Fire Sale

"Half a bottle of Johnny Walker will take anything down," groans Vince. "Yeah, especially when you mix it with half a bottle of vodka," grunts E. The episode begins with the boys in recovery mode after the ends of the disastrous Sweet 16 party, thanks Drama. The View has invited Drama go Vegas to appear on the show while Vince and E prepare for "General Meetings" with the studios.

Ari meets up with the boys at a studio and suddenly loves Nine Brave Souls new name, Smoke Jumpers. Ari is suddenly in love with it but E tells him the writers are committed to Ed Norton. "Did they sell the script ya, Cunt Face?" says Ari. "Not yet, Dick Head," E blasts back. "Well then it's still free ya overpaid, undersized bitch!" E is committed to letting Amanda sell the script for $100,000 over $300,000 meaning the writers get $100,000 up front and an additional $200,000 if the film gets made. However, now Vince and Ari's interest in Smoke Jumpers are making him question his loyalties and step back from the deal a bit.

Drama, Turtle and Shaua arrive at Caesar's Palace for The View and Drama quickly feels inadequate because all the other cast members brought their girlfriends. D'oh!

E tries to explain to his writers how films get made in Hollywood. That despite the fact that Ed Norton and Vince both want to do the script, it doesn't guaranty necessarily that the script will get made. It just doesn't work that way. The writers want to start a bidding war which Eric tells them is unlikely. Steve Parles the studio head tells Vince that he's not interested in him for Smoke Jumpers but is for Benji goes to Alaska. After they get outside, Parles calls back and informs Ari that he wants Smoke Jumpers but not with Vince attached. Ari tells him it's only available with Vince attached. Parles declines.

Ari tries to downplay Parles rejection but the boys can sense it. Ari tells him they want it but without him and Vince tells E to go ahead and sell the script. Ari overrides him and tells him to stall and he WILL sell the script for Vince.

On The View, Drama realizes he's been set up by his boys. He tries to explain how his relationship soured but he gets caught up in the emotion. He tells Jacqueline, in case she's watching, how he feels about her "Hey baby, I just want to say I'm sorry I was a little over protective..." Drama mopes and runs off the set.

E tries to stall with Amanda but she's not buying it. He tells her his writers want $500,000 and a guaranty the movie gets made. She tells him that's ridiculous. E tries to play coy and Amanda rips him a new one "If you wanna go and sell it to the first person with deep pockets for Vincent Chase be my guest. It'll be a piece of shit like the movie you guys made."

The last studio tells Vince Smoke Jumpers is too expensive to fiance with him in the lead making the boys 0-7. Vince is appalled that Ari can't try to spin his way out of their crappy luck. "Things are so bad you can't even spin it? (referring to them being 0-7) Try and spin it Ari." Vince concedes the lead to someone else and wants to play the second lead in the movie just to get it made.

Back at Miller Gold, Ari claims victory getting the $500,000 for the movie from Coors and Vince in the second lead. E tells the writers they got half a million plus Vince and Nick and LB and still not happy...they had their heart set on Ed Norton and even watched "American History X"...awwww. They begrudingly say they're happy. Geez.


Back at LAX, Drama gets sloshed in the limo and rips off his pants and throws them on a motorcycle cop...ugh! The boys and Shauna go to pick Drama up from jail. Amanda calls and tells E that Ed Norton is back and he's bringing studio money with him. This can't be good for Vince and the boys. E tells her he needs Vince as the second lead or he can't close. Amanda says the studio behind the offer is Warner Bros and Vince's enemy Alan Gray, thus there's no way in hell Vince will have anything to do with the project. "Tell your writers they have Ed Norton and a $2 million offer. I'm sure they'll wanna close."