Entourage

Boys Are Back in Town

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin</p><p>With filming on Queens Boulevard completed, Vince, Eric, Turtle and Drama arrive back in LA, ready to pick up where they left off. Eric tries to fulfill his new duties as Vince's manager, while also trying to control the frustrations caused by his relationship with Kristen. He also has to deal with Ari, who lets him know that offers to Vince have started to dry up, and that Vince should take the starring role in James Cameron's &quot;Aquaman.&quot; Turtle steps up into his new role as the house manager and Drama finds an unconventional way to get a new set of headshots.</p></div>

My Maserati Does 185

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>David Nutter<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Cliff Dorfman</p><p>Ari intensifies his attempts to get Vince attached to Aquaman, but the young actor doesn't want to get on board with the project. Instead, he devotes his energies to attending a party at Jaime Pressly's beachhouse. At the bash, Eric hooks up with a Perfect 10 model, making him feel guilty about cheating on Kristen. He buys her some jewelry to try and soothe his conscience, but he soon discovers that she cheated on him while &quot;Queens Boulevard&quot; was shooting in NY. He breaks things off with her and finally starts enjoying himself. Meanwhile, Drama wonders if his legs are attractive enough to earn him some of Hollywood's meatier roles.</p></div>

Aquamansion

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Rob Weiss</p><p>The crew gets kicked out of the mansion, and Vince immediately falls in love with one of Marlon Brando's old homes. However, since the new digs fall way outside of his price range, the &quot;Aquaman&quot; offer starts to become a bit more appealing to Vince. A slumber party at the Playboy Mansion could serves as a welcome distraction for the guys, but Drama find out that he's banned for life by Hugh Hefner. Turtle devises a way to sneak Drama into the party, but he's soon found out. Some quick talking and a flash of memory allows Drama to get the ban transferred to Pauly Shore, and the crew are finally able to enjoy themselves. The relaxed atmosphere gives Vince a moment of clarity, and he decides to take the &quot;Aquaman&quot; role... so long as he gets approval on his super hero costume.</p></div>

An Offer Refused

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Leslie Libman<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Chris Henchy</p><p>As Vince and Turtle break out the credit cards to decorate the new mansion, Eric worries that the 'Aquaman' offer isn't in writing. Ari does all that he can to close for his client, but he just can't seal the deal. The only person in the house unconcerned about the state of financial flux is Drama, who is preoccupied with his calves and is considering augmentation-- regardless of the $10K price tag. Working the phones frantically, Ari and Eric believe they have finally gotten Vince his popcorn movie... but their glee is short-lived when they find out that it's still not official--and that Leonardo DiCaprio is the new frontrunner for the part.</p></div>

Neighbors

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Dan Attias<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Chris Henchy</p><p>Vince finally gets his first Variety cover with the news that he has landed the role of Aquaman... unfortunately, the deal hasn't actually been inked. No matter how many phone calls Ari and Eric make, they're not able to get a meeting between Vince and James Cameron, who is helming the aquatic epic. Complicating matters is Emily, who has no real love for either Ari or E, and is now working for Cameron. Eventually, Cameron agrees to screen Queens Boulevard to see if Vince will be right for the role, but Walsh refuses to show the film to anybody before its premiere at Sundance. Meanwhile, Turtle manages to break out of a lengthy slump with the help of a professional.</p></div>

Chinatown

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Larry Charles &amp; Brian Burns</p><p>To help pay the bills, Ari lands Vince a gig appearing in a lucrative foreign commercial. The benefits extend beyond the financial compensation, as Vince also manages to bed his beautiful stunt coordinator. Meanwhile, Turtle decides to make his own bank by entering an Xbox boxing tournament, but he gets ousted early on by a young gaming prodigy. Eric continues to stress out, since he's not able to get an advance print of &quot;Queens Boulevard&quot; for James Cameron. Luckily, the A-list director agrees to attend the Sundance screening of the film, offering hope that Vince may still end up with the &quot;Aquaman&quot; role.</p></div>

The Sundance Kids

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Rob Weiss &amp; Stephen Levinson</p><p>The crew arrive at Sundance, eager to see the final cut of &quot;Queens Boulevard&quot;... and to convince James Cameron to cast Vince as his Aquaman. A chance encounter between Erica and a studio big wig leads to an offer for Vince that is a safe alternative to &quot;Aquaman,&quot; but Vince instead decides to take his chances and go for the superhero franchise. Although Cameron only sees about ten minutes of &quot;Queens Boulevard,&quot; he decides to slot Vince in as his leading man. Also at the festival, Turtle and Drama both romance the same woman, leading to a very awkward moment</p></div>

Oh, Mandy

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Doug Ellin<br><b>Written by </b>Dan Attias</p><p>Now that Vince is officially slated to star in &quot;Aquaman,&quot; the next order of business is to choose his &quot;Aquagirl&quot; for the film. Several A-list actresses are up for the role, with Mandy Moore, a former flame of Vince's, on the short-list. Vince doesn't think casting his ex- would be problematic, but after having dinner with her - and learning that she's engaged to be married -- he asks Eric to keep her out the film. Drama, meanwhile, endures a difficult audition (and a brief jail stay after a bout of road rage), but ends up landing a great role.</p></div>

I Love You Too

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Julian Farino<br><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin</p><p>Heading to a comic book convention to launch Aquaman, Vince decides that he overreacted in blackballing Mandy Moore from the film, but when she wants him to be friends with her fiancé, he can't quite play along. The situation gets worse when an influential Internet journalist starts asking questions about the co-stars' old fling, and Vince abruptly ends the interview.</p><p>As the hero of Viking Quest, Drama is a big man at Comicon, and it's his acquaintances - a group of porn-stars turned comic heros -- that finally manage to turn the angry journalist around. After a visit from the Pussy Patrol, he deems Vince the perfect Aquaman, and the boys head back to L.A. to celebrate at a U2 concert, courtesy of Ari.</p></div>

The Bat Mitzvah

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Rob Weiss</p><p>Vince tells Mandy that he still cares for her, but she is uncomfortable with the admission due to her engagement. James Cameron and Eric both worry that this complication will derail the production of &quot;Aquaman,&quot; but Vince swears it won't be a problem. The crew shop for suits for Ari's daughter's Bat Mitzvah, where they run into Sloan, the daughter of Ari's boss. Eric and Vince show interest in her, and at the Bat Mitzvah itself, they both make plays for her. In the end, Sloan goes with Eric, a fortunate choice, since Mandy and her fiancee decide to take a break, opening the door for Vince. Meanwhile, Ari's boss starts to make a move to steal Vince away from Ari, putting a damper on Mr. Gold's rare good mood. Also, Turtle and Drama have to jump through hoops to get a good meal.</p></div>

Blue Balls Lagoon

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Dan Attias<br><b>Written by</b> Brian Burns</p><p>Vince and his Aquagirl are outed as an item by Page Six, much to the concern of Shauna. Eric goes into damage control mode, keeping the two on a professional level when they're out in public. Ari gives Vince a painting as a gift, but Eric later finds out that the painting is a fake. Realizing that he's already in trouble due to Terrance's overtures towards Vince, Ari replaces the painting with the original, straight from his own wall. Drama loses his Movie of the Week gig when he gets over-excited about his scene with Brooke Shields. Eric's relationship with Sloan grows more interesting, further complicating his personal and professional lives.</p></div>

Good Morning Saigon

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Dan Attias<br><b>Written by</b> Stephen Levinson &amp; Rob Weiss</p><p>As Vince's relationship with Aquagirl intensifies, Eric has to deal with two increasingly anxious sets of agents - those representing Vince and those tied to his paramour. Ari lies to Eric, claiming that James Cameron is willing to drop Vince from the project if the actor doesn't focus on the film. But the charade is exposed, and Eric turns the tables by sending Ari to Napa on a revenge-motivated wild goose chase. After Eric's car is stolen, a demo CD is left behind by the perps. The crew loves the tunes on the CD, and Turtle tracks down the artist, signing him to a management deal.</p></div>

Exodus

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin</p><p>Vince's feelings for his Aquagirl intensify, but when Eric, Turtle and Drama see her with her ex-, the crew begin to worry for their friend. Drama and Turtle follow her to get photographic evidence of her infidelities, but their low-rez camphone shots fail to convince their friend. Vince does ask her about her feelings, and she admits that she thinks that she needs to return to her former flame, leaving Vince devastated and ready to quit the Aquaman project. Ari's conflict with Terrance hits a boiling point, and when Ari attempts a coup, he winds up being fired from the agency.</p></div>

The Abyss

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Rob Weiss<br><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin</p><p>Vince's despondent mood alienates all of those in his inner circle, leaving them to consider possible futures without him. Turtle sets up a showcase for Saigon, while Drama is dropped by his agent. Terrance offers Eric a job as an agent (which he eventually refuses) and the now-unemployed Ari does everything he can to try and get back into the game while holding his meetings at the Coffee Bean. When Vince meets with James Cameron to discuss dropping out of the project, he realizes that he can't let this opportunity pass him by, choosing to snap out of his funk and remain in the role of Aquaman.</p></div>

Aquamom

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin</p><p>The night of the Aquaman premiere draws close and the crew is preparing themselves for the biggest event of Vince's career. Drama and Turtle keep finding better looking women to bring to the event, but they find themselves prematurely running out of passes to hand out to the hotties. Vince is less concerned about finding a date. He knows there's only one woman to bring -- his mom. Mrs. Chase is hesistant to make the trip to the West Coast due to a fear of travelling, but E finally convinces her to travel with both his and Turtle's mothers. Meanwhile, Ari adjusts to life in his new office (complete with broken down elevator) and finds that he's in for a huge challenge on his own.</p></div>

One Day in the Valley

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Marc Abrams &amp; Michael Benson</p><p>It's &quot;Aquaman's&quot; opening day and the pressure is on. Initial box office projections, already &quot;Titanic&quot;-sized, get even higher after the first East Coast numbers stream in, giving everyone hope that the film has a chance to pass &quot;Spider-Man&quot; as the biggest opening weekend in history. To avoid getting recognized, Vince and the boys decide to take in a showing in the Valley, but the 100 degree heat sets off blackouts -- and unsure West Coast numbers. The bouncing box office receipts and the heat push everyone to the brink, so to unwind, the crew ends up crashing a high school party, where Vince gets to live out his &quot;Almost Famous&quot; fantasy. When Ari finally finds them - a drunken Vince celebrating on a rooftop - he breaks the big news: &quot;Aquaman&quot; is back on track to break the weekend box office record.</p></div>

Dominated

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Rob Weiss</p><p>After a night on the town celebrating Vince's bona fide movie star status with the success of &quot;Aquaman&quot; and the unveiling of the new Aquaman theme park ride, the crew gets a surprise visit from Dom, a recently paroled childhood friend from Queens. Back in the day, Dom took a rap for Vince, so Vince is glad to help out his friend in any way he can. But Dom's brash ways quickly prove to be too much for Eric, Drama and Turtle. Unfortunately for them, Vince hires &quot;the Dominator&quot; as his new head of security, so it looks as if he will be around for a while. Meanwhile, Ari has his hands full trying to keep his daughter away from an egocentric tween star with bad intentions.</p></div>

Guys and Doll

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Craig Zisk<br><b>Written by</b> Rob Weiss &amp; Doug Ellin</p><p>With Aquaman packing multiplexes across the world, it's time for Vince to capitalize on his success and pick his next project. Ari informs his star client that the dream role of Pablo Escobar in &quot;Medellin&quot; is available, and all that Vince needs to do to land the role is to impress Phil Rubenstein, the film's producer. The entire entourage attends a party at Rubenstein's Santa Barbara mansion, but all of the goodwill that Vince earns is destroyed when a prized model of Shrek disappears from the producer's house during the party. Suspicion immediately turns to Dominick, but the ex-con flatly denies the theft. Turtle, Drama and E don't believe him, but Vince does, and he won't waver in his support for his friend. &quot;Medellin&quot; is about to be totally derailed when Dom finally admits to lifting the doll during the party. The crew cut Dom loose and surreptitiously return the model, only to learn that there's a new complication: &quot;Aquaman 2&quot; has been greenlit and is scheduled to start shooting -- the same day as &quot;Medellin.&quot;</p></div>

Crash and Burn

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Patty Jenkins<br><b>Written by</b> Brian Burns</p><p>With help from Ari and Eric, Vince puts the heat on the studio to delay &quot;Aquaman 2&quot; so he can film his dream project, &quot;Medellin.&quot; They manage to buy a 65-day window, but &quot;Medellin&quot; director Paul Haggis can't see himself chopping his script or trimming the shooting schedule. Eric comes up with a solution, convincing the director to shoot part of the script after Aquaman, and everyone's happy. Vince sets up a meeting with the head of Warner Brothers to tell him the good news.</p><p>Meanwhile, Ari is still preoccupied with his daughter's burgeoning romance with Max. He undermines one of his own kid clients, recommending Max to Penny Marshall as the lead for her tween terror film shooting in Kazakhstan. Turtle requests a sit down with Ari when Saigon starts getting heavy play on the radio and the calls from labels come rolling in. When Drama calls &quot;shotgun&quot; on Turtle's lunch with Ari, he finally gets Mr. Gold Standard to agree to represent him.</p><p>They're all in for a surprise when Vince meets with the studio head, who has changed his mind on &quot;Medellin&quot; -- he can't have Aquaman &quot;doing three hours of blow on every multiplex in the country.&quot; Beside himself, Vince demands $20 million to do the sequel. &quot;What'd I miss?&quot; Ari asks when he arrives late for the dinner.</p></div>

Three's Company

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Ken Whittingham<br><b>Written by</b> Lisa Alden</p><p>The showdown between Vince and the studio intensifies over Aquaman 2 vs. Medellin, and Ari is popping every vein to bring the two sides together. Adding to his aggravation, his prize client refuses to talk to him until he lands Johnny Drama a role -- a tall order considering Drama's current lack of star power.</p><p>Eric gets the offer of a lifetime when Sloan suggests they get together with her gorgeous friend Tori for a threesome. Before any action ensues, Sloan lays down some ground rules for her boyfriend, making it clear she's not willing to share all of him. After the trio spends a night together, Eric wakes up to find himself spooning Tori, which sends Eric into a tailspin -- Tori has really gotten under his skin.</p><p>The studio ups the ante for Vince and plays hardball with Ari, threatening to shut off access to their projects for all of his clients if he fails to deliver &quot;the pretty boy.&quot; A last minute audition for Drama (procured by Lloyd) finally opens the lines of communication with Vince a little too late, Ari delivers news Vince doesn't want to hear: Medellin is off the table, the role has gone to Benicio Del Toro. After Ari convinces him he has no choice, Vince finally agrees to do Aquaman 2 - for the original offer, on principle - and he never wants to work with the studio again afterwards. But when Vince fails to show for a breakfast with the studio chief the next day, the offer is rescinded. They're dumping him from A2, leaving everybody's future in doubt.</p></div>

Strange Days

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Marc Abrams &amp; Michael Benson</p><p>E is still sweating the fact that he woke up cuddling with Tori rather than Sloan during their threesome. To try and ease his conscience, he tracks down Tori at her hotel to apologize, but in doing so manages to creep her out even more.</p><p>Ari's break from Terrance is nearly complete when he negotiates an $11 million severance package - on a handshake. He quickly goes scouting for colossal office space (for what will be the biggest agency in LA, he tells his wife), and is spotted by former co-worker (and Terrance stooge) Adam Davies.</p><p>Eric can't get Tori out of his mind, and he has to see her again at the charity auction Sloan is organizing. While Sloan is busy auctioning off Vince to the highest bidder (a septuagenarian), the prize movie star is busy in the coatroom with a cocktail waitress, and Tori is suggesting another three-way to Eric (no rules this time, she says, if he can convince Sloan). Queasy with nerves, Eric ends up fleeing the party. And as Sloan's father hobnobs, Adam Davies approaches Ari with an offer: he wants a partnership and a million-dollar contract at his Ari's new agency, or tell Terrance all about Ari's big plans. Realizing he's over a barrel, Ari agrees to take him on.</p><p>Tori ends up crashing on Sloan's couch for one more night, keeping Eric up until he gets the chance to talk to her one final time. She doesn't deny an attraction, but suggests that Eric not let a girl like Sloan slip away.</p></div>

The Release

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Patty Jenkins<br><b>Written by</b> Brian Burns &amp; Doug Ellin</p><p>In the wake of the record-breaking Aquaman, Queens Boulevard is picked up for wide release. Vince and E's joy at the news is quickly muted when they learn that the film has been re-cut and colorized (&quot;Aquaman-ized,&quot; says director Billy Walsh). Worse, Vince has to go tout the film to the Hollywood Foreign Press in a matter of hours, and he's not sure he wants anything to do with what was once his passion project.</p><p>Drama lands an audition for Ed Burns, but he loses his laser-sharp focus on the role after a series of distractions fan the flames of his notorious temper. He misses the audition, and after briefly contemplating anger management classes, he takes a call from Burns. He missed the audition too, and he wants to offer the gig to Drama - no audition necessary.</p><p>The heads of the major talent agencies are on to Ari's big plans, and they ambush him 'five families' style at a restaurant. When Ari comes clean, Terrance announces that he plans to spend $50 million in legal fees to avoid paying him the $11 million sum they negotiated. All looks lost until Barbara Miller, the woman who led Ari into the ambush, offers to buy into his new agency. After a quick negotiation, the Miller Gold agency is announced - to a table full of eager young agents ready to sign on.</p><p>But Ari's agency troubles have kept him from attending to his star client, and when he shows up at Vince's Press event, he's in for a surprise. &quot;The movie I loved you will never see,&quot; Vince announces to the gathered cameras. &quot;These execs ripped out its soul.&quot;</p></div>

Vegas Baby, Vegas!

The guys head to Vegas for a much-needed break and a $100K promo appearance for Vince. Eric's jealous side is brought out by Seth Green's insinuating comments about Sloan. Vince and Ari partner at the tables, but Ari freaks out when Vince's luck wavers. Drama pours compliments on his masseur, leading to an awkward misunderstanding.

I Wanna Be Sedated

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Lisa Alden</p><p>Ari has been preoccupied with setting up his new agency, and with the Vegas brawl and foreign press debacle fresh in his mind, Eric accuses him of blowing off his star client. The pair butt heads in the office, and as a way of sticking it to Eric, Ari dumps windy old-school producer Bob Ryan on him.</p><p>It's Turtle's big day - the record deal signing - but Saigon is nowhere to be found. When he goes to the meeting without 'the artist,' he infuriates the record exec, who gives him until the end of the day to deliver the rapper. In the meantime, Vince decides to spend his 'unemployed' time at a bookstore, where he meets a cute girl and spends the day with her, taking her shopping and joining her in the dressing room.</p><p>Eric finds himslef sequestered in Bob Ryan's mansion, listening to endless old Hollywood stories. When he pushes to hear about the projects the old guy has in mind in for Vince, he gets nowhere.</p><p>Turtle and Drama turn L.A. upside down trying to find Saigon. After a bit of detective work, they finally locate him - partying in a swank hotel suite... with his other manager. He neglected to tell Turtle that he was already obligated to the guy, and they just signed a deal with a hip hop label, one that's not 'the whitest in town.' Drama tries to intervene on Turtle's behalf, but ends up dangled from the hotel balcony, Vanilla Ice-style. Saigon steps in to get his manager to buy Turtle out for a quick $40k, and Johnny is spared.</p><p>Vince is already smitten with the bookstore girl, and invites her to spend the next day with him. She turns him down, explaining she’s engaged. &quot;It's not what you think,&quot; she explains. &quot;You were on my list.&quot; She and her fiancé agreed they could sleep with certain celebrities if the chance ever presented itself.</p><p>Over in Old Hollywood, Bob finally admits to Eric he doesn't have a project for him, but he was hoping they could brainstorm something. (He locked Dennis Hopper in his bathroom with a bag of mushrooms in '68 and 'Easy Rider' was born.) Eric is ready to flee, but as he waits for Bob to find his driver, he spots a photo of him with Joey Ramone. Bob just happens to own a script about the Queens punk pioneers, Vince's favorite band, and Eric has stumbled upon his next big project.</p></div>

What About Bob?

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Ken Whittingham<br><b>Written by</b> Brian Burns</p><p>Eric, Ari and Bob Ryan take the Ramones project to the studios, but Ari and Bob soon find themselves at odds over how to pitch the biopic. After a spectacular failure of a meeting, E gets Bob to agree to let Ari take the lead on the next one. That's not good enough for Ari, who sends Bob to the wrong studio to get him out of the way.</p><p>It's the first day of shooting on Drama's new pilot, and the elder Chase brother finds himself in the throes of a panic attack. Director Ed Burns keeps expanding his role with elaborate blocking and more monologue, sending Drama over the edge. When his meditation mantras (&quot;you are not a pussy&quot;) fail him, Drama disappears into the back of his trailer to take matters into his own hands - forgetting that he's still mic'd up. Though the entire crew learns of Drama's relaxation technique, he nails the scene.</p><p>With Saigon cash burning a hole in his pocket, Turtle sets out to score some Fukijamas, a pair of red-hot limited edition sneakers. Vince accompanies him on his quest but refuses to play his celebrity card and cut the line, so they come up empty-handed. After DJ AM barters for the last pair in Turtle's size, Vince cooks up a solution - he offers the graffiti artist $20K to design a custom pair exclusively for Turtle.</p><p>Without Bob weighing him down, Ari quickly drums up interest in the Ramones pic at Universal. Just one hitch: after realizing he'd been led astray, Bob paid a visit to his friend Alan at Warner Bros, the very studio that blacklisted Vince, and sold him the script.</p></div>

Sorry, Ari

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Rob Weiss</p><p>Screwing him out of the Ramones project was the final straw, and Vince is ready to fire Ari. When Ari hears that Vince is placing the call himself, he refuses to take it - instead setting out on a mad scramble to get Vince back on the punk rock pic.</p><p>In the meantime, the boys decide to &quot;flirt&quot; with a few new agencies, and Drama suggests they rate each one based on his point system (décor, service, amenities and ambiance). But it all seems moot when every pitch they hear is straight out of Madison Avenue.</p><p>Lloyd uses his connections in the &quot;gay assistants corps&quot; to learn Vince is taking meetings, information that sends Ari into overdrive. He gets a glimmer of hope when Dana Gordon, the Warner chief's beleaguered sidekick, tells him off-the-record that the studio hasn't officially bought the Ramones script from Bob Ryan yet. Not only that, her boss was planning to shelve the film - he was only interested in it to spite Vince for ditching Aquaman 2. Dana wants out of her job and on the film as a producer, and Ari promises to help her get on the project while protecting her as his informant. He drives straight to Bob's house to play his new cards, and is forced to reveal his source.</p><p>But after mulling it over, Bob decides to &quot;trust his instincts,&quot; and officially sells the project to Warners. He also stooges out Dana Gordon, getting her fired. Ari is screwed.</p><p>After dodging him all day, Ari invites Vince into the office - and mobilizes his forces. But instead of apologizing for screwing up the Ramones pic, Ari and his agency give Vince the same generic presentation as every other shop in town. Vince realizes that it's time for a break, and Eric delivers the news - officially firing Mr. Gold in the hallway of his own agency.</p></div>

Less Than 30

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin</p><p>It's Vince's birthday, and Amanda, his new agent, has two gifts: courtside tickets to a Lakers game and an offer to star in an adaptation of an Edith Wharton novel. The basketball game ends up being somewhat awkward since Vince sees Ari across the court, but responding to Amanda's enthusiasm for the Wharton script, Vince expresses interest in taking the project.</p><p>Seeing Vince at the game reopens Ari's wound from losing his star client and he begins a campaign to woo back Vince. He sets up a &quot;friendly&quot; birthday meal with Vince (who, at Drama's urging, opts for lunch over dinner, and brings E as a buffer) and presents his gift: the news that 'Medellin,' Vince's dream project, is once again available. Amanda denies that 'Medellin' is still in play, but the seed of doubt has been planted in Vince's mind.</p><p>Meanwhile, Turtle and Drama have been tasked with planning a birthday party for Vince, but are having trouble fitting their big plans into their limited budget. Turtle wants to hold the party on a boat, but the only vessel with a big enough capacity for the guest list is the Queen Mary. In a flash of inspiration, Turtle solves the budget crisis: sponsorship.</p><p>The party is huge, with scores of Hollywood players in attendance-including both Ari and Amanda, who face off in front of Vince. Eventually Ari retreats, but not before his mission is accomplished; Vince decides to back burner the Wharton project, just in case 'Medellin' really is available.</p></div>

Dog Day Afternoon

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Rob Weiss</p><p>Amanda is pushing Vince for an answer on the Sam Mendes project, but Vince seems more concerned about his upcoming couples trip to Wine Country with Eric and Sloan. Unfortunately, E and Sloan didn't know that Vince was planning on coming along on the excursion, so the pair <g class="gr_ gr_21 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="21" data-gr-id="21">concoct</g> a plan to go away without Vince.</p><p>In anticipation of having the house to themselves, Drama and Turtle bring Ahnold to a dog park to try and pick up some girls of their own. The plan works well at first, as the pair find two women that have a Rott and soon all six are hooking up poolside. Unfortunately, Ahnold's &quot;date&quot; doesn't go that well, as he ends up sending the female Rott to the vet in a fight over a piece of meat. The dog ends up okay, and the party goes back to the girls' apartment. But Drama and Turtle end up leaving unsatisfied when Turtle loses it on his date after she suggests that Ahnold should be neutered.</p><p>Ari has the opportunity to sign Jay Lester, an A-list writer known as &quot;The Syndication Machine.&quot; To help move the deal along, Ari subtly offers up Lloyd to Lester, a notoriously promiscuous queen. Lloyd is soon dispatched to a club to &quot;personally&quot; deliver the agency papers. Much to his own surprise, Ari has a rare moment of <g class="gr_ gr_22 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="22" data-gr-id="22">conscience,</g> and drives into the heart of Boys Town to rescue Lloyd -- at the cost of inking the writer.</p><p>Eric's and Sloan's plan to get away alone appears doomed, as Vince seems to have an answer for every excuse that they provide. Eventually, E mans up and tells Vince the truth, so Vince packs up Turtle and Drama and takes off for Cabo for some Spring Break fun.</p></div>

Manic Monday

After railing on Eric and Vince for giving her the runaround, Amanda makes Vince an offer he can't refuse. Babs orders Ari to fire an inept employee, but he must first overcome an unwanted side effect he's been experiencing since his breakup with Vince: compassion.

Gotcha!

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Dan Attias<br><b>Written by</b> Rob Weiss &amp; Doug Ellin</p><p>Vince and Amanda are still glowing in their post-hookup bliss, but they resolve to continue on with their professional relationship as if nothing had happened. The pair <g class="gr_ gr_26 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="26" data-gr-id="26">aren't</g> very good at hiding their attraction, and E quickly realizes what is going on. Concerned about what the situation will do to Vince, E lets Amanda know how he feels about the affair.</p><p>Pauly Shore has a new hidden camera show, &quot;Gotcha,&quot; and word gets to Drama that he's going to be surprised by a filmed prank. So when Drama has a run-in with UFC Champion Chuck Liddell later that day, he assumes it's part of the show and plays it up for the imagined cameras by getting tough with the MMA superstar. Liddell is about to drop <g class="gr_ gr_30 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="30" data-gr-id="30">Drama,</g> when fate intervenes and Drama is spared. Unfortunately, the real &quot;Gotcha&quot; involves a troop of money-grubbing girl scouts and Drama realizes that he's now on Chuck Liddell's hit list for real.</p><p>Ari's college buddy Scott comes to visit, and Mrs. Ari is not happy about it. She has always found him to be boorish, but when he arrives at the house, he's far more civil than before and he even has a beautiful fiancee in tow. Scott is also wildly rich due to a dotcom deal that earned him $65M, and Ari finds himself jealous of his friend. To try and bring back the old Scott, Ari begins acting like a frat boy towards Scott's fiancee, offending her and cutting the reunion short.</p><p>To try and smooth things over with Liddell, the crew go to a fundraiser that he's putting on for underprivileged kids. But the Iceman isn't fooled and challenges Drama to step into the octagon to settle things. Liddell demands that Drama fall to his knees and beg for mercy, an option that Drama quickly opts for. Just as the beating is about to begin, the Iceman quietly whispers &quot;Gotcha.&quot;</p></div>

Return of the King

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Brian Burns<br><b>Written by</b> Dan Attias</p><p>It's Yom Kippur, and while Ari attempts to gain forgiveness for his sins, he runs into 'Medellin' co-producer Nick Rubenstein at his temple. Nick drops the bomb that the biopic is back in play and that they'd like Vince to step in. The only issue? The studio needs an answer from Vince before sundown - and coordinating a deal on the high holy day won't be easy. Ari contacts Amanda, and she agrees in principle to the deal, but Nick's offering half Vince's usual quote. Amanda hesitates to work with Ari on coming to terms, and the crew begins to suspect that she's trying to sabotage the deal for some unknown personal reason.</p><p>To take their minds off work, Vince and his crew lay down their troubles - and their wallets - at the track. Drama's &quot;lock&quot; of a horse finishes as an also-ran, and Vince's brother cringes at the thought of &quot;King&quot; being done away with due to his lack of speed. To save King, Drama purchases the horse, giving him a new home on Vince's front lawn. Unfortunately, Drama soon realizes that boarding a horse is wildly expensive, losing thousands of dollars to food and the required permits. After King takes a brief trip outside Vince's gates, Drama gets a few hefty fines and realizes he has to give up his horse. But, instead of sending him to the glue factory, Drama passes King off to Ed Burns as a &quot;gift&quot; for Ed's kids.</p><p>As the deadline for 'Medellin' approaches, Eric makes the call to track down Ari and finish the deal, bypassing Amanda entirely. Eric and Vince think they've locked things up, but after all the delays, the project is officially off the table for Vince. Believing Amanda mishandled the situation and cost him his dream project Vince confronts her over dinner. She explains that Nick Rubenstein was the one who actually killed the project by constantly hounding the EP on the holiest of days. Vince is embarrassed by the truth, but he's even more shocked when Amanda walks away, dropping him both as a client and as a boyfriend.</p></div>

The Resurrection

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> David Nutter<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Ally Musika</p><p>'Five Towns' is about to debut, and Drama is doing everything he can to avoid seeing any reviews for his new series. He swears to spend the entire day relaxing, but <g class="gr_ gr_24 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="24" data-gr-id="24">instead</g> he finds himself agonizing over the pending premiere. To release the tension, he hits an Asian &quot;massage parlor&quot; but ends up seeing a copy of Variety as his masseuse gets down to business. He gives in and reads the review of his performance, freaking out when he sees he's been panned.</p><p>Vince and Eric tell Ari they'll return to Miller Gold on one condition - that he delivers 'Medellin.' So, Ari sets up a meeting with super-producer Joe Roberts to try to sell him on the project. Roberts agrees to make Medellin happen, but he has a condition of his own: Vince must agree to FINALLY appear in 'Matterhorn.' Vince refuses to do &quot;Matterhorn&quot;, and he and E hatch a new plan - to buy 'Medellin' and make the film themselves. Rather than enter a bidding war, Roberts backs out of 'Medellin,' allowing Vince and E to acquire the script for $5 million.</p><p>As a consolation gift for Drama, the crew fixes up his car. While picking up the ride, Turtle falls for Kelly, the daughter of the repair shop's owner and the female version of himself. Against all odds (and with only vague approval from her father), Turtle gets her phone number. However, the car repair backfires, sending Drama further down the spiral of depression because he sees it as ANOTHER thing he has to rely on his brother to do for him. Drama hops in the car and drives off into the night, ending up at the Grand Canyon. The next morning, he finally decides to answer Vince's calls and is shocked to hear that 'Five Towns' drew 16 million viewers to become a certified hit. Johnny Drama has finally become a star.</p></div>

The Prince's Bride

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> David Nutter<br><b>Written by</b> Rob Weiss</p><p>With Vince's mansion hawked to pay for the 'Medellin' script, Ari rushes him and E to meet a shady prince interested in financing the flick. The deal looks promising, but complications arise when Vince picks up a sexual vibe from Prince Yair's wife, Nika. Drama, riding the wave of his TV success, receives a summons to Brett Ratner's mansion, only to realize the director's assistant plucked the wrong name from the 'Five Towns' credits - he wanted Drama's teenage co-star. Johnny refuses to leave the house without a role, so Ratner dangles a bit part as a bus driver to lure him out of the pool.</p><p>Turtle lands a date with his dream girl, Kelly, but his plans slowly crumble beneath her family's intrusions and officially die when her dad, Rufus, chases him off. Vince has better luck with Yair, who literally serves a check on a silver platter - with one caveat: Vince must go upstairs and have sex with Nika. With the offer on the table, the prospective financier joins Ari and E for billiards, leaving Vince to consider the dilemma looming above him.</p></div>

Adios Amigos

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Doug Ellin<br><b>Written by</b> Mark Mylod</p><p>With only a few boxes separating Vince from his new home at the Mondrian Hotel, his buddies hound him for declining Prince Yair's indecent proposal to fund &quot;Medellin&quot; - maybe because the rest of the crew's new digs don't look so luxurious. E moves in with Sloan despite his friends' warnings against &quot;planting a flag,&quot; while Turtle and Drama kick off their apartment hunt with a studio slum. A call from Shauna forbidding Drama to taint his brother's image by living like a &quot;transient crack whore&quot; sends the pair to a $1.4 million condo that, through the sly art of negotiation, Drama buys for $1.5 million.</p><p>As Johnny sets himself up for a fiscal disaster, Vince and E solve one when Nick Rubenstein decides to finance the flick with his freshly released trust fund. Too bad he's offering less than half of what the studios estimated the budget would be. In a stroke of genius, E taps Walsh - who's been trying to &quot;bring the class back&quot; to porno - to direct 'Medellin' on a shoestring budget. As the crew pours champagne to celebrate E's first production, Walsh calls to drop the inevitable bomb: He plans to shoot the entire film in Spanish. Raising his glass, Vince shrugs it off, positing, &quot;It could work.&quot;</p></div>

Welcome to the Jungle

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin</p><p>At long last, Vince and his comrades have arrived in Colombia to shoot 'Medellin.' A documentary crew captures the action, most of which occurs behind the scenes as Walsh steadily unravels. When Walsh demands 1,000 extra soldiers, assaults the director of photography, and confesses that he doesn't have an ending for the script, rookie producer E rushes to hold things together.</p><p>In a rare moment of vulnerability, Walsh confesses, &quot;Too many sets, too many extras, too many explosions. I'm melting down.&quot; E reassures him, going so far as to hire an Academy Award winner remove the pressure or writing the ending. But, before the writer arrives - and after E pays him 275k - Walsh rewrites the entire script, complete with the finale his masterpiece deserves. As explosions on Pablo Escobar's compound punctuate the last day of shooting, the narrator asks Walsh whether he thinks he made a good film, and the director replies, &quot;Till I see the final cut, I have no idea. But you know what, neither does anybody else.&quot;</p></div>

The First Cut Is the Deepest

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin</p><p>Vince and company return to L.A. after an Italian vacation that wiped out the last of their funds. Drama volunteers his new condo for his baby bro's &quot;welcome home&quot; party, which Turtle slowly escalates from intimate gathering to all-out rager. While Drama scrambles to party-proof his pad, hiding furniture and padlocking the bathroom, Vince and E meet with Ari to decide which job to take next. Ari delivers the bad news that the industry has placed Vince on death watch; no one will sign him before seeing 'Medellin' in case the film bombs a la 'Gigli.' But Ari's problems extend beyond business; some sort of hitch has threatened his son's admission into the Briar Country Day School, which his daughter already attends. After charming, threatening and bribing his way to an answer from the headmaster, Ari finds out his cell phones and swearing have driven the school over the edge, and blackballing the son is the only way to expel the father. Ari yanks his daughter from class on his way out.</p><p>Vince and E try to speed up the 'Medellin' release with a visit to Walsh - who's wearing the only cut around his neck - but the director tears off on a motorcycle to avoid showing them the film. After a day spent hunting for him, E calls from Vince's party and shames Walsh into screening the movie. As soon as Vince and E leave the condo, Drama ejects the entire crowd, which resettles in Vince's hotel room, a venue Drama couldn't care less about destroying. Walsh sweats out the screening by performing calisthenics in the hallway, but after the <g class="gr_ gr_43 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="43" data-gr-id="43">flick</g> Vince and E congratulate him on a job well done. On the way home, E asks Vince, &quot;You didn't really like it, did you?&quot; Vince says he thought it was great, but E tells him, &quot;I thought it sucked.&quot; A call from Turtle interrupts the conversation. Anthony Michael Hall has urinated off of Vince's balcony, and the hotel management didn't exactly appreciate it. Adding &quot;homeless&quot; to their list of &quot;broke&quot; and &quot;unemployed,&quot; Vince and E head to Drama's condo to sleep it off.</p></div>

Malibooty

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Ken Whittingham<br><b>Written by</b> Rob Weiss</p><p>In a major role-reversal, Vince and the guys are crashing at Drama's place. While Turtle tries to identify the senior Chase's whacked-out health food - &quot;What's a psyllium husk, anyway?&quot; - the man of the house returns, offering bagels and good news. Donna Devaney, an L.A. party girl from Drama's surprisingly lengthy past, has finally agreed to hook up with him. Plus, she has a hot friend for Turtle. Vince and E aren't sitting so pretty with the Medellin cut, so E tries giving Walsh some notes to spruce up the film. Predictably militant about protecting his vision, Walsh won't cooperate, and making things worse, has already sent a print to the Cannes Film Festival. E runs to Ari for a solution and settles on the option to ditch Walsh by selling the movie to Harvey Weingard.</p><p>Vince rolls with his brother and Turtle, promising not to steal their thunder, and they couldn't be more thrilled when he hops out at a stop light to join a random hottie in a convertible. She takes him to the home of her &quot;family friend&quot; to go swimming, which turns out to be Dennis Hopper's beach house. Hopper and his buddies tempt Vince into placing a $100,000 bet - that he can't cover - on a soccer game. The future holds less uncertainty for Drama and Turtle; their cougars are ready to pounce. Too bad for Turtle, Donna's &quot;hot&quot; friend Marjorie is twice his age, not to mention twice his size. But, in a typical turn of Drama's luck, Donna decides at the last minute to opt for Turtle, leaving Drama manhandled by Marjorie in the hot tub. Vince's soccer win comes through, infusing him with some much-needed cash, but he and E still differ on the direction they want to take 'Medellin.' When E says Harvey made an offer of $25 million, Vince throws him for another loop: Cannes accepted the film. &quot;Maybe you should watch it again,&quot; Vince tells him.</p></div>

Sorry, Harvey

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Ken Whittingham<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin</p><p>Trapped between a trip to Cannes and volatile studio head Harvey Weingard, E can't even enjoy some pampering at The Shave without Ari calling to jump on his back: &quot;You sold a movie you weren't in a position to sell.&quot; E assures Ari he'll sever the deal with Harvey. Hanging up, Ari meets M. Night Shyamalan in person to pick up his latest screenplay, which the paranoid filmmaker expects him to read that night. At Drama's condo, the elder Chase has hatched a plan to schmooze the mayor of Beverly Hills into annexing his condo into 90210 territory – but he needs Vince to lend some star wattage to his carousing with the mayor, who hopes a touch of celebrity will raise his odds with the ladies. Meeting Harvey for dinner, E starts to see his own odds – for survival – slipping through the cracks as the exec berates the waiter and contemplates fighting a nearby guest.</p><p>Restaurants aren't treating Ari well either. When a Morton's valet accidentally gives his car – along with the Shyamalan script – to a stranger, Ari tracks down his ride using GPS. A 140 mph speeding ticket lands him in jail on the way home, but at least he has plenty of time to read. Out for drinks at Winston's, Drama manages to hook the mayor up with a hottie without Vince's aid but receives bad news when the bouncer says she's a tranny. The good news? The mayor doesn't care. With Drama's zip code all but updated, he shifts his attention to the awkward ballet unfolding around Harvey, who's come along with E to &quot;celebrate the sale.&quot; Neither Vince nor E has the cojones to break off the deal, especially when Harvey works himself into a lather over a botched drink order. As the bouncer drags him out of the bar, Drama – elated in his victory – steps in to do the deed: &quot;You can't buy the movie. Sorry bro.&quot;</p><p>The next day Ari, haggard but prepared, meets Shyamalan in his office only to find the filmmaker has rewritten the script. &quot;Here, read it,&quot; he tells Ari. &quot;I'll wait.&quot; It seems Drama has wasted the previous evening as well when Turtle shows him the latest gossip online: a video of the mayor escorting his &quot;lady&quot; to the car, which ends in a Britney-esque crotch shot – and two nasty surprises. &quot;Don't know how much longer he'll be mayor,&quot; Turtles remarks.</p></div>

The Dream Team

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Seith Mann<br><b>Written by</b> Brian Burns</p><p>Drama brings the crew to Barney's to scrape a few years off his look. While he preens in a leather jacket, Vince and E run into Snoop Dogg on their way to the store's restaurant. The rapper compliments them on the 'Medellin' trailer, which he saw leaked on YouTube that morning. Vince and E take the news in stride, but when they meet Walsh at the restaurant, he freaks and blames E for the disclosure. The argument escalates to vulgar insults and ends in a table-scattering scuffle. While E grapples with his director, Drama sees a customer wearing a &quot;California Homegrown&quot; hat that he must have. His quest leads him to a medical marijuana facility, but he's barred from entering without a prescription card. Naturally, Turtle knows a guy and hooks Drama up with a doctor to remedy his &quot;anxiety disorder.&quot; Leveraging his diagnosis to buy the hat – and the maximum pot dosage allowed by law – Drama heads to the 'Five Towns'set. But, his cast mates are less impressed with his polished image than the dank he scored, leading to a real re-visitation of his youth, ripping bong loads in his trailer.</p><p>Fistfights notwithstanding, the 'Medellin' leak turns out to be a blessing: Ari's office has been flooded with calls looking to cash in on Vince's sudden marketability. But, the agent promises Vince he'll convince Dana Gordon, who's back on top after Ari got her fired from Warner Bros., to attach Vince to a mountain-hiking story called 'Lost in the Clouds.' Also, Elvis Mitchell from Interview magazine is in town to meet Vince, <g class="gr_ gr_23 gr-alert gr_tiny gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="23" data-gr-id="23">E</g> and Walsh about the genius behind 'Medellin.' The trio makes it through the meeting without a meltdown, but afterward, a shirtless Walsh (complete with a monstrous 'Medellin' tattoo on his back) chases E's Aston-Martin down the street. Swearing he'll never speak to the director again after the release of 'Medellin,' E takes a call from Ari who's sold Dana on his dream team: &quot;Who wants to climb Mount Annapurna,&quot; he asks. &quot;Vinny stars, E produces, Walsh directs. Boom.&quot;</p></div>

The WeHo Ho

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin</p><p>Vince has finally landed some work with 'Lost in the Clouds,' but E threatens to derail the &quot;package deal&quot; when he calls Ari to boot Walsh off the pic. Ari tricks E into meeting the director at his office to make nice – which actually happens when Walsh apologizes for blaming the 'Medellin' trailer's leak on E. As it turns out, his editor's betrayed girlfriend uploaded the video to exact revenge. E and Walsh shake hands, but Ari finds himself mired in another sour relationship when Lloyd's breakup with his boyfriend, Tom, leaves the assistant too heartbroken to work. With bungled schedules and general chaos shrouding the desk outside his office, Ari takes the logical approach: He visits Tom at work to mend the breach. Tom says Lloyd cheated on him, but Ari covers his assistant's tracks by swearing they'd been together on the night in question. Tom buys it, but when Ari calls Lloyd to deliver the good news, he includes a warning: &quot;I love liars, but I hate cheaters.&quot;</p><p>Drama and Turtle have concocted a scam of their own, buying into a shady investment with Turtle's cousin Ronnie, whose father's obsession with Sandy Koufax has unearthed some lucrative info. Apparently, Koufax hasn't left his house in weeks, meaning the game jersey Turtle, Drama and Ronnie intend to buy at auction will skyrocket in value after his imminent death. Ronnie backs out at the last minute, unwilling to profit <g class="gr_ gr_23 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="23" data-gr-id="23">on</g> the demise of his father's hero, so Drama picks up his end of the $62k tab. As Drama collects the goods, the auctioneer informs him that Koufax couldn't appear to sign the uniform because his schnauzer, which had been sick for weeks, just died. But Koufax, thank God, is &quot;healthy as a clam.&quot;</p><p>While meeting with Dana Gordon about 'Lost in the Clouds,' E realizes – thanks to Walsh's argumentative tactics – that life is too short to deal with the director throughout another shoot. Later, he tells Vince and Ari he'll take to the sideline this time around, but he also warns Vince off the film. Considering his manager's advice, Vince decides to go ahead with the project. &quot;There we go,&quot; Ari says. &quot;I'll have a $2 million advance check cut today. How horrible.&quot;</p></div>

The Day Fu*kers

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Rob Weiss</p><p>While the guys grab breakfast at Urth, E catches the eye of a hot waitress – too bad Drama calls him out for being incapable of &quot;unemotional sex.&quot; When E can't name a conquest he didn't pursue a relationship with, Drama throws down a $5,000 bet that Turtle can hustle a one-night stand before E musters the nerve. Vince matches his brother's action, taking E under his wing at the Mondrian pool, while Drama and Turtle peruse the online meat market of Craigslist personals. Ari, on the other hand, prefers to gamble with his son's future, hiring a private investigator to help blackmail the Briar Country Day School's headmaster, Andrew Preston, into matriculating his kid. Unfortunately, Preston turns out to be a model citizen, reducing Ari to begging on the headmaster's doorstep. Glad to have taught Ari a lesson in humility – and snagging an industry job for his own son in the process – Preston withdraws his barring of the Golds. &quot;The things we'll do for our children,&quot; Ari says.</p><p>At the Mondrian, Vince attracts a pair of British girls, but just as E starts to settle in with one named Heather, he runs into Sloan, sending him into his characteristic relationship tailspin. Turtle encounters some complications, too, when the hot girl he meets on Craigslist turns out to have a stuffed-animal fetish and a man-sized bunny costume to match. In the end, it's just a little too freaky for Turtle, but Drama opts to take the furry romp as a consolation prize for his lost bet. E breaks down and calls Sloan to &quot;talk about us&quot; but gets back in the game after she tells him she's met someone else. Hanging up, he heads to Heather's room at the Mondrian, and when she asks him what he'd like to do for the evening, he replies, &quot;What would you say if I said let's just blow off the restaurant and order in?&quot; Catching the green light, he closes the door behind him and wins five grand for Vince – if he can keep his hands off the telephone, that is.</p></div>

Gary's Desk

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Julian Farino<br><b>Written by </b>Ally Musika</p><p>Now that E's leapt off of Vince's mountain-climbing movie because of Walsh, he decides to jumpstart his management company with some office space. Vince and the guys mock his new headquarters – a cubicle on the sketchy side of town – but then hunt for a surprise gift to spruce up the place. The perfect piece, a $42k desk once owned by Robert DeNiro, comes at an even higher cost when a sales rep tells the crew that Gary Busey has already laid claim to it. The madcap actor/artist agrees to relinquish his rights, but only if Drama will help him show &quot;The Unseen Faces of the Familiar&quot; by posing for him. Drama takes one on the chin to secure E's present, but the desk won't fit through the doorways of his low-rent office.</p><p>While E awaits a call back from Peter Jackson's video-game division, none of the other industry players he approaches have a clue who he is. Even the ad department at Variety laughs him off when he tries to put the word out. Shauna helps the upstart manager by hooking him up with a reporter at the trade magazine, meanwhile Ari has his own business issues to juggle. Hustling to prepare for an annual meeting with top-tier client Mary J. Blige, Ari runs into drama between Jeff and Jim Jensen, a set of twin brothers working for him. It turns out Jeff slept with Jim's wife. Clearly one of them must go, but Ari finds himself forced to punish the victim because Jeff consistently out-earns his cuckolded brother. Jim, who happens to be Blige's favorite staffer, drops the scandal at her feet after cleaning out his desk. The R&amp;B queen follows Jim out the door, so Ari fires the remaining twin for good measure. Meanwhile, E's company strategy doesn't pan out much better. In the Variety article Shauna arranged, the reporter trashes him as a product of Hollywood nepotism, and the fancy new office Vince sets him up with (primarily to accommodate the desk) only underscores E's dependence. But just when the manager can't sink any lower, Peter Jackson returns his call, eager to work with Vince – and glad to have a representative besides Ari to deal with.</p></div>

The Young and the Stoned

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Dusty Kay</p><p>Vince's 'Lost in the Clouds' cash has landed the crew in new digs, a $30k-per-month rental in the hills, but while E struggles to locate the place, actress Anna Faris rear-ends his Aston-Martin. When he gets back to the house, E tells the guys that he and Anna had &quot;a moment&quot; when she gave him her phone number – too bad the digits turn out to be off the mark. Turtle suffers a disappointment as well, announcing that his favorite strain of marijuana has gone extinct. Vince promises to share his stash of the dwindling weed, which Turtle nearly loses during a traffic stop later that afternoon as he returns from the supermarket with some random hotties. E manages to track down his own lady, using a star map to find Anna's house and finally acquiring her insurance info. He drives her to a meeting – her car fared worse than his in the accident – and when she insists on his opinion about a script she's attached herself to, E wins her over with an honest assessment of its flaws.</p><p>At the Gold house, Ari's spotlighting a few flaws doesn't go over so well. A producer from 'The Young and the Restless' calls to ask Mrs. Ari to reprise her role as Kendall Scott, and Ari tries to dissuade her by warning, &quot;You left the show when you were 25, and they shoot in High Def now.&quot; Karma comes back around to bite him, though, when he learns his wife will be making out with a hot young Latino named Javier on the show. Ari bribes the young actor with a future in film, but when Javier shies away from kissing Mrs. Ari, she seizes him in a lip-lock. Later, she explains to Ari that all she really wanted was for him to think she's still sexy. &quot;You're the beautiful mother of my children,&quot; he tells her as he throws her on the bed.</p><p>E thinks he's en route to some star-studded romance himself when Anna calls to set a dinner date. He meets her, but it turns out she already has a boyfriend and wants to hire E as her manager. When E gets back to the house, Drama taunts him for thinking he had a shot with a celebrity, and all Vince can say is, &quot;She wants you to be her manager? Interesting...&quot;</p></div>

Snow Job

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Ken Whittingham<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin and Ally Musika</p><p>About to start his first day on the job with Anna Faris, E wants to make sure Vince is ok with his taking on a second client. &quot;I just ask you to make sure my career attention doesn't suffer,&quot; the star tells him, but Vince also worries that E's crush on the actress could cause problems. When E arrives on the set of her photo shoot, her boyfriend, Dave, definitely gets in the way – because he shoots his mouth off constantly, micromanaging Anna's career into the ground. E tries to sneak away to check the vitals on Vince's 'Lost in the Clouds' deal, but every time he walks down the driveway to get a cell signal, some catastrophe erupts with Dave on the set. When E explains he's getting in the photographer's way, the boyfriend eventually tears off in his Mustang, leaving E and Anna to work.</p><p>Ari's newest client, Walsh, also causes headaches when he turns in a script for 'Lost in the Clouds' without running it by the agent. It doesn't help that Walsh has renamed the film 'Silo' and written a blanket departure from the book. Dana Gordon makes it through 12 pages before demanding Ari pull his client into line. Walsh, of course, refuses to cooperate and fires Ari before the agent can dump him. Unable to catch E on his cell, Ari calls Vince for help, but when the actor peruses 'Silo' he discovers its brilliance. In a risky game of hardball, Ari walks the script <g class="gr_ gr_54 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace" id="54" data-gr-id="54">in to</g> Dana's boss and tells him he can either produce this ready-made summer hit or explain to his investors how 'Lost in the Clouds' collapsed into a debacle. Ari doesn't earn any friends with the power play, but 'Silo' receives a green light. Back at Anna's <g class="gr_ gr_55 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="55" data-gr-id="55">shoot</g> Dave returns in a fury, openly accusing E of trying to steal his girl. Finally fed up, Anna breaks up with Dave on the spot, sending him away before finishing her work. E returns home from the set to find Ari, Walsh and the boys toasting to the new project. Cluelessly flipping through the 'Silo' script, he asks the guys, &quot;Where's the snow?&quot;</p></div>

No Cannes Do

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Dan Attias<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Rob Weiss</p><p>With Anna Faris's boyfriend out of the picture, E can finally get to work with his new client, but after the manager spends more than an hour chatting on the phone with her, the guys question how much pleasure he's mixing with his business. There's not much time to discuss it, though, because the crew's about to catch a flight to Cannes for the film festival, and a red-level terror alert has all but shuttered LAX. While Ari fumes at the airport and tries to pacify his wife (who he booted from the trip at the last minute), Walsh asks E to arrange a lunch with Anna so he can cast her in 'Silo.' Out of her depth with Walsh's bizarre script – not to mention personality – Anna puts E in the tough position of deciding whether she should work on a movie he wishes Vince hadn't picked up in the first place. When the airport closes down and cancels all flights, it doesn't look like the guys will be able to make it to France in time for the 'Medellin' premiere.</p><p>Ari, now fending off a Cannes-envious Lloyd in addition to talking his wife down from a punitive spending spree, arrives late to the Hollywood rush for private jets after LAX closes. Desperate to fly his guys to Cannes, Ari calls Sydney Pollack and manages to pack five of the six onto the filmmaker's plane. E, on the other hand, gets shot down when he finally admits to Anna that – in addition to having a crush on her – he thinks she should pass on 'Silo.' In light of his conflicting interests, the actress sends E packing, but when he gets to the Van Nuys airport, it turns out Ari's math skills don't measure up. Even without Lloyd and Mrs. Ari, the guys tip the scales past what Pollack's pilot will allow. Vince decides it's all or nothing and passes on the flight. As the group turns to leave the terminal, Kanye West and his entourage roll up, granting the LAX refugees seats on his 727. From the tarmac, Ari calls his wife, apologizing for leaving her behind and explaining that he just wanted to have a guys-only adventure. Mrs. Ari, surrounded by a room full of designer purchases, forgives him and tells him to enjoy his trip with the boys. Voila!</p></div>

The Cannes Kids

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin</p><p>The coast of Cannes buzzes with celebrity arrivals and the promise of a big pay day for Vince (not to mention some anonymous French sex for Drama and Turtle), and when the crew's once-prospective financier, Prince Yair, offers to buy 'Medellin' sight-unseen for $35 million, it appears both objectives may be satisfied. Ari worries that the prince's distribution can't support the film, but when chief investor Nicky Rubenstein catches wind of the offer in L.A., he orders Ari to meet with Yair. At a lavish party his boat, the prince talks business with the filmmakers, while Drama and Turtle enjoy the entertainment. The elder Chase meets a beautiful girl named Jacqueline – apparently 'Viking Quest' is huge in France – but when he takes her back to the hotel, the manager kicks him out for throwing a fit over his modest room. Unable to reconnect with his newfound love, Drama wanders the beaches in search of her, ending up back at Yair's party, where the prince offers him a place to crash.</p><p>Ari's search for a 'Medellin' buyer gets off to a strong start. A few key deceptions – appearing at a party with Harvey Weingard and spreading disinformation through Lloyd's network of gay assistants – bait Dana Gordon into making an offer, but it falls short of Yair's sum. Vince and E level with her in hopes of landing a legitimate studio, offering to leave their money on the hook if she can cover Nicky's investment. The deal lasts for about five <g class="gr_ gr_39 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="39" data-gr-id="39">minutes,</g> until Yair catches wind of it and offers $75 million directly to Nicky. Unable to argue with cash like that, Vince and company are all smiles as they follow the red carpet into their premiere. When Drama hears Jacqueline scream from the crowd, he scoops her up and carries her off to the beach to consummate their relationship on the sand. Vince doesn't get so lucky with the screening of 'Medellin.' The crowd's boos at the end of the film give way to a diatribe by Walsh, and Yair immediately backs out of the deal. With nowhere left to turn, Ari accepts a backhanded offer of one dollar from Harvey Weingard, banking on the studio head's financial savvy to dig them out of the hole.</p></div>

Fantasy Island

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin</p><p>'Medellin' didn't wow them at Cannes, but it's a shoo-in for Richard Roeper's and Michael Phillips' top ten list of the year's worst. Vince has found the perfect solution to his troubles in Mexico: A &quot;parade of p***y&quot; that he and Turtle are enjoying makes it hard to care about the straight-to-DVD fate of his producing debut. Eric and Ari, on the other hand, are eager to get the star client of both Miller Gold and the Murphy Group back to the states for a sit-down at the Ivy with producer Carl Ertz, who is interested in Vince for 'Danger Beach.'</p><p>Meanwhile, Drama, who's still tied via web-cam to his French girlfriend Jacqueline, nearly comes to blows <g class="gr_ gr_10 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="10" data-gr-id="10">over</g> a 'Five Towns' poster when the photographer wants to shoot his bad side. But he rallies for his brother when Eric insists and E, Ari and Drama jet to the remote paradise to lure Vince back, not realizing Ertz is just using Vince to lock up Emile Hirsch for the role.</p></div>

Unlike a Virgin

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin</p><p>Vince is reading scripts, determined to find a new project, but everything he likes, Ari informs him, has already gone to Tobey or Leo. Thre is one script Eric found- Nine Brave Souls'- but Ari refuses: No more indies. Eric, however, is interested in the writers and heads out to their office at the Bullets and Bitches Artillery Club and Topless Bar to discuss representing them. Vince runs into Justine Chapin, the young singer he had to pass up awhile back due to his firm policy. (Never be the first or the last.) When Justine invites Vince and the guys to her music video wrap party, Drama gets nervous that Jacqueline will know he's stepping out and works himself into a guilty frenzy that culminates in accusing Jaq of cheating on him, thus losing his girl.</p><p>At the party, Justine tries to pawn Vince off on a friend and Vince realizes just how far he's fallen. He demands an emergency meeting with Ari, vowing to do whatever it takes to act like a movie star again.</p></div>

The All Out Fall Out

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Rob Weiss</p><p>Drama is miserable over his break up with Jacqueline and Vince's accountant Marvin is pressuring him to get a job, any job. The guys head to Shauna for help and she lines up a Sweet Sixteen gig for Vince but when the birthday girl's mother insists he sit on a throne of Ice, he refuses and Shauna has to step in and renegotiate the terms. Meanwhile, Ari is thrilled with his anniversary gift from Mr. Art - a new Ferrari - but when he floors it in a grudge race with Adam Davies that bangs up his new toy, the gauntlet is thrown down. Ari and Davies battle it out until Ari storms over to his old agency, forcing Davies to apologize.</p><p>Eric secures Amanda's and Ed Norton's interest in his new clients' script and 'Nine Brave Souls' morphs from indie flick to Ridley Scott studio film: 'Smokejumpers.'</p></div>

Fire Sale

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Seith Mann<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin</p><p>Eric finds himself in the middle of a bidding war for 'Smokejumpers' when Ari announces he's finally read the script and wants to sell it with Vince attached at the &quot;general&quot; meetings he's set up. Eric balks, having promised it to Amanda and Ed Norton but Ari reminds him his job is to drive up the price for his clients. Eric step ups, honing his negotiating skills -- and pissing off Amanda in the process.</p><p>Meanwhile, Drama makes a fool of himself on 'The View,' crying over Jaqueline and Turtle and Shauna have to bail him out of jail when he turns his grief - and his briefs - on a police officer. When the only offer Vince gets is the lead in 'Benji,' he urges Ari to let him play the second lead in 'Smokejumpers.' It looks like E can make both Vince and his writers happy with this compromise...until Amanda comes back to Eric with a final offer. Ed Norton's back with a million against two million for the script at the studio run by Alan Gray - the man who fired Vince off the sequel to 'Aquaman.'</p></div>

Tree Trippers

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Julian Farino<br><b>Written by</b> Ally Musika</p><p>Ari strikes out when he tries to get Alan Gray to green light Vince as the second lead in 'Smokejumpers,' so Ari urges Vince to seriously consider Steve <g class="gr_ gr_15 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="15" data-gr-id="15">Parles</g>' 'Benji' offer. Vince needs to do some soul searching so Drama suggests they all head out to the place they go for real answers: Joshua tree. Dragging Ari along, they head over to Eric Roberts' to pick up some 'shrooms for the &quot;trip.&quot; Roberts insists on coming along much to Ari's dismay and they head out in E.R.'s Winnebago. Ari calls Lloyd and orders him to dogsit since Mrs. Ari and the kids are at a family birthday party in Santa Barbara.</p><p>But it's game night for Lloyd, and Tom insists they move the festivities to Ari's house rather than cancel. When Ari is peer-pressured into taking shrooms, he wanders off to take a call from Mrs. Ari, gets lost and starts to freak out. In a panic, he calls Lloyd, who has to talk him down. <g class="gr_ gr_17 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="17" data-gr-id="17">Meanwhile</g> Vince and the guys list the signs they are seeing so Vince can make a decision about 'Benji.' Vince decides he's meant to do the film, but then on the way home, passing a group of firefighters, he changes his mind: He's certain 'Smokejumpers' is his fate.</p></div>

ReDOMption

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Seith Mann<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin</p><p>Ari heads to the green to take on Alan Gray in a game of golf, hoping to win Vince the role in 'Smokejumpers.' But Ari realizes he's got his work cut out when he meets Gray's new coach - Phil Mickelson - and Gray invites Bob Ryan to join them just to annoy Ari. Meanwhile, Vince convinces Drama to hire Turtle as his new assistant and he <g class="gr_ gr_15 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="15" data-gr-id="15">grudingly</g> agrees, putting Turtle through the paces. Just as Eric is about to take his client Charlie to a pilot pitch, Vince gets a call from their old friend Dom, who needs bailing out of jail. Eric doesn't buy Dom's story but Vince convinces Eric to put up the money and a nervous E insists on keeping Dom in his sights all day, not wanting to lose his $100K.</p><p>When they finally head back to Dom's house and discover that his story holds up, E feels bad - especially when Dom's new wife takes off with their baby when she learns Dom was arrested. Turtle quits after a day under Drama's thumb, and back on the golf course, it turns out Alan Gray has been hustling Ari. When Gray turns on the heat, Ari loses big - until Alan vents his rage, collapsing dead on the course.</p></div>

Gotta Look Up to Get Down

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Ally Musika and Rob Weiss</p><p>Vince and the guys show up for his Dolce and &amp; Gabbana photo shoot and when sparks fly between Vince and his co-star, model Natasha, everyone notices - including the campaign's masterming Frederick &quot;call me Freddy&quot; Lyne. Meanwhile, at Alan Gray's funeral, Ari corners Gray's boss John Ellis to secure Vince's role in 'Smokejumpers' but Ellis has other ideas - like hiring Ari as Gray's replacement. Back on the photo shoot, Natasha is replaced and Eric gets some aggressive attention from another model, Raina, who turns out to be more into him as a manager than a boy toy. Vince accuses Freddy of firing Natasha because she wouldn't sleep with him; but Freddy reveals that it's actually Vince that he wants to sleep with and Vince quits, losing out on another $1 million pay check.</p><p>As John continues to woo Ari with a model airplane and expensive watch, Ari gets increasingly annoyed with his clients and decides to take John up on a last minute jaunt with the wives to Geneva on the corporate jet. At Van Nuys, Ari runs into Vince and crew on their way for a getaway with Natasha and a plane full of models. Ari confides to Vince about his job offer and a torn Vince congratulates him and they take off in their separate jets.</p></div>

First Class Jerk

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Ken Whittingham<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin and Rob Weis</p><p>Turtle gets the one first-class ticket home from Hawaii while the other guys ride coach and befriends Jamie Lynn-Sigler. When Drama and the guys ridicule his ability to get with the 'Sopranos' star, Turtle blurts that she intimate with little Turtle mid-flight but no one believes him. Meanwhile, Ari returns from Geneva but word has leaked he's up for the studio job and the pressure is on to decide. Josh Weinstein approaches Eric about representing Vince and sets up a meeting with Frank Darabont but when the offer is for a TV (not film) role, they walk. Mrs. Ari sides with Lloyd when he lectures Ari that he can't abandon his clients or the benefits of being his own boss. Ari is about to pass on the offer when he learns from Dana that Amanda Daniels is next in line. He goes to Amanda to bury the hatchet (and make sure she'll hire his clients) but Amanda won't make peace. Ari heads to John Ellis to discuss the offer after all. But when Vince and the guys go to see Ari he announces that he didn't take the job - he made sure Dana Gordon got it and Vince is back in 'Smokejumpers.' Celebrating at a club, the guys spot Jamie-Lynn Sigler who throws a drink in Turtle's face, having heard he's been bragging about their encounter. When Drama tries to take the blame for spreading false rumors, Jamie-Lynn reveals it was true and she would have gone further if Turtle had kept his mouth shut.</p></div>

Pie

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin</p><p>Vince has first day jitters on the set of 'Smokejumpers' and things only get worse when leading actor Jason Patric steals several of his lines. After wimping out about confronting Jason, Vince goes to the director Verner who says Patric wanted the lines and he had to please his temperamental star; but he assures Vince he's watching out for his character's arc. Meanwhile, Ari has lunch with his old friend Andrew Klein, now a TV lit agent in Encino. When Andrew asks for a loan, Ari makes Lloyd go over the books to figure out how much he's going to lose, but Lloyd discovers that Andrew actually has a successful business with cash flow issues. Ari makes Andrew an offer he can't refuse: to buy his business and become part of Miller Gold. But when Barbara hears the plan, she balks.</p><p>When Vince finally confronts Jason - in the lunch tent after he swoops in front of Turtle for the last slice of pie - Jason informs him that it was Verner who gave him all of Vince's lines and a chagrined Vince realizes he's once again been had.</p></div>

Seth Green Day

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Ken Whittingham<br><b>Written by</b> Ally Musika</p><p>It's full steam for Eric's new star client Charlie Williams and his TV pilot - only the studio wants to cast E's arch-nemesis Seth Green. E swallows his pride to talk to Seth, who demands that Eric have his ex-girlfriend Sloan call him to ask hom to do the show. Eric says no, but uses Seth's demand as an excuse to see Sloan. Once he sees her, E can't bring himself to ask her to go through with it. Meanwhile on the 'Smokejumpers' set, Verner and Vince continue to do battle over Vince's reduced lines and Verner tells Vince he has bad habits as an actor. Ari gets business advice from his daughter Sarah over a family breakfast and decides to try to change Barbara's mind about Andrew Klein by wooing her. He and Lloyd give Andrew a Hollywood-agent makeover but when Barbara starts grilling Andrew he has a panic attack and Barbara sticks with her &quot;no.&quot;</p><p>Eric gets a call that Seth has agreed to the role and when he and Charlie and Seth are waiting for their meeting at the studio, Seth taunts E, revealing that Sloan called him after all. Charlie gets angry and jumps Seth and Eric tries to break it up just as the TV exec enters - it's back to the drawing board for casting. Furious, Ari crashes the women-only luncheon where Barbara's being honored and takes the podium, accusing her of succeeding only on his coattails. He threatens to split the agency in two and she gives in, agreeing to hire Andrew.</p></div>

Play'n with Fire

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Rob Weiss</p><p>Turtle gets a late night booty call from Jamie-Lynn Sigler and leaves the 'Smokejumpers' cabin at dawn, refusing to tell Vince why. When a post-coital Jamie-Lynn wants to take Turtle to her favorite restaurant and spend the day with him, he's in heaven. Back on the set, after 50 takes Verner still doesn't like Vince's performance and when Vince loses his cool, Verner fires him. Ari races to the set but is unable to patch things up and Vince, Eric, Drama and Ari end up racing Verner to the studio to plead their cases to Dana Gordon.</p><p>Verner inists he's got calls in to A-list actors to step in for Vince while Ari pretends he's got Peter Berg lined up to replace Herr Direktor but Dana insists they work things out. Refusing to make peace, Verner storms John Ellis's office. When Ellis watches the rushes to decide what to do, he pulls the plug on the entire film. Despondent, Vince and the guys catch a flight back to Queens, cutting short Turtle's lost weekend with Jamie-Lynn.</p></div>

Return to Queens Blvd

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Ally Musika</p><p>After another late night drowning their sorrows, the guys gather in Vince's mom's kitchen in Queens as she demands to know why her son can't play the lead in Gus Van Sant's latest feature: Page Six says that Joaquin Phoenix dropped out. But when E calls Ari, he informs him Gus isn't a fan; the director even refuses to have Vince audition. Undeterred, Eric goes to Gus's office to try and get Vince a shot. Meanwhile, Vince's mom surprises him with a welcome home party and he and the guys catch up with friends and family. Drama continues to give Turtle a hard time about the mysterious calls he's getting, but Turtle refuses to say anything until Drama grabs the phone away and Jamie-Lynn comes clean. After waiting all day, E finally catches Gus and convinces him to watch Vince's footage from 'Smokejumpers.' Ari balks, but manages to get the footage to Gus, who calls E and Vince, impressed, but not enough to cast him. At the end of his rope, Vince fires E, blaming him for his career failures. Furious, Eric heads back to LA. When Vince gets a surprise offer from Martin Scorsese to star in his next film, Ari points out that it's actually due to E - since it was Gus who slipped Marty the 'Smokejumpers' takes. Back in Hollywood, E won't take Vince's calls so he returns to mend their friendship in person; with a group hug in Eric's office, the boys are back in business.</p></div>

Drive

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin<br><br>On the eve of the '<g class="gr_ gr_12 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="12" data-gr-id="12">Gatbsy</g>' premiere, Eric's been on a hot streak, Vince is about to take his driving test (in preparation for playing Enzo Ferrari), Turtle's going strong with Jamie-Lynn and Drama's still hanging around Vince's mansion in spite of having his own place. Sloan calls Eric and urges him to check out a house her friend is subletting, and while he's afraid to leave Vince stranded, he decides it's time to live on his own.</p><p>At Miller Gold, Andrew is signing top show runners — and Lloyd confronts Ari about a promotion. Not one to be strong-armed, Ari informs Lloyd he's putting him through a hundred-day hazing to prove his readiness. Vince passes his driving test, and the story gives him something to talk about on Leno. But with Eric moving out, Turtle spending time with Jamie-Lynn and Drama working, Vince is left to kick around his mansion solo.</p></div>

Amongst Friends

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Mark Mylod<b><br>Written by</b> Ally Musika<br><br>The gang helps Eric move into his new place and E invites Sloan to accompany him to the 'Gatsby' premiere that night, insisting it's just as &quot;buddies.&quot; When Ashley drops by later with a housewarming gift, Eric brushes off her queries about his plans for the evening, telling the guys he doesn't want her to get ideas about being his girlfriend — he wants to be single right now.</p><p>Ari pushes Mrs. Ari to take Andrew Klein's wife Marlo on a mani-pedi date wanting their wives to be friends. In spite of Andrew's doubts, the two women hit it off. At Miller-Gold, Andrew pulls Ari into a meeting set up by agent Lizzie Grant with two showrunners — Ari picks up on Andrew's flirtation with the junior agent and warns him to stay away. At the premiere, Ashley surprises Eric by showing up. Eric confesses his real feelings for Sloan but she tells him she can't just jump back in and he counters that he can't just be friends. Ari confronts Andrew and Ari orders him to end his fling with Lizzie. Back at Vince's mansion, Eric gets a call from Ashley and decides to console himself with her, leaving Vince, Drama, Turtle and their dates to continue the party.</p></div>

One Car, Two Car, Red Car, Blue Car

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin<br><br>Nervous about the test-screening for his client Charlie's new sit-com, Eric is upset when he learns that Ashley doesn't find Charlie <g class="gr_ gr_18 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace" id="18" data-gr-id="18">likeable</g>. Meanwhile, it's Turtle's 30th birthday and the day begins with a phone call from his mother who chews him out for looking like a loser in People magazine — wearing sneakers to the premiere with Jamie-Lynn. Vince tries to cheer him up by taking the gang driving on a local racetrack and then giving Turtle the keys to a new Ferrari. Vince realizes he should have &quot;coagulated&quot; with Jamie when she shows up with her own gift: a Porsche.</p><p>Lloyd continues his 100 days of hazing — memorizing Ari's clients' favorites drinks. E comes by to talk to Ari about Vince's latest film offers and gets the scores from the test pilot while he's there — they want to replace Charlie. Later, Turtle shows up asking Ari for career advice in the form of potential investors for a business he wants to start. But Ari gives him a speech about the hard work needed to be a self-made man. E avoids Charlie's calls and holes up with Ashley to figure out what's wrong with the pilot. He finally realizes that Charlie sucks — but that Eric needs to sell his client anyway. After getting advice from Ari on how to lie, E storms into Amy Miller's office but fails miserably. At his birthday dinner, Turtle and Jamie announce Turtle is going back to school at UCLA extension for business management.</p></div>

Runnin' on E

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Ken Whittingham<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Ally Musika<br><br>Eric watches the late-night box office returns for 'Gatsby' and Ari calls to revel in Vince's success — and to report that Vince's next film is being pushed several months. As soon as he hangs up, Ari and Mrs. Ari get another call on the home line from Marlo Klein, looking for Andrew. Ari covers for Andrew but later at work he warns him things better be over with junior agent Lizzie Grant. Andrew assures him they are and he's all about the work, but when David Schwimmer shows up for a meeting, it's Lizzie who piques the actor's interest and Andrew's jealousy rears its head. Vince debates what to do now that he has a hiatus and is disappointed that all of the guys are too busy with their own lives to travel with him. He consoles himself with a waitress, and Facebook. As they kill time, Eric complains to Ashley about how bored he is with Vince being his only successful client and she challenges him about what he really wants.</p><p>When Ari learns that Lloyd's gone to Adam Davies, he goes ballistic, and Drama benefits from the tug of war between Lloyd and Ari. Ari gets Drama off 'Five Towns,' but Lloyd makes an impassioned plea to remain his agent. Drama grills Ari about whether he believes in his talent - and Ari lets him go. Eric goes to Ashley's and learns she's suspicious about the identity of &quot;Rupert Pupkin&quot; (the name she saw on his cell phone). She insists she's not normally jealous and suggests she be able to read his emails to re-establish trust. Eric agrees, but has second thoughts and ends up breaking up with Ashley. Meanwhile, Jamie-Lynn gets a new series...shooting in New Zealand.</p></div>

Fore!

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin<br><br>Eric and Ashley's dinner is interrupted by a call from Sloan, who gives E a heads up that she's co-chairing the charity golf event he's attending with Vince and the guys the next day — Eric withholds that news from Ashley. At the golf tournament, Vince and Drama are paired with Mark Wahlberg and Tom Brady, and Sloan informs Eric that uber-manager Murray Berenson requested him. Ari tortures Lloyd by making him caddy for his team, which includes Jeffrey Tambor, who cheats to impress his two sons.</p><p>Drama makes a fool of himself trying to win his wager to outplay his teammates. Turtle, being a loyal Giants fan, psyches himself up to tell Tom Brady off, but when Tom suggests Turtle and Jamie-Lynn should join him and Gisele for dinner, he melts. Mrs. Ari calls her husband, wanting to know why he's trying to buy her off with a new Maserati rather than just say he's sorry, but Ari insists it wasn't his place to confide about Andrew's affair. Murray tries to get E to come work for him, but when Eric discovers Sloan was the one who recommended him, he has doubts. Later that night, mulling over the job offer with Ashley, Eric mistakenly calls her &quot;Sloan.&quot;</p></div>

Murphy's Lie

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Julian Farino<br><b>Written by </b>Ally Musika<br><br>Turtle and Vince watch as Jamie shoots her 'Five Towns' love scene with Drama. E shows up late, having had a rough night after calling Ashley &quot;Sloan.&quot; Ari finally convinces Mrs. Ari to accept his apology, but his problems aren't over: At Miller Gold, Marlo Klein tears through the offices in search of Andrew's &quot;whore.&quot; Ari gets rid of her and has Lloyd track down Andrew and Lizzie, intending to fire them both but Lizzie insists it's over. Ari orders Andrew to go back home to Marlo. E goes to Ashley's to apologize, but as he's showering after their make-up sex, Ashley listens to a voice message he gets from Sloan. Realizing Sloan was responsible for his new job offer, Ashley storms out.</p><p>Eric meets with Maury Berenson and accepts the job with his management company. Studio exec Dan Coakley shows up on set to meet Jamie-Lynn and invites her to lunch to discuss future projects. Drama gets protective and follows them to spy. While Turtle is <g class="gr_ gr_20 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="20" data-gr-id="20">at</g> his first day of school, Vince kills time with co-eds and gets updates from Drama about Jamie-Lynn's lunch date. Back on set, when Jamie-Lynn hasn't returned, Drama works himself into a frenzy, storms Coakleys' office and tries to choke him. Coakley threatens to have him killed — by the writers. When E shows up at Ashley's that night she accuses him of still having feelings for Sloan and he admits he does.</p></div>

No More Drama

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin<br><b>Directed by </b>Doug Ellin</p><p>Vince's mansion is broken into in the middle of the night. While the cops see no sign of an intruder, the maid discovers all of the guys' underwear has been stolen so Ari urges Vince to call his security guy. Lloyd informs Drama that he's not needed on set that day and the guys tell Drama to suck it up and apologize to Dan Coakley. Eric starts his new job and immediately bumps up against fellow manager Scott when he mentions he knows Bob Saget (who Murray is eager to sign). When Saget will only talk to <g class="gr_ gr_19 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="19" data-gr-id="19">E,</g> and demands to have sex in Murray's office as a stipulation for signing, Scott makes E take the offer to Murray who ultimately agrees.</p><p>After several failed attempts at apologizing, Drama finally grovels in person and Coakley tells him he's not firing him — he's going to torture him instead. Meanwhile, Vince and Turtle go gun shopping thinking they can handle security <g class="gr_ gr_13 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="13" data-gr-id="13">themselves,</g> but are dismayed by the 10-day waiting period. When Drama brings some guns home and one goes off, Vince decides it's time to call in the pros.</p></div>

The Sorkin Notes

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin &amp; Ally Musika<br><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><br>Eric cuts short a call from Sloan, who wants to make sure E's not angry with her. He runs off to meet with Vince and the Israeli security team. Vince and the guys wonder if the Fort Knox treatment is really necessary. At <g class="gr_ gr_21 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="21" data-gr-id="21">Miller</g> Gold Ari finds Andrew passed out on his office couch because Marlo kicked him out and blocked his credit cards. Barbara Miller wants Andrew fired if he doesn't sign Aaron Sorkin by the end of the day. Sloan invites Eric for a friendly drink and even though she admits she's seeing someone, he agrees. When Marlo won't let Andrew back in the house to get his Sorkin notes — and then torches them — Andrew drives through the front window and ends up in jail.</p><p>Eric gets a call from Ashley just as he's meeting Sloan and ditches on drinks with her, telling Sloan he doesn't want to mess things up with a girl he kind of likes when Sloan is sending such missed signals. Ari makes Andrew pitch Sorkin from jail and when Andrew breaks down, Sorkin takes pity on him and agrees to sign, much to Ari's surprise. E makes up with Ashley. Meanwhile, the security team finds a driver's license in Vince's couch cushions — has his stalker been found?</p></div>

Security Briefs

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Ally Musika<br><b>Directed by</b> Ken Whittingham<br><br>Vince and Turtle are upset about the security team's takeover of the mansion, but when the driver's license found <g class="gr_ gr_14 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="14" data-gr-id="14">in</g> the couch leads to a guy with a dubious past, Vince decides the security is worth the hassle. Turtle and Drama call E to meet Vince at his fitting for the Frank Darabont film and Ashley grows suspicious of his cryptic replies. Ari steals Zac Efron away from Adam Davies, and Adam retaliates by offering Lloyd a job as an agent. Lloyd rejects the offer, but reconsiders when Ari more than doubles his hazing period. Lloyd finally quits in a rage, abandoning Ari's smashed-up car in Beverly Hills.</p><p>When Drama learns that the alleged stalker works at The Pleasure Chest, a store he used to frequent, he takes matters into his own hands. Just before he's about to go Rambo on the guy, he gets a call from Vince: Turtle has discovered that Vince's stalker is actually a bunch of sorority girls who were ordered to steal &quot;Jamie-Lynn Sigler's boyfriend's underwear.&quot; Ashley meets Eric's assistant and the green monster rears her head, again.</p></div>

Berried Alive

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin<br><b>Directed by</b> David Nutter</p><p>Turtle frets over his unclean thoughts about the sorority girl, given his devotion to Jamie-Lynn. When Drama runs into the producer of 'Melrose,' (who canned him) and he suggests there's a part in 'Melrose 2009' that Johnny would be perfect for, Drama contacts Lloyd to see if he can get out of his 'Five Towns' contract — and discovers Lloyd has jumped ship.</p><p>When Ari learns that Lloyd's gone to Adam Davies, he goes ballistic, and Drama benefits from the tug of war between Lloyd and Ari. Ari gets Drama off 'Five Towns,' but Lloyd makes an impassioned plea to remain his agent. Drama grills Ari about whether he believes in his talent - and Ari lets him go. Eric goes to Ashley's and learns she's suspicious about the identity of &quot;Rupert Pupkin&quot; (the name she saw on his cell phone). She insists she's not normally jealous and suggests she be able to read his emails to re-establish trust. Eric agrees, but has second thoughts and ends up breaking up with Ashley. Meanwhile, Jamie-Lynn gets a new series...shooting in New Zealand.</p></div>

Scared Straight

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin<br><b>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod</p><p>Eric is distressed to learn he and Drama shared a conquest... and even more upset when he finds out she's &quot;slutty&quot; and he didn't wear a condom. He gets tested for an STD. Ari continues to go through Lloyd replacements and is surprised by a visit from Terrance McQuewick, who gives him 24 hours to consider buying his agency, TMA. As Jamie packs for her New Zealand gig, she wonders how she and Turtle can make a long-distance relationship work, especially after she gets jealous of his new co-ed Facebook friend. Turtle is stunned when she breaks it off with him at the airport, insisting she doesn't want him to resent not being able to see other people.</p><p><g class="gr_ gr_15 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="15" data-gr-id="15">Drama</g> has a meltdown at the new 'Melrose' audition and ends up in the hospital. Even though Lloyd gets him a do-over audition, Drama passes, insisting he needs to re-evaluate his choices after this scare. Ari tries to get dirt on Terrance from his trophy wife, Melinda, who reveals that they're divorcing — information that allows Ari to drive Terrance's price down to $75 million. Eric gets a clean bill of health and announces he wants Sloan back.</p></div>

Give a Little Bit

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b><b>Written by </b></b>Doug Ellin &amp; Ally Musika<b><br>Directed by</b> Mark Mylod<br><br>With Vince leaving for Italy the next day, Drama's the only one free to go with him. At couples counseling, Mrs. Ari objects to Ari using $12 million of her money to buy out TMA, suspecting it's more about revenge than good business. Ari gives an impassioned speech, winning her over. Matt Damon, Bono and LeBron James guilt Vince into giving a substantial donation to Damon's charity for kids. At the contract signing, Terrance springs the news of an addendum — that the new firm must retain the name of TMA — and Ari walks out. Drama reconsiders his &quot;no&quot; to the Melrose audition and kills it, but still gets turned down for being too old. Instead, he gets a holding deal from the network, so they can develop a series for him to star in. Eric whisks Sloan away to lunch to profess his love — and she gets furious.</p><p>She accuses him of not being able to commit, but he insists this time he's in for real, producing an engagement ring. When Turtle realizes that even the hot co-ed can't distract him from his feelings for Jamie, he decides to go after her. On the plane to New Zealand though, he gets a call from her, insisting he not come. As the plane takes off, he buckles up for a long flight. Meanwhile, Terrance and Ari make peace and the deal goes through...then Ari goes postal at TMA, paintballing all of the agents he's firing - and giving Lloyd a reprieve. When Lloyd goes to tell Ari off, Ari offers an apology and an agent position, with an office. E and Sloan show up at the airport to see Vince and Drama off - and announce their engagement.</p></div>

Stunted

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin<br><b>Directed by</b> Doug Ellin</p><p>Now operating a car service staffed by hot drivers, Turtle has trouble with one girl, Alex, who is continually getting lost. Although the guys tell Turtle to fire her, he hasn't.</p><p>Director Nick Cassavetes presses <g class="gr_ gr_28 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace" id="28" data-gr-id="28">Vince to</g> do his own stunt for a chase scene. E and Ari try to undo Vince's promise by tipping off the studio to Cassavetes' plan, but Nick talks Vince into ignoring the studio's safety concerns.</p><p>When Ari demands his agents present him with new challenges, the mailroom boy comes up with one: The NFL is selling their TV rights. Ari instantly promotes the kid and tells the rest of his staff to get him a meeting with the NFL.</p><p>Phil Yagoda has bad news for Drama: He only has eight weeks left on his holding deal. Drama insists that Lloyd and Ari put together a team to read scripts for him, and is crushed to learn new shows are being made by the network - just not starring him.</p><p>Turtle goes to LAX to help Alex who has lost her car. She confides to him that she's a mess because her parents are divorcing. While comforting her, Turtle goes in for a kiss. Offended, Alex quits.</p><p>Ari goes to the mansion to talk Vince out of doing the stunt. But when Vince senses skepticism from the guys, Vince refuses to change his mind.</p><p>On set, Cassavetes shows Ari a copy of Variety - featuring an ad with Ari dressed in drag from his frat days. With Nick shooting from the passenger seat, Vince does his stunt, crashing into a part of the set. Vince emerges from the fiery wreckage, ready to go again.</p></div>

Buzzed

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Ally Musika<br><b>Directed by</b> Tucker Gates</p><p>At breakfast with Eric and Drama, Turtle's credit card is declined. When he calls AmEx, he learns there is a $10,000 charge - and he immediately suspects Alex. </p><p>While driving to the Valley with Mrs. Ari to look at a chandelier, Ari gets a last-minute meeting with Jerry Jones to discuss selling the NFL's TV rights. He abandons Mrs. Ari mid-trip.</p><p>Vince opts for a do-it-yourself haircut, and surprises everyone with his new look. Vince assures Eric that Cassavetes has already locked the movie, but a new problem arises when he says the movie &quot;might suck&quot; during an interview with Access Hollywood. Unable to stop Maria Menounos from running the quote, Shauna calls Ari for help.<br>Eric agrees to help Drama find a script and finds himself buried in reading material.</p><p>When Alex comes to pick up her last check, Turtle confronts her about a $10,000 charge at Tiffany's. She reminds him that she bought his mom a gift there at his request - but only for $1000. Clearing it up with Tiffany's, Turtle tries to apologize to Alex.</p><p>Drama and Vince are photographed leaving a strip club. At Eric's office to read scripts with Drama, Vince gets distracted by an article about trying new things. Wandering off, he runs into Scott Lavin. Drama signs Eric as his manager.</p><p>Ari is focused on his NFL pitch and forgets to call Maria. Lizzie Grant joins him in his NFL meeting and the two dazzle the team owners. The organization decides to keep their TV sale internal, but the league wants Ari to bring football back to L.A. Mrs. Ari walks in as Ari gives Lizzie a celebratory spin, and is unhappy when she learns Lizzie is the one who broke up Andrew Klein's marriage.</p><p>A furious Cassavetes calls Ari: He doesn't care about the quote - Vince never checked with him about his hair. Ari and Eric get on the phone with Vince, but Vince can't talk - he and Scott are about to jump out of a plane.</p></div>

Dramedy

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin<br><b>Directed by</b> Ken Whittingham</p><p>Still angry about seeing Ari with Lizzie Grant, Mrs. Ari gives him the cold shoulder at breakfast: &quot;The slut that ruined your best friend's marriage and career is still working in your office.&quot;</p><p>Vince shows off his new motorcycle to Scott, who has no time to try it out. He has to go to an auction for Murray, who is away, again.<br>Drama and Eric meet with Roger Jay, an Emmy-award winning writer. Drama is surprised to learn that Roger's career peaked in <g class="gr_ gr_38 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="38" data-gr-id="38">'91,</g> and that his pitch, about two brothers working at the Four Seasons Maui, is a comedy.</p><p>Marvin the accountant tells Turtle his business is losing thousands of dollars each month and advises him to find a new line of work. When Turtle tries to cut salaries, all of his girls quit.</p><p>To squash rumors that he's leaving, Ari calls a staff meeting and announces he's bringing a football team to LA. He reminds everyone that the NFL reputation is &quot;prestigious&quot; so they should watch what they say. Lizzie lobbies for Andrew Klein's job but Ari says no.</p><p>At the auction with Scott, Vince spots a $250,000 dinosaur head. The pair runs into Randall Wallace who tells Vince he has a project with Stan Lee that would be perfect for him.</p><p>Drama is persuaded by Eric that he is funny... but worries whether they can find someone to play his better-looking brother.</p><p>Barbara Miller warns Ari Lizzie has threatened to leave if she's not promoted. She argues that Lizzie is worth keeping, but Ari thinks the threat is a bluff. When Lizzie does quit, Ari uses the news to win back his wife, promising her Lizzie is no longer working at TMA.</p><p>Alex calls to complain her check has bounced. Turtle tells her to stop by and he'll give her cash. Financially strapped herself, she offers to introduce Turtle to a friend in Mexico who can help them both make money.</p><p>Phil Yagoda gets John Stamos interested in playing Drama's brother - they just need to meet. Drama calls Eric with the good news, and Vince tells him to join the party taking place at the mansion. Eric gets Sloan's okay to leave their quiet dinner at home to head to the party - he's worried that Scott has introduced Vince to Randall Wallace. Once there, Eric gets into a shoving match with Scott and breaks Vince's new dinosaur head. </p></div>

Tequila Sunrise

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin<br><b>Directed by </b>Adam Davidson</p><p>At breakfast, Drama worries about meeting John Stamos who is due to arrive at the mansion. Vince urges Eric to read Randall Wallace's &quot;Air-Walker&quot; script which he likes a lot. E is surprised: &quot;You never read anything I give you that fast.&quot;</p><p>While prepping for his lunchtime meeting with LA's billionaires, Ari spots Lizzie packing up. Lizzie warns Ari she'll get back <g class="gr_ gr_45 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="45" data-gr-id="45">at</g> him for his treatment of her.</p><p>E reads the script and realizes it is good. He tries to praise Scott, but gets annoyed when he learns Scott already set up meetings about &quot;Air-Walker.&quot; Scott taunts him for feeling threatened. When E seeks Sloan's advice, she reminds him, &quot;You can't control who Vince is friends with.&quot;</p><p>Johnny awkwardly interacts with John Stamos whose mood changes once he sees a ping pong table in the backyard. Drama steps up to play a dismissive Stamos -- and handily defeats him. Stamos stomps off without discussing the series.</p><p>In Mexico with Alex, Turtle refuses to ride in a car with her gun-toting friend Carlos. Carlos promises their talk will be about tequila.</p><p>Phil Yagoda tells Drama it was a mistake to embarrass the super-competitive Stamos. Since the network is sold on Stamos, Johnny will need to get him back on board.</p><p>Eric and Scott bury the hatchet. Scott apologizes for being a dick: He resented Eric's success and connection to Murray. The two team up, realizing they're the ones working while Murray's off playing.</p><p>Enjoying Carlos' Avion tequila, Turtle finds out he's been brought in because of his connection to Vince. Angry about being used, he leaves, but Alex convinces him to stay. Still, she refuses to sleep with him.</p><p>After successfully wining and dining the town's richest men, Ari's celebration is cut short when Andrew Klein calls with news: Lizzie has a big backer and they're going after TMA's clients.</p><p>Drama goes to Stamos' ping pong club to try and win him back. Stamos offers to do the show if Drama beats him. The two face off in a furious match, and<br>Stamos wins, 11-6. Despite Drama's loss, Stamos promises to read the script. Drama confides to the guys he threw the game.</p><p>Vince, Johnny, <g class="gr_ gr_47 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="47" data-gr-id="47">Scott</g> and Stamos all head to Las Vegas. E stays behind-- he has an appointment with his wedding planner.</p></div>

Bottoms Up

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin<b><br>Directed by</b> Dan Attias</p><p>Vince chats up a woman at the club while the guys watch – it's Sasha Grey, the porn star turned actress. When conversation turns to anal sex, the guys encourage Eric to try it before he's married.<br><br>Ari works out his anger about Lizzie while having sex with his wife, which only makes Mrs. Ari angry.<br>Sasha makes pancakes for Vince and Turtle, who serves them Avion tequila. Vince likes the tequila, and encouraged, Turtle makes plans to talk to E about Vince promoting the product.<br><br>Bob Saget ambushes E at the office: He's pissed Eric has been ignoring him – and that it was Stamos who sent him the script. He plans to do the show, and possibly, fire Eric. Sloan calls mid-meeting – she's worried Eric has googled &quot;anal sex.&quot;<br><br>Anxious to protect his clients from Lizzie, Ari chats up Mike Tyson who wants to do his own series. To win back Jessica Simpson, he and Lloyd present her with a new dog to replace the one that died a year ago. Jessica refuses the gesture but Lloyd falls in love with the poodle.<br>Eric gives Drama the news that Saget is partnering with Stamos. Distraught, Drama confronts Saget who reveals Roger Jay sent the script to everyone – it wasn't written specifically for Drama.<br><br>When Turtle tries to sell him on the tequila idea for Vince, E says no.<br><br>Buzzed from the tequila, Vince and Sasha meet with Randall Wallace and Stan Lee to discuss &quot;Air-Walker.&quot; Later, Randall Wallace complains that Vince showed up drunk and with a porn star.<br><br>Andrew Sorkin is unresponsive to Ari's hustle – he prefers Lizzie. When Jessica Simpson arrives at the office wanting the dog, she hits it off with Sorkin. Ari gets the two to commit to TMA, and Simpson gets the poodle, to Lloyd's dismay.<br><br>E tells Drama that the network is sold on Saget and Stamos.<br><br>Ari and Mrs. Ari's reconciliation is interrupted by a phone call from Amanda Davis. Amanda warns Ari she'll help Lizzie take him down -- Lizzie's been keeping a journal.<br>Eric and Sloan try anal sex and decide against it. Vince calls a still-recovering Eric to say he's backing Turtle's tequila idea.</p><p> </p></div>

Hair

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin<br><b>Directed by</b> Doug Ellin<br><br>Turtle shoots video of Vince and Sasha enjoying Avión tequila poolside. &quot;Guys can f**k like <g class="gr_ gr_44 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="44" data-gr-id="44">me</g> and girls can f**k like a porn star,&quot; Vince tells the camera.<br><br>Ari and Barbara Miller consult with a lawyer who thinks they should settle with Lizzie. To preserve the NFL deal, Ari decides to make nice with Amanda Daniels himself.<br><br>Eric and Scott celebrate Vince's 'Air-Walker' offer: $12 million plus back-end. Dodging Billy Walsh's calls, he and Scott head to Ari's office to discuss the details – and to gloat the deal was made without him.<br><br>Turtle confides to Vince and Drama he failed to dazzle Alex the night before. Hesitating, he explains he was surprised by her personal grooming: &quot;It was completely bald and I freaked.&quot; Drama points out that everyone is going smooth and if Turtle wants to impress, he should take care of his own manscaping.<br>E and Scott show up at Ari's and find him stewing. And because he's been distracted, it's the first he's hearing about 'Air Walker.' Amanda Daniels arrives to directly confront Ari. She refuses to back down: not only did Lizzie keep a journal, she has recordings of Ari.<br>Turtle and Alex meet for an awkward lunch and he begs for another shot. A clean-shaven Billy Walsh arrives at the mansion to ask E for help getting his career back.</p><p><br>Scott tells E that the two of them are doing all the work for men like Murray and Ari, and he's tired of it. His tirade is interrupted by call from Shauna: Vince keeps tweeting about tequila and there are racy videos of him and Sasha online.</p><p><br>Ari follows Lizzie to lunch and she tells him since she wants to make her money legitimately, she has no plans to sue, but the tapes will be posted on Deadline Hollywood. As Ari worries about the fallout, Mrs. Ari stops by and says she's feeling neglected. Ari promises to take her to dinner after attending to business: the studio is unconvinced about Vince.</p><p><br>E shows up to talk to Vince about his tweets. He is surprised to see Billy at the mansion, but Billy insists he's ready for a fresh start. He even has an idea for Drama: With that face and voice, he's better suited for animation.</p><p><br>Alex and Turtle successfully have sex. Alex tells Turtle she thought the problem was that he was a virgin. Turtle confesses he was startled by what he saw and Alex teases him for going bald too.</p><p><br>Ari stops by the mansion to talk to Vince about the studio's concerns. He gets Eric's assurance that Vince isn't serious about Sasha, but they can't talk to him -- he's passed out, naked, by the pool.</p></div>

Tequila and Coke

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin &amp; Ally Musika<br><b>Directed by </b>David Nutter</p><p>Billy rebuffs a girl who's interested to hear he's a director. Heading upstairs to rest, he spots Vince doing a line of coke with Scott and Sasha. Eric calls the house to remind Turtle that Vince needs to be ready for tomorrow's studio meeting.</p><p><br>Unsettled by Lizzie's threat, Ari calls Anna Fowler at Deadline Hollywood, only to learn she has nothing on him. Sensing an opportunity, he seeks out Lizzie, who has actually quit Amanda's. The two make peace: Ari will find Lizzie a studio job; she'll turn over the tapes.</p><p><br>With news about Avión spreading around town, Turtle brokers an exclusive deal with a liquor store in exchange for priority placement; he only needs to provide 50 cases for sale. An unhappy Carlos calls Turtle to tell him his job was to get Vince involved, not to move cases.</p><p><br>E calls Vince to remind him about the meeting, waking him. Billy senses that Vince isn't right, and suggests he grabs some coffee before heading out. At the meeting, Vince is noticeably twitchy.</p><p><br>Billy pitches his show idea to Drama and Eric – an animated series about a high-strung gorilla, voiced by Drama, 'Johnny's Bananas.' Drama is furious he's been reduced to a cartoon monkey but Eric is intrigued.</p><p><br>Scrambling to fulfill his promise to the liquor store, Turtle calls everyone he gave cases <g class="gr_ gr_42 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace" id="42" data-gr-id="42">to</g>. With 40 of them back in his hands, he is able to keep the store's patrons happy. When TMZ shoots the lines snaking out the door, Turtle gets them to run the footage in exchange for a tip later about Vince's whereabouts.</p><p><br>Ari and Dana Gordon make a deal -- she'll give Lizzie a job; if Lenny Kravitz does one of her movies. Their celebration is spoiled by news from Randall Wallace – he thinks Vince is on coke. Eric is surprised to hear the accusation when Ari relays it to him. Billy advises E to call Vince.</p><p><br>Lenny Kravitz refuses to take the part – it's clear the director just wants to sleep with him – putting Ari's deal with Dana in jeopardy. Disappointed that he doesn't have a job for her yet, Lizzie still agrees to hand over the tapes. Moments later, Barbara Miller breaks the news to Ari: the contents of the recordings are online. Ari's phones begin ringing nonstop and Jerry Jones immediately severs NFL's ties to him.</p><p><br>En route up the coast with Sasha, Vince calls Eric and denies he was on coke. &quot;You totally just lied to him,&quot; says Sasha.</p></div>

Sniff Sniff Gang Bang

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin &amp; Ally Musika<br><b>Directed by</b> David Nutter<br><br>After a night in separate bedrooms, Mrs. Ari confronts her husband with a printout of his quotes. What upsets her most is that it took him hours to get home after the news broke – he put work before his family.<br><br>Sasha informs Vince that she has been offered $200,000 for a five-man gangbang. Although Vince tells her to turn down the part – and offers to pay her if she will – Sasha is adamant about accepting it. &quot;I'm not asking your permission,&quot; she says. &quot;Just letting you know.&quot;<br><br>Carlos arrives in L.A. and tells Turtle the factory is not equipped to handle the business he's bringing in. Turtle promises to bring in funding so Avión can grow.<br><br>Ari tries to maintain a new attitude at work, but when Dana Gordon calls to say Vince will need to take a drug test, he reverts to his old self: &quot;I will not be fucked in the ass. And Vince won't piss in a cup.&quot;<br><br>Vince turns to Scott for advice about Sasha – and drugs. Scott suggests Vince dump Sasha, and says no to the latter request. Instead, Vince apologizes to Sasha. E calls with news about the drug test, so Vince decides to talk to Dana himself. As E heads out to see Dana too, Billy admits he saw Vince do coke with Scott. Furious, E storms into Scott's office.<br><br>Although everyone else, including the network, is excited about the cartoon, Drama still refuses to consider it. Phil Yagoda suggests they find a replacement for Drama if he doesn't want to do the show, but Eric tells him no -- the show is E's property, and he wants to keep working on Drama.<br><br>At an emergency therapy session, Mrs. Ari announces she will need to re-evaluate their relationship. Ari hesitates about making any more promises – he's afraid of breaking them.<br><br>Vince argues to Dana that his word should be good enough for the studio. By the time Eric arrives, he learns Randall Wallace has dropped out.<br><br>Waiting for Ari to help him with fundraising, Turtle runs into Mark Cuban. Intrigued by Avión, Cuban invites Turtle and Alex to Sacramento with him for further discussion.<br><br>Eric confronts Vince about his recent behavior and choice in girlfriends. Unfazed, Vince tells E he will deliver for the movie – and Eric should find out how to fit Sasha into it.</p></div>

Porn Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Ally Musika<br><b>Directed by</b> Kevin Connolly<br><br>When Vince learns one of the guys Sasha will be gang-banging is her former fiancé, he pushes Eric to get her a part in 'Air-Walker.' They fight over E's hesitance and whether Vince is high. E continues to give Scott the cold shoulder at work.<br><br>Out bowling with his family, Ari refuses to talk to Amanda Daniels, even though she keeps calling. Later, Queen Latifah breaks the news to him that Amanda Daniels is bringing an NFL team to L.A.<br><br>Turtle receives a call from a furious Carlos: Why is Mark Cuban interested in Avión? Carlos, already en route to see Turtle, demands he quit talking tequila until then. With Cuban also headed to L.A. Turtle decides the two should meet.<br><br>Drama strikes up a friendship with E's assistant Jenny, who persuades him to hear out Phil Yagoda on the 'Johnny's Bananas' idea.<br><br>Peter Berg, the new director of 'Air-Walker,' tells Vince and E he doesn't care about any of the rumors -- he just wants to make the movie. Vince then asks Berg for a part for Sasha, and Berg agrees she can have a small role, one with sequel potential.<br><br>Carlos arrives at the mansion and finds Mark Cuban's team in attendance as well. Feeling ambushed, he lays out his terms for expansion: $5 million with no restrictions. Cuban threatens to purchase the company outright. Carlos reveals to Turtle that since he has an older brother who would love to sell the company, Avión is lost.<br><br>Drama again turns to Jenny when he starts feeling nervous about meeting with Phil. Soothed, he tells Phil he's in and leaves immediately, unaware of the elaborate song and dance Phil has prepared for him in a conference room.<br><br>Ari and Mrs. Ari enjoy a phone-free dinner in the same restaurant as Vince, Sasha and also, Amanda Daniels. Ari tries to call her from the bathroom, where he has had Jake hide a cell phone. An enormous scene erupts when Amanda approaches to finish their conversation and Ari threatens to destroy her.<br><br>Amanda counters that it was a disgruntled ex-assistant who released the tapes <g class="gr_ gr_45 gr-alert gr_tiny gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation replaceWithoutSep" id="45" data-gr-id="45">–</g> and that she had called to bring him in on the NFL deal, an offer no longer on the table. Ari leaves alone as Mrs. Ari tries to overcome her humiliation.<br><br>Vince tells Sasha he has a part for her in 'Air-Walkers,' so now she can turn down the other role… and he loves her. Sasha responds it sounds more like he's trying to control her. The two argue in the hallway, and then have sex in the bathroom.<br><br>Drama, Lloyd, Billy, <g class="gr_ gr_44 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="44" data-gr-id="44">Turtle</g> and Alex celebrate Drama's new series. In search of more tequila, Lloyd discovers a large bag of cocaine.</p></div>

Lose Yourself

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin<br><b>Directed by</b> David Nutter</p><p>Drama paces, fearing the worst: Vince never came home. Waiting expectantly for Vince to appear at his kid's Little League game, Ari quarrels with his wife about the scene he caused at the restaurant. John Cleese advises Ari to cancel the surprise party he's throwing her; the tension is too palpable.<br><br>Turtle scrambles to raise $20 million to outmaneuver Mark Cuban's Avión buyout. He calls everyone he's ever met, with no takers.<br><br>Eric instructs Drama not to romance his assistant. Scott approaches E with news: Vince showed up at his place last night in search of drugs.<br><br>Vince appears at Sasha's shoot for 'The Cumback.' He insists he <g class="gr_ gr_49 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="49" data-gr-id="49">meet</g> her ex, and it turns out he's also named Vince. Vince (Chase) gives Sasha an ultimatum -- quit the movie or they're through. Sasha holds her ground.<br><br>Drama rallies everyone to the mansion for an intervention. Ari leaves work early to smooth things over with his wife and finds his sister-in-law Marci in town to comfort her. Offering to settle her debts and pay for her kids' schooling, he gets Marci to coordinate Mrs. Ari's arrival at the surprise party, where Christina Aguilera will sing her favorite song.<br><br>Waiting for Vince, Scott reveals to E that he's<br>planning a coup, and he's rallied the firm behind him. The intervention fails miserably when no one can tell Vince how his addiction has adversely affected them. Vince accuses E of only caring about his paycheck and storms off: &quot;I know you all need me, but I'll call if I need you.&quot; He checks into the Roosevelt Hotel and begins doing lines.<br><br>Turtle appeals to Cuban directly: The success of Avión is rooted in Carlos' passion for it. Persuaded, Cuban agrees to the $5 million investment with no strings.<br><br>E meets Terrence McQuewick for lunch and is thrown when he's asked to sign a <g class="gr_ gr_53 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="53" data-gr-id="53">pre-nup</g>. Sloan insists she knew nothing about it, but still resentful, E tells Scott he's on board with the coup.<br><br>Ari's guests and Christina Aguilera wait for Mrs. Ari's arrival. Despite Ari's plans, Marci enters alone, having revealed the surprise to her sister. Mrs. Ari calls and tells a stunned Ari she needs a break from their marriage.<br><br>Vince crashes a party Eminem is throwing at the hotel. Hitting on all the women, he offends Minka Kelly. Drama is unable to persuade him to leave, and when security arrives to escort them out, Vince taunts Eminem and starts a fight.<br><br>The whole crew gathers at the hospital. Bruised and bloody, there's no way that Vince can make his camera test for Peter Berg. He tries to <g class="gr_ gr_50 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="50" data-gr-id="50">leave,</g> but is stopped by a cop who has questions about the coke they found.</p><p> </p></div>

Home Sweet Home

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Doug Ellin<br><b>Directed by</b> Doug Ellin<br><br>Eric and Sloan have split up, and E gets an angry call from his former fiancée insisting he <g class="gr_ gr_39 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="39" data-gr-id="39">remove</g> his stuff from her home. He and Scott, now in charge of the firm, meet with actor Johnny Galecki who is overly interested in Sloan's relationship status.<br><br>As Vince says goodbye to the friends he made in rehab, Drama clears the house of all drugs, even the over-the-counter ones. A large crowd of fans and reporters gather outside of Promises to watch Vince's release. When Ari and Scott arrive at the center to bring Vince home, E realizes his best friend has been in touch with everyone but him.<br><br>With months to go before the start of his next project, Vince reveals he's conceived an idea he wants to direct: A TV movie about miners who are rescued by a Labrador. Everyone winces at the idea but only E wants to tell him the truth. Drama, <g class="gr_ gr_42 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="42" data-gr-id="42">Turtle</g> and Scott advocate waiting at week… and then break the news to Eric that Sloan sent his wedding ring back a few days ago, in a standard envelope. &quot;Wasn't even padded,&quot; says Drama.<br><br>The guys hastily organize a party at the mansion, minus all alcohol, to keep Vince from celebrating at a club. Upon hearing Vince's miner pitch, Billy Walsh assures him, &quot;It's an interesting take on a familiar story.&quot; Encouraged by Drama to say something upbeat, Walsh offers to direct. Eric tries to leave a message for Sloan, but frustrated by the voice mail prompts, shouts &quot;F*ck you&quot; into the phone.<br><br>Ari returns to his house and tries to win his wife back. She insists she's not ready, and when pressed, admits that she's been seeing someone else. Ari drowns his sorrows at Vince's <g class="gr_ gr_38 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="38" data-gr-id="38">party,</g> but learns after the fact the vodka he's been drinking is non-alcoholic.<br><br>Eric and Vince reconcile when Eric promises to be a friend first, manager second. In keeping with that promise, he tells Vince the miner idea is terrible; Turtle reluctantly agrees. Vince demands that everyone stop tiptoeing around him and just tell him the truth. On the spot, Billy tells Vince the miner idea would be better as a TV movie starring Drama. Everyone agrees that idea is more viable.<br><br>Arnold starts barking: a joint Turtle tossed into the bushes has started a fire. The partygoers watch the firefighters extinguish the flames, as Ari chokes back tears.</p></div>

Out with a Bang

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Ally Musika<br><b style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">Directed by </b>Doug Ellin</p><p>Now living in The Roosevelt Hotel, the guys are impressed Vince has pounded out an outline of Johnny's TV movie overnight. Vince wants to pass it on to Billy Walsh to flesh it out and Drama readily agrees: &quot;Guy knows my voice like Scorsese knows DeNiro's.&quot;</p><p>Turtle begins to worry when Alex, <g class="gr_ gr_30 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="30" data-gr-id="30">away</g> promoting Avión, doesn't return his calls. His worries increase when he finds out she been in touch with all the other Avión girls.</p><p>Eric is surprised when Sloan calls to scream &quot;F*ck you&quot; at him, unaware that she is responding to the voice mail message he left the night before. He heads to her place to clear out his stuff and they end up having breakup sex.</p><p>Lloyd asks Ari to make him the head of the TV department so they can land producer Steve Levitan... then breaks the news he spotted Mrs. Ari at Flay's restaurant. Ari forces Lloyd to return with him to find out who would draw her to a restaurant he knows she loathes. Ari quizzes the staff and is crushed to learn his wife might be dating an actor-waiter.</p><p>Eager for representation, Andrew Dice Clay goes to see Scott, who turns out to be a big fan. After Phil Yagoda tells the boys the show tested through the roof, Dice tries to talk Drama into walking so they can get a raise.</p><p>Ari calls his sister-in-law to find out details about Mrs. Ari's boyfriend and determines that she <i>is</i> dating the waiter. Ari offers Lloyd a shot as head of TV, as long he screws up the waiter's upcoming 'Mad Men' audition. When Mrs. Ari finds out the audition was sabotaged, she storms into Ari's office and reveals she's dating Bobby Flay, not someone on his staff. Furious, Ari bans the agency from dining at any Flay establishment.</p><p>Still hopeful that he and Sloan can reconcile, Eric is caught off guard when she calls to thank him for the closure: She's moving to New York.</p></div>

One Last Shot

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Wesley Nickerson III &amp; Kenny <g class="gr_ gr_44 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="44" data-gr-id="44">Niebart</g><br><b>Directed by </b>Dan Attias<br><br>At a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, Vince runs into Carl Ertz, the producer who screwed him out of a part in 'Danger Beach' years ago. Ertz apologizes and asks to be involved in the TV movie Vince wrote for Drama. Ready to forgive, Vince agrees.</p><p>When Vince updates Ari, he says no to working with Ertz. &quot;It is my job to protect you from damaging yourself again,&quot; he tells his star client. Ari calls in Lloyd, the &quot;interim head&quot; of the TV department, for updates on the miner project, only to realize he never briefed Lloyd about it because he's been distracted by the separation. Sympathetic, Lloyd and Vince urge him to go out on the town and Ari talks a big game to cover his fear: &quot;You do not want to compete against me for ass.&quot; Surrendering, Ari agrees to let Lloyd set him up on a date and bring Ertz in on the TV movie.</p><p>Drama turns to Scott and Eric for help dealing with Andrew Dice Clay who is still insisting they walk off 'Johnny's Bananas.' Scott, tired of being hounded, convinces Eric to make the call to Phil Yagoda. Phil can't believe their chutzpah and warns Johnny to back down – strong test results are no guarantee of <g class="gr_ gr_48 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="48" data-gr-id="48">ratings</g> success.</p><p>Carlos thanks Turtle for the success of Avión by presenting him with a gold watch… and some news: Turtle's services will no longer be needed because a national distribution company wants to handle Avión. Carlos highlights the upside – Turtle can now enjoy the fruits of his investment – to cushion the blow that things are also over between him and Alex; she's met someone else.</p><p>On a date with Lloyd's friend, Ari tries to have a good time despite the difference in their ages. As things heat up inside the car, Ari is startled by his date's roommate and the mood is broken. Feeling lonely, he heads over to Dana Gordon's for a drink. Waking up together, they reminisce about why their relationship ended: She wanted to get married.</p><p>Vince tries to cheer up Turtle and finds out his dream is to bring their favorite restaurant, Don Pepe, to the west coast. Turtle decides to sell his Avión stock for seed money and Vince offers to do the same. Turtle calls Mark Cuban to let him know and finds out he will make $300,000 and Vince will pocket $1 million when they cash out. Turtle tells Vince to have their accountant handle the sale.</p><p>E, <g class="gr_ gr_52 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="52" data-gr-id="52">Scott</g> and Drama go to Dice's home to break the news to him. Certain the show is a guaranteed hit, Dice refuses to surrender and fires Scotty as his manager. Phil Yagoda immediately replaces Dice, horrifying Billy and Drama.</p><p>Turtle and Vince go to Ertz's house to talk about the project for CBS but the producer pitches another project instead, proposing Vince play an IRS agent. Ertz alternately apologizes and then rages at Vince before excusing himself to clean up. Despite Turtle's instincts, Vince refuses to leave. Locked in the bathroom, Ertz does some more coke and then shoots himself.</p></div>

Whiz Kid

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin &amp; Jerry Ferrara<br><b>Directed by</b> Roger Kumble<br><br>Vince, still reeling from Ertz's suicide, heads to the police station with Turtle to give a statement.</p><p>Ari wakes up with Dana Gordon and they both marvel at having kept their phones off for so long. Ari surprises Dana with the news that he's expected at couple's therapy, but the conversation is interrupted with the news of Ertz's death.</p><p>Because there were drugs on the scene, Vince finds out he will need to be tested. &quot;I didn't touch anything in his house,&quot; he assures everyone. Ari excuses himself to meet his wife at therapy, even though Shauna tells him it's a waste of time: Everyone knows his wife is dating Bobby Flay.</p><p>Vince tells Eric he needs advice, not a lecture—he had a few puffs of pot the other day.</p><p>Mrs. Ari is furious when Ari arrives late for their appointment. &quot;Something always happens,&quot; she says, trying to get him to understand that she should be as important as his work. Ari accuses her of acting out because she found someone new, and reveals he's dating now too. Incredulous, Mrs. Ari storms out.</p><p>Doing <g class="gr_ gr_57 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="57" data-gr-id="57">research</g>, the boys find out that weed can stay in the system for 90 days. In an attempt to flush Vince's system, Drama mixes up vinegar, <g class="gr_ gr_58 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="58" data-gr-id="58">water</g> and niacin and asks all the guys to drink it as a show of solidarity. Only Drama can keep it down. Although E tries to get the test pushed back, he learns it will be in four hours. Vince goes for a drive to clear his <g class="gr_ gr_59 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="59" data-gr-id="59">head,</g> and seeks out Billy Walsh.</p><p>Dana Gordon is impressed when Ari invites her to dinner. She shares her concerns about Vince and the drug test, but Ari promises there's nothing to worry about.</p><p>Billy Walsh explains to Vince how the drug test will <g class="gr_ gr_50 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="50" data-gr-id="50">work,</g> but <g class="gr_ gr_51 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="51" data-gr-id="51">briefly</g> hesitates about recommending a prosthetic for him to use to mask his urine. Because it's his only option, Vince insists they get one.</p><p>At dinner, Dana rues that even if she has the career she wanted, she's still single at 40. The mood shifts when Bobby Flay comes out to confront them, and Dana, realizing Ari had ulterior motives, storms out.</p><p>Before he heads to the test, Vince bares all to E—he's wearing a prosthetic penis filled with clean urine. E is furious that he even pursued this option and insists that Vince take it off; if he's caught, the damage will be worse than testing positive for pot.</p><p>Ari gets an equally furious phone call from his wife who has found out about his date from Bobby Flay. &quot;I guess the bro code's out the window when you're f*cking someone's wife,&quot; retorts Ari. Mrs. Ari tells him she would have been fine if it was with anyone else, but hearing he was out with Dana Gordon just confirms years of suspicions.</p><p>Ari goes to the hotel to wait for the results with the guys and finds out Vince might test positive for weed. Should it come to that, asks E, will he talk to Dana Gordon so that they don't lose 'Air-Walker'?</p><p>When the results declare Vince clean, he swears to everyone that his focus is back. E realizes that Vince never took off the prosthetic and the gang celebrates his close call.</p></div>

Motherf*cker

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Ally Musika<br><b>Directed by </b>David Nutter<br><br>Shauna escorts Vince to his Vanity Fair interview and notices that he is smitten with the journalist, Sophia Lear.</p><p>Concerned that Dice's replacement Stevie is ruining the show, Drama asks Eric and Scott to come to the studio and confirm his fears. Eric begs off: He's meeting with Melinda Clarke, Sloan's ex-stepmother. Scott warns E not to use the meeting as a chance to try to win back Sloan. Over drinks, Melinda catches Eric off guard when she asks him to represent her, explaining Sloan always spoke so highly of him, and Melinda has always valued her opinion.</p><p>Ari's kids arrive at his office for a day at Disneyland, although Sarah protests she's too old for the theme park. Barbara Miller interrupts with the news that Taylor Lautner needs a quick read on a script that he wants to make with Dana Gordon. At the mention of Dana's name, Mrs. Ari splits.</p><p>During his interview, Vince repeatedly hits on Sophia Lear. When Sophia cuts the interview short, Shauna tells Vince it was a disaster. Although Vince wants to call her personally to apologize, Shauna advises him to steer clear.</p><p>At a 'Johnny's Bananas' taping, Drama's new co-star complains about the job Drama is doing. &quot;I'm here making choices and you're just making voices,&quot; he says. Although sympathetic to Drama's concerns, Billy says Stevie's hire was a network decision. Drama debates giving Dice a share of his salary to bring him back.</p><p>Catching their dad in <g class="gr_ gr_66 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="66" data-gr-id="66">conference</g> with Babs and Dana, Ari's kids complain he should be out with them. When Dana introduces herself, Jonah asks her if she's the Dana their mom hates. Humiliated, Dana storms out, despite Ari's protests not to let the situation ruin their business relationship.</p><p>Eric wants to turn Melinda down, but Scott urges him to think like a businessman. Swearing he cares nothing for Sloan, E agrees to represent Melinda.</p><p>Vince calls Sophia to apologize and asks for a second meeting so she can get what she needs for her piece. While Turtle chaperones,</p><p>Sophia meets Vince at the hotel. She is impressed when he opens up about how being raised by women has made him the man he is, but empathically turns him down when he asks her out again.</p><p>Drama tries to talk Dice into returning to work, but Dice refuses to yield—his son just got into Princeton and he needs money for tuition.</p><p>Drama offers to pay him out his own salary so that they're evenly compensated, and while touched, Dice says no. He thinks Stevie is the network's bluff.</p><p>Later that day, Eric has a candid discussion with Melinda about Sloan. Melinda realizes Eric isn't over her, so she tells him Sloan was an ice princess and the marriage would never have succeeded. As the two trade complaints about the McQuewicks, they end up in bed.</p><p>Ari tries to apologize to his wife when he returns the kids home, but Mrs. Ari reminds <g class="gr_ gr_67 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="67" data-gr-id="67">him</g> work has always trumped family, as evidenced by his inability to follow through on his plans today. She informs him that she's moving forward for a divorce. Stunned, Ari gets drunk at his apartment and takes up Dana's offer to come over.</p><p>Drama goes to Phil to protest Dice's replacement. Phil tells him that for the network, it's not a buddy show— it's a vehicle for Drama. Feeling empowered by the compliment, Drama goes on strike too.</p><p>Post-sex, Eric gets a furious phone call from Sloan: She heard from her father that Melinda intended to bed Eric… which Melinda coyly confirms.</p></div>

The Big Bang

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Doug Ellin &amp; Jerry Ferrara<br><b style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">Directed by</b> David Nutter</p><p>Although initially confident, Vince flips when he reads Sophia's story and finds out she thinks he's a womanizer. Shauna tells him to focus on the good bits, but Vince can't imagine his mother reading what Sofia has written. Shauna learns Vanity Fair wants to make Vince's story the cover, ruling out any possibility of <g class="gr_ gr_48 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="48" data-gr-id="48">rewrite</g>. Vince storms out of his photo shoot to confront Sophia in person: &quot;They don't want an accurate article, why do they need an accurate photo?&quot;</p><p>Turtle flies in the Don Pepe team from New York, sparing no expense. He promises Jon and Gina he's serious about making the restaurant a success in Los <g class="gr_ gr_41 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="41" data-gr-id="41">Angeles,</g> but is thrown when they're more interested in celebrity spotting.</p><p>Concerned about keeping things civil, Ari tells his lawyer he's willing to give his wife anything she wants, only to discover she's entitled to half his earnings for life <i>and</i> the $11 million she invested into the agency. When Ari asks Barbara Miller if he can borrow the $11 million from the company, she turns him down. &quot;You probably have that much in your Depends,&quot; he argues. Babs finally agrees to write him a check in exchange for a majority stake in the company.</p><p>Eric avoids Melinda's phone calls, even though she's booked on a J.J. Abrams show. When a $300,000 Mercedes SLS arrives at the office with a ribbon on it, he is unable to dodge her further. Melinda tells Eric the car was for the series, not for the sex. Sensing Eric is concerned about Sloan, she scolds, &quot;I can't believe I didn't f*ck you good enough to make you forget about Sloan.&quot; They are interrupted by Johnny Galecki who reveals he had dinner with Sloan the night before. Galecki tells Eric he thought Sloan was being paranoid about Eric and Melinda, but seeing them together, he thinks differently now. E tracks down Scott and tells him to fire Johnny Galecki or he'll quit.</p><p>Billy Walsh calls to rage about the financial repercussions of Drama's strike, but Drama tries to calm him down. Drama, already panicked that paychecks have been frozen, gets more bad news: The network is preparing to shut down the show. Lloyd advises Johnny to return to work unless he feels that Dice is worth losing his best job in decades.</p><p>Vince ambushes Sofia at lunch and accuses her of misunderstanding him. Although he works hard to change her mind, Sofia points out the piece has already gone to bed, and furthermore, there's no point worrying about her opinion - she's just a journalist he'll never see again. &quot;Learn to restrain yourself,&quot; she advises. Vince revisits girlfriends past to get a second opinion.</p><p>Mrs. Ari flirts with Bobby Flay in her <g class="gr_ gr_44 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="44" data-gr-id="44">kitchen,</g> but stops short of going further, telling him she's not ready. Ari surprises her at the house and she tries to get rid of him, but her husband smells the aromas of Flay's cooking and realizes he is in the house. Completely broken, Ari tells Melissa that although he never hid who he was, she clearly has.</p><p><g class="gr_ gr_40 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="40" data-gr-id="40">Drama</g> continues to waver when Phil calls with news that he will personally bury the miner TV movie unless Drama returns to work. Although filled with anxiety, Drama holds strong-and Dice gets the call that the network has yielded.</p></div>

Second to Last

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by </b>Ally Musika<br><b>Directed by </b>Kevin Connolly<br><br>Vince turns to his exes to say nice things about their time with him which Turtle cuts together into a video for Sophia Lear. With Drama in the <g class="gr_ gr_45 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="45" data-gr-id="45">dumps</g> because Phil has stopped the miner movie, Vince tells his brother he'll get Ari to make things right if Drama drops the video off to Sofia.</p><p>Having spotted the miner script in Ari's apartment, Dana Gordon admits to reading it. She praises the &quot;emotionally manipulative&quot; script and says she'll send it to her old assistant, now in charge of the Hallmark channel.</p><p>Scott tries to convince Eric that Johnny Galecki is a gold mine, but Eric refuses to consider him as a client. &quot;Get over Sloan, she's obviously over you,&quot; advises Scott, but Eric repeats his ultimatum.</p><p>Jon and Gina show Turtle where they want Don Pepe's to be, despite his protests that he has already selected a more modest location. Although Turtle says he can't afford it, Jon and</p><p>Gina pressure Turtle to sign a lease on the spot.</p><p>Drama goes to Sofia's office and drops off the video, laying on the heavy sell about Vince. &quot;He's a friend and a brother, the best I know of both,&quot; he says. Touched, Sofia says she'll watch the video. Charmed by the video and another testimonial from Turtle, Sofia agrees to meet up with Vince.</p><p>When Lloyd catches Ari crying reading the miner script, Ari reveals that without his family, his job and Vince are all he has left. Lloyd informs Ari that CBS will only do the movie if Phil Yagoda produces, and Phil hates Drama.</p><p>Ari addresses the TV department to rally them behind the miner movie, but when Dana calls, Ari assumes he has a Hallmark deal and fires everyone. Dana tells Ari that although everyone likes the script, no one wants it for Drama.</p><p>Turtle calls Eric when he spots Sloan with Johnny Galecki at the Farmer's Market. Eric, post-sex with Melinda, says he's over it—but then heads over there with her. During a tense encounter, Eric calls Sloan a slut and Galecki fires him. Eric catches Sloan at home and apologizes, only to learn she was never dating Johnny. Furthermore, she's pregnant and has no plans to include Eric in her baby's life.</p><p>On their way to see Phil Yagoda, Vince tells Ari he can't stop thinking about Sophia. &quot;I've never seen you so infatuated,&quot; says Ari. Phil cops to being pissed about Drama's behavior on 'Johnny's Bananas' and to smooth things over, Vince agrees to give $100,000 to Phil's favorite charity on the condition that Drama never <g class="gr_ gr_47 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="47" data-gr-id="47">hear</g> about it.</p><p>Dana gets Ari to confess that he wants to get back with his wife. She tells him to keep trying.<br>Turtle's investors: Mark Teixeira, Amare Stoudemire, Michael Strahan and Alex Rodriguez ask him to stop harassing them. Rodriguez tells him that since Avion went public, he should have plenty of his own money to chip in. As Turtle wallows in the misery of a missed opportunity, Vince surprises Turtle with the news that he never sold the shares; he trusted Turtle's instincts all along—Turtle and Vince have just pocketed $4 million and $15 million paydays.</p></div>

The End

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p>Vince returns home from his date with Sofia and breaks big news to Drama, Billy and Turtle: He's getting married. They're off to Paris that night and everyone's invited. Not to be trumped, the three tell him Sloan is pregnant.<br /><br />Unkempt and despondent, Ari greets a quartet of football coaches he brought in for a motivational speech. He's caught off-guard again when Mrs. Ari arrives to discuss telling their kids about their divorce. Ari agrees to see Dr. Marcus with her to decide how. <br /><br />Vince finds Eric packing to leave for New York. With no parental rights, E says his only choice is to follow Sloan and figure it out once he's there. Vince offers to talk to her, but E bars him from helping – a man getting married after only 24 hours of dating is not the best person to give advice.<br /><br />Drama and Turtle try to talk Sloan into flying to Paris for Vince's wedding. Suspecting it's a ruse, Sloan says no, but Drama and Turtle insist that she's a member of the family. Still uncertain, Sloan asks if E slept with Melinda, and Drama, swearing on his career, says no. <br />Later, when Turtle quizzes Drama, Drama explains he had his balls crossed so his answer didn't count as a lie. <br /><br />Dr. Marcus advises showing a united front for the children, but Ari resists since the divorce isn't his idea. During the session, Ari and Mrs. Ari find out they're both single. When Dr. Marcus asks if this gives them a chance to work on their marriage, Mrs. Ari says no, she's tired of being ignored; she's telling the kids about the divorce.<br /><br />Vince runs into stylist Rachel Zoe while ring shopping and purchases a $1.45 million, 6.45-carat ring she suggests. While on a call with Sloan's father to lobby for Eric, he accidentally lets slip that Sloan is pregnant. At lunch, Eric finds out that the sudden flurry of nasty texts from Sloan – and the threatening call from Terrence are Vince's fault. Resigned, E tells the guys to forget it; their focus should be on the wedding.<br /><br />Ari calls Sarah and finds out that even his daughter thinks he doesn't listen: She gave him a demo months ago that some of her friends recorded and he has yet to listen to it. Chastened, Ari has Lloyd play the CD, and instantly moved, he quits on the spot. Barbara Miller watches in astonishment as he walks out the door to the swell of opera music.<br /><br />Vince tries to repair things with Sloan by explaining his feelings for Sophia are what he now understands E always felt for Sloan. Whether or not Eric slept with Melinda, E is Sloan's family now. Nothing else matters.<br /> <br />Ari rushes home and asks his wife to move to Florence like they planned to years ago. Mrs. Ari rejects the idea; she knows he'd be on the phone the whole time. Ari surprises her with the news he quit his job. Sarah's friends serenade the happy couple, but Lloyd interrupts, furious that he wasn't given any notice Ari was leaving. &quot;You will always be the gay son I never had,&quot; Ari insists and instructs him to sign the opera singers as his first clients. Lloyd shares bigger news: Vince is getting married in Paris and E is expecting.<br /><br />As the guys prepare to fly off, Ari and Mrs. Ari rush to the airport to join them. Vince stops E from boarding. There's another plane – with Sloan – ready to go anywhere in the world.<br /><br />In Italy, Ari's poolside lounging is interrupted when John Ellis calls with an offer. He's ready to retire —and he wants Ari to take over as CEO and chair. &quot;If you really want to know what heaven is, try being God,&quot; he says. When Mrs. Ari joins him, Ari lies about the call.</p></div>