Throughout the course of one night, the Californication gang manages to get itself into a whole mess of trouble. And this time the police are involved.
LA's Finest
Hank (David Duchovny) and Charlie (Evan Handler) go with Samurai Apocalypse (RZA) on a ride-along in a police car as research for Santa Monica Cop. But the police officer (Bryan Callen) doesn't want to respond to certain calls because they "sound pretty unpleasant," he won't pull a guy over for texting while driving, and he casually admits to shooting an unarmed kid. Then they go get donuts. The public's tax dollars at work, people.
Déjà vu All Over Again
The cop has a stroke mid-donut binge, the gang brings him to the hospital, and that's the end of the ride-along. Or you would think. Instead, they steal his keys and go for a joyride in the police car. The ironic part of all of this is that the cop is played by Bryan Callen, who was also in The Hangover -- a movie which had a very similar plot line. Californication is officially out of original ideas.
Someone Needs a Better Disguise
SA pretends to be a cop, pulls over Kali's (Meagan Good) date's car and beats the guy up with a nightstick. But the guy totally recognizes him. Oops! Then Hank gets a call from Becca (Madeleine Martin), who is at a restaurant with Tyler (Scott Michael Foster), Karen (Natascha McElhone) and a very drunk Bates (Jason Beghe), who is naked and displaying his "mangina" again. SA walks into the restaurant and Tyler recognizes him as one of the guys who beat him up. Double oops!
Rollercoaster Romance
Kali and Hank are still together and determined to keep their relationship a secret from SA. And it seems there's trouble in paradise with Karen and Bates, now that Bates is off the wagon again. Could it be that Hank has finally found happiness with another woman, just as Karen is on her way to being available again? Nah, probably not. This Kali/Hank affair has disaster written all over it.
So was the cop car joke funny or are the boys acting way too juvenile? And how long do you think it will be before SA finds out about Hank and Kali?
Best Lines:
"He works hard, makes millions of dollars, and he's got a f____ catchphrase."
--Samurai Apocalypse, defending Ryan Seacrest to Hank.
"You're months away from becoming an A-list 'raptor.' Rapper-turned-actor!"
--Hank to Samurai Apocalypse.
"You wanted to see what a night in the life of a cop is like, this is it. I drive around, I try not to get myself killed, and I feed the pain that comes from knowing that I put my life on the line night after f____ night."
--The police officer.
"Have you read Outliers?"
--Charlie to the prostitute, mid-sexual act.
"You know, I was just telling Karen, I used to f____ guys like Tyler back in prison."
--Bates to Hank.
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