Californication Season 7

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

The final season of “Californication” managed to recapture the heart and soul of what made Hank Moody and his tale so much fun to watch over the years (beyond the gratuitous nudity 😉 ). After an utterly bland and directionless sixth season, where he toured with the completely uninteresting, washed-up rock star, Atticus Fetch, Hank returned home to continue his quixotic quest to win the heart of his true love, Karen, and also get his life together.

It would not be a Hank Moody story if there weren’t several Hank-induced obstacles. Among them include finding out about an unknown son, whom he fathered before he met Karen (and he looks like Jonah Hill); a reputation that leaves him with the only employment opportunity being a writer on tv show that is clearly going to be short-lived; and an increasingly estranged relationship with his daughter, Becca.

This final season is enjoyable because you still understand why Hank pines for Karen so much (and why she can’t ‘quit’ him); which is helped through a series of flashback scenes that show the two of them during the seemingly (but not exactly) happier early days, along with a still happily married Charlie Runkle and Marcy. Seeing how Charlie and Marcy deal with finally be remarried is also entertaining. I think Evan Handler has been vastly under-appreciated in his role as Charlie Runkle. Evan has had to tap into a bit of fearlessness in order to play such flawed, and embarrassing, character, while still making you root for him.

Funny, and moving, guest spots by Michael Imperioli, Heather Graham and Mary Lynn Rajskub also add to a fond farewell to Hank Moody. It allows one to look back with good memories over the show’s run.

– Irish

Amazing ending to an awesome series. This season was hilarious, but (like some other pieces of the series), it was a bit rushed. You could kind of tell in the last couple of episodes where they were rushing to build to a grand ending, and that made it feel a bit forced rather than gradual (like the previous season with Atticus Fetch). But the end of the last episode where everything ties together was incredible. I don’t want to give it away, but just trust me– watch it.

-Amazon Customer

I liked this season, although I agree with a lot of the negative reviews that pretty much the entire cast clearly knew this was it.

I actually liked the Levon arc, more or less from the beginning, and his cluelessness was fairly amusing. I watched the first episode of Season One right after watching this in order to see if there were any Seinfeldesque nods to the pilot, and it’s amazing how much Becca grew up since then. The best seasons were in the rearview long before Hank abandoned his Porche for the jumbo jet headed to New York, but this was enjoyable TV to watch. I even liked Heather Graham.

– Andrew J Maier

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Evan Handler, David Duchovny
Format: Multiple Formats, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Dubbed: Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. )
Number of discs: 2
Studio: Showtime Ent.
DVD Release Date: August 5, 2014
Run Time: 337 minutes