Coming up on Series 2

When we last left the Moody family, the trio were making a hasty getaway as runaway bride Karen left husband-not-to-be Bill at their wedding reception.
Did Hank, Karen and Becca really drive off into the sunset or was it all just a dream?

It was no dream, as Hank and Karen will soon find out. "This season is about exploring the mystique of happy endings," reveals Californication Executive Producer Tom
Kapinos. "Last season ended with the guy getting the girl, which is exactly what he wanted. Now he wakes up in the morning and has to figure out how to maintain that relationship."

Hank and Karen's road to happiness is long and twisted. The three move back into Hank's place, but their domestic bliss is complicated by a certain young miss - Bill's sixteen-year-old daughter Mia. Last season, Mia seduced Hank and stole his novel about a man who celebrating in her undeserved fame as the author of the critically acclaimed and totally plagiarised Fucking & Punching."

Much to Hank's mortification, Mia has also established an influential bond with pseudo-sis Becca. Karen, likely feeling guilty for upending the poor girl's life, brought the vixen into the Moody family fold with open arms. It's left Hank with the constant fear of what will happen if Karen discovers he is the book's protagonist?

Meanwhile, Charlie and wife Marcy are seemingly back on track after last year's affair almost ended their long-time union. Then a chance encounter lands Charlie a new gig as agent to rising porn princess Daisy. He's so captivated by his new client and her star turn in the 'boom-chicawow-wow' porn epic Vaginatown, that he misses some of the obvious signs of Marcy's relapse into addiction.

Charlie isn't the only one with an alluring new job. In an effort to get back to business, Hank lands a gig as biographer to legendary music producer Lew Ashby. He finds himself drowning in a sea of temptation, namely Ashby's Laurel Canyon mansion – a den of rock & roll iniquity filled with enough willing groupies and choice drugs to entice even the most reformed skirt chaser into relapse.

As Karen works to keep the Ashby Manor madness in check, Sonja, the vomiting Scientologist from last season, returns to add yet another layer of drama. She's traded in her E-meter for crystals and has become involved with renowned new-age guru and self-help author Julian Self. He's opened her 'chi' in more ways than one: Sonja's pregnant, but who's the father? And will Karen and Sonja's new design business put another nail into the Karen/Hank relationship coffin?

Hank's still working overtime on being a great dad to Becca, but this season, he's vying for her attention with new boyfriend Damien. Between make-out sessions with her new beau (who's the spitting image of a young Hank) and trips to Mia's house and Ashby Manor, Becca is growing up too fast. She's now a death metal-blaring, satanic Bible-toting handful – spouting cynical barbs and old-soul advice through Noir No 5-glossed lips. In spite of Hank's best efforts to keep her pure, Daddy's little girl is fading fast in the rear-view mirror.

Amidst the chaos, Hank manages to take some big steps towards being a real family man, but will it be enough to make up for his past indiscretions? In the end, he'll do whatever he can to keep his girls happy, but he will always be true to himself.

"I think that's the key for me," says series star and Executive Producer David Duchovny. "If this guy says and does what he feels, you're going to love him just because he's completely free."