LOL (Californication episode)

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“LOL”

Californication episode

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 5

Written by

Susan McMartin

Directed by

Bart Freundlich

Original airdate

September 10, 2007

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List of Californication episodes

"LOL" is the fifth episode of the Showtime original series Californication. It was written by Susan McMartin, directed by Bart Freundlich and originally aired on Sunday September 10, 2007.

[edit] Plot

Bill arrives at Hank's asking for a favor - will Hank speak at Mia's creative writing class? Hank relents, but not without taking something in exchange like, say, Bill's leather jacket. Hank wins over the sexy students at Mia's all-girl school and also learns that her teacher lusts after the young girls he teaches. Meanwhile, Charlie and his wife Marcy are having sex problems.

Hank gives a radio interview where he rants about the lack of proper language in the internet, calling the people who use it stupids. Afterwards, he has supper with Charlie, Marcy and Meredith. Meredith is angry because she used cyberlanguage on him before and feels the rant was directed at her, so she breaks it off with him. The next morning, she comes back to get her things, and turns out that her married lover has left his wife thanks to Hank's actions in the previous episode. In the end, she and Hank part on rather good terms after a last session of kitchen sex.

At home, Becca has a pre-teen crush on her guitar teacher ends in her first heartbreak when, that night, he goes off with Mia instead. Afterwards, Hank tries to comfort her in his own way.

[edit] Cultural references

During the interview with Henry Rollins on Talkback Radio, Rollins mentions the names of Hank's previous novels: South of Heaven, Seasons in the Abyss and God Hates Us All. These are all names of Slayer albums.