TV Show: Californication
Aired on: 10:00 PM on October 13th, 2010 – Wednesday
Channel: Fiver Channel
Episode Details: Season 3 Episode 12
Episode Name: Mia Culpa
Preview:
Hank arrives home to find that he has a very unwelcome visitor. Mia, a former conquest of his, is in town to promote the paperback release of her hugely successful novel. Unbeknown to Karen – who became a mother figure to the girl when she dated Mia’s father – the book was actually written by Hank. After Mia seduced Hank at the age of 16, she stole the manuscript from him and passed it off as her own, using the fact that Hank unwittingly committed statutory rape as leverage.
Karen accepts an invitation to Mia’s book launch party on behalf of her family, where a reluctant Hank soon finds himself alone with Mia’s agent – and latest conquest – Paul Rider (James Frain, ‘The Tudors’, ‘True Blood’). Paul confesses that Mia seems to be having trouble writing her second novel, and goes on to indicate that he knows exactly what went on between the teenager and Hank. “Quite the literary scandal we have here,” he muses, watching Hank squirm. “But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.”
Paul goes on to set out his master plan for Mia’s career. Now that he knows she is hopeless as a novelist, he wants her to confess all about her involvement with Hank in order to become a reality TV star. Hank is understandably horrified by Paul’s plan, which could see him facing not only the end of his career, but also possible jail time. “My biggest client is a fraud – I’m trying to make the best of a bad situation,” Paul snarls when he hears Hank’s protests. “And I’m not the one who f***ed an underage girl.”
Californication Season 3 Episode 12 Mia Culpa
