Hell-A Woman

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“Hell-A Woman”

Californication episode

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 2

Written by

Tom Kapinos

Directed by

Scott Winant

Original airdate

August 20, 2007

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"Hell-A Woman" is the second episode of the Showtime original series Californication. It was written by Tom Kapinos, directed by Scott Winant and originally aired on Sunday August 20, 2007.

[edit] Plot

After receiving encouragement from all sides, Hank starts his blogging gig at Hell-A Magazine. Plus, under the guise of inviting Hank to family dinner at her and Bill's (Damian Young) house, Karen sets up Hank with her friend Sonja (Paula Marshall). At dinner, Becca reveals how Hank met Karen.

[edit] Cultural references

Hank starts his blog post with "Hank hates you all" a reference to Spider Jerusalem's quote "I Hate you all" and also to his book God Hates Us All.
Hank tells at diner how Bill and Karen met and how they talked about "Zen and the Art of Midlife Crisis", a reference to the Robert M. Pirsig novel "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".
Hank's blog entry contains the line: "..I probably won't go down in history, but I will go down on your sister.." This is almost identical to the final lyric line in the 1991 NOFX song "The Moron Brothers." Since the show (arguably) does not often reference this musical genre, it is unclear whether this is an intended reference.