EPISODE
SEASON
Californication - Season 2
This dramedy chronicles the carnal escapades of Hank Moody, a self-loathing, alcoholic New York City novelist who attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions.
23 May 1958, Belleville, Illinois, USA
7 September 1969, Manhattan, New York, USA
9 August 1969, Northfield, Minnesota, USA
19 July 1991, Anaheim, California, USA
27 January 1970, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
30 May 1951, Dallas, Texas, USA
16 November 2007, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 April 1986, California, USA
14 September 1960, Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK
11 August 1965, Lafayette, Indiana, USA
21 October 1985, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
September 28, 2008
The cast is too appealing to make "Californication" as genuinely distasteful as it tries to be. And at the same time the writing is too broad to make it genuinely good.
September 28, 2008
Even David Duchovny and his real-life sex addiction can't save the go-nowhere story of sad sack Hank Moody.
September 03, 2009
There's reason to take a look at Californication and most of it its there in David Duchovny's excellent lead performance. Fox Mulder has great comic timing.
September 28, 2008
Californication in Season 2 seems like its indulging a certain person's condition rather than illuminating the human condition, if you know what I mean - and I think you do.
September 28, 2008
I think Duchovny is still underappreciated for knocking this role out of the park. Hank Moody is convincingly gonzo, a brainy man desperate to let real feelings penetrate his numb exterior.
September 28, 2008
Worth the price of admission? Absolutely.
June 22, 2009
Forty-five minutes of sex usually doesn't make me this happy.
August 25, 2009
By season two's end, Hank does come back around, getting through the turmoil of his life with that disarming smile intact. But at what cost to the viewer, who may no longer be willing to fall for his charms?
December 22, 2008
A series of build-ups and let downs that were overcompensated for by angry sex and malicious, maddening characters.
