Hank does not look forward to having to read Tyler’s screenplay. He gets a pleasant surprise when he discovers that it’s pretty good—but he’s unpleasantly surprised to see that Becca is referenced in the manuscript. Later, there’s a skull session with Samurai and Eddie Nero to discuss Nero’s next project.

When a drunken Richard shows up at Hank’s with no recollection of the previous night, Hank helps him backtrack and they wind up at the place of a stripper named Holly, who is holding an incriminating piece of evidence that belongs to Richard. Later, Holly turns up at Karen’s door and Hank acts as if [...]

Samurai comes down with a case of songwriter’s block and seeks Hank’s help in getting unblocked. So Hank teams with Kali to compose a tune, which harkens back to his first sojourn to Los Angeles with Karen and other happier times with Charlie and Marcy

To do research for his film role, Sam goes on a ride-along with Santa Monica police and invites Charlie and Hank to tag along, but the night takes a terrifying turn. Later, Richard drinks too much at a crowded restaurant and Hank, Charlie and Sam come to Karen and Becca’s rescue

Hank gets a surprise visit from ex-girlfriend Carrie, and when Karen and Becca surprise Hank with an invite to a dinner party, he’s compelled to invite her. And frank sex talk among Marcy, Stu and Bates at the event has some guests heading for the exits. Meanwhile, Charlie has a blind date with a woman [...]

Hank passes on scripting rapper-actor Samurai Apocalypse’s film, but the performer won’t take no for an answer and drags Hank to a meeting with director Peter Berg, who has a lot more in common with Hank than they both care to admit. Later, Samurai decides to help an unwilling Becca sever ties with Tyler; and [...]

It’s a few years later as Season 5 begins and Hank is living in New York but hoping to relocate. His opportunity arrives via an invitation from Charlie to come to L.A. to write a screenplay for a project starring rapper-turned-actor Samurai Apocalypse. Upon his return, Hank reunites with Karen and her new husband and [...]