Hell-A Woman

Infobox Television episode
Title = Hell-A Woman
Series = Californication


Caption =
Season = 1
Episode = 2
Airdate = Start date|2007|08|20
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Writer = Tom Kapinos
Director = Scott Winant
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Guests =
Episode list = List of Californication episodes
Prev = Pilot
Next = The Whore of Babylon"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.

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.

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 dinner 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.

Music

*Robbers on High Street - "Japanese Girls"
*The Doors - "L.A. Woman" (Paul Oakenfold remix)
*Kenneth James Gibson - "Sarcastically Yours"
*Tommy Stinson - "Light of Day"

Trivia

* The title of the pornography film Hank takes from the pornstar with the child is entitled "A Crazy Little Thing Called Anal", which is a play on the film made based on his book called "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love."

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