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Okay, to review.

I want derbs what?

What?

Circulating. Yes. And eyes on?

Drink. Drink, right? And as always, on faces. Yes, smiles, because our job here

is to... Saxon, we talked about this. Make the party what?

Have food. Pop. Pop. Make the party pop.

Ha, ha. Here's our client, Kyle Bradway, who tonight celebrates landing the role

of Nitromancer in the movie Nitromancer.

So, yeah, tonight's going to be kind of a Hollywood crowd, so please try not to

stare. No selfies.

Hey, Kyle, you've worked with me before, so you know that a Ron Donald team is

always 100 % prepared. Hey, Ron, I thought we talked about putting the

in the main room. We did. Bye. Hey, Roman, I told you to put the posters

the club.

I chose not to. It's obvious that Kyle only hired Party Down so that he could

taunt us with his success, and I will not play along.

What is a rebel?

A man who says no. Albert Camus. Just do it. Ron Donald.

Okay, come on. It's Kyle's big night. Yes, of course. The peak of an actor's

craft. Playing a himbo in a scuba suit from a children's cartoon book. Roman,

come on. Everybody knows superhero movies are so much more than that now,

I mean, they're like our version of Greek myth. Epic dramas with deep stuff

say about real life. Deep stuff like the root of all evil is quirky

supervillains. Oh, no.

Sarcastic voice. You got me. Name one real life supervillain.

I mean deep like in Spider -Man. With great power comes great responsibility.

important message for your audience of unemployed virgins. Wow, okay. Hey,

Roman, I know you guys used to raz each other, but not tonight. No razzing.

Okay, well, tell him to stop razzing me. Well, he can raz you, okay? He's a

paying client, which is why you cannot raz him, okay?

Unless he wants you to. I do not want him to raz me. He doesn't want you to.

so it's a pay -to -raz situation?

How is that at all fair? It's called the free enterprise system.

Look it up.

No, honey, I told you.

A guy I worked with way back. He got a movie.

Yeah, I'll just do a laugh and see if the chance is.

Okay.

Okay, bye, hon. Sorry. What was his name again?

Pollard. Henry Pollard. How do you know Mr. Bradway? Is it Hardy Boys or O .C.

of the Return?

No, from Party Down.

Never heard of it. Is that a catering company?

It's a catering company. That's me right there, I think.

That says Henny Pollard.

Or maybe Henry Pollard misspelled? Or Henny Pilarb's on the list and you're

Are people named that?

Henny? I mean Henny Youngman, I guess.

You answered your own question, pal.

Okay, but his actual name is Henry. So Henny's a nickname and it's really Henry

Pilarb. Right.

Pollard.

This says Pilarb.

Now it's a party down reunion.

I love seeing

people from the past and seeing

people from the past, see other people from the past.

Why?

You know, this reminds me of a superhero movie that I was in. The Zoom.

Based on the Greek comic.

My director, Gorbet.

Imagine a young Jan Michael Vincent with a very dense mustache from old sea

sponge. He was killed in an accidental smothering in a Corfu strip bar. Never

finished the film.

Time.

Treasure every moment, Kyle.

Saxon, what am I always saying? No personal business on company... Ah,

photo!

Okay, get the old team leader. You know, get the whole gang.

Yeah, but were you in the gang?

Weren't we the gang and you were more management?

No, I was in the gang.

I just gotta say, this is really inspiring.

You all used to work at Burning Down, and now... Yeah, I mean, I was you ten

years ago, man. Now I'm Nitromancer. I mean, Lydia's a manager. Her daughter's

breaking in in a big way.

Escapade Junkery, starring in Spring Broken, March 6th, everywhere.

Yeah! And I'm an actress -slash -playwright.

I'm also a widow.

Splash Eric, patron and donor of the arts, helping make dreams come true. And

dream is to be a waiter forever, so that's inspiring as well.

You know what else is inspiring? Guess who's going to become owner of... Oh,

shit. Is that Jack Boddy? Yeah, that's Jack Boddy. Ask him to work with him on

Guardians Infinity Sticks. Jack, buddy, you made it. Thanks for coming.

Yeah, man.

Hey, we got a toast to the new kid in the extended universe.

Hey, this is a drive -by for me tonight. I'm meeting my lady, and we're heading

to Pumice.

That's why I want to be famous. I want to get reservations at Pumice. Dude, I'm

not even that famous.

I only got in because I'm an investor.

Is that the... Are we having fun yet?

Is this a beer action? No, it's actually him.

Oh, that's outstanding.

Right on. All right, thanks, man. Hey, okay, let's wrap this up.

Henry, what about you, buddy? You still acting?

I'm a high school English teacher.

Oh, nice. On what show?

In real life. And we... Got it. Yeah!

Bravo!

Chaps Hogan stars tomorrow!

Hey, thanks, man. And since you're just starting out, okay, so, scene study,

Armand Gersh, best book on crap, Colin Farrell's The Courage to Be. No, I'm not

an actor. I do web content.

Oh, like those little dance videos online?

Yeah, for now, but I'm thinking of doing a brand pivot into, like, personality.

Cool. Good luck with that, man.

Woo! Great seeing the old gang, seeing what everybody's up to. I'm actually

doing a thing. Hey, oh, you want to see something so cool?

Wow. Yeah, wow is right, huh? And this is just a prototype, Henry. I'm going to

have a fleet of these, you know. I've upgraded the web page, so now you can

leave a comment card on the web.

I'm meeting cool new chefs who are doing new foods.

Foams, paste, vapors. Vapors. Savory vapors.

Lobster smoke, clam mist.

It's amazing.

I mean, that's the thing.

I always had a vision, but I never got to do it my way.

You know, even when I was warehouse manager, I had to bow down to that boss.

You know, you got to own, right? Otherwise, there's always someone up

messing with you. But as of tonight, I'm the owner. That's great, Ron.

It is, right? You know, financially, prestige, but also knowing that if you

hard, the system pays off.

Anyway, you probably want to get back inside.

Not really. You know, as a failed actor, I've been to many friends -make -it

-big parties, which is usually just them hanging out with their cool new crowd,

who all ignore me. Well, that's the great thing, though, because pretty

that's going to be me in with the cool crowd.

Your life is funny, don't you think? I mean, ten years ago, I was going to

the owner's daughter and run party down for them.

But then, you know, she meets a hot cop at a woman's march, and boom. A twist of

fate, right? Can change the course of...

Everything. Like, ten years ago, Casey Klein gets SNL, and now you're married

someone else. Yep. How's things?

Yeah, uh, you know, teaching's all right. The kids haven't seen the fucking

ad. We just bought a house. And when I roll those trash cans out Thursday

with the neighborhood dads, I feel like I finally made it. You know, middle

-class dream. Whoop, Gene Cleaves, world's greatest lawyer.

How we looking, my man?

What? What, what, what, why? How'd that happen? No, what do you mean?

Let me find those numbers and I'll ring you right back.

Everything okay?

Yeah.

Did you see this?

Oh, no way.

My old band Karma Rocket. Oh, when you played at my wedding.

Yeah, that's so cool. Where'd you find that? Floating around on Twitter.

a link. Is Nitromancer a Nazi?

What? A Nazi? Why?

Well... It was a Jewish wedding. The song was called My Struggle. So what?

My Struggle is also the title of Adolf Hitler's book. That guy wrote a novel?

Bestseller, apparently.

Wow. Yeah, but I mean, the song's not even about that. No.

They brand you a star, put you on that midnight train, line you up, give you a

number, shoot you down.

It's so clearly about your struggle in Hollywood. What's the big deal? People

just don't get poetic rock lyrics, you know? And that is sadly why the door is

never caught on.

Damn.

Oh, yeah, I saw that. That's what happens. You get big, and then just

your past comes out online. I already have my apology video all set up, just

case.

Apology video?

It's like, I didn't even do anything.

Nitromancer!

We made it last.

Karma Rocket!

We were just talking about you guys!

Both men for the couple were mum, but the chemistry between TV's favorite

shopper and the quip -slinging hacker was on full display at the Broadway

premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's forecast.

Could have been one of us.

Casey made it big doing quips and zingers on some dumb show for boomer

Kyle made it big prancing around in a scuba suit. You know, you make it big in

this cultural void and it only proves that you suck on some level.

It's good that you're not bitter.

I haven't even hit my intellectual peace yet.

Toni Morrison didn't publish until she was 40.

Proust, 43.

I accept the possibility that I probably won't be appreciated in my lifetime.

You know, if I get discovered as they're reviewing my papers after I die, well,

I'll be fine with that.

So you're still doing mostly hard sci -fi? Yeah. You remember the magnum opus

that I started on a roll of toilet paper?

Uh -uh. Well, that was just the beginning, and I'm just kind of tweaking

little thing, but then it's ready to sell.

And I still have my blog.

Well, which is now a blog because of my carpal tunnel incident.

Cool. I should probably go into the dinner room.

Yeah. See you in 12 years. Fuck it.

Henry, hey, you got to meet Karma Rocket, dude. Eddie on drums, Teddy on

and on lead guitar, the mad genius himself.

Miles? I mean, this guy is alternative indie rock.

Well, he looks it. The hair, the sweet hand tattoos.

No, I mean, he invented it. He invented alternative rock?

Alternative indie rock. Alt -end could have been big. You were this close to

getting signed when he got heartier, boy. Yeah, I had to quit. Band broke up.

was like, no!

That's the way it goes. One dream dies so another can live.

Oh, thanks, dude.

Yo, Bradway. Yeah? Need you to meet someone.

Jeff. Again? Really?

Agent Beckins? I mean, it's been like this all night. It's wild. Yeah, I gotta

go anyway.

It's the twins' birthday tomorrow, and our fucking Olaf just canceled. I'm on

the Vegas shuttle at dawn.

Vitamin Expo, baby!

I'm in vitamins.

Nice. See you guys next time. Proud of you, buddy. Thank you. You guys should

stick around.

It's gonna be a fun party. Excuse me, I have to work through a lesson.

Sure.

You know, it's funny.

The thing they don't value about inheriting a huge sum of money...

is the positive side.

I found it very freeing.

Linda!

Congratulations. So, I heard about your daughter's big... Don't you mention my

daughter, you floppy, flopped -out pig's anus. Gotcha. Point taken. What the

fuck? I expected a counter, not three rats worth of rat diarrhea.

What? No. No, you listen. This offer is like a shrimp stick.

It's dumb, like you.

Yep. Yep.

Okay, thanks, Pat. Bye.

Sorry, business call.

I'm just setting up Escapade's latest proms away.

I'm working on being meaner. I can see why they do it. It really works.

Could I have a white wine, please?

Oh, it's so fun seeing the old gang again, right?

Is Casey Cline going to be here? She's shooting in New York. Too big time for

the likes of us.

That's a shame.

Poor Henry, right? Yeah, and I was hoping they'd hook up tonight. I know

times' sake.

Wouldn't that have been wonderful?

It would.

You know, I always rooted for them as a couple.

Me too. But why?

Well, I don't know.

Because they hooked up ten years ago on and off on a shit job?

They never just dated or had a normal relationship.

What if their bullshit got in the way of each of them finding the right person?

Why not root against them?

Why root for them?

Um... Because they're both skinny, they both have brown hair.

They could be brother and sister. It's just so romantic.

She could wear his jeans, no problem. Tiny mouths like... I think of them

sex sometimes.

Okay, so, so, so... I don't understand how I'm now short ten grand. We agreed

a price.

Apparently there's a lien against Party Down that must be cleared by closer. The

deal is void.

Seems like Party Down's warehouse ordered plates a year ago, but the

never paid. How is this just coming up now?

I'll give you some legal mumbo -jumbo, but in plain English, I just kind of

blooped over it. Blooped over it? In law, you come across weird words all the

time. For instance, lean.

Usually I just bloop over them and it's fine, but this time... Jesus Christ,

Gene! I never said I was the world's greatest lawyer. That's your term. But

invoice! What happened? What happened? You'd have to ask whoever was warehouse

manager last year. I was, and I never...

Honey, I'm sorry. It went longer than I thought.

No, go ahead and eat.

I'll just come after.

Okay, bye.

I swear I wasn't eavesdropping. I went to sneak a smoke, which my boyfriend

hates, and then I had a work email, which he really hates, and now I'm

oversharing. Which he hates?

No, it's actually how we met.

Shoot, I'm totally spacing on your name, Evie.

Henry, but I don't think we've met. Evie Adler, Logos Pictures.

I swear I know you.

Are you an actor?

Uh, once upon a time.

That must be it. You must have read for the Defender Universe movies at some

point. No? Max America, Red Glare, any of the Mancer movies, Ecomancer,

Hydromancer, Cryptomancer, Manputer, Gaiote.

Nope. Okay. Thing with being a producer, you assume you've met everyone, so when

you blank on a name, you panic.

Anyway, Henry, nice to meet you for the first time. Bad habit.

Gotta quit. Gotta quit.

Uh,

Ron?

Hey. You okay?

Yeah, yeah. I'm totally fine. I'm not fine. I, uh, I'm sure 10 grand and I'm

gonna lose 40 down.

What? I thought it was a done deal.

It was, yeah. And then something happened.

Now I need 10 grand by midnight.

Or the bid fails.

Where am I going to find 10 grand tonight?

What about Constance? Didn't her husband leave her millions?

Constance? No, that's great, Henry. I slaved away for ten years to buy this

company, only to be tied to hippy -dippy Looney Tunes from Planet Ding Dong. Oh,

why is it happening?

It's like I'm cursed. Oh, my God.

I never should have gone to the bathroom in that old house.

You what? There was this old house, and everybody said it was haunted, and they

dared me to go take a shit in it, and I did.

I don't know, Henry. I work it. I rise and grind. I hustle. What am I missing?

Oh, okay.

I got it.

Are we having fun yet? That's you.

That's what I know you from.

Or am I creepy?

No, that was Henry. Okay. I thought I was crazy.

Anyway, sorry to bother you. Are you okay?

What is it?

No,

it's just I.

I got a customer comment card that said I seem like a child, so I, you know, I

had some silver for gravitas. I meant your hand.

What?

Oh, Ron, holy shit.

Do you need me to bring you anything?

No, no, I've done this before. I just tape it.

But, you know, if you do mean anything, I can use an investor interested in the

food service sector.

What, are you kidding?

My boyfriend, since he got money, it's like investing in this kind of thing is

now his hobby.

Bars, restaurants, food trucks, cloud... Who's your boyfriend?

Jack Boddy. Wait, what?

Yeah, if you want it. He loves talking about this stuff.

You know what I mean? Like, yeah, sure, I made it. But I'm also gracious, you

know, even to, like, nobodies. I'm gonna be like, hey, what up?

Dude, you okay?

Yeah, I don't know.

It's like, we started in this biz at the same time. Yeah.

We have the same agent. Yeah. Killed my callback.

Chemistry read had mad chemistry. Hell yeah. I'm as ripped as you. Yeah, we're

like the same level of ripped. That's why we're so tight. You know, we're

practically the same guy. Right. Yeah. Which is why I keep thinking, like, why

did you get Nitromancer and I didn't?

Well, I worked it hard.

Never stopped believing.

And guess what? It paid off. I worked it. Never stopped believing. And it

pay off.

Did you work it hard? Did it just come down to, like, a random twist of fate?

Yeah, I don't... God, just, like, flip a coin?

No, no, man. I mean, it's like, there's a hoarder, you know? I deserved it. I

got it.

Yo, Kyle.

Yeah. Hey, um, come here.

Yeah. Her boyfriend is Jack Boddy? Can you believe our love, man?

I mean, 20 minutes ago, I was going to walk into the ocean, and now I'm going

be business partners with Max America?

I mean, talk about a twist of fate.

How glad are we you did that beer ad?

Thrilled. Run!

Good luck. Thanks, man. I don't need it.

I've been training for this my whole life. She'll do the intro, right? And

I'll gush a little bit. You know, big fan, that kind of thing. And then I'll

segue into Defender's wormhole. How I love the big scene at the Met Gala.

Spiders, minions, steal the eternity rhombus. You know the scene? No.

Point is, he'll still think we're talking about him. But now we're on my

Parties, catering, event services, right? Cool new trends. And this guy's

huh, what? What's going on? And that's when I very subtly steer us towards the

deep. Ron, I'm actually impressed. Yeah, well, it's what I do, Henry. Henry!

This is the cool catering guy I told you about. Uh -oh, she thinks I'm cool. So

clearly her judgment is suspect.

Ron Donald, only slightly cool.

And Jack, let me just say up front, I'm a huge fan of your work, I'm a huge fan

of Max America, and it is a real pleasure to shake your hand.

Ron?

You dead?

Hey, buddy.

You okay?

Can you hear me?

Oh, man. Come on. Let me help you.

You all right, bud? Yep.

Return that call, okay?

Oh, yep.

Call them back.

So, are you still playing?

Nah, work mostly.

Guitar warehouse.

Oh, cool.

Stop. Okay.

mindless job dildo boss who thinks he's some kind of business genius with rusty

sales do nows and rusty sales do not shit like that yeah i actually kind of

there number one deal get a name personal sales connection see but to me

these chodes are just a blur joe greg rob charlie who the fuck ever these

tattoos i write their names down so that i can remember all those chords the

whole sound of old indie came from this hand it's all i was ever good at but

then kyle left and that dream died now my left hand my whole life is just a

to boost sales for rusty you know kyle was half right when he said i was a mad

genius i am mad

cool

Yay or nay.

No judgment either way. Just as your agent, I should know.

Nay. Jaff, come on. This was like a dumb mix -up like ten years ago. It's

nothing. Yeah, no, I get it. It's just the studio's been a bit jumpy since the

Gary Duddus thing. Gary Duddus? Yeah. Played the space Bigfoot on Orbs of You.

Caught on mic ranting about Jews making kids in the soup.

Big match for the studio.

You really think it's that serious?

Who knows these days.

But one way or another, we'll be fine. I didn't do all this fucking work to lose

the Nitromancer deal. Thank you.

Just to confirm, not be yay or... Nay.

Be the light you want to see in your life.

You are the only you.

You're... You're the only you? Oh.

Hey, do you need something? Nah, just looking. Old time's sake, you know?

Oh, God.

I remember these trays.

Crazy days.

Um, you know, earlier you were talking about, like, apology videos.

Is that something you, like, know about?

Me? Yeah. Oh, no, I just do little dance videos on my phone.

No, okay, my bad.

I'm being sarcastic.

Oh, okay, I thought you were doing some sort of, like, Gen Z persona. Oh, no,

you dissed my craft, so I'm giving you attitude.

Your craft? What craft?

Content. Little dance videos?

It is... So much more than that, okay? I've been doing content for years. I

enough about the craft to know that to answer the question you're too afraid to

ask, yes, you need an apology video. For just some dumb misunderstanding.

My mentor, Billy, he always used to say, good or bad, right or wrong, nothing

matters. Right. I think what he was trying to say was nothing matters except

attention. You have a lot of bad attention right now. You need...

Some good attention to offset it. An apology video?

Yeah, it's a rite of passage. All the big web celebs have done it. Del Rey,

Bryce T, Jeff and Stuff, Cubot, Zazzle, Howzit, Grambles. I think I get it.

Thank you so much.

Okay.

Yo, yo, yo, yo.

Jesus Christ.

Well, I wasn't done. Look, you clearly have no idea what you're doing. So let

me, let me help you. First things first.

You want to make sure you come across as raw and sincere.

Unless you're not so raw or so sincere that it gets, like, weird.

And not only do I want to apologize, I want to say this very clearly.

Now, listen up.

Nazis aren't cool.

They weren't cool then, and they are not cool now.

And I don't tell anyone who will listen, that whole Nazi thing actually works.

Penny, can you not just stand there? Can you do something? Like, can you

circulate?

Saxon, can you circulate? Can you not just stay? Oh, God. God damn it. I feel

like I've said this constantly a goddamn million times.

Slow personal business on company time.

Circulate.

On my phone.

Hey, Ron, do you have your stain stick?

This is organic hemp, and look, I spilled cherry juice all over it.

Oh.

Sensing some distress here.

Constance. Yeah.

You know how you talked about being a donor and helping people's dreams come

true? Oh, yes. Very fulfilling work.

Do you ever help with small business?

Well, as a patron of the arts, I mostly focus on the arts. Right, well, but if

you think about it, you know, business is kind of an art.

Is it?

I don't know, Ron. It's more like politics.

It's so compromised.

We can only get the money out of business.

You were in the film business?

Yes, and it's a point of honor with me that I never made any money.

Okay, come.

I'm in a jam.

Okay, I need ten grand by midnight or I'm going to lose Party Down. Oh.

Yeah. So I was just thinking, you know, since we're old friends. Yes. Maybe you

can loan it to me. Oh, my gosh.

Ten grand. Yes. Oof.

Between booking the Gaffin and the shark carcass for Dino's installation, the

bean bill for Tim's spiritual community, my available cash at hand is kind of

low right now.

Right. Oof.

You know what?

I'm giving you ten grand. That's just how it is. What? I'm giving you ten

No, come on. Are you kidding? Because you just said you didn't have it. Well,

I'm going to let my accountant work that out, okay? Because what is the point of

having money if you can't help your friends, right?

Oh,

I'm sorry. That's all right. Oh, this is going to be fun.

We're going to be like business partners.

Business partners?

Wait, you said you didn't like business. Well, you know, when you said that

business is like art, that got me thinking. Like, what if?

We hired a shaman.

Huh? Yeah.

Yes, well, that's something we should definitely consider. We should. Yeah,

million dollars.

Ten grand, right?

A grand means a thousand.

Really?

Well, that explains a lot.

Hey,

we're heading out to a dinner. Sorry it didn't work out with Jack.

Uh, well, it really didn't, did it?

Well, it did a little. In a happy twist of fate, our caterer just fell out for

Jack's surprise 44th. So, it was nice to meet you, Henry.

Yeah, have a good night.

Hey, man.

Oh, excuse me. Sorry. I was about to take off, but have you seen this?

Yeah, no, it's nothing. And I'm out ahead of it with an apology vid. My

says it's going to be fine.

And, you know, it's me.

Except it kind of works out. Hey, uh, so, Ron got really mad about the whole

personal business on company time thing, so he completely smashed your phone,

and I, uh... What? No, like, fetched a bid?

Yeah, it's destroyed. But I found something really interesting.

Woo!

I knew it!

Nitromancer, I deserved it!

Wait, uh, what's happening here?

I'm the new Nitromancer! Jack,

what's going on?

I thought you said I'd be fine.

Oh, no, I said we'd be fine, like, collectively, in aggregate.

It's at Ghost Emoji, Sinister Man.

See, it's an anonymous Twitter account, the original source of the video and

song link, and that the account was created last Friday. The same day they

announced Kyle as Nitro Man, sir. Yeah.

Sinister Man.

Sinister Man, maybe.

Sinister Man. Man, named Man. Sinister Man, who is us.

Several sinister men. It's Latin, you dolts.

Sinister manus.

Left hand.

Left hand?

Left hand?

Left hand.

Left hand.

Left hand.

Oh, my God.

Miles from Karma Rock.

He blames Kyle for breaking up the band, and now his hand has no purpose. His

guitaring hand, his left hand.

Oh, my God.

How could this happen?

Why? Why me?

Oh,

man. Master Mono sends to me.

Whoa.

And in Hollywood tonight, the studio behind the new Nitro Mancer franchise

responded to concerns that actor Carl Bradway had in the past and found what

some called white nationalist beliefs.

What a night. As if mine is even close to being over. I've got to review

expenses. I've got to set meetings with new chefs. You know, owning a company is

not a walk in the park, fellas.

How you doing with the comic, Kurt? Well, it keeps saying I'm a robot.

Hey.

If it's any consolation, I gotta admit you were right. This whole Nitromancer

saga played out just like a Greek drama.

And there was even a real -life supervillain.

I stand corrected.

Good night! Good night, ladies.

Congratulations, Kyle.

If only Casey could have been here. It would have been so romantic.

Okay, guys, I'm going to head out.

Kyle, I'm so sorry.

What a night.

What a nice role, Ronald Wayne Donald.

Yeah, no, it's great. Congratulations, man. It's a long time coming.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And Henry, I already booked a primo new gig. Yeah? Jack

Boddy's girlfriend hired us to do his birthday surprise party.

It's an amazing feeling to know that for a fact, this year,

2020, is going to be the best year of my life.

...contain an outbreak of what is being called a novel coronavirus.

and studio officials remain optimistic for a big holiday opening Christmas 21.

Hello, Party Down, catering. How may I direct your call?

One moment, please.

Hello,

this is Ron. How may I help you?

Yes, of course we're open for business and ready to serve you.

Yes, I just need your name and your event info and I will help you get the

started.

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