Show summary:
David Duchovny is the lead in this comedy about a book writer always running into trouble with sex, drugs and women, while struggling to maintain a relationship with his ex-girlfriend and trying to raise his daughter in a less than normal environment for a teenager.
In the fifth-season finale, Hank walks into a bar filled with shadowy figures and a bartender who is a long-departed friend. He begins to suspect this isn't California anymore, but one helluva place to kill some time....
Hank's stay with Karen and Richard comes to an unwelcome end, and once again he is a man without a home. Later, he runs into Lizzie, who lures him back to the Runkle place for a rendezvous with friends and foes alike....
After his falling-out with Charlie, Hank seeks new representation and signs on with a Hollywood heavy hitter, who immediately sets him up for a meeting with a legendary filmmaker. Meanwhile, Lizzie's big break arrives...
On the first day of production for screenwriter Hank's new movie, he's reunited with the director of his previous film in hopes they'll strike cinema gold again. Later, Hank has a friendly encounter with the film's le...
Hank does not look forward to having to read Tyler's screenplay. He gets a pleasant surprise when he discovers that it's pretty good—but he's unpleasantly surprised to see that Becca is referenced in the manuscript. L...
When a drunken Richard shows up at Hank's with no recollection of the previous night, Hank helps him backtrack and they wind up at the place of a stripper named Holly, who is holding an incriminating piece of evidence...
Samurai comes down with a case of songwriter's block and seeks Hank's help in getting unblocked. So Hank teams with Kali to compose a tune, which harkens back to his first sojourn to Los Angeles with Karen and other h...
To do research for his film role, Sam goes on a ride-along with Santa Monica police and invites Charlie and Hank to tag along, but the night takes a terrifying turn. Later, Richard drinks too much at a crowded restaur...
Hank gets a surprise visit from ex-girlfriend Carrie, and when Karen and Becca surprise Hank with an invite to a dinner party, he's compelled to invite her. And frank sex talk among Marcy, Stu and Bates at the event h...
Hank finishes a draft of the film script, presents it to Samurai and proceeds to hit the road, but his attempts to leave hit a snag when he's asked to squire Kali around town. Meanwhile, a beat-up Tyler crashes at Kar...
Hank passes on scripting rapper-actor Samurai Apocalypse's film, but the performer won't take no for an answer and drags Hank to a meeting with director Peter Berg, who has a lot more in common with Hank than they bot...
It's a few years later as Season 5 begins and Hank is living in New York but hoping to relocate. His opportunity arrives via an invitation from Charlie to come to L.A. to write a screenplay for a project starring rapp...