Hank struggles to fulfill his duties as a now-single father to the increasingly rebellious Becca, who brings him into the orbit of an academic circle; Charlie moves back ...

Hank completes his biography of Ashby; Charlie is reduced to working at a car dealership; Sonja gives birth; Karen accepts a job offer back home in New York, forcing Hank ...

Mia's - that is, originally Hank's - book gets rave reviews, ironically better than any of the books published in Hank's name. Lew is having a party to which pretty much ...

Hank nervously awaits medical test results while reflecting on the early days of his romance with Karen, which coincided with a famous grunge rocker's overdose; Charlie b ...

To unravel more of her secrets for his book, Hank goes on a date (although he himself doesn't consider it a date) with Janie Jones, Lew's long lost love, to an art exhibi ...

Hank pays another visit to Lew's former love, Janie Jones. She tells him why she left Lew but when her husband enters, Hank has to hide and meets the maid. Stuck as he no ...

Hank meets an attractive new love interest in Becca's English teacher, but it turns out she's also the mother of Becca's boyfriend; Charlie discovers that Marcy has been ...

Hank sets out to track down Lew's long-lost first love, and discovers Sonja and her self-help guru boyfriend Julian have an open relationship; Mia spends a day trailed by ...

Because Karen gave back his ring, Hank has moved out and he now lives with Lew Ashby. When he sees television cook Chloe Metz on the TV, Hank tells Lew he can't stand Met ...

Hank and Karen's dinner party is derailed by Hank's botched marriage proposal to Karen, the revelation that Hank is likely the father of their friend Sonja's baby, and Le ...

On Hank's first day as biographer to Lew Ashby, he's reintroduced to Trixie, who stirs up trouble by claiming that Hank is better in bed than Ashby. Becca grudgingly star ...

Hank befriends a legendary record producer in jail and considers writing the man's biography; Charlie loses his job when his scheming former assistant Dani betrays him. ...

Hank and Karen plan to move back to New York together, but their reunion is short-lived thanks to a series of drunken incidents and Hank's subsequent arrest. Season premi ...

The wedding of Karen and Bill provides the impetus for emotional revelations that threaten to derail the entire ceremony unless Hank can put everything right. Season fina ...

Bombshells drop on all fronts: Hank discovers Mia is peddling his book as her own, and she threatens to reveal their one-night stand if he reclaims his work; Becca tells ...

A creative meeting about a gig writing a female boxing movie turns into a mini-orgy for Hank and his new roommate Charlie, but their ecstasy soon turns to agony; Dani and ...

A manuscript for a new novel and a royalty check from his movie inspire Hank to go on a spending spree, but his purchases don't have the desired effect on his life; Marcy ...

Hank receives bad news about his father and embarks on a grief-stricken bender of booze, drugs and even a prostitute as he remembers the last time they saw each other. ...

Hank makes peace with his archenemy Todd and lands Karen a designing gig, but a dilemma with Mia interrupts their temporary bliss; Charlie attempts a disastrous threesome ...

Becca's impressive musical performance at a rock concert leads to a romantic, booze-fueled moment for Hank and Karen, but it doesn't last; Charlie's dalliance with his as ...

A point of modern linguistic style comes between Meredith and Hank, who also guest-lectures Mia's creative writing class; Becca and Karen both crush on a cool guitar teac ...

The fiercely apolitical Hank is dragged to an environmental fundraiser at Charlie's agency, where he briefly displays his gallant side to both Meredith and Karen, and ina ...

Hank ponders whether to continue his blogging job after he discovers the identity of the web site's owner, and reconnects with Meredith, his one-time blind-date disaster; ...

Hank reluctantly accepts a blogger gig for a hip L.A. web site, and endures a dinner party with Karen and her finance Bill that yields a scandalous romp with a sexy Scien ...

Hank is dismayed when he sees the film version of his acclaimed novel, agrees to a blind date arranged by his agent, and learns that his ex-girlfriend Karen is engaged to ...

Through a scripting error, Matt discovers that writers Ricky and Ron are taking Peripheral-Vision Man, their tepid S-60 character, to a series on another network. Due to ...

The show faces a legal nightmare when an viewer notices that a joke in the news segment was plagiarized from a stand-up comedian, and posts the clip on the Internet durin ...

Focus group numbers have some people at the show and at the network up in arms, Matt seems apprehensive about airing skits that make fun of Republicans, and an embarrassi ...

It's the week of Matt and Danny's first show. A Christian group is threatening to protest and boycott the show, the musical guest suddenly becomes unavailable, and Matt i ...

The owner of a club is found hanging from a bridge, with two shots in his eyes and a joker card in his pocket. At first it looks like a Mafia work, but the suspects list ...

Gwen fights to assert her own creative vision on Chicago, challenging Bob's increasingly dark approach to the musical. ...

As old friends reunite for a weekend at the beach, new tensions emerge between Bob and Gwen. ...