Californication: Like Father, Like Son Recap – Booya!

We can sum up Californication’s “Like Father, Like Son” (Season 7, Episode 3 – 4/27/14) for you right quick: Karen is devastated because she is now Baby Mama No. 2 and Baby No 2 does not know about Baby No 1 yet. On top of all that, Baby Mama No. 1 is a “ridiculous MILF” and that does not escape the notice of Hank’s boss, Rick Rath.

The title is about both Hank and Levon (Baby No. 1) getting into trouble at work: Hank gets set up for sexual harassment by an aspiring actress; and Levon just has no sane boundaries when it comes to showing youtubes to a young lady you want to impress.

Throw in an arm wrestling match between Hank and Terry with a hollow victory for Terry; a short conversation with Runkle who manages to work in the status of his impotence while getting a sex-starved text from Marcy, and voila!

We are truly hoping Levon turns out not to be Hank’s son — especially after the incident with Rath’s assistant, Melanie. She shows Levon a funny youtube of a child unintentionally saying something vulgar and wants him to show her one. Levon shows her an anal sex video that ends with the man exclaiming “booya” while he massages her back. It would be funny if it turned out he wasn’t even Julia’s son, but an actor she got to play the part since Hank doesn’t think Levon has a snowball’s chance in hell of becoming an actor, but… nah, maybe that’s too far fetched. Still, some shit just does not add up with these two.

It was Julia’s meeting with Hank where she asked him to stay out of their lives last week that made us suspicious to begin with because that is the hallmark of the classic scam – make your mark think he’s making his own decisions. And it continued in this episode — Levon was no where near ready when Hank came to get him for work. He asked Hank not to put the moves on his mother in front of him. Most kids want their parents to get back together but Levon explained that it reminded him of all the jerks who pretended to be his friend just to try to get in Julia’s panties. Julia dropped some 411 about Levon getting in trouble by “occasionally” exposing himself in front of girls.

Despite Rick Rath’s tantrums, he does not fire Hank and Levon from his “Clown College.” But Levon quits anyway and runs home to mommy, who marches into the writer’s room with Levon and a plate of cookies. She makes him apologize to Melanie for creating a hostile work environment and lays Hank out for being tough on Levon. Rick Rath is smitten and lays his actress spiel on her. So will Julia get a role as something more impressive than a crack ho on “Santa Monica Cop”? And will Rick Rath become Levon’s stepfather?

Cast of Like Father, Like Son:
Heather Thomas – Julia
Oliver Cooper – Levon
Michael Imperioli – Rick Rath
Chris Titone – Hugh
John Madison Tye – Terry
Tara Holt – Melanie
Alonzo Bodden – Alonzo
Darrell Britt-Gibson – Darrell
Jade Catta-Preta – Jade
Milana Vayntrub – 1st audition for crack ho
Nishi Munshi – 2nd audition for crack ho