03x06 - Sepulveda Basin High School Spring Play Opening Night

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03x06 - Sepulveda Basin High School Spring Play Opening Night

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We shall have time

to talk at large of all,

but never yet.

Incest and m*rder have

so strangely met

of one so young

and so rich in nature's store.

Who could not say,

'tis pity she's a whore?

[cheers and applause]

Come on.

[cheers and applause]


- Mr. Pollard. Come on.


- Pollard!


- Mr. Pollard!


- Come on, teach.


- Let's go!


- Mr. Pollard!

Come on!

[all cheering]

Okay.

[people shrieking]

[all clamoring]

Great job, guys.

You really, really did so good.

Yeah. Very good.

The lights were very tight,

you guys.

Really nice.

[laughing]

Nailed it, Meuse.

Nice job.

[Meuse chuckling]

Thanks, Mr. P.

I almost didn't need

to use the cards this time.

Yeah, almost. Frank,

great job with the cards.

Cloris, excellent as always.

Thank you. I did have one note.

Yeah, there's

an old theater tradition,

no notes on opening night.

Riley.

[Riley shrieks]

Oh, my God.

Riveting performance.

I am so glad you didn't

quit the play.

What?

That never almost happened.

Yeah, yeah. Okay, everybody.

Great job.

[cheers and applause]

Okay, there is kettle corn

and Sprite in the courtyard.

You guys got real Sprite?

No, no. We've got

store brand!


- Yes!


- Yes.

[all cheering]

Let's go!

Store brand! Yes!

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, guys, guys, guys,

they're coming.

[jazzy music playing]

Surprise!

[all cheering]

Congratulations.

You were so great.

Evie, what is this?

Well, it's opening night,

and I wanted to give you

an opening night party.

Congratulations,

um, author, author,

and here.

I mean, this
- this is great.

This is lovely.

Wait, do I have to work this?

[upbeat jazzy music plays]

[smooth jazz music playing]

Well, cheers.

That was the most incest

I've ever seen

in a high school production.

You're welcome.

And the most murders.

Yeah.

Are you gonna miss all this,

teaching?


- Uh, yeah.


- [sighing] Yeah.


- Here and there.


- Yeah.

Well, in a few months,

you'll be overseas,

slipping on the famous

gray jumpsuit

of Colonel Joffro Barlorian.


- Joffro?


- Ha
-hey, hey.

Henry, bravo.


- Hey, Ron.


- Great show.


- Thank you.


- Oh, my gosh.


- Thanks.


- It had everything.

I mean, action, romance
-
-

They were brother

and sister, so


- Oh, they were?


- Ron, I'm liking the suit.

Oh, thanks, man.

I got Bisno Studio business

stacked end to end,

you know, affiliates luncheon,

vendors luncheon,

other luncheon, so no more

getting my hands dirty.

[chuckling]

I'm above it all now.

This is what

an owner looks like.


- Ah! [laughs]


- Hey.

[phone ringing]

Yeah, brother and sister, huh?

Hold on a second.

Gene Sliebs,

world's greatest lawyer.

What? What?

What? How could that happen?

Joffro?

Short for Joffroton.


- Come on.


- It's canon.

Man, an entire

billion
-dollar company

came and went in one month?

Well, at least you get

your idea back.

No.

No, it's vanished

into a spreadsheet

on the computer

of some hedge fund lawyer.

It's gone forever.

Bummer.

Hey, did you hear that I k*lled

my Lost Boys callback?

Yeah, from you, but I thought

you said someone else

got the part anyway.

Yep, Dean Jammers.

But they found

an old tweet of his

where he said that James Bond

should only be played by a man,

and the Internet spoke:

canceled.

[laughs] Talk about karma.

Two more of the, uh,

free real Sprites.

Coming right up.

I start Monday,

and my manager's coming to take

the call and do the deal.

Hey, great play, huh?

So romantic.

They were brother and sister.

What?

Oh

Did you know that?

Yeah.

So you're trending

for faceplanting?

Congratulations, right?

Yeah.

Real big numbers,

lots of new followers too.

Sorry, I'm not totally clear

on what you do or how it works.

Yeah, so I got

my biggest numbers ever,

and now I just have to build

on this new audience somehow.

So fall down more stairs?

Well, I'm gonna make more dance

and affirmation content

while I'm trying

to cross over somehow.

What is that?

This is my ticket out of here.

I have an audition at Hauteur.

Hauteur?

The extreme dining spot

for celebs and finance bros?

Yeah. Morally not ideal,

but the extreme pricing

would give me access

to things I can only

dream about here:

sloth milk, vampire squid roe,

eagle.

This whole time, I have been

skimming Ron's budget

for my audition piece.

$2,000 worth of saffron

threaded over a core

of mentholated wasabi

in a pinecone reduction.

Floral earthiness to sinus

devastation in three seconds.

Thanks, Gene.

I will look into it.

No, it's not your fault. Okay.

Lucy, can you get those out?

Sackson, circulate.

[sighs]

[FaceTime dialing]

Hi, Ron.

Aw, honey, I'm sorry I can't

be there with you tonight.

Oh, no problem.

I just had to decompress,

so here I am

back at the Meridian Campeche

Ayahuasca Resort.

Right, so I'm calling

because I spoke to my lawyer,

Gene Sliebs,

about some late bills,

and it turns out our vendor

invoices are not going to me,

but to a Gary Fiero.

Gary! My business manager.

Ah, he's a genius
-
-

I think. I don't know anything

about business, so
-
-

Sure, but the thing is
-
-

It's time for your massage.


- Yes, yes, yes.


- Constance, the thing is
-
-

Go ahead. I'm listening.

Thing is,

the bills should go to me.

[Constance moaning]

Okay, and I was just wondering

if you knew what was up.

I'm sorry, Ron,

but as I mentioned earlier,

I have no understanding

of business.

I mean, you could

maybe ask Gary Fiero.

But ask him what?

Ask him why the bills

are going to him.

Wh
-why the bills are going

Barnabus, are you getting

all this?


- Yes, ma'am.


- Barna
-
-

[Constance moaning]

Ron, we'll get back to you.

Great, Constance.

Thank y
-
-mm.

[spluttering]

I'm
-I'm trapped in a cartoon.

Sorry I missed the play.

Everyone's saying

it was so romantic.

How's Escapade?

Proms Away opened strong,

and now they've offered her

Madame Unusual.


- Hm.


- It's like a lady

who's also a wizard.


- Mm.


- Now we get to see

ol' Ted in action.

Oh, so she signed

with Ted Fine?

We both did. I'm meeting him

at the Red Lobster for a drink

after I help Kyle here.

Lydia, just in time. Okay.

This is the call.

They want me for Damian.


- Here we go.


- Ooh.

Okay, jeez,

I hope I still got it.

You got it, you got it,

you got it.

This is Lydia.

Okay, Gregory Rhodes

from business affairs,

for starters, you can shut

your ham flap

and stick that boilerplate deal

you're about to offer

up your sad anus.

[quietly] Come on!

You're not talking to

Mr. Pollard


- Hey.


- this is so amazing.

Well, wait

till you see the cake.

Oh, there's cake.

[music stops]

[all murmuring]

Okay, everyone, party's over.

[all grumbling]

Oh, sh*t, Mittman.

The principal?

I thought you said

they were cool.

No, Principal Gordon's cool.

Vice Principal Mittman's

a hard
-ass dickhead.

Come on, let's move it!


- Let's go.


- Hey, Marty.


- Ah.


- Hey,

didn't see you there.

Yeah, that's 'cause

I was home on my couch

with a Wild Turkey

and g*ns of Navarone

when I got a call

about an alarm.

It's an opening night party.

It's a surprise for Henry
-
-

So you just decided

to throw a party

on school grounds

with no permits or

I didn't know that
-
-

You needed authorization

to serve alcohol

on school grounds?

Well, yeah, now I can see

that that
-that
-
-

And you also hired

a catering company

to serve food

on school grounds
-
-

f*cking food!

You're saying food is worse

than the alcohol?

Clearly, you've never dealt

with the Food Service Union.


- Oh.


- Is that an offer


- or an ant's d*ck?


- Mackenzie!

I can't tell,

they're both so small.

Get your ass

off that bench and move!

I'm going easy on you,

Pollard

[phone ringing]

'cause this is

your first play and all,

and you're probably

too clueless to know better,

so you're welcome.

Yeah, hi, Mrs. Gordon.

No, it's
-it's nothing.

I'm taking care of it.

The worst.


- Are they all leaving?


- Yes!


- You okay?


- Yes!

I got it! I got it, baby!


- Whoo!


- Yes!

[Lydia laughing]

Oh, my gosh. Whoo! Yes!

[soft music plays]

I'm so sorry.

I didn't know anything

about food service unions.

I went to private school.


- Mr. Pollard?


- Hey, yo, Mr. P.


- Hey, guys.


- Hi.

So we have an idea to kind of,

like, keep the party going.

Okay.

Wait, so you want

to break back in?

You know, just for,

like, a afterparty thing.

I don't know,

Meuse has the keys

to the weight room

and alarm code.

I don't know. I
-
-

[sighs]

I can get in big trouble.

You heard what he said

about the permits and stuff,

you know, and that's

huge liability stuff.

And I just got the company

back on track.

You know, I can't
-
-

I'm sorry, I can't lose it now.

And he wasn't kidding

about the Food Service Union.

You know, they catch you

on their turf,

they will f*ck your sh*t up.

Yeah. No, it's just,

you know, I just,

I don't know.

I got this acting job.

Might be my last chance

to hang out with the kids.

Henry, you got a gig?

You got a gig?

Oh, my
-
-

and you buried the lede.

Come on, what did you
-
-

what did you get, actor boy?

Ah.

Colonel Barlorian


- What?


- of Star Saga.

That's amazing.

That's amazing.


- Yeah.


- You got Colonel Barlorian?


- Yeah.


- Colonel Barlorian is one of my

all
-time favorite characters

in
-in the Star Saga

extended universe.


- Really?


- Yes, man.

But he's just basically

like an administrator.

Yeah. He keeps sh*t running.


- O
-okay.


- Okay, without him,

it all f*ckin' falls apart.

Holy f*ck, man. That's amazing.

So we're talking about, like,

a last hurrah kind of thing,

like, a like, a

like, a one last ride.

Yeah, I guess so.

Damn it. g*dd*mn it, Henry.


- You m*therf*cker.


- Yeah?

[Ron laughs]

You know what?


- f*ck it.


- Yeah.

This is the Ron Donald


- f*ck it, baby.


- I'm looking for.


- Let's do it!


- There he is.

What're we doing?

Tell me what to do.

Okay, so the library.

Yes.


- Down and dirty, DIY style.


- Yes.

This has theater party vibes.

What's the weirdest one

you had?

A theater camp cast party

of True West.

Two guys in a tent.

Awkward.

Hey, you wanna talk awkward?

I once slung d'oeuvres

at a wrap party

for the German touring company

of Starlight Express.

Just vodka and silence.

The premiere of Guyote,

the display coyote got loose

and cornered Robert Pattinson.

Oof.


- Oh.


- Hey.

Hey.

[all cheering]


- All right.


- The wrap party

for Hardier Boys was amazing.

It was at Hauteur.

Every Jonas brother was there.

You've been to Hauteur?


- Oh, yeah.


- What's Hauteur?

Oh, it's this

super
-exclusive restaurant

in a converted blimp hangar

in Carson.

Like, you can't get

a reservation.

They have to invite you.

The eagle was amazing.

Is it true you're

in the new Lost Boys reboot?

Oh, yeah.

I play, uh,

the bad boy vampire Damian.

I start Monday.

That is so cool.

Yeah, I know.

So much for the idea

of justice in the universe.

He's back on top,

and my best idea

is lost forever.

So come up with a new one.

That one took me ten years.

So start now.

What, just start over, again?

Not start over. Continue.

The struggle never stops.

Persevere.

Hard sci
-fi's very conceptual.

New ideas

don't just grow on trees.

Ooh! Okay, a guy realizes

that he's actually a robot.

Uh, Blade Runner.

See?

Wait, that guy was a robot?

Yes.

Hey, uh, Mr. Pollard.

It's Vice Principal Mittman.

He's back.

[sighs]

Mittman.

[music playing]

That f*ckin' guy.

I thought he left.

So do we evacuate?


- sh*t.


- I'll deal with him.

No, Ron, come on.

Now, come on, Henry,

okay, this is your swan song

before you're off

on your new chapter, okay?

Let me deal with this jockamo.

I don't want you to get

in trouble.

Little ol' me? You see,

I'm just

a catering company owner

who's doing a sweep

after an event.

That's all I'm doing, okay,

so just wait for my all clear.

[chuckles]

Thanks, Ron.

All right.

Well, now we, uh

we let the kids have

a little fun.

Oh. [laughs]

Ooh
-ooh
-la
-la, check it out.

Hey, what's a swan song?

Is it what it sounds like,

or is it, like,

symbolism or something?

[FaceTime trilling]

Oh, sh*t, sh*t. Oh, sh*t.

Hey, Constance.

Thank you so much

for calling back.

Of course, Ron.

So I talked to Gary.

He said,

and I'm paraphrasing here

because I don't

understand business


- Uh
-huh.


- at all,


- but long story short


- Right.

I own the majority stake

in the company and
-
-

What?

You own the majority stake?

How could this happen?

Well, apparently your lawyer,

um, Janae?

Gene. Gene Sliebs!

Well, he filled out

the forms wrong.

Oh, sh*t. God, that's it.

Okay, Constance, could
-can

c
-can you just get back

to Gary Fiero

and fix this mistake?

Oh, God. I'm sorry, Ron,

but my ayahuasca's kicking in.


- Ah.


- Ooh.

I got to get back to you.

[moans]

[beeping]

[sighs]

Damn it.

Why, why, why?

[lighter flicks]

Why, indeed?

Looks like you could use

some of this.

It's good sh*t.

Mm. I knew you were an actor.

I just never realized

you were such a theater dork.

Mm. Yeah.


- Yeah.


- I mean, like,

Kyle probably decided

he should be an actor

'cause he was

the handsomest guy in his town.


- Jack.


- But I was with them.

Got it.

I can see it, oh, my God.

Teen Henry is

bald cap Willy Loman,

crushed by the American Dream.

Oh, those were the days.

None of the bullshit

and the shitty auditions

and constant rejection.


- Agent never calling.


- Hm.

It's just the company

and your craft,

and if you're lucky, you get

buzzed at the cast party

and make out

with Blanche Dubois.


- Ooh, I can see the appeal.


- Yeah.

You know, if you want

to get even luckier,

we could wrap this up

and head back.

Eh, I think we give it

a little more time.

I mean, if we're gonna do this,

it's kind of a last hurrah

for everybody, so

If we're gonna do this?

Uh, when.


- You know what I mean.


- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So he wrote the names

backwards?

Gene tries, you know.

He's just not good.

But you're lucky.

You're the principal.

You're the boss.

Oh, vice principal.

I'm bad cop.

Oh, yeah, hard
-ass.

Yeah.

The principal, Mrs. Gordon,

can be groovy, the cool one,

you know, doing the nicknames

and the dunk t*nk

at the fun fair.

What a good sport.

Ah, it is fun

when they do that.

Meanwhile, I'm stuck handing

out suspensions and detentions

and yelling at the f*ck
-ups

to get their sh*t together
-
-

except Principal Gordon's kid.

He's off
-limits.


- Oh, he's a f*ck
-up?


- Oh, I got him on sh*t

that would get him expelled.

They never let you do

the
-the dunk t*nk?

They let me do it once.

But no one bought tickets.

The kids would just walk up

and push the button,

and in I'd go.

You know, I should have

just stayed a teacher.

Kids liked me then.

Hey, Marty, Marty, look at me.

Without you, I would not be

where I am today, okay?

All those f*ck
-ups who you told

to get their sh*t together?

I was one of them.

What?

Let me show you something.

[sniffles]

Oh, you don't have a foot.

No.

No, that's my old party buddy,

Kevin Cathcart.

He got high

and he crashed a van,

and this could've been me,

you know,

if not for Mr. Duddis,

vice principal,

James Rolf High.

And I'll never forget

his words.

He said, "Ron,

stop being such a f*ck
-up

all the time."

And that turned you around.


- Yep.


- So that's
-
-

Yeah, I mean,

I partied, you know,

pretty hard for the next 10,

12 years, but

[Mittman grunts]

then I kind of got

my act together, you know,

and then I
-it went

a little sketch after that,

but then, um,

I straightened myself out,

you know, for a couple

of years, and then


- kind of went sketch again


- All right.

for just a little bit,

like a month or so.

And that time, it seemed like

it could go either way.

And then I straightened out,

and then I stayed

straightened out,

and now, Marty,

I own my own business.

But then your lawyer put

the wrong names.

Yeah, well, I'll fix that.

But it was all thanks

to a vice principal.

So thank you.

You're welcome.

[both chuckle]


- Good luck, Ron.


- Oh, thanks, Marty.


- Good night.


- Yeah.

What's going on over there?

N
-nothing.

Ah. N
-nothing.

Oh.

[hip
-hop music playing]

Everyone's taken over

by aliens.

Body Snatchers.

A drug where you end up

in someone else's

consciousness.

Three Stigmata

of Palmer Eldritch.

Space travel depends

on a rare
-
-

Dune.

Look, we got to face facts

here, Norman
-
-


- Frank.


- Frankly,

there's no ideas left.

I had the last one.

Everything from here on out

is just reboots of reboots

until the end of time.

So my TV process is,

I do a deep study of my sides,

and then I study

the call sheet
-
-

Wait, wait, hold on.

What's a call sheet?

Oh, I just got mine for Monday.

Do you want to see?

So it's just, like,

a sheet, you know.

They list the different scenes

of the day, who's in them.

Cool. Wait, what are

these little numbers?

Oh, they give each actor

a number,

like, in order of importance.

You're number seven.

Oh, Damian should be,

like, one or two.

He's the bad boy.

You looking for Damian there?

Um, Kyle Bradway, that's you.

Right?

Damian Senior, number seven.

Damian Senior?

Oh, sh*t.

I'm the dad?

[Kyle scoffs]

[laughing]

Oh.

Oh, my God.

Yes.

[continues laughing]

[Kyle sighs]

I needed this.

I really did.

Whoa, guys, what is going on?

What
-
-come on.

What are we doing, you guys?


- Marty, Marty, Marty
-
-


- Well, Pollard, you are

determined to have a little

cast party, aren't you?


- I'm impressed.


- Okay, Mr. Mittman
-
-

Are you in trouble, Mr. P?

Should we clear out?

Mr. P.

They used to call me Mr. M.

Okay.


- Oh, Riley!


- Riley.

Uh, I'm sorry, Mr. Mittman.

How you doing, Riley?

A little wobbly,

but the fundamentals are sound.

All right.

Little too much fun?

I tried some champagne.

Guess it kind of

snuck up on me.

Yeah, that's why I never

touch the stuff.

Just milk for me, please.

Well, hey, you know,

you did great

in your first play tonight,

so I understand if you're

a bit too exuberant.

Really, you

you've got it, kid.

Look, I've never

been so proud,

and I look forward

to your next performance.

Looking forward to it?

Yeah.

Aren't you, like, leaving?

Where'd you hear that?

Just some of the kids

were talking about it,

like it's your swan song.

[Henry spluttering]

Is it true?

Maybe, but, you know,

I'm not the point.

You are the one

with the talent.

You can do anything

you set your mind to.

Right. If I feel okay,

can I go back in?

Sure.

Just maybe no more champagne.

Wow, uh

guess the cat's out of the bag.

That probably wasn't how

you wanted to break the news.


- We should probably get back.


- Mm.

Yeah, they're probably

all buzzed and making out.

I hope so.

[Bill Withers' "Use Me"

playing on guitar]

My answer, ah, ah ♪

Yeah, to all

That use me stuff ♪



I, I, I, I,

I want to spread the news ♪

[whispering]

They're having fun.

That if it feels this good ♪

Getting used ♪

[Ron chuckles]

Oh, you just

Keep on using me ♪

Oh, my God.

Mittman plays guitar?

Yeah.

He's actually

a really cool guy.

Ooh, baby, baby,

Gotta use me up ♪



Baby, baby, use me up ♪

[cheers and applause]

So good.

I know that song's a little

before your time, kids,

but the message remains valid.

Don't let the man use you up.

[fluorescent lights buzzing]


- Whoa.


- Aw, man.

Principal Gordon.

Mr. Pollard,

what's going on here?


- Yeah, um
-
-


- So, Marty,

you tell me this is dealt with,

and then I get a call

from the janitor?

I thought it was.

Okay, you kids, I need you

to clean this place up.

You two, my office.

Uh, sure, yeah.

Uh, oh, I
-I'm just gonna go.

Don't say anything,

don't say anything.

Oh, sh*t.

Oh, my God. Wait, is that
-
-

oh, no!

Mm. Mm. Mm.

[sniffs]

[sniffs deeply]

I can smell!

I can smell again!

I'm cured!

[inhaling deeply]

Oh, baby!

whether you know

about it or not.

So see me Monday after school,

okay, Pollard?

Yeah.

Marty.

[door closes]

[sighs]

sh*t.

You're fired?

Henry, I'm sorry.

No, it's not your fault.

Whole mess was my idea.

Well, at least you have

something lined up.

Hey, let's get out of here.

Let's go somewhere.

Let's just get properly drunk.

I might wait,

try and talk to Gordon again.

To Gordon? About

About keeping my job.

And not go away, as in

Stay here.

And not go to Tunisia,

and not play Colonel Barlorian

in Star Saga,

and not go with me?

I thought this was

what you wanted.

It was.

Right? Sorry, I'm confused.

I mean, there was a time

I'd have k*lled

to go off to Tunisia

and play Colonel whatever
-
-

Barlorian, Joffro Barlorian.

But that didn't work out.

Right.

And I started over, and

I don't know,

I mean, this is amazing.

It's like a dream come true.


- You know?


- Don't say fairy tale.

But I have a life here,

and I don't think

I can start over again.

Well, we should, um

get your job back.

Let me just

let me talk to her.


- No, Evie, you don't have to
-
-


- No, no, no.

I mean, I'm sad about this,

but I'm not a villainess.

Well, it's just that

it didn't go so hot last time.

No, I got this.


- Hi, Principal Gordon, if
-
-


- Actually, Pollard,

disregard what I said earlier.

We'll just call this

a warning.

I'll see you Monday as usual.

[Mittman chuckling]


- Wh
-
-


- Her dumb kid.

All the sh*t she covered up,

I was like, "Uh, I got photos

and security videos,

"and I have the

superintendent's phone number.

You're not telling me

what to do."

Plus, I figured you should

probably keep your job.

You're a pretty good teacher,

Pollard.

You remind me of a young me.

[mouthing words]

[Mittman singing softly]

Well, there's that.


- Evie, I'm sorry
-
-


- Don't be.

I get it.

You're doing

what's right for you.

I'm doing what's right for me.

And maybe in a couple years

I'll have an indie,

and I'll rope you back

into acting


- Mm.


- if you're interested.

A Far Cry Two.

A Far
-er Cry?

[Evie laughs softly]

I have two months.

I mean, I'm not leaving today.

Yeah.

Let's make it count.

Sure.

No reason you can't

come by after, right?

I don't know,

sometimes I wonder

why I don't fire Gene Sliebs.

Oh, well, why don't you?

Just

he did me a favor once.

Well, then who owns

the company?

Uh, to be honest,

I have no idea.

[both grunting]

[Ron sighs] Food Service Union.

They really will f*ck you up.

Well, no regrets.

I knew the risk.

So in the script where it said,

"Better watch

what you're saying, son,"

it meant his actual son.

What'd you think it meant?

Well, I thought it meant, like,

"Better watch

what you sayin', son."

I mean, come on, it's like,

think I could play a dad?

[Ron groans]

You think you've got problems.

My new followers just want

to see me get hurt.

Do you know how to fall

down a flight of stairs,

like, on purpose?

Yeah. Just commit.

You got this.

[FaceTime trilling]

Oh.

It's Constance.

Constance, hey.


- Hey, thank God.


- Ron, so good news.

I finally have some clarity

on this whole situation.

Oh, great.

It's like, time is a sphere.


- Wh
-wh
-what?


- It doesn't really exist!

No, Constance, did you talk

to Gary or
-or what?

Hey, Lucy.

Sorry Ron ate

your saffron ball.

Just make a new thing.

Get a new idea.

Persevere, yada yada.

Yeah.

I guess maybe you're right.

Right,

because you were right

when you told me that.

Thanks, Roman.

Okay.

human anymore,

and
-and I couldn't

remember my name
-
-

Constance, did you talk

to Gary, or wh
-what happened?

Ron, if you only knew

what a lie everything is
-
-


- Constance!


- What a lie.


- Who owns the company?


- Oh, Ron.


- Who owns the company?


- We'll never know,

and it doesn't matter.

Constance,

who owns the company?

[upbeat jazzy music plays]



Just keep the buffet stocked

and the affiliates happy.

Any requests from talent come

through me and my staff.

Your people are not

to interact with talent.


- You got it?


- Got it. Seen but not heard.

Not even seen.

It'll be like

we don't even exist.


- Excellent.


- [Ron laughs] Okay.

Can you believe it, Henry?

Finally,

a Hollywood industry gig.

I mean, I feel like things

are turning around.

Yeah, my English students

are doing their reading.

My ex
-wife hasn't called.

You know, I was checking out

the cheese layout.

Ice
-T's assistant says

I look like an old Zac Efron.

[laughs] Zac Efron!

Tell your theater kids that.

It's just

the inspiration we need

for the State

Thespian Conference.

Oh, State Conference

sounds big.

Yeah, we're premiering

Medea there next month.


- The kids are super excited.


- Wait till you tell 'em

that your boss met

Ice
-T's assistant.

Now don't forget your headset.

This is Party Down 2.0
-
-

wireless.

Sackson, do you copy?

Come on
-come on, man,

you got to have your headsets

on at all times.

[glassware clinking]

Uh, ma'am, excuse me,

sorry, y
-
-


- Holy sh*t.


- Holy sh*t.


- Casey?


- What are you do
-
-


- You work here?


- I thought you were


- in New York.


- I was.

I mean, part
-time,

just for alimony.


- Oh, sh*t, sorry.


- It's okay.

Um, yeah, I'm not I am

I am in
-in New York.

I'm just here for this junket

for my show.

Oh, yeah, right,

The Stabilizer.


- Yeah, that's right.


- Uh, how's that going?

It's so terrible.

I f*cking hate it so much.


- Oh, no. Oh, no.


- Yes, like, with every fiber

of my being.

I want to drink all of this

and blow the entire thing up.


- Sorry


- Just ruin everything.

Miss Klein.

Oh, Miss Klein.

Take this.

Is there anything

that you
-you need or
-
-

No, I just was looking, uh
-
-

Because, you know,

they said after last time,

just one drink,

and that's all
-
-

All right. That makes it
-
-I

you know,

you get buzzed, call a producer

a sex pest one time
-
-

And I distinctly told

your superior

that waitstaff is not

to interact with talent.


- Right. Yeah, of course.


- Wow.

I'm sorry for, uh,

interacting, ma'am.

Sure. That's not necessary.

Henry and I,

we used to work together.


- We're old friends.


- Interesting.

Great. Well, you got to

Okay. Anyway, great to see you


- again.


- Yeah, you
-you too.

We should definitely

hang out


- Yeah.


- next time I'm in town.

Okay.

Which will be very soon,

because I'm about

to quit this f*cking thing.

Thanks.

Uh, yeah. Okay.

Roman, Roman,

do you copy?

God, it won't work

if I'm the only one on comms.

Hey, guess who I saw

in the hall.

Casey Klein.

Casey Klein!

I was not expecting that.


- Yeah, me neither.


- Sackson,

do you have eyes on Roman?

Roman.

Roman, get on the g*dd*mn
-
-

[upbeat jazzy music plays]

Tree.
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