1 00:00:00,083 --> 00:00:04,379 NARRATOR [on TV]: ...longtime friend, Patty Palm, 22-year-old... 2 00:00:04,463 --> 00:00:06,089 Diana is missing. 3 00:00:06,173 --> 00:00:07,591 [phone vibrating] 4 00:00:07,674 --> 00:00:09,593 WOMAN [on TV]: She was supposed to go to our house 5 00:00:09,676 --> 00:00:13,722 on Tuesday morning to help my son with the air conditioner, 6 00:00:13,805 --> 00:00:15,182 and she didn't show up. - Hello? 7 00:00:15,265 --> 00:00:16,558 FEMALE ASSISTANT: Hi, Cody, 8 00:00:16,642 --> 00:00:18,852 I have Phil Goldman for you. - Who? 9 00:00:18,936 --> 00:00:22,648 - Phil Goldman, bitch! What's up? I'm your new agent. 10 00:00:22,731 --> 00:00:25,192 Hey! I'm sorry. I don't know if you've heard, 11 00:00:25,275 --> 00:00:26,610 but Jason Levy 12 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:29,738 was recently #MeToo'd, so he's no longer with the company. 13 00:00:29,821 --> 00:00:32,699 - Oh. Oh, my God. - Yeah, so it's me and you. 14 00:00:32,783 --> 00:00:34,910 I'm your agent, you're my client. What's up? 15 00:00:34,993 --> 00:00:38,163 - Okay, that's a little weird 'cause I never even met Jason, 16 00:00:38,247 --> 00:00:39,373 so... [chuckles] - No, I know. 17 00:00:39,456 --> 00:00:41,083 Nobody's really met him. Who cares? 18 00:00:41,166 --> 00:00:43,168 Yeah, anyway, listen, sorry it's so late. 19 00:00:43,252 --> 00:00:45,462 I've taken over his whole roster, so I'm making my way 20 00:00:45,546 --> 00:00:47,381 through the list, and you're the last one on it. 21 00:00:47,464 --> 00:00:49,466 - Oh, okay. 22 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:51,343 - Yeah, uh, I'm sure it's alphabetical. 23 00:00:51,426 --> 00:00:53,262 Yeah, or-or by talent. 24 00:00:53,345 --> 00:00:54,847 [laughs] I'm kidding. 25 00:00:54,930 --> 00:00:56,306 Who knows? Anyway... - Okay. 26 00:00:56,390 --> 00:00:58,976 - Listen, we got a lot of shows staffing right now, 27 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:02,563 and they're looking for lady writers, yeah. 28 00:01:02,646 --> 00:01:05,607 The problem is I don't have a current sample from you, 29 00:01:05,691 --> 00:01:08,861 so if you could shoot something over to me ASAP Rocky, 30 00:01:08,944 --> 00:01:11,029 that'd be great. - Um... yeah. 31 00:01:11,113 --> 00:01:14,032 Um, I'm just working on this, uh, thing about the tooth fairy. 32 00:01:14,116 --> 00:01:15,284 - Oh, the tooth fairy! - Yeah... 33 00:01:15,367 --> 00:01:16,743 - I fucking love that shit. 34 00:01:16,827 --> 00:01:19,788 - Like, she's the tooth fairy, but then she's also a stripper 35 00:01:19,872 --> 00:01:21,206 because, you know, like, 36 00:01:21,290 --> 00:01:22,875 dollar bills. [chuckles] - Yeah! 37 00:01:22,958 --> 00:01:25,335 Yeah, dollar bills, I fucking love that shit. 38 00:01:25,419 --> 00:01:28,964 I love that. It's so good. That's such originality. I mean, 39 00:01:29,047 --> 00:01:31,008 it's probably 'cause you're Dan Harmon's girlfriend. 40 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,801 That guy's such a fucking genius. 41 00:01:32,885 --> 00:01:35,721 - Yeah, he-he's super great. - Yeah, he's super great. 42 00:01:35,804 --> 00:01:39,308 Listen, if he's ever unhappy with his current representation, 43 00:01:39,391 --> 00:01:41,977 it would be my honor-- honor-- 44 00:01:42,060 --> 00:01:43,812 to take him on as a client, you know what I mean? 45 00:01:43,896 --> 00:01:45,355 - I will definitely let him know. 46 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:47,733 - Uh, yeah, please, let him know. Oh. 47 00:01:47,816 --> 00:01:49,484 [line beeping] Fuck me in the dickhole. 48 00:01:49,568 --> 00:01:52,738 I got to take this right away, okay? It's Jason Levy. 49 00:01:52,821 --> 00:01:55,115 We're still kind of friends, and I don't know, 50 00:01:55,199 --> 00:01:56,575 I think he might hurt himself tonight, 51 00:01:56,658 --> 00:01:58,076 if you know what I mean, kill himself. 52 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,621 I think he might commit suicide. I'm gonna take this. 53 00:02:00,704 --> 00:02:02,497 Just send me some of your writing shit, 54 00:02:02,581 --> 00:02:04,124 and then I'm gonna check it out, 55 00:02:04,208 --> 00:02:06,084 and, uh, we'll go from there, all right, babe? 56 00:02:06,168 --> 00:02:09,213 Buh-bye! - Okay, bye. 57 00:02:09,296 --> 00:02:12,257 ♪ 58 00:02:27,231 --> 00:02:28,982 BARBARA: Cody! 59 00:02:31,443 --> 00:02:35,405 What you doing up there? 60 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:38,700 Are you working on your pilot? 61 00:02:38,784 --> 00:02:40,452 So exciting! 62 00:02:40,536 --> 00:02:44,581 Is it the one about the stripper who's also the tooth fairy? 63 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:47,835 That's such a fun idea. 64 00:02:47,918 --> 00:02:50,629 It's so broad, but, like, honestly, 65 00:02:50,712 --> 00:02:55,133 Middle America loves shitty broad stuff, but, like, 66 00:02:55,217 --> 00:02:57,135 I love it. - [clears throat] 67 00:02:57,219 --> 00:03:00,931 - Are you stuck? Maybe I can help. 68 00:03:03,976 --> 00:03:06,770 - Hey. I don't want your help. You're a fucking dick. 69 00:03:06,854 --> 00:03:08,480 - Is this about the whole "trying to sabotage 70 00:03:08,564 --> 00:03:09,815 your relationship with Dan" thing? 71 00:03:09,898 --> 00:03:11,108 Because, Cody, I'm so sorry. 72 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:12,734 That was my bad. 73 00:03:12,818 --> 00:03:15,237 I had so much internalized misogyny. 74 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:16,738 - Are you kidding? You're obviously just trying 75 00:03:16,822 --> 00:03:18,782 to get me to take you out of the dumpster. 76 00:03:18,866 --> 00:03:22,244 - What? No. No, seriously, I love it down here. 77 00:03:22,327 --> 00:03:23,537 I really do. - Really? 78 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:26,081 - Yeah. Cody, actually, I met someone. 79 00:03:26,164 --> 00:03:28,500 His name's Harold. He's a piece of wood. 80 00:03:28,584 --> 00:03:30,252 What, babe? 81 00:03:30,335 --> 00:03:32,504 [gasps] Okay, yeah, he wants me to tell you 82 00:03:32,588 --> 00:03:34,131 he identifies as lumber. 83 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:36,300 He's so hot, Cody. 84 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:39,178 He has this, like, knot that's-that's so sexy in, like, 85 00:03:39,261 --> 00:03:40,512 a Joaquin Phoenix sort of like... 86 00:03:40,596 --> 00:03:41,722 - Barbara. - What? 87 00:03:41,805 --> 00:03:43,932 - I'm so happy for both of you. Congratulations. 88 00:03:44,016 --> 00:03:45,350 I have to work. - Wait! 89 00:03:45,434 --> 00:03:46,518 I know why you're stuck! 90 00:03:46,602 --> 00:03:49,229 It's because you have a passive protagonist. 91 00:03:49,313 --> 00:03:51,064 You know what I would do? 92 00:03:51,148 --> 00:03:52,858 Okay, so hear me out, 93 00:03:52,941 --> 00:03:55,235 we start with, like, a cross-cutty montage, 94 00:03:55,319 --> 00:03:57,112 the music kicks in, we're seeing stuff, 95 00:03:57,196 --> 00:03:59,990 images, but none of it really matters, because guess what? 96 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:01,617 Boom! We're in. 97 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:03,619 We're fucking watching this show. - [chuckles] Yeah. 98 00:04:03,702 --> 00:04:05,120 BARBARA: Intense close-ups, 99 00:04:05,204 --> 00:04:07,414 just, like, for no reason, but you're just watching it, 100 00:04:07,497 --> 00:04:08,665 and you're in it. 101 00:04:08,749 --> 00:04:10,876 - What if the guy has that disease where, like... 102 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:12,836 - Overlapping dialogue. They're just talking over each other. 103 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,671 - She's not passive, she's reactive. 104 00:04:14,755 --> 00:04:15,881 BARBARA: Making the audience think 105 00:04:15,964 --> 00:04:17,508 something is happening, but really, 106 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:19,635 nothing is happening, but everything is happening. 107 00:04:19,718 --> 00:04:21,762 - "You know I only take baby teeth," but he's like, 108 00:04:21,845 --> 00:04:23,639 "These are baby teeth," you know, so it's like, 109 00:04:23,722 --> 00:04:25,557 he has the disease, but it's also a metaphor 110 00:04:25,641 --> 00:04:28,393 for his immaturity kind of, you know? 111 00:04:28,477 --> 00:04:30,270 I mean, if you think that's dumb, or, like, 112 00:04:30,354 --> 00:04:31,939 if it feels forced... 113 00:04:32,022 --> 00:04:34,358 Barbara? - BARBARA: Cody! 114 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:36,193 ["Headbanger" by King Tuff playing] 115 00:04:36,276 --> 00:04:38,278 - Barbara! 116 00:04:38,362 --> 00:04:40,405 ♪ 117 00:04:44,660 --> 00:04:47,287 - [snoring] - Dan. 118 00:04:49,581 --> 00:04:51,166 Um... 119 00:04:51,250 --> 00:04:53,460 I think I'm getting a UTI and I just feel gross, 120 00:04:53,544 --> 00:04:56,380 so I'm just gonna sleep at my house. I love you. Bye. 121 00:04:56,463 --> 00:04:58,465 ♪ 122 00:05:02,261 --> 00:05:03,804 BARBARA: Cody! 123 00:05:03,887 --> 00:05:07,599 - Barbara! - Cody...! 124 00:05:07,683 --> 00:05:08,851 - Stop! 125 00:05:08,934 --> 00:05:12,563 I'm sorry. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. Oh, my gosh. 126 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:15,232 There's-there's been a mistake. I didn't mean to throw her away. 127 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:17,442 - Oh, my God, Cody, he was totally gonna rape me. - What's up? 128 00:05:17,526 --> 00:05:19,862 - [out of breath]: This sex doll, she's-she's mine. 129 00:05:19,945 --> 00:05:21,405 She got thrown away accidentally. 130 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:22,865 I just, I just need her back. 131 00:05:22,948 --> 00:05:24,324 - Why are you so out of breath? 132 00:05:24,408 --> 00:05:26,243 - How do you accidentally throw away a sex doll? 133 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:29,371 - It-it was a mistake, sir. People make mistakes, okay? 134 00:05:29,454 --> 00:05:32,291 You were the one about to fuck a used sex doll. Are you okay? 135 00:05:32,374 --> 00:05:35,252 - Excuse me? I was gonna recycle her. 136 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:37,004 I'm not some pervert. 137 00:05:37,087 --> 00:05:39,965 - Okay, okay, well, I mean, 138 00:05:40,048 --> 00:05:42,134 I-I don't think we necessarily need to, like, cast judgments 139 00:05:42,217 --> 00:05:43,635 on other people's sexuality, like... 140 00:05:43,719 --> 00:05:45,179 BARBARA: Okay, Cody, you're making it worse. 141 00:05:45,262 --> 00:05:47,222 - Can I just, um, give you some cash for her? 142 00:05:47,306 --> 00:05:49,183 - I don't do this work for the money. 143 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:52,102 I do it because I give a fuck about the environment, man. 144 00:05:52,186 --> 00:05:54,813 BARBARA [laughs]: Yeah, right. - Oh, um, I'm sorry. 145 00:05:54,897 --> 00:05:56,481 That's fair. - Do you know how many dolphins 146 00:05:56,565 --> 00:05:59,985 die each year from choking on used sex dolls? 147 00:06:00,068 --> 00:06:01,320 - No. 148 00:06:01,403 --> 00:06:03,030 - Me, neither. It's gonna be zero if I have 149 00:06:03,113 --> 00:06:04,907 anything to say about it. BARBARA: No, no, no, no! 150 00:06:04,990 --> 00:06:06,825 Don't let him take me! - Okay, sir. No, hey, hey. I... 151 00:06:06,909 --> 00:06:08,327 Please, I appreciate your position, 152 00:06:08,410 --> 00:06:11,121 and I think what you're doing is very noble, and, you know, 153 00:06:11,205 --> 00:06:12,873 it's like a service to the community. 154 00:06:12,956 --> 00:06:13,957 - Who cares? 155 00:06:14,041 --> 00:06:15,459 - Barbara, can you let me handle this? 156 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:17,044 I really need her back. 157 00:06:17,127 --> 00:06:20,214 She's my writing partner. 158 00:06:20,297 --> 00:06:22,925 ["Prank Calls" by Kelley Stoltz playing] 159 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:30,724 - What even are all these water bottles? 160 00:06:30,807 --> 00:06:32,809 - I don't know, man, they're just, like, accumulated 161 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:34,811 from-from hikes and stuff. - [scoffs] 162 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:37,022 From hikes? You don't hike. 163 00:06:37,105 --> 00:06:38,565 GENE: Oh, this is plenty. 164 00:06:38,649 --> 00:06:40,067 Here. 165 00:06:42,277 --> 00:06:44,363 - Thank you. - Bye. 166 00:06:44,446 --> 00:06:45,989 Have such a great night, 167 00:06:46,073 --> 00:06:48,408 and thank you so much for not raping me. 168 00:06:48,492 --> 00:06:51,578 Cody, thank you for saving me. 169 00:06:51,662 --> 00:06:53,830 You're truly such a great friend. 170 00:06:53,914 --> 00:06:57,084 Okay, but just so we're clear, we're just writing, 171 00:06:57,167 --> 00:06:59,628 that's the whole thing. - Yeah, no, totally. 100%. 172 00:06:59,711 --> 00:07:02,506 But, like, we're not starting now, right? 173 00:07:02,589 --> 00:07:04,800 Like, I don't know if you noticed, I just went through 174 00:07:04,883 --> 00:07:06,343 a very traumatic experience, 175 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:08,220 and, like, I need a second to decompress. 176 00:07:08,303 --> 00:07:10,097 - Okay. That's fine. 177 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:12,558 - So where are we going? Are we gonna go stay at your place? 178 00:07:12,641 --> 00:07:14,184 ♪ Oh, no, no, no... ♪ 179 00:07:14,268 --> 00:07:16,603 - Yeah, I guess, I mean, I can't take you back in there. 180 00:07:16,687 --> 00:07:18,063 - Oh, yeah. 181 00:07:18,146 --> 00:07:21,692 Fuck Dan. He can eat my ass, not in a hot way-- I hate him. 182 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:23,777 - Okay. 183 00:07:23,861 --> 00:07:25,237 Let's go. - Hey, so I told Harold 184 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,531 he could crash with us for a few nights. I hope that's okay. 185 00:07:27,614 --> 00:07:29,783 He's fighting with him mom. He just needs a place to go 186 00:07:29,867 --> 00:07:31,451 where he can, like, get his shit together 187 00:07:31,535 --> 00:07:34,371 and get through this family stuff. 188 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:38,000 ♪ Some old lover who ♪ 189 00:07:38,083 --> 00:07:39,918 ♪ Ain't getting none... ♪ 190 00:07:40,002 --> 00:07:42,629 [snoring] 191 00:07:42,713 --> 00:07:45,924 ♪ Some old lover who ♪ 192 00:07:46,008 --> 00:07:48,135 ♪ Ain't getting none. ♪