Going to California (TV series)

Going to California is an American dramedy television series created for Showtime and airing from August 9, 2001 to February 14, 2002. It starred Sam Trammell and Brad William Henke as Kevin "Space" Lauglin and Henry "Hank" Ungalow, two friends on a road trip across the United States. The show focused on what happened to Hank and Space during their stops and detours along the way to California. John Mallory Asher played the recurring character Insect Bob and also served as a director. The tag line was: "No map. No plan. No rules. No turning back."

Going to California
Also known as	G2C GTC
Created by	Scott Rosenberg
Starring	Sam Trammell Brad William Henke
Theme music composer	Old 97's
Opening theme	Lost Along the Way
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	20
Production
Production location	Various
Running time	45–58 minutes
Production companies	Industry Entertainment Nitram Pictures Columbia TriStar Television (2001) (season 1) Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2002) (season 1) Showtime Networks
Original release
Network	Showtime
Release	August 9, 2001 (2001-08-09) – February 14, 2002 (2002-02-14)
Related
October Road

Guest stars included Lindsay Sloane, Jenny McCarthy (John Asher's then wife), David Faustino, Jaime Pressly, Vince Vaughn, Stacey Dash, Rosanna Arquette and Jerry O'Connell.

It was cancelled in 2002 after 20 episodes despite a positive critical response, and despite a cult following it has never been issued on DVD.^[1] In 2007 creator Scott Rosenberg returned with the show October Road, which was loosely based on Going to California; Evan Jones reprised his role as Ikey and Geoff Stults played Eddie Latekka, two characters from the original show, while Brad William Henke and Sean Gunn played new characters. The character Baggo was also referenced, but unseen. The town of Bishop Flats was featured in both shows.

Cast

• Sam Trammell as Kevin 'Space' Lauglin
• Brad William Henke as Henry 'Hank' Ungalow

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Blowing Free"	Unknown	Unknown	August 9, 2001 (2001-08-09)
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3	"Taking Care of Biscuits"	Griffin Dunne	Jeff Melvoin	August 16, 2001 (2001-08-16)
4	"I Know Why the Caged Rhino Sings"	D.J. Caruso	Story by : Scott Rosenberg Teleplay by : Scott Rosenberg & Jeffrey Fiskin	August 23, 2001 (2001-08-23)
5	"Rules of the Rod"	Unknown	Unknown	August 30, 2001 (2001-08-30)
6	"Apocalypse Cow"	Greg Yaitanes	Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec	September 6, 2001 (2001-09-06)
7	"The Big Padoodle"	John Asher	Ali Adler and Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec & Jeff Melvoin	September 20, 2001 (2001-09-20)
8	"Fodder Figures"	Unknown	Unknown	September 27, 2001 (2001-09-27)
9	"The Naked and the Nude"	D.J. Caruso	Scott Rosenberg	October 4, 2001 (2001-10-04)
10	"A Pirate Looks at 15 to 20"	D.J. Caruso	Stuart Zicherman	October 11, 2001 (2001-10-11)
11	"Hurricane Al: A Tale of Key Largo"	Perry Lang	Tyler Bensinger	October 18, 2001 (2001-10-18)
12	"This Year's Model"	Greg Yaitanes	Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec	October 25, 2001 (2001-10-25)
13	"Our Sunshine State of Affair"	John Asher	Jeff Melvoin	November 1, 2001 (2001-11-01)
14	"Lily of the Field"	Tim Hunter	Jeff Melvoin & Scott Rosenberg	November 8, 2001 (2001-11-08)
15	"A Little Hard in the Big Easy"	Unknown	Unknown	January 10, 2002 (2002-01-10)
16	"Home Games"	Unknown	Unknown	January 17, 2002 (2002-01-17)
17	"Waiting for Gordo"	John Asher	Turk Pipkin	January 24, 2002 (2002-01-24)
18	"Mixed Doubles"	D.J. Caruso	Phil M. Rosenberg	January 31, 2002 (2002-01-31)
19	"Searching for Eddie Van Halen"	Unknown	Unknown	February 7, 2002 (2002-02-07)
20	"The West Texas Round-up and Other Assorted Misdemeanors"	Gary Fleder	Scott Rosenberg	February 14, 2002 (2002-02-14)