Californication: Pilot
Summary
Hank Moody is a thirtysomething sex addicted author. During his many affairs with women of all ages and walks of life, Moody needs 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 begins to have a sex life, which scares both her parents, especially her father despite his addiction.
Episode Quotes
Hank Moody: [upon getting fellatio from a nun] Sweet baby Jesus, Hank is going to hell.
Hank Moody: Yo K-Fed, the little man on the boat he's up here, that's where he is, right here.
[makes V symbol and dirty tongue motion towards top]
Becca: Father?
Hank Moody: Daughter?
Becca: Can I ask you something?
Hank Moody: Anything, my love.
Becca: Why is there a naked lady in your bedroom?
Hank Moody: You wait right there okay?
Becca: There's no hair on her vagina. Do you think she's ok?
Hank Moody: I'll check.
Hank Moody: So, not only are you a cadaverous lay, you also have shitty taste in movies.
[Hank and Mia had a one-night stand]
Karen Van Der Beek: This is Mia, Bill's daughter, and this is Hank. You two know each other?
Hank Moody: No.
Mia Gross: Well, I do recognize you.
Hank Moody: No.
Mia Gross: Yeah, sure I do.
Hank Moody: No.
Mia Gross: From your book. Your picture is on the back.
Hank Moody: [to Meredith] Now you're giving me that look, right now, look like I fingerbanged your cat.
[about Hank]
Becca: Don't yell at him!
Karen Van Der Beek: I'm not going to yell at him... much.
Hank Moody: What?
Karen Van Der Beek: You smell like pussy.
Hank Moody: Thank you.
[to Karen]
Hank Moody: Oh, I know that look. That's the look that shrivels me testes.
Hank Moody: I was just trying to have a little chat with your husband up there.
Nun: Is there something I can help you with?
Hank Moody: Oh no, I don't want to bother a real live person about it.
Episode Trivia
Seven advertisers, including Burger King, Finish Dishwashing Liquid, CRC, Cadbury, Flight Center, Ferrit, and the Ministry Of Economic Development all pulled their advertising from the show after this pilot aired in New Zealand.
The helicopter pilot ('Chuck Tamburro') who flew the helicopter for the aerial shot of the Porsche being driven down the Pacific Coast Highway by David's Stand In and Porsche Photodouble ('George Fitch Watson') was the same pilot who had flown the helicopter under the bridge in the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Goof (continuity error): When leaving Hank's room, Sandy alternates between having a bag on her shoulder and not having a bag on her shoulder in different shots.
