Greetings! I'll be filling in for Josh tonight as he spends quality time with this family. I don't know what kind of messed-up person puts his mother ahead of TV but whatever.
Let's hear it for Lloyd and his finally growing a pair! I've had a hard time taking much interest in the story lines this season (what exactly has Vince been doing all this time?) and this feels like the first episode where I'm actively looking forward to seeing what happens next week. Sadly, I have a feeling this is the only big story the season, but I'll take what I can get.
Speaking of duller story lines, before we got to Lloyd, Vince and the "entourage", as I suppose it's called, bemoan the presence of the Israeli security team hired to protect him from his alleged stalker. Meanwhile, the worst Drama's been thrown in terms of the "hell" that he's supposed to be getting on set is some intensive burn victim makeup that he has to wear for a day.
Eric's girlfriend Ashley starts developing further jealousy issues, checking Eric's phone and stopping by to see him at the office. We can all see where this is going, although I don't personally mind—for some reason I've never liked her so it might be the most interesting option for her character to go Crazy Bitch.
After getting fired over the phone by Zach Efron with Ari gloating on the other line, Adam Davies calls Lloyd up to offer him a job as an agent but Lloyd remains momentarily, foolishly loyal after he considers. You could see this coming a mile away—Ari begins treating Lloyd worse than usual, for instance, telling him to call his own mother to tell her he doesn't have a purpose.