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On the talk show circuit, Jonathan Ross asks Andy if there's anyone he'd die to work with, and Andy picks Robert De Niro. "Challenge accepted," the host says, claiming he can hook Andy up with the legend. In the Green Room, the mother of a sick boy railroads Andy into visiting her son in the hospital. Standing nearby Actor Robert Lindsay takes offense at not being asked, deciding the woman must've been too intimidated.
Maggie is excited to go home with her handsome new date...until she discovers he still lives with his parents. His mother interrupts her bridge game to warn Maggie not to be "a prick tease." "You look like you know your way around," his father adds.
When she tries to tell Andy about her horrific date, he has no time to hear it -- he's too busy working and hanging out with his new famous buddy, Jonathan Ross, who's invited him to ride in his convertible, play with his robot toys and loll around his estate.
After another frustrating conversation with his agent, Andy tells is fed up: if Darren can't get a meeting with De Niro before Andy does, he's fired.
Andy finally makes time to see Maggie, inviting her to join him for the dreaded hospital visit. After several awkward minutes, they're grateful when Robert Lindsay stops by, breaking into a song and dance number to convince everyone he's a bigger catch. When the boy nods off mid-sashay, Lindsay throws a stuffed bear at him.
After Andy fires his agent (he catches him masturbating over a nudie pen in his office), he learns the clown finally pulled through: he's arranged a meeting with De Niro at his London hotel. Andy calls Maggie en route to tell her why he won't be joining her at the hospital for their follow-up visit. When she asks if he can reschedule, he yells at her and hangs up. She sends a text apologizing and wishing him luck.
As Darren tries to entertain a bored Mr. De Niro ("have you ever driven a taxi in real life?"), Andy reads over Maggie's message, and asks his cabby to change course. Arriving at the hospital, he ends up fighting with Maggie for making him feel guilty, then admits his career was in the toilet anyhow. As they settle into a game with the boy, Andy's agent calls to tell him he and De Niro are heading to a pub -- it turns out he won the actor over with the nudie pen -- and Andy asks Maggie to go along with him.
As they make their way to the big encounter, Maggie asks Andy whether he'd rather die a lonely, bitter old man in a cold flat or - in five years time - if neither of them is with anyone...move in with each other.
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