Episode
Californication: La Ronde
Overview
Hank turns down an offer of sex which is unthinkable (for him). Karen gives in to Ashby's asking and agrees to date him. Charlie and Daisy have a bonding moment over the film Dirty Dancing, while Marcy is still in rehab.
Details
- Series
- Californication
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2008-11-23
- Runtime
- 28 min
Episode context
La Ronde is Episode 9 in Season 2 of Californication. It aired on 2008-11-23. The runtime is 28 min.
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Episode 8: Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Hank tries to get the truth about Ashby; Karen confronts the record producer; Marcy detoxes at her mother's house; Charlie succumbs to temptation.
Episode 10: In Utero
Hank awaits test results and reflects on his early days with Karen; Charlie begs Daisy to move out.
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Episode 7: In a Lonely Place
Hank attempts to find a love interest for Becca's teacher. Charlie uncovers Marcy's secret which could have fatal effects on their finances.
Episode 11: Blues from Laurel Canyon
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Episode 6: Coke Dick & the First Kick
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Episode 12: La Petite Mort
Hank completes his biography of Ashby. Charlie is reduced to working at a car dealership. Sonja gives birth. Karen accepts a job offer back home in New York, forcing Hank and Becca to make painful choices.
Episode 5: Vaginatown
In order to distract Hank from his heartbreak, Ashby arranges a sex session with popular, yet incredibly annoying, celebrity chef, Chloe Metz. Charlie takes on a new client who’s eager to land the lead in a porn film called Vaginatown. Charlie meets with the film’s director and secures her the part, but only after investing $100,000 of his own savings.
Episode 4: The Raw & the Cooked
Hank proposes to Karen right before a dinner party, to which Mia, Charlie, Marcy, Lew Ashby, Sonja and Julian are invited. Drugs and special circumstances turn the evening in an unexpected direction.
Episode 3: No Way to Treat a Lady
Charlie wants to help Daisy with her porn career, while Hanks starts writing Lew Ashby's biography. Becca has her first day at a private school, while Karen meets Sonja and Julian again.
Episode 2: The Great Ashby
Hank finds himself in jail after assaulting a mouthy police officer. Karen, still upset at Hank for his accident at the party, refuses to bail him out. Meanwhile, Charlie gets fired after his former assistant, Dani, plays the agency president a montage of Charlie’s self-pleasuring office sessions.
Episode 1: Slip of the Tongue
After reuniting at the end of Season One, Hank and Karen decide to pack up and head to New York. As part of the reconciliation, Hank undergoes a grueling vasectomy at Karen's request. Hank has an accident when he confuses a partygoer for Karen. Hank gets arrested for driving under the influence and assaulting an officer.