Californication
2007 · TV Series · TV-MA · 28 min · ★ 7.6 · 61% critics
A self-destructive writer tries to mend relationships with his daughter and her mother while wrestling with sex addiction, emerging drug issues, and a habit of making bad decisions. His chaotic personal life keeps colliding with what he wants to fix.
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Details
- Years
- 2007–2014
- Release date
- 2007-08-13
- Network
- Showtime
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 28 min
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (1,310 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dark, funny, relationship-driven comedy full of risky choices and emotional messiness like Weeds or Nurse Jackie; Not for you if you can’t handle explicit sex and drug themes or if you need stories that stay consistently strong through the end.
Pros: sharp, dark humor; addictive pace; strong early seasons | Cons: later seasons feel messy; lots of explicit content; characters can lose depth
Themes
- california
- self-destruction
- change
- addiction
- writer
- willpower
Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy · 2008 · nominated
Cast & crew
David Duchovny
as Hank Moody
Natascha McElhone
as Karen van der Beek
- RS
Rick Springfield
as Rick Springfield
- EP
Edi Patterson
as Shannon
Evan Handler
as Charlie Runkle
Pamela Adlon
as Marcy Runkle
- RM
Rachel Miner
as Dani
- MM
Madeleine Martin
as Becca Moody
- MZ
Madeline Zima
as Mia Lewis
Callum Keith Rennie
as Lew Ashby
Directed by David Duchovny, Jon Kasdan, Adam Bernstein +18 more
Created by Tom Kapinos
Episodes7 seasons · 84 episodes
Season 112 episodes
- S1E1Pilot28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E2Hell-A Woman28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E3The Whore of Babylon28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E4Fear and Loathing at the Fundraiser28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E5LOL28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E6Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E7Girls, Interrupted28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E8California Son28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E9Filthy Lucre28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E10The Devil's Threesome28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E11Turn the Page28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E12The Last Waltz28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 212 episodes
- S2E1Slip of the Tongue28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E2The Great Ashby28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E3No Way to Treat a Lady28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E4The Raw & the Cooked28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E5Vaginatown28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E6Coke Dick & the First Kick28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E7In a Lonely Place28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E8Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E9La Ronde28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E10In Utero28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E11Blues from Laurel Canyon28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E12La Petite Mort28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 312 episodes
- S3E1Wish You Were Here28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E2The Land of Rape and Honey28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E3Verities & Balderdash28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E4Zoso28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E5Slow Happy Boys28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E6Glass Houses28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E7So Here's the Thing...28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E8The Apartment28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E9Mr. Bad Example28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E10Dogtown28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E11Comings & Goings28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E12Mia Culpa28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 412 episodes
- S4E1Exile on Main St.28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E2Suicide Solution28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E3Home Sweet Home28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E4Monkey Business28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E5Freeze-Frame28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E6Lawyers, Guns and Money28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E7The Recused28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E8Lights, Camera, Asshole28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E9Another Perfect Day28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E10The Trial28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E11The Last Supper28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E12...And Justice for All28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 512 episodes
- S5E1JFK to LAX28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E2The Way of the Fist28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E3Boys & Girls28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E4Waiting for the Miracle28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E5The Ride-Along28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E6Love Song28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E7Here I Go Again28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E8Raw28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E9At the Movies28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E10Perverts & Whores28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E11The Party28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E12Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 612 episodes
- S6E1The Unforgiven28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E2Quitters28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E3Dead Rock Stars28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E4Hell Bent for Leather28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E5Rock and a Hard Place28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E6In the Clouds28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E7The Dope Show28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E8Everybody's a F**king Critic28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E9Mad Dogs & Englishmen28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E10Blind Faith28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E11The Abby28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E12I'll Lay My Monsters Down28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 712 episodes
- S7E1Levon28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E2Julia28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E3Like Father Like Son28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E4Dicks28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E5Getting the Poison Out28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E6Kickoff28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E7Smile28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E830 Minutes or Less28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E9Faith, Hope, Love28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E10Dinner with Friends28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E11Daughter28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E12Grace28mAmazon Prime VideoHulu