He tries in his own way to succeed at pleasing these women in his life. Even though Hank doesn’t seem to be working through any of his addictions, he still wants to have a monogamous relationship with Karen and he really wants to be the best dad for Becca. I was hooked.Įven though all these characters were exceptionally flawed, they all have the same basic needs as everyone. But once I got to episode 10, I had to admit it to myself.
And then Lew Ashby was introduced and he was even worse than Hank. She was constantly snorting coke and he was fired from his job for masturbating too often at his office. Charlie and Marcy had a strong marriage, but it was very strange. He would give one pathetic excuse after another, but would never apologize, and she would always forgive him. In every episode, Karen would walk in on Hank in a compromising situation. When this season first started, I couldn’t find a single redeeming quality about anyone or anything, save Becca. She’s the one keeping her parents in line and the only voice of reason in the Californication world.
She is the only sensible person on the show who seems to have personal ethics. But while she’s gone, Charlie struggles with temptation of his own.Īnd poor Becca, the teenager who should be going through her own awkward selfish phase has to deal with parents who are going through awkward selfish phases of their own. Meanwhile, Charlie’s wife Marcy is struggling with a serious cocaine addiction and Charlie eventually sends her to rehab. He meets a struggling young porn actress named Daisy (Carla Gallo, I Love You, Man, Superbad) and becomes a father figure to her, even funding a porn with his own money so that she can become a star. In a side plot, Hank’s agent and friend Charlie Runkle gets fired from his job and attempts to make a living as an agent for porn stars. She’s now got a publishing deal and she and Hank are the only ones who know he’s the real author. In season 1, Mia stole a manuscript of Hank’s and passes it off as her own. During a falling out with Karen, Hank moves in with Lew and Lew ends up having a relationship with Mia (Madeline Zima), the 16 year old with whom Hank slept with during season 1 (not knowing she was underage). While incarcerated, the two hit it off and Lew commissions Hank to write his biography. Hank is arrested early in the season and briefly shares a cell with rock legend Lew Ashby. It’s a strange connection that really can’t be explained. This could be easily misconstrued as weakness on her part, but really it’s just like Hank says. Karen seems to understand and accept him for who he is, and even says that he’s just a man-child. However, due to Hank’s sleeping with a different woman in almost every episode, his relationship with Karen has a dynamic different from that in a normal relationship. While indulging every single one of his addictions, he’s also trying to make a serious relationship work with his soulmate Karen (Natascha McElhone, The Truman Show) and he’s trying to be a “great father” to their high school aged daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin, the voice of JoJo in Playhouse Disney’s JoJo’s Circus). He’s a chain smoker, an alcoholic, and wants to bed every woman who crosses his path. Hank Moody (David Duchovny) is a has-been writer with multiple guilty pleasures.
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