| 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 | 45-79 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 – February 14, 2002 |
| Related | |
| October Road | |
Going to California is an American dramedy television series created for Showtime and airing from 2001 to 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."
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.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Blowing Free" | Unknown | Unknown | August 9, 2001 |
| 2 | ||||
| 3 | "Taking Care of Biscuits" | Griffin Dunne | Jeff Melvoin | August 16, 2001 |
| 4 | "I Know Why the Caged Rhino Sings" | D.J. Caruso | Story by : Scott Rosenberg Teleplay by : Scott Rosenberg & Jeffrey Fiskin | August 23, 2001 |
| 5 | "Rules of the Rod" | Unknown | Unknown | August 30, 2001 |
| 6 | "Apocalypse Cow" | Greg Yaitanes | Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec | September 6, 2001 |
| 7 | "The Big Padoodle" | John Asher | Ali Adler and Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec & Jeff Melvoin | September 20, 2001 |
| 8 | "Fodder Figures" | Unknown | Unknown | September 27, 2001 |
| 9 | "The Naked and the Nude" | D.J. Caruso | Scott Rosenberg | October 4, 2001 |
| 10 | "A Pirate Looks at 15 to 20" | D.J. Caruso | Stuart Zicherman | October 11, 2001 |
| 11 | "Hurricane Al: A Tale of Key Largo" | Perry Lang | Tyler Bensinger | October 18, 2001 |
| 12 | "This Year's Model" | Greg Yaitanes | Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec | October 25, 2001 |
| 13 | "Our Sunshine State of Affair" | John Asher | Jeff Melvoin | November 1, 2001 |
| 14 | "Lily of the Field" | Tim Hunter | Jeff Melvoin & Scott Rosenberg | November 8, 2001 |
| 15 | "A Little Hard in the Big Easy" | Unknown | Unknown | January 10, 2002 |
| 16 | "Home Games" | Unknown | Unknown | January 17, 2002 |
| 17 | "Waiting for Gordo" | John Asher | Turk Pipkin | January 24, 2002 |
| 18 | "Mixed Doubles" | D.J. Caruso | Phil M. Rosenberg | January 31, 2002 |
| 19 | "Searching for Eddie Van Halen" | Unknown | Unknown | February 7, 2002 |
| 20 | "The West Texas Round-up and Other Assorted Misdemeanors" | Gary Fleder | Scott Rosenberg | February 14, 2002 |
