berfy said:
I live in WeHo but didn't see the episode. What was the basic plot?
Basic plot:
After E tells Ari that E cannot work with Billy on "A Walk in the Clouds," Ari gets E, Vinnie and Billy together. Billy apologizes to E for accusing him of leaking the trailer because he has discovered that it was his assistant's girlfriend who actually leaked it. They have a group hug after Billy tells E he's like a brother to him, and E reluctantly agrees that the three of them can do "A Walk in the Clouds" together. Ari sets up a meeting for them with the agent who is putting that film together. At the meeting, Billy once more makes a demeaning comment about E. Later, E tells Vinnie he just can't do the movie with Billy, and that they should get another producer. E adds that, as Vinnie's manager, he thinks "A Walk in the Clouds" is a mistake for Vinnie because he thinks that Billy has peaked and will bomb the film out, repeating his assertion that Billy screwed up Medellin. Vinnie decides that he is going to do AWITC anyway, and he and E act uncomfortable around each other after that.
Turtle's cousin Ronnie has inside information that 1960s baseball great and Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax is gravely ill and about to die, and hits on an idea to invest in a Koufax jersey at an auction for $50,000, figuring the price will skyrocket after Koufax's impending death. Turtle recruits Drama to invest with him, and after initial misgivings about taking advantage of someone else's death, Drama can't resist the lure of bidding in the auction, even after Ronnie himself bows out because of similar "taking advantage of death" concerns. Drama and Turtle end up bidding $62,000 (presumably $10,000 by Turtle and $52,000 by Drama) for the Koufax jersey only to discover that it is not Koufax who is deathly ill, but Koufax's pet dog.
Meanwhile, Lloyd has broken up with his boyfriend, and is so broken up about it that he leaves the office, later telling Ari that he'll come back only when Tom comes back to him. Ari is lost without Lloyd to assist him, so he goes to talk with Tom. Discovering from Tom that Lloyd cheated on Tom, Ari covers for Lloyd, telling Tom that Lloyd was with Ari all night at a movie premiere the night that he allegedly cheated. Ari calls up Lloyd and tells him he covered his cheating ass, and get back to the office.
