 12. In 2008, Martin won the National Youth Theater Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as "Jean Fordham" in the Tony®- and Pulitzer® Prize-winning play August: Osage County. Martin spent four seasons as the voice of "JoJo" on Disney's animated television series JoJo's Circus. She has guest starred on Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Hope & Faith and Saturday Night Live. An accomplished dancer, she has performed with the world-renowned New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center in Christopher Wheeldon's Scenes de Ballet, as well as Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Nutcracker. She is a student at the School of American Ballet.

Karen

Hank's long-time ex-girlfriend and the mother of his teenage daughter. The talented architect was happy with struggling genius writer Hank when they lived in New York years ago, but she can't begin to hide her frustration with L.A. Hank's inability to grow up and end his immature, predictable behavior. After briefly reconciling with her on-again/off-again love, Karen recently bolted to New York for a major work project. But can she trust Hank to care for their daughter as a responsible single parent? Or is she right to worry Hank can't resist the daily temptation of coeds and campus life?

Natascha McElhone Actor BioNatascha McElhone will be seen later this year in the feature film Heaven & Earth, and next year in the British indie The Kid opposite Rupert Friend and Ioan Gruffud who she also co-starred with in last year's children's fantasy film The Secret of Moonacre. McElhone established herself as a talented leading actress in 1995 in her first film, Merchant Ivory's Surviving Picasso, opposite Anthony Hopkins; followed by The Truman Show; The Devil's Own; and John Frankenheimer's action epic Ronin, co-starring Robert De Niro. She also starred opposite Kenneth Branagh in William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. In 2003, McElhone co-starred with George Clooney in Steven Soderbergh's Solaris. She previously shared the title role in Mrs. Dalloway with Vanessa Redgrave. She also starred in the Golden Globe®-nominated mini-series The Company. In 2005, she co-starred in the Emmy®-nominated mini-series Revelations. McElhone's major film credits include City of Ghosts, Laurel Canyon, Ladies in Lavender and the original BBC production of The Other Boleyn Girl. McElhone's early stage credits include starring roles in productions of Richard III, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Cherry Orchard and A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 2006, she starred in the West End production of the award-winning play Honour

Hank Moody

Life has been a rocky road of ups and downs for Hank Moody since the famed novelist & NYC transplant relocated to Los Angeles. He suffered through a terrible case of writer's block, major plagiarism, and Hollywood's crappy adaptation of his prized tome. But just as he got back on track penning the memoirs for a rock music legend, his biography subject overdosed – leaving Hank scrambling once again. Now he's doing the best he can to raise a teenage daughter on his own while trying to resist temptation as a new writing professor at a local university. It may sound desperate, but he enjoys life and owns all his various vices — drink, drugs and women — with a refreshing sense of honesty and unapologetic candor. He's holding it together while falling apart, and he doesn't mind it one bit.

David Duchovny Actor BioDavid Duchovny was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from Princeton University and was pursuing a PhD at Yale when he caught the acting bug. Subsequently, Duchovny emerged to become one of the most highly acclaimed actors in Hollywood. For SHOWTIME's hit series CALIFORNICATION, he won the Golden Globe® Award in January 2008 for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. From 1993-2002, Duchovny starred in Fox Television's monster hit The X-Files, which earned him a Golden Globe® Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series, and two Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. He was also nominated for an Emmy® for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his highly acclaimed appearances on Life with Bonnie and The Larry Sanders Show. Additionally, he has been nominated for a total of three Golden Globe® Awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series, five Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and a TV Critic's Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.

Duchovny added the role of director to his already extensive list of accomplishments when he wrote, directed and starred in two critically acclaimed episodes of The X-Files, titled "The Unnatural" and "Hollywood A.D." Duchovny made his feature directorial debut in 2005 with House of D, which he also wrote and appeared in. Other feature film credits include: Things We Lost in the Fire, The TV Set, Trust the Man, Full Frontal, Zoolander, Evolution, Return to Me, Playing God, Kalifornia, Chaplin, Beethoven, The Rapture and Julia Has Two Lovers. Most recently he appeared in The X-Files: I Want to Believe, the highly anticipated follow-up to The X-Files movie, in which he reprised the role of 'Fox Mulder.'

About the series

The series revolves around Hank Moody, a charming ladies' man of a writer and novelist plagued by personal demons. He blames his years-long case of writer's block on a variety of reasons, ranging from the hedonism of Los Angeles, to his girlfriend Karen leaving him. Hank constantly deals with the consequences of his lack of will to say "no" to available drugs, sex and alcohol, while trying to show his family that he can be a good, responsible caring father to Becca and a monogamous partner to Karen