The Whore of Babylon (Californication episode)

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“The Whore of Babylon”

Californication episode

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 3

Written by

Tom Kapinos

Directed by

Scott Winant

Original airdate

August 27, 2007

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List of Californication episodes

"The Whore of Babylon" is the third episode of the Showtime original series Californication. It was written by Tom Kapinos, directed by Scott Winant and originally aired on Sunday August 27, 2007.

[edit] Plot

Hank’s book signing is interrupted when Todd Carr, the director of "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love," arrives screaming about character defamation – Hank has blamed him in print and elsewhere for the failure of the novel-to-film adaptation. The two fight, Hank is arrested and Bill arrives with bail and a plea for Hank to continue the blogging job for the sake of the family.

Hank later meets Meredith (Amy Price-Francis), the woman with whom he was set up, and has a one-night-stand with her. As Meredith leaves, Mia arrives and asks Hank for help in her creative writing class. He then tries to hide her as Karen arrives to ask him to keep the job for Becca's sake.

After a mild confrontation with his agent, Charlie, Hank sees Meredith at a bar, where she explains him she's been having a 5 years affair with a married man, which was the man he saw her with the previous night. She explains him that, due a misunderstanding, her lover's wife has her dog. Hank decides to steal him back (and a painting, while he is at it) and he and Meredith end up in bed again, only to discover, the following morning, that he got the wrong dog.

Meanwhile, in his office, Charlie masturbates to erotic BDSM photos of his blond secretary, whom he just fired. He rehires her the next morning, and she gives him permission to punish her whenever she does something wrong. He soon finds a reason to spank her.

Hank later gives the dog to his daughter Becca and the painting to Karen and Bill, who praises his daughter Mia for the story she's written.

[edit] Cultural references

In Episode 3 Hank attempts to steal a French Bulldog named Cat Stevens, but gets the wrong dog which he calls Yusuf Islam and gives to his daughter Becca.
Hank refers to his puke as "precious bodily fluid", quoting General Jack Ripper, a character in the film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.