Call My Agent - Season 2
Call My Agent - Anonymity
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Gilles Marini .... François
Chris Colfer .... Desmond
Bill Nighy .... Mark
Michelle Yeoh .... Melissa Hao
Neal McDonough .... Himself
Plot: Our protagonists breath in and out. Miranda Jones (Lesley Maville), Andrea Martel (Caroline Dhavernas), Bob Hollis (Rainn Wilson) and Wilson Johnson (Brian d’Arcy James) prepare for quite possibly the worst moment of their life. They open the doors and face the swarm of journalists hoping to get answers from the agency. François (Gilles Marini) is alongside them, dressed head-to-toe in his leather masseur costume. A journalist asks Miranda who’s Francois and she says he’s the best masseur in California. Francois waves at the crowd, but Bob quickly puts him out hides him behind a statue, he was a distraction anyways. Miranda feigns not knowing why dozens of journalists are standing in front of them, but no one believes her lies. To try to lessen his embarrassment, Wilson takes center stage and is ready to answer questions. A journalist, Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh) points out that it’s another example of a male replacing a woman, this agency has never been about gender equality, but they proudly accepted an award for this very reason. She asks Wilson how he feels about that. He doesn’t know what to answer. He stumbles on his words before Andrea interferes and takes Wilson’s place on the center stage. A male journalist says that now the women of the agency are repressing the men’s masculinity and the whole thing degenerates into chaos as all four employees are trying to talk at the same time. Francois is seen getting approached by Melissa Hao. The scene changes to the group inside the offices and Bob saying that it went well, as the opening credits start rolling.
The devastated employees are interrupted by a client knocking on their door. Neal McDonough (Neal McDonough) interrupts their pettiness and asks if he’s at the right place and Wilson says that if he’s looking for a dumpster fire, then well, he’s at the right place, otherwise, no. Neal says he’s looking for a Bob Hollis, his agent. Bob says he doesn’t know him and he knows all of his clients. Neal doesn’t understand, he’s Neal McDonough, the actor, with 124 IMDB acting credits. Still, no one recognizes him. Neal thinks he’s good thing, because he says it’s time for a change anyway. Miranda, who didn’t seem to follow the conversation, still looking for Francois, only picked it Neal’s last sentence and she says she will need a driver for tonight, she can’t find hers anywhere. She says if he gives her a good back rub, she pays extra and she winks at him. Neal desperately ask them if they recognizes him and they really, really don’t. Before he leaves, Bob asks him what role he booked him and Neal said he gave him the chance of a lifetime, to act alongside Russell Crowe and work with David Fincher, in Devil in the White City. Bob doesn’t recall the conversation. Neal says he was eating an ice cream in a park when Bob sat next to him and he started talking about this role he had to cast and he gave him his card. Neal says he auditioned and he got the part, but he came here to tell him that the movie was a fluke and he’s fired. Bob can’t believe it, he thought he gave his card to a stranger in the street, they were joking about it the other day. Neal can’t believe it and he says they will regret not holding on to him one day, where every single person on this planet will know his name. Wilson says it will certainly happen, as Neal walks out, enraged.
Melissa Hao is sharing a piece of cake with Francois, who thinks she wants to hook up, but she really just wants to ask him questions. She wants to know what he does for Miranda Jones and who he really is. He says he’s Francois, a French immigrant who came to L.A. to start a modelling career, but it was too late when he realised he was too old, so he worked odd jobs for a while until he was approached by Miranda as he was working as a salesman in a store and she offered him a salary to do things for her. Hao asks if he means sexual things or something else. He says their relationship was professional, he drove her around, cooked for her and gave her a massage once in a while, but yes, their relationship evolved over time and they sleep together once in a while. Hao says it’s interesting, and wants to ask Francois another question, but Francois interrupts her. He knows what she’s up to. He says Miranda is not a happy woman, she’s perpetually sad. She’s just a desperate woman clinging to thing she has, because she has never worked in her life. He’s not even sure she ever had a friend, so he stayed with her, because he couldn’t imagine what her life would become if he left. She can’t function on her own and now to see that her company is in financial trouble, he finds it immensely sad, because no matter how incompetent she is, he has never seen her so implicated with something ever since he’s known her and to lose it will crush her. Hao realises Francois gave her multiple scoops and she lets him know. He shakes his head and walks away in disgust.
As everyone is trying to find a way to stir the ship in the right direction, François comes back and heads straight to Miranda’s office. Miranda shuts the door and kisses François, but her employees didn’t see it. François says it could be a good idea to leave and go on a vacation. He could drive them to her father’s country house and forget all about it, drinking champagne all day. Lesley thinks it’s a nice idea and she heads out to break the news. As she leaves, Andrea, Bob and Wilson wonder what this is all about and are starting to worry for their job, as they don’t think the agency will stay open much longer, but they need to do something. Their reputation took a hit, the only actor they were able to bring today was Neal McDonough and they know better than journeyman actor who like to play law enforcements. They all agree and they say they’ll sleep on it.
Bob is seen walking in the dark of the night in a respectable Los Angeles neighbourhood. He knocks on a door after making sure he’s at the right place and Mark (Bill Nighy), their loan shark answers.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Gilles Marini .... François
Chris Colfer .... Desmond
Bill Nighy .... Mark
Michelle Yeoh .... Melissa Hao
Neal McDonough .... Himself
Plot: Our protagonists breath in and out. Miranda Jones (Lesley Maville), Andrea Martel (Caroline Dhavernas), Bob Hollis (Rainn Wilson) and Wilson Johnson (Brian d’Arcy James) prepare for quite possibly the worst moment of their life. They open the doors and face the swarm of journalists hoping to get answers from the agency. François (Gilles Marini) is alongside them, dressed head-to-toe in his leather masseur costume. A journalist asks Miranda who’s Francois and she says he’s the best masseur in California. Francois waves at the crowd, but Bob quickly puts him out hides him behind a statue, he was a distraction anyways. Miranda feigns not knowing why dozens of journalists are standing in front of them, but no one believes her lies. To try to lessen his embarrassment, Wilson takes center stage and is ready to answer questions. A journalist, Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh) points out that it’s another example of a male replacing a woman, this agency has never been about gender equality, but they proudly accepted an award for this very reason. She asks Wilson how he feels about that. He doesn’t know what to answer. He stumbles on his words before Andrea interferes and takes Wilson’s place on the center stage. A male journalist says that now the women of the agency are repressing the men’s masculinity and the whole thing degenerates into chaos as all four employees are trying to talk at the same time. Francois is seen getting approached by Melissa Hao. The scene changes to the group inside the offices and Bob saying that it went well, as the opening credits start rolling.
The devastated employees are interrupted by a client knocking on their door. Neal McDonough (Neal McDonough) interrupts their pettiness and asks if he’s at the right place and Wilson says that if he’s looking for a dumpster fire, then well, he’s at the right place, otherwise, no. Neal says he’s looking for a Bob Hollis, his agent. Bob says he doesn’t know him and he knows all of his clients. Neal doesn’t understand, he’s Neal McDonough, the actor, with 124 IMDB acting credits. Still, no one recognizes him. Neal thinks he’s good thing, because he says it’s time for a change anyway. Miranda, who didn’t seem to follow the conversation, still looking for Francois, only picked it Neal’s last sentence and she says she will need a driver for tonight, she can’t find hers anywhere. She says if he gives her a good back rub, she pays extra and she winks at him. Neal desperately ask them if they recognizes him and they really, really don’t. Before he leaves, Bob asks him what role he booked him and Neal said he gave him the chance of a lifetime, to act alongside Russell Crowe and work with David Fincher, in Devil in the White City. Bob doesn’t recall the conversation. Neal says he was eating an ice cream in a park when Bob sat next to him and he started talking about this role he had to cast and he gave him his card. Neal says he auditioned and he got the part, but he came here to tell him that the movie was a fluke and he’s fired. Bob can’t believe it, he thought he gave his card to a stranger in the street, they were joking about it the other day. Neal can’t believe it and he says they will regret not holding on to him one day, where every single person on this planet will know his name. Wilson says it will certainly happen, as Neal walks out, enraged.
Melissa Hao is sharing a piece of cake with Francois, who thinks she wants to hook up, but she really just wants to ask him questions. She wants to know what he does for Miranda Jones and who he really is. He says he’s Francois, a French immigrant who came to L.A. to start a modelling career, but it was too late when he realised he was too old, so he worked odd jobs for a while until he was approached by Miranda as he was working as a salesman in a store and she offered him a salary to do things for her. Hao asks if he means sexual things or something else. He says their relationship was professional, he drove her around, cooked for her and gave her a massage once in a while, but yes, their relationship evolved over time and they sleep together once in a while. Hao says it’s interesting, and wants to ask Francois another question, but Francois interrupts her. He knows what she’s up to. He says Miranda is not a happy woman, she’s perpetually sad. She’s just a desperate woman clinging to thing she has, because she has never worked in her life. He’s not even sure she ever had a friend, so he stayed with her, because he couldn’t imagine what her life would become if he left. She can’t function on her own and now to see that her company is in financial trouble, he finds it immensely sad, because no matter how incompetent she is, he has never seen her so implicated with something ever since he’s known her and to lose it will crush her. Hao realises Francois gave her multiple scoops and she lets him know. He shakes his head and walks away in disgust.
As everyone is trying to find a way to stir the ship in the right direction, François comes back and heads straight to Miranda’s office. Miranda shuts the door and kisses François, but her employees didn’t see it. François says it could be a good idea to leave and go on a vacation. He could drive them to her father’s country house and forget all about it, drinking champagne all day. Lesley thinks it’s a nice idea and she heads out to break the news. As she leaves, Andrea, Bob and Wilson wonder what this is all about and are starting to worry for their job, as they don’t think the agency will stay open much longer, but they need to do something. Their reputation took a hit, the only actor they were able to bring today was Neal McDonough and they know better than journeyman actor who like to play law enforcements. They all agree and they say they’ll sleep on it.
Bob is seen walking in the dark of the night in a respectable Los Angeles neighbourhood. He knocks on a door after making sure he’s at the right place and Mark (Bill Nighy), their loan shark answers.
Call My Agent - Deal with the Devil
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Bill Nighy .... Mark
Gilles Marini .... François
Dale Dickey .... Herself
Plot: Mark (Bill Nighy) lets Bob (Rainn Wilson) in. Curious about the nature of his visit, Mark asks Bob what he’s doing at his house and if it’s to take the check back, then it’s too late, he already cashed it in. Bob says he’s not here for the check, he’s here for something else. Mark obviously heard and learned what happened at the Jones Agency and he laughs in Bob’s face, saying that at least he had part of his money back, because he feels like they will close soon. He remembers how they disrespected him that day and with his contacts, he made sure that none of them will ever find work in Hollywood again. Bob says it won’t matter because he wants to borrow money from him. Mark can dictate his terms and he will accept them, he’s that desperate. Mark says they have a deal and he whispers the terms in his ear, carefully not touching him. Bob insists they shake hands and gets Mark to agree. Right before they do, Bob says a promise ain’t one unless they spit swear and he spits on his hand and quickly catches Mark’s hand who gags in disgust. Bob, hand still slimy, pats Mark on the cheek as the opening credits roll.
François (Gilles Marini) pulls the Rolls Royce over the driveway and murmurs something as he notices a beat-up Pontiac in the driveway. He turns around and Miranda (Lesley Manville) is still asleep in the back, a glass of champagne in hand and cucumbers covering her eyes. He enters the house and he finds a woman sitting on the floor. Francois asks her who she is and she says she’s Dale Dickey (Dale Dickey) and she rented this Airbnb for the entire day and she doesn’t intent to leave. François curses in French as he forgot he rents Miranda’s unused houses on Airbnb in order to bring a little money to support her expensive lifestyle until she gets her inheritance. Miranda enters the house and screams that a junkie is in her house, to which Dale responds that she plays junkies and she’s not one. People need to make the difference for god’s sake.
Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) arrive at the same time at the agency and they turn on their computers to read the news for the first time today. Miranda is making the headlines with an article written by Melissa Hao, describing the luxurious lifestyle of Miranda and compraring her to a child put in a adult’s position and how dumb and clueless the woman is about the daily operations of her acclaimed agency she’s currently running to the ground. She spends her days enjoying life with a foreign human sex toy and is an entitled brat, according to one of her employees, Hao claims. Andre and Wilson are furious, the article is defamatory and will damage their already plummeting reputation even more. Andrea is ready to sue Hao, but Wilson wonders where she’ll find the money to pay for the legal fees, but Andrea says she doesn’t care, they need to do something. Wilson agrees it’s enraging, but there’s nothing they can do about it, or so he thinks. They agree to go over everything once again to try to find money, even if Wilson assures Andrea that he’s already done it countless times and he can’t even find a dollar. They shrug it off and look at the books again.
Dale is still trying to prove to Miranda she’s not really a drug dealer like her character in Spark of Madness, but just an actress who’s probably good at her job, because Miranda can’t tell her and her character apart. Miranda asks Dale to smile and she shows her crooked teeth. Miranda looks at her, dead in the eyes, defiant, and says the teeth don’t lie. Dale says not many people have the same chance in life than her. Miranda is offended by her comments and leaves the room to check out the rest of the house. she has so many, she forgot what they look like. She enters in the bedroom to find out Dale slept in her bed. Enraged, Miranda yells at Dickey that she’s white trash and she shouldn’t be in her house. She makes her way to the kitchen and finds food coloring syringes and mistakes them for drugs. She confronts Dale about it and Dale snaps at Miranda. She says Miranda is so ignorant, what they’re saying about her today must be true. She says an elegant woman like her, it was hard to believe it, but once she saw her today and how she acted towards her today, she believes it now. Miranda doesn’t know what she’s talking about and Dale shows her the article dragging her through the mud. She turns back and see François, who begs her to forgive him, he was just trying to defend her. Miranda can’t believe he betrayed her trust like that and she feels violated by her actions. She shoves him aside and locks herself in the bathroom to cry. François walks away in tears. Just before he leaves, Dale asks if she can stay, because, you know, she rented the place for the whole day and François says he doesn’t care.
Bob sits alone at the bar, contemplating the check he made to the agency. The bartender asks Bob what brings him here today in the middle of day and Bob says he made a deal with the devil and he’s drinking to try to forget it. The bartender says it sounds like a hell of a plan and Bob agrees as he raises his glass.
A couple of hours later, Dale knocks on the bathroom door and Miranda, sobbing, answers back. Dale says the French guy left with her Rolls Royce and she needs to get back to Los Angeles to audition for this role in a drama and she was wondering if she could be Miranda’s Uber driver, otherwise she’s stuck here. Miranda reluctantly accepts. As Dale struggles to start her beat-up car, she tells Miranda to not forget to leave her a good review, but Miranda doesn’t answer, devastated by the precarious condition of the car, hoping she’ll make it back to Los Angeles alive.
Back the agency, Andrea and Wilson are desperate, after they spent the entire day searching for money and they were forced to realise they are doomed. Bob arrives at the office, drunk. He slams the check on his desk and he says he found the solution to their problem. Andrea wondered what he did and Wilson, judging by his appearance, doesn’t think it’s a good thing.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Bill Nighy .... Mark
Gilles Marini .... François
Dale Dickey .... Herself
Plot: Mark (Bill Nighy) lets Bob (Rainn Wilson) in. Curious about the nature of his visit, Mark asks Bob what he’s doing at his house and if it’s to take the check back, then it’s too late, he already cashed it in. Bob says he’s not here for the check, he’s here for something else. Mark obviously heard and learned what happened at the Jones Agency and he laughs in Bob’s face, saying that at least he had part of his money back, because he feels like they will close soon. He remembers how they disrespected him that day and with his contacts, he made sure that none of them will ever find work in Hollywood again. Bob says it won’t matter because he wants to borrow money from him. Mark can dictate his terms and he will accept them, he’s that desperate. Mark says they have a deal and he whispers the terms in his ear, carefully not touching him. Bob insists they shake hands and gets Mark to agree. Right before they do, Bob says a promise ain’t one unless they spit swear and he spits on his hand and quickly catches Mark’s hand who gags in disgust. Bob, hand still slimy, pats Mark on the cheek as the opening credits roll.
François (Gilles Marini) pulls the Rolls Royce over the driveway and murmurs something as he notices a beat-up Pontiac in the driveway. He turns around and Miranda (Lesley Manville) is still asleep in the back, a glass of champagne in hand and cucumbers covering her eyes. He enters the house and he finds a woman sitting on the floor. Francois asks her who she is and she says she’s Dale Dickey (Dale Dickey) and she rented this Airbnb for the entire day and she doesn’t intent to leave. François curses in French as he forgot he rents Miranda’s unused houses on Airbnb in order to bring a little money to support her expensive lifestyle until she gets her inheritance. Miranda enters the house and screams that a junkie is in her house, to which Dale responds that she plays junkies and she’s not one. People need to make the difference for god’s sake.
Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) arrive at the same time at the agency and they turn on their computers to read the news for the first time today. Miranda is making the headlines with an article written by Melissa Hao, describing the luxurious lifestyle of Miranda and compraring her to a child put in a adult’s position and how dumb and clueless the woman is about the daily operations of her acclaimed agency she’s currently running to the ground. She spends her days enjoying life with a foreign human sex toy and is an entitled brat, according to one of her employees, Hao claims. Andre and Wilson are furious, the article is defamatory and will damage their already plummeting reputation even more. Andrea is ready to sue Hao, but Wilson wonders where she’ll find the money to pay for the legal fees, but Andrea says she doesn’t care, they need to do something. Wilson agrees it’s enraging, but there’s nothing they can do about it, or so he thinks. They agree to go over everything once again to try to find money, even if Wilson assures Andrea that he’s already done it countless times and he can’t even find a dollar. They shrug it off and look at the books again.
Dale is still trying to prove to Miranda she’s not really a drug dealer like her character in Spark of Madness, but just an actress who’s probably good at her job, because Miranda can’t tell her and her character apart. Miranda asks Dale to smile and she shows her crooked teeth. Miranda looks at her, dead in the eyes, defiant, and says the teeth don’t lie. Dale says not many people have the same chance in life than her. Miranda is offended by her comments and leaves the room to check out the rest of the house. she has so many, she forgot what they look like. She enters in the bedroom to find out Dale slept in her bed. Enraged, Miranda yells at Dickey that she’s white trash and she shouldn’t be in her house. She makes her way to the kitchen and finds food coloring syringes and mistakes them for drugs. She confronts Dale about it and Dale snaps at Miranda. She says Miranda is so ignorant, what they’re saying about her today must be true. She says an elegant woman like her, it was hard to believe it, but once she saw her today and how she acted towards her today, she believes it now. Miranda doesn’t know what she’s talking about and Dale shows her the article dragging her through the mud. She turns back and see François, who begs her to forgive him, he was just trying to defend her. Miranda can’t believe he betrayed her trust like that and she feels violated by her actions. She shoves him aside and locks herself in the bathroom to cry. François walks away in tears. Just before he leaves, Dale asks if she can stay, because, you know, she rented the place for the whole day and François says he doesn’t care.
Bob sits alone at the bar, contemplating the check he made to the agency. The bartender asks Bob what brings him here today in the middle of day and Bob says he made a deal with the devil and he’s drinking to try to forget it. The bartender says it sounds like a hell of a plan and Bob agrees as he raises his glass.
A couple of hours later, Dale knocks on the bathroom door and Miranda, sobbing, answers back. Dale says the French guy left with her Rolls Royce and she needs to get back to Los Angeles to audition for this role in a drama and she was wondering if she could be Miranda’s Uber driver, otherwise she’s stuck here. Miranda reluctantly accepts. As Dale struggles to start her beat-up car, she tells Miranda to not forget to leave her a good review, but Miranda doesn’t answer, devastated by the precarious condition of the car, hoping she’ll make it back to Los Angeles alive.
Back the agency, Andrea and Wilson are desperate, after they spent the entire day searching for money and they were forced to realise they are doomed. Bob arrives at the office, drunk. He slams the check on his desk and he says he found the solution to their problem. Andrea wondered what he did and Wilson, judging by his appearance, doesn’t think it’s a good thing.
Call My Agent - Refusal
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Bill Nighy .... Mark
William Forsythe .... Boris Shelkovina
Michelle Yeoh .... Melissa Hao
Chris Colfer .... Desmond
Halle Berry .... Herself
Plot: Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) can’t wrap their head around what their friend and colleague Bob (Rainn Wilson) did. He just gave a nice, hefty check to the agency that will keep it afloat for at least three months, according to Wilson. They ask where he found that kind of money, but Rainn says it doesn’t matter. Wilson refuses it, because he doesn’t want Bob to take money from his kids’ college fund, but Bob, along with Andrea, reveal to Wilson he never had kids to begin with. Wilson is shocked, but not only because the man he thought he knew lied to him, but also, he just saw the high and mighty Miranda Jones (Lesley Manville) come out of a beat-up, rusty Pontiac. Miranda enters and Bob, who doesn’t know about the devastating article about her, asks her what happened to the Rolls Royce and she says François was fired for what he did to her and she’s heartbroken, so now she needs a little alone time. Wilson says she should be happy, Bob just saved the agency, but she doesn’t care, since everyone seems to think she’s too incompetent to run it. She needs some alone time for now, so they leave her alone, as the opening credits roll.
Mark (Bill Nighy), still bragging about handing out another exaggerated loan, enters a chic restaurant to have dinner with someone. He sits in the booth and is greeted by Russian mob leader Boris Shelkovina (William Forsythe). Mark accepted the offer to eat together thinking it was a cordial invitation, but Boris meant business and he’s not going let him do his thing. He tells Mark he stepped in his territory when he gave a loan to Bob Hollis for the Jones agency and Mark says he doesn’t understand because he handfed the Jones Agency for a couple of years and Boris says he let it slide at first because it wasn’t his territory yet, but now that it’s his turf, Mark needs to be warned. Mark sanitizes his hand before he starts eating, but Boris says that if he thought it really was an invitation to eat, then he must be delusional. Boris grabs his steak knife and we see the two men’s shadows, with Boris stabbing Mark’s right hand as Mark screams in agony.
The night has come and Miranda is looking for a place to stay since François took over possession of her house and she can’t even think about seeing him again. She asks around about a chic hotel she could go to, but Andrea refuses, she could sleep on one of their couches. Wilson offers his place and looks at him all judgemental and she says it must be sad living with him, he doesn’t dress with colors and she imagines his house as all grey and black with no life to it. Wilson doesn’t argue much, because she’s right. She doesn’t even consider Wilson’s offer and it leaves her no choice but to go to Andrea’s. They drive over there and as soon as Miranda opens the door, she sees Andrea’s two kids (she didn’t know they existed), then she makes a face of disgust and she grabs the keys to Andrea’s car and leaves. She locks herself inside the car and thinks about how a woman like her can’t live out of a hotel and then, she thinks about someone else. She drives across town and she knocks on a door. Desmond (Chris Colfer), an employee of the agency who works on set, answers. She tells him she sleeps on his bed tonight and he can take the couch, or else, he’s fired, but of course, he can join her if he wants, she needs a rebound anyway.
The next morning, with their recently cashed-in money, the agency is ready to come back in the game and to make people forget all about the controversy. Wilson, Andrea and Bob are unanimous, they need to strike a big deal and when you say a big deal with a payday in Hollywood these days, you need to think about one thing and one thing only: superhero movies. Andrea says she knows the right actress to call to cast her in a role in the biggest movie of the year.
The scene cuts to Halle Berry (Halle Berry) telling them she won’t do it, no matter what they tell her. She reminds Andrea she nearly ruined her career when she casted her in Catwoman and she thought it was a wonderful idea. Bob reminds her she seemed rather happy to except her Razzie for it and we cut to a clip where we see Halle Berry ironically accepting her Razzie for Catwoman. Berry says she may have been a good sport back then, but they don’t seem to remember the lean years following that “win”. Wilson comes in and doesn’t notice Halle Berry and he says the next contract is really important, because, according to his projections, it could allow them to stay in business for two more weeks. Halle just finds out she’s been used by them so they can stay open and she’s not comfortable with the idea of being the one who saved a controversial agency and she promised to herself she would never do business with Andrea again. Andrea is frustrated because she doesn’t feel like she mismanaged Halle Berry’s career and feels like she’s venting about it now just because she doesn’t want to help them. Berry is as furious as ever, claiming Andrea’s contracts have never been anything but good. Catwoman, Movie 43 and Kidnap, not really strong parts that make you look good. Berry gathers her things and leaves and right before she leaves, Bob checks his breath to make sure it doesn’t stink and tells Andrea to hold on, he’s going to seduce her the Bob Hollis way. He walks across the office with confidence and he flatters her, saying she’s a good actress and all, so she should reconsider. Halle Berry thanks him, but she says it’s not about that. She leaves by saying she’ll think about it, at least, but to not get their hopes up. Bob turns around and counts it as a victory and a proof that the Bob Hollis charm doesn’t go away. Andrea rolls her eyes, but admits they can count it as a miniscule victory. Wilson comes out of Andrea's office and with a catsuit on. They are disgusted at the view and he claims Miranda bought the original Halle Berry Catwoman costume for a charity event and he wanted to show her. They say that she's gone and Wilson is so sad that he licks his hand with petty eyes, just like a cat would do as Andrea and Bob keep begging him to get out of their sight.
Miranda gets out of the make-up chair and is guided by an employee to a television set where she meets with Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh), the woman who dragged her through the mud and she refuses to shake her hands. She just wants to get this over with.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Bill Nighy .... Mark
William Forsythe .... Boris Shelkovina
Michelle Yeoh .... Melissa Hao
Chris Colfer .... Desmond
Halle Berry .... Herself
Plot: Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) can’t wrap their head around what their friend and colleague Bob (Rainn Wilson) did. He just gave a nice, hefty check to the agency that will keep it afloat for at least three months, according to Wilson. They ask where he found that kind of money, but Rainn says it doesn’t matter. Wilson refuses it, because he doesn’t want Bob to take money from his kids’ college fund, but Bob, along with Andrea, reveal to Wilson he never had kids to begin with. Wilson is shocked, but not only because the man he thought he knew lied to him, but also, he just saw the high and mighty Miranda Jones (Lesley Manville) come out of a beat-up, rusty Pontiac. Miranda enters and Bob, who doesn’t know about the devastating article about her, asks her what happened to the Rolls Royce and she says François was fired for what he did to her and she’s heartbroken, so now she needs a little alone time. Wilson says she should be happy, Bob just saved the agency, but she doesn’t care, since everyone seems to think she’s too incompetent to run it. She needs some alone time for now, so they leave her alone, as the opening credits roll.
Mark (Bill Nighy), still bragging about handing out another exaggerated loan, enters a chic restaurant to have dinner with someone. He sits in the booth and is greeted by Russian mob leader Boris Shelkovina (William Forsythe). Mark accepted the offer to eat together thinking it was a cordial invitation, but Boris meant business and he’s not going let him do his thing. He tells Mark he stepped in his territory when he gave a loan to Bob Hollis for the Jones agency and Mark says he doesn’t understand because he handfed the Jones Agency for a couple of years and Boris says he let it slide at first because it wasn’t his territory yet, but now that it’s his turf, Mark needs to be warned. Mark sanitizes his hand before he starts eating, but Boris says that if he thought it really was an invitation to eat, then he must be delusional. Boris grabs his steak knife and we see the two men’s shadows, with Boris stabbing Mark’s right hand as Mark screams in agony.
The night has come and Miranda is looking for a place to stay since François took over possession of her house and she can’t even think about seeing him again. She asks around about a chic hotel she could go to, but Andrea refuses, she could sleep on one of their couches. Wilson offers his place and looks at him all judgemental and she says it must be sad living with him, he doesn’t dress with colors and she imagines his house as all grey and black with no life to it. Wilson doesn’t argue much, because she’s right. She doesn’t even consider Wilson’s offer and it leaves her no choice but to go to Andrea’s. They drive over there and as soon as Miranda opens the door, she sees Andrea’s two kids (she didn’t know they existed), then she makes a face of disgust and she grabs the keys to Andrea’s car and leaves. She locks herself inside the car and thinks about how a woman like her can’t live out of a hotel and then, she thinks about someone else. She drives across town and she knocks on a door. Desmond (Chris Colfer), an employee of the agency who works on set, answers. She tells him she sleeps on his bed tonight and he can take the couch, or else, he’s fired, but of course, he can join her if he wants, she needs a rebound anyway.
The next morning, with their recently cashed-in money, the agency is ready to come back in the game and to make people forget all about the controversy. Wilson, Andrea and Bob are unanimous, they need to strike a big deal and when you say a big deal with a payday in Hollywood these days, you need to think about one thing and one thing only: superhero movies. Andrea says she knows the right actress to call to cast her in a role in the biggest movie of the year.
The scene cuts to Halle Berry (Halle Berry) telling them she won’t do it, no matter what they tell her. She reminds Andrea she nearly ruined her career when she casted her in Catwoman and she thought it was a wonderful idea. Bob reminds her she seemed rather happy to except her Razzie for it and we cut to a clip where we see Halle Berry ironically accepting her Razzie for Catwoman. Berry says she may have been a good sport back then, but they don’t seem to remember the lean years following that “win”. Wilson comes in and doesn’t notice Halle Berry and he says the next contract is really important, because, according to his projections, it could allow them to stay in business for two more weeks. Halle just finds out she’s been used by them so they can stay open and she’s not comfortable with the idea of being the one who saved a controversial agency and she promised to herself she would never do business with Andrea again. Andrea is frustrated because she doesn’t feel like she mismanaged Halle Berry’s career and feels like she’s venting about it now just because she doesn’t want to help them. Berry is as furious as ever, claiming Andrea’s contracts have never been anything but good. Catwoman, Movie 43 and Kidnap, not really strong parts that make you look good. Berry gathers her things and leaves and right before she leaves, Bob checks his breath to make sure it doesn’t stink and tells Andrea to hold on, he’s going to seduce her the Bob Hollis way. He walks across the office with confidence and he flatters her, saying she’s a good actress and all, so she should reconsider. Halle Berry thanks him, but she says it’s not about that. She leaves by saying she’ll think about it, at least, but to not get their hopes up. Bob turns around and counts it as a victory and a proof that the Bob Hollis charm doesn’t go away. Andrea rolls her eyes, but admits they can count it as a miniscule victory. Wilson comes out of Andrea's office and with a catsuit on. They are disgusted at the view and he claims Miranda bought the original Halle Berry Catwoman costume for a charity event and he wanted to show her. They say that she's gone and Wilson is so sad that he licks his hand with petty eyes, just like a cat would do as Andrea and Bob keep begging him to get out of their sight.
Miranda gets out of the make-up chair and is guided by an employee to a television set where she meets with Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh), the woman who dragged her through the mud and she refuses to shake her hands. She just wants to get this over with.
Call My Agent - Questioning
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Michelle Yeoh .... Melissa Hao
Gilles Marini .... François
Chris Colfer .... Desmond
Michael Stuhlbarg .... Himself
Plot: Miranda (Lesley Manville), sitting in front of the cameras, ready to do the first live interview of her career. The pressure is on, not only does she have to save face, but she’s also trying to save the sinking ship that is the Jones agency. Six months. All she needs is six months to get her inheritance that will allow her either sell the agency, or to keep running it. She doesn’t want to think about that decision just yet, she has more urgent matters to attend to. Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh) gets her attention, they are about to start the interview. Miranda adjusts her dress and takes a deep breath before the interview starts. Her reputation is on the line.
Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) and Bob (Rainn Wilson) welcome their second client of the day, Bob’s this time, hoping that their meeting will go much more smoothly than the one they had earlier. They send Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) on a mission to find where Miranda is and he accepts it diligently. Bob tells Andrea that this meeting will go well, he’s certain. It’s a great movie, a great project, some good stars attached and his client is the only missing pieces, he’s thrilled and convinced to make a slam dunk. As Wilson heads out, he holds the door to Bob’s client, Michael Stuhlbarg (Michael Stuhlbarg). Bob gets up and greets Michael, but Michael isn’t all smiles as Bob would’ve hoped. Andrea mouths to Bob, asking him if everything is alright and Bob says he’s just a serious guy, everything will be alright. As they sit down, Michael tells Bob they need to talk. They really need to talk. Andrea sighs, what is it this time ?
Melissa starts the interview simply. She asks Miranda how did she manage to end up in the director’s chair at the Jones agency. She says her father died and he put her in charge. Melissa asks Miranda what she was doing before inheriting this position. Miranda says she could call herself a socialite, but that would just be a fancy word to say what she really was. She was a daddy’s girl who lived off his fortune and did nothing all day and just lived her life to the fullest. Melissa thinks Miranda just admitted she doesn’t have the required skills and knowledge to run a talent agent. Miranda cuts her off and she says she knows what Melissa’s plan is. She’s here to drag her through the mud and to destroy her reputation and she won’t let that happen. She may not be the most educated woman on the planet, but she can stand up for herself and if she wants a fight, she’ll have a fight, but she better be ready cause she can last as long as it needs to save face. Melissa is embarrassed and she cuts to the commercials, as Miranda wisely smiles. Melissa heads for the backstage area and she screams to her producer to bring in the secret weapon, they’re going to break that bitch.
Michael Stuhlbarg tells Bob that he’s tired. Bob doesn’t understand what he means by that. He says he can’t handle the pressure. Bob asks him to put it more bluntly because he still doesn’t understand what he’s talking about. He’s a great actor and everyone thinks he’s good, what more can you ask, right? Stuhlbarg says that’s exactly what he’s talking about. People expect excellence from him, everything he touches turns to gold and he fears what’s going to happen once he’s in a flop. Will people think that he’s done and not offer him jobs anymore. The indie films don’t pay much and even when you don’t work, you still have to pay the rent. He doesn’t want good films anymore, he just wants to do a non-challenging film that comes with a hefty paycheck. That’s all he’s asking for. He can’t stand the pressure anymore, so no, he won’t accept the Jonestown role. Andrea walks away screaming “Are you kidding me”. Bob isn’t so sure this is a slam dunk anymore.
Melissa comes back and sits in her chair as they come back from the break. She stares at Miranda and says it’s now time for Miranda to explain herself to the man she abandoned after he tried to defend her, François. Miranda is genuinely shocked to see François again and she feels tears are about to fall. She regains her composure as Melissa allows François to give his side to the story. François says he came forward to the media to defend her, but she completely threw him under the bus and rejected him, showing to him that she is just a self-centered jerk who only cares about herself. He says it’s now time to let the cat out of the bag. She only accepted the job because it was the only way for her to get her inheritance. She’s just in for the money and she knows it. She even told him in private that she doesn’t even like her employees, in fact, she despises them. Miranda can’t believe what she’s hearing. She looks around desperately, hoping that all of this is just an elaborate prank, when she sees Wilson, looking really disappointed. He just heard everything and just like everyone else, he will believe it’s true. François goes on and on, saying she mistreated him for years and used him as a human sex toy for years and she knew he wouldn’t say a work, because he was a vulnerable immigrant. Melissa concludes François’ mean and untrue rant about Miranda with a question for Miranda. How will she respond to these accusations? Miranda sees Wilson walking out in anger and discouragement and she speaks to herself, promising that she’s going to do the right thing for once. Miranda says she may be avoiding the question, but all François just said is untrue. The whole controversy started as a gender inequality scandal after they won an award celebrating their work for gender equality in Hollywood and miss Hao has turned it into a witch hunt to bring her down, god knows why. She isn’t going to endure this anymore. She’ll see her in court for this. Melissa asks her with which money, because she doesn’t have any. Miranda walks away, whipping the tears dripping down her face.
Michael Stuhlbarg is committed to drop out of filming his upcoming film. He says he had a hard time coming back to his normal life after his last film. He can’t do it anymore, he doesn’t remember who the real Michael Stuhlbarg is. Bob agrees because he truly is a good character actor. He can’t even recognize him sometimes, because he is so good. Bob is adamant that Michael should do this film and afterwards they can find him cash-grabbing roles, but he needs to end its true career with a bang, right? Michael says he’s right, but he better listen this time, or else he’ll come after him. All these years in character, he learned a lot of things. Bob escorts him out and they’ll see each other on the Jonestown set.
Miranda knocks on Desmond’s apartment door and when he opens, she falls in his arms and they almost fall on the floor. As she’s sobbing, Desmond can’t believe Miranda has a heart after all, he always thought she was heartless, and that’s just the way she acted, but tonight he sees a real, vulnerable woman in his arms.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Michelle Yeoh .... Melissa Hao
Gilles Marini .... François
Chris Colfer .... Desmond
Michael Stuhlbarg .... Himself
Plot: Miranda (Lesley Manville), sitting in front of the cameras, ready to do the first live interview of her career. The pressure is on, not only does she have to save face, but she’s also trying to save the sinking ship that is the Jones agency. Six months. All she needs is six months to get her inheritance that will allow her either sell the agency, or to keep running it. She doesn’t want to think about that decision just yet, she has more urgent matters to attend to. Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh) gets her attention, they are about to start the interview. Miranda adjusts her dress and takes a deep breath before the interview starts. Her reputation is on the line.
Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) and Bob (Rainn Wilson) welcome their second client of the day, Bob’s this time, hoping that their meeting will go much more smoothly than the one they had earlier. They send Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) on a mission to find where Miranda is and he accepts it diligently. Bob tells Andrea that this meeting will go well, he’s certain. It’s a great movie, a great project, some good stars attached and his client is the only missing pieces, he’s thrilled and convinced to make a slam dunk. As Wilson heads out, he holds the door to Bob’s client, Michael Stuhlbarg (Michael Stuhlbarg). Bob gets up and greets Michael, but Michael isn’t all smiles as Bob would’ve hoped. Andrea mouths to Bob, asking him if everything is alright and Bob says he’s just a serious guy, everything will be alright. As they sit down, Michael tells Bob they need to talk. They really need to talk. Andrea sighs, what is it this time ?
Melissa starts the interview simply. She asks Miranda how did she manage to end up in the director’s chair at the Jones agency. She says her father died and he put her in charge. Melissa asks Miranda what she was doing before inheriting this position. Miranda says she could call herself a socialite, but that would just be a fancy word to say what she really was. She was a daddy’s girl who lived off his fortune and did nothing all day and just lived her life to the fullest. Melissa thinks Miranda just admitted she doesn’t have the required skills and knowledge to run a talent agent. Miranda cuts her off and she says she knows what Melissa’s plan is. She’s here to drag her through the mud and to destroy her reputation and she won’t let that happen. She may not be the most educated woman on the planet, but she can stand up for herself and if she wants a fight, she’ll have a fight, but she better be ready cause she can last as long as it needs to save face. Melissa is embarrassed and she cuts to the commercials, as Miranda wisely smiles. Melissa heads for the backstage area and she screams to her producer to bring in the secret weapon, they’re going to break that bitch.
Michael Stuhlbarg tells Bob that he’s tired. Bob doesn’t understand what he means by that. He says he can’t handle the pressure. Bob asks him to put it more bluntly because he still doesn’t understand what he’s talking about. He’s a great actor and everyone thinks he’s good, what more can you ask, right? Stuhlbarg says that’s exactly what he’s talking about. People expect excellence from him, everything he touches turns to gold and he fears what’s going to happen once he’s in a flop. Will people think that he’s done and not offer him jobs anymore. The indie films don’t pay much and even when you don’t work, you still have to pay the rent. He doesn’t want good films anymore, he just wants to do a non-challenging film that comes with a hefty paycheck. That’s all he’s asking for. He can’t stand the pressure anymore, so no, he won’t accept the Jonestown role. Andrea walks away screaming “Are you kidding me”. Bob isn’t so sure this is a slam dunk anymore.
Melissa comes back and sits in her chair as they come back from the break. She stares at Miranda and says it’s now time for Miranda to explain herself to the man she abandoned after he tried to defend her, François. Miranda is genuinely shocked to see François again and she feels tears are about to fall. She regains her composure as Melissa allows François to give his side to the story. François says he came forward to the media to defend her, but she completely threw him under the bus and rejected him, showing to him that she is just a self-centered jerk who only cares about herself. He says it’s now time to let the cat out of the bag. She only accepted the job because it was the only way for her to get her inheritance. She’s just in for the money and she knows it. She even told him in private that she doesn’t even like her employees, in fact, she despises them. Miranda can’t believe what she’s hearing. She looks around desperately, hoping that all of this is just an elaborate prank, when she sees Wilson, looking really disappointed. He just heard everything and just like everyone else, he will believe it’s true. François goes on and on, saying she mistreated him for years and used him as a human sex toy for years and she knew he wouldn’t say a work, because he was a vulnerable immigrant. Melissa concludes François’ mean and untrue rant about Miranda with a question for Miranda. How will she respond to these accusations? Miranda sees Wilson walking out in anger and discouragement and she speaks to herself, promising that she’s going to do the right thing for once. Miranda says she may be avoiding the question, but all François just said is untrue. The whole controversy started as a gender inequality scandal after they won an award celebrating their work for gender equality in Hollywood and miss Hao has turned it into a witch hunt to bring her down, god knows why. She isn’t going to endure this anymore. She’ll see her in court for this. Melissa asks her with which money, because she doesn’t have any. Miranda walks away, whipping the tears dripping down her face.
Michael Stuhlbarg is committed to drop out of filming his upcoming film. He says he had a hard time coming back to his normal life after his last film. He can’t do it anymore, he doesn’t remember who the real Michael Stuhlbarg is. Bob agrees because he truly is a good character actor. He can’t even recognize him sometimes, because he is so good. Bob is adamant that Michael should do this film and afterwards they can find him cash-grabbing roles, but he needs to end its true career with a bang, right? Michael says he’s right, but he better listen this time, or else he’ll come after him. All these years in character, he learned a lot of things. Bob escorts him out and they’ll see each other on the Jonestown set.
Miranda knocks on Desmond’s apartment door and when he opens, she falls in his arms and they almost fall on the floor. As she’s sobbing, Desmond can’t believe Miranda has a heart after all, he always thought she was heartless, and that’s just the way she acted, but tonight he sees a real, vulnerable woman in his arms.
Call My Agent - Make-Belief
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Bill Nighy .... Mark
Michelle Yeoh .... Melissa Hao
William Forsythe .... Boris Shelkovina
Martin Freeman .... Himself
Plot: Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) is at home watching the news and she sees the interview between Miranda and Hao. She can’t believe it and she calls Bob (Rainn Wilson) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) on videoconference so they can share their thoughts about it. Wilson said he was on the set during the interview and what François said not only sounded real, but he was sure it is real. She has been a jerk to him since he’s known her and she can be a little uptight, but let’s be honest, she can be really uptight. Andrea, on the other end, sticks with Miranda no matter what and she doesn’t think Miranda has that much meanness in her. Bob says Andrea is just sticking with her because they are women. Andrea says it’s not true and that’s sexist. Bob says she should calm down because he believes Miranda. During the press conference, when he pushed François off the stage, he placed him behind a tree and he saw him sneaking away with that journalist when it was all over. They are up to something and he wants to know what, so he stands by Miranda. Wilson says they should all meet at the agency and hopefully Miranda will be there to answer their questions.
Miranda (Lesley Manville) is pacing in her office. One might say this is the first time she is nervous in her entire life. She opens the door to Martin Freeman (Martin Freeman) and he asks if he’s at the right place. Miranda says he is and she asks if she’s talking to David “Pudd’nhead” Wilson. Martin says he’s not really sure what she means by that and Miranda holds a picture of Martin Freeman in his role of Pudd’nhead Wilson next to him and she asks him if he’s a Golden Reel nominee for Pudd’nhead Wilson. Freeman says he’s proud to say yes. Miranda says it’s good. He was nominated for something, so he must be a good lawyer. Freeman says he isn’t really a lawyer, but Miranda grabs him by the shoulders and she says them Brits are funny, of course he’s a lawyer, he was up for a Golden Reel for god’s sake and they don’t give that to anyone. Martin Freeman thinks this is some kind of joke they are trying to do on him so he plays along. He gets into character and he speaks and acts like Pudd’nhead Wilson. He offers her to go inside her office so they have more privacy and they can really get into the crunchy details.
Andrea, Bob and Wilson regroup in front of the agency and they are surprised to see Miranda is here. They discuss a strategy to talk to her about what happened yesterday. They argue a little but they figure out they should just head in and talk to her, so she can explain herself. They open the door and are stunned to see Martin Freeman in historical clothing sitting in Miranda’s office, as everyone would be, given that it’s the 21st century. They say they want to talk about what happened yesterday and she says she was set up and will pursue legal actions, as she points at Martin Freeman who decided to play along after she gave him a check, as a salary. Wilson doesn’t think it’s great use of company money, but Miranda says he’s a really good lawyer, he knows the laws. She asks her employees if they knew it was illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license in Nebraska? She didn’t grow him in Nebraska but it would’ve been a game changer if she knew that when she was younger. Andrea and Bob look at Freeman who points the Huffington Post article giving details about said law. He says he doesn’t care about lying to her, she gave him such a large amount of money, he doesn’t care anymore. Bob takes a look at the check she gave Martin and it’s about half what he loaned from Mark. It’s true what they say, she is an incompetent manager. He storms out of the office. Andrea who was distracted by Bob’s exit, picks up on the three-way conversation between Miranda, Martin and Wilson and she can only hear Wilson screaming “But the laws have changed!” Freeman says they’ll hold a mock trial to see if he’s really as bad as Wilson seems to think. Miranda begs Andrea to be the judge and she doesn’t really feel like she has the option to say no.
Andrea is the almighty judge, Martin Freeman, or should we say Pudd’nhead Wilson is defending Miranda Jones and Wilson Johnson is the opposing counsel. The mock trial is well under-way but it is strictly impossible to hear anything as Pudd’nhead and Wilson try to speak louder than one another. Andrea wrecks havoc on her desk with her gavel, finally snapping. The argument ends with Wilson screaming “BUT THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED!” Andrea points out that their shenanigans must come to an end, they have a visitor. She points to the door and here is Mark (Bill Nighy), their loan shark, presumably coming for the rest of his money. Martin Freeman says he’s got this. Miranda pushes him out of the way, making him fall on the floor. She says it’s true, the laws have changed, they’re on her turf now. She quickly notices the bandage on Mark’s hand. She asks him if he disinfected to much that his skin cracked and he says that as a matter of fact, yes, that’s what happens. Mark says he’s here to talk to Bob, the alcoholic son of a b, they need to talk. Wilson says Bob hasn’t been here all day and Miranda stops him again, she has this covered. She grabs Mark by the shoulders, turns him around and pushes him out of the office. She won’t let him walk all over her and disrespects her employees like that. She’s a strong woman and he’ll need be better than that to intimidate her. Mark says they’re making a huge mistake, especially Bob. Wilson opens the window and spits on Mark and disgusted, he walks away. Miranda and Andrea reprimand him, thinking he has gone too far. Wilson says he was just in the heat of the woman. Andrea congratulates Miranda for her speech and Miranda says she always knew she had it in her. Mark just pocked the peacock. Wilson says it’s not really the saying, but Miranda says she doesn’t care. Peacocks are majestic, she’s majestic, bottom line, Mark poked the peacock. She’s right, he’s wrong. As Miranda power walks her way out, Wilson is trying to convince Andrea that he’s right, but she’s no having it. She likes this new confident version of Miranda.
Bob pulls over to Mark’s house. Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh), who’s been following him all day, also pulls over in the street and uses her camera to get a closer look. Bob is surprised to see someone is already at Mark’s house. Boris Shelkovina (William Forsythe) came in to warn Mark once again. Bob asks him who is and Boris, thinking he was alone, throws a rock towards Bob who jukes it and it breaks a window. Melissa has everything on camera.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Bill Nighy .... Mark
Michelle Yeoh .... Melissa Hao
William Forsythe .... Boris Shelkovina
Martin Freeman .... Himself
Plot: Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) is at home watching the news and she sees the interview between Miranda and Hao. She can’t believe it and she calls Bob (Rainn Wilson) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) on videoconference so they can share their thoughts about it. Wilson said he was on the set during the interview and what François said not only sounded real, but he was sure it is real. She has been a jerk to him since he’s known her and she can be a little uptight, but let’s be honest, she can be really uptight. Andrea, on the other end, sticks with Miranda no matter what and she doesn’t think Miranda has that much meanness in her. Bob says Andrea is just sticking with her because they are women. Andrea says it’s not true and that’s sexist. Bob says she should calm down because he believes Miranda. During the press conference, when he pushed François off the stage, he placed him behind a tree and he saw him sneaking away with that journalist when it was all over. They are up to something and he wants to know what, so he stands by Miranda. Wilson says they should all meet at the agency and hopefully Miranda will be there to answer their questions.
Miranda (Lesley Manville) is pacing in her office. One might say this is the first time she is nervous in her entire life. She opens the door to Martin Freeman (Martin Freeman) and he asks if he’s at the right place. Miranda says he is and she asks if she’s talking to David “Pudd’nhead” Wilson. Martin says he’s not really sure what she means by that and Miranda holds a picture of Martin Freeman in his role of Pudd’nhead Wilson next to him and she asks him if he’s a Golden Reel nominee for Pudd’nhead Wilson. Freeman says he’s proud to say yes. Miranda says it’s good. He was nominated for something, so he must be a good lawyer. Freeman says he isn’t really a lawyer, but Miranda grabs him by the shoulders and she says them Brits are funny, of course he’s a lawyer, he was up for a Golden Reel for god’s sake and they don’t give that to anyone. Martin Freeman thinks this is some kind of joke they are trying to do on him so he plays along. He gets into character and he speaks and acts like Pudd’nhead Wilson. He offers her to go inside her office so they have more privacy and they can really get into the crunchy details.
Andrea, Bob and Wilson regroup in front of the agency and they are surprised to see Miranda is here. They discuss a strategy to talk to her about what happened yesterday. They argue a little but they figure out they should just head in and talk to her, so she can explain herself. They open the door and are stunned to see Martin Freeman in historical clothing sitting in Miranda’s office, as everyone would be, given that it’s the 21st century. They say they want to talk about what happened yesterday and she says she was set up and will pursue legal actions, as she points at Martin Freeman who decided to play along after she gave him a check, as a salary. Wilson doesn’t think it’s great use of company money, but Miranda says he’s a really good lawyer, he knows the laws. She asks her employees if they knew it was illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license in Nebraska? She didn’t grow him in Nebraska but it would’ve been a game changer if she knew that when she was younger. Andrea and Bob look at Freeman who points the Huffington Post article giving details about said law. He says he doesn’t care about lying to her, she gave him such a large amount of money, he doesn’t care anymore. Bob takes a look at the check she gave Martin and it’s about half what he loaned from Mark. It’s true what they say, she is an incompetent manager. He storms out of the office. Andrea who was distracted by Bob’s exit, picks up on the three-way conversation between Miranda, Martin and Wilson and she can only hear Wilson screaming “But the laws have changed!” Freeman says they’ll hold a mock trial to see if he’s really as bad as Wilson seems to think. Miranda begs Andrea to be the judge and she doesn’t really feel like she has the option to say no.
Andrea is the almighty judge, Martin Freeman, or should we say Pudd’nhead Wilson is defending Miranda Jones and Wilson Johnson is the opposing counsel. The mock trial is well under-way but it is strictly impossible to hear anything as Pudd’nhead and Wilson try to speak louder than one another. Andrea wrecks havoc on her desk with her gavel, finally snapping. The argument ends with Wilson screaming “BUT THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED!” Andrea points out that their shenanigans must come to an end, they have a visitor. She points to the door and here is Mark (Bill Nighy), their loan shark, presumably coming for the rest of his money. Martin Freeman says he’s got this. Miranda pushes him out of the way, making him fall on the floor. She says it’s true, the laws have changed, they’re on her turf now. She quickly notices the bandage on Mark’s hand. She asks him if he disinfected to much that his skin cracked and he says that as a matter of fact, yes, that’s what happens. Mark says he’s here to talk to Bob, the alcoholic son of a b, they need to talk. Wilson says Bob hasn’t been here all day and Miranda stops him again, she has this covered. She grabs Mark by the shoulders, turns him around and pushes him out of the office. She won’t let him walk all over her and disrespects her employees like that. She’s a strong woman and he’ll need be better than that to intimidate her. Mark says they’re making a huge mistake, especially Bob. Wilson opens the window and spits on Mark and disgusted, he walks away. Miranda and Andrea reprimand him, thinking he has gone too far. Wilson says he was just in the heat of the woman. Andrea congratulates Miranda for her speech and Miranda says she always knew she had it in her. Mark just pocked the peacock. Wilson says it’s not really the saying, but Miranda says she doesn’t care. Peacocks are majestic, she’s majestic, bottom line, Mark poked the peacock. She’s right, he’s wrong. As Miranda power walks her way out, Wilson is trying to convince Andrea that he’s right, but she’s no having it. She likes this new confident version of Miranda.
Bob pulls over to Mark’s house. Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh), who’s been following him all day, also pulls over in the street and uses her camera to get a closer look. Bob is surprised to see someone is already at Mark’s house. Boris Shelkovina (William Forsythe) came in to warn Mark once again. Bob asks him who is and Boris, thinking he was alone, throws a rock towards Bob who jukes it and it breaks a window. Melissa has everything on camera.
Call My Agent - Confident
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Bill Nighy .... Mark
Chris Colfer .... Desmond
Michelle Yeoh .... Melissa Hao
William Forsythe .... Boris Shelkovina
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley .... Herself
Plot: Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh) is delighted, she has everything she needs to have another juicy article about the Jones agency. On of their agent, Robert “Bob” Hollis (Rainn Wilson) is fighting with known Russian mob boss Boris Shelkovina (William Forsythe) and she has everything on camera. She gets her car running and she drives away. Bob tries to ease Boris and he finally gets him to calm when he opens up about their shared hatred of the germaphobe Mark. Boris tells Bob that he should’ve seen his face when he cut through his hand and he starts to laugh maniacally. Bob laughs too, but he’s unsure how to react and he doesn’t really know who’s standing in front of him. Shelkovina asks Bob who he’s working for and Bob says he’s just… Bob. Then, Shelkovina tells him to get out of the Russian’s turf. He will have to kill him if he has to. Bob laughs at the threat and Boris turns around to tell him he’s really serious. Bob looks at the peculiar man walking away only to realise he will leave too, because Mark isn’t home.
The following morning, Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) arrive at the agency, only to see Bob asleep at his desk. He worked all night and he fell asleep, exhausted. They wake him up and tell him to get prepared, they have something juicy planned for today. They recap what happened yesterday to Bob who suspiciously wasn’t there and he seemed to be fascinated with the new, confident Miranda. It then brings the question ; why was Mark looking for him ? Bob dismisses it, he doesn’t want to answer that question right now. Miranda arrives with Desmond (Chris Colfer) by her side. She enters her office and Wilson asks if Miranda… and Desmond nods, knowing what Wilson was going to say. Andrea is shocked and she says she has so many questions. Miranda says her personal life is none of their business and she puts her finger over Desmond’s mouth. Bob just has to ask; are they sleeping together ? Miranda and Desmond are disgusted, of course not. Wilson doesn’t understand, Desmond basically confirmed it and Miranda suggestively shushed him. Desmond thought he was going to ask her if they were living together and they are. Andrea thinks it’s sweet that his mind didn’t think of something sexual. They put the issue to rest and focus about something much more important. Miranda’s trial against Melissa Hao is tomorrow and Andrea has a little something to prepare Miranda for the trial, even better than the mock trial with Martin Freeman. Miranda is sure that’s impossible, she absolutely crushed him. Wilson notes they like her new confidence but there’s no way that mock trial will prepare her for tomorrow.
Andrea called a client of hers and since she owed Andrea a favor, she agreed to do it for free. Bob makes a sarcastic comment about the insane amount of money she spent on getting Puddn’head Wilson. Her friend, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) will act all bitchy and confronting with Miranda and the new, all-confident Miranda will have to keep her cool and be chill about everything. Miranda notes she used to be good at not caring, so it shouldn’t be a problem.
Boris is finally able to get a hold of Mark in his favorite restaurant, the same place where he stabbed him in the hand. Boris’ guards empty the place, leaving Boris and Mark alone with a scared waiter. Boris thought about it and he believes he deserves a cut of Mark’s deal with Bob, he operates on his turf after all. Mark refuses to give him a penny, he doesn’t have any cash on hand. He gave a large part of his loaning money to Bob and doesn’t want to give away a penny more. Boris reminds him what happened to his hand and it says it would be too bad if someone decided to do the same thing with his throat. Boris takes a bite of Mark’s hamburger and pats him on the cheek. Mark looks disgusted as Boris walks away, but even in disgust, he smiles. He turns off a recording device he hid in his napkin. He has Shelkovina on tape threatening him.
Rosie arrives and, as instructed by Andrea, confronts Miranda about her looks. Miranda immediately loses her cool and calls her a mean bitch. Wilson notes that it’s a good start, but try less confident and nicer. She apologizes to Rosie and calms down. Andrea rewards her with a coupon to her favorite massage place. Wilson asks her how she got so good at this and Andrea says taking care of Miranda is a lot like dealing with kids and she’s quite good at that. Bob, on the other hand, asks Rosie she got so good at this. She reminds him she’s been a model for years and she just needs to remember how some of her colleagues used to act. Bob says she clearly has the looks of a model and he used to be a fan of her work, wink. She points at her engagement ring and tells him to shop elsewhere. Miranda heard their conversation and she says the old Bob Hollis trick didn’t work again, he’s not really good as of late. Wilson says that was funny and polite, they’re on the right path. Bob looks uncomfortable and looks away. The others think he’s embarrassed, but Bob noticed Mark came by and he wants to have a chat outside. Bob is pulled into Mark’s car and they drive away. Andrea notices Bob didn’t leave in his car, but she can’t quite put the finger on whose car it is.
Mark tells Bob he left him two voicemails today, asking to talk, but he didn’t answer, so that’s why he came all the way over here to get him. He’s here to ask Bob about his money. He wants half of the amount back so he can pay off Boris Shelkovina. Bob says Boris and him had a deal that he wouldn’t need to give him anything. Mark says Boris doesn’t care anymore and you don’t want to piss off someone like him, referring to his hand injury. Since Bob doesn’t have any money, Mark offers him to pay Boris out of his own pocket and just add that amount to his debt. Bob reluctantly accepts and Mark reminds him of the sum he owes him, noting that it keeps piling up with the interests.
Wilson prepares Rosie for the final assault, the rapid fire round and Andrea preps Miranda to not bulge and just take it in. Rosie unloads a flurry of insults at Miranda and it ends with her calling Jones a mean old bitch who doesn’t deserve to be loved. She accepts the insults and now Miranda just learned how to act professionally in court. You don’t raise your voice, you wait for your turn to speak and you stay polite. They thank Rosie for her help and she says it was actually kind of fun. As she leaves, Andrea tries to take her voicemails, but she realises she’s at Bob’s desk. She hears the threatening message Mark left him.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Bill Nighy .... Mark
Chris Colfer .... Desmond
Michelle Yeoh .... Melissa Hao
William Forsythe .... Boris Shelkovina
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley .... Herself
Plot: Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh) is delighted, she has everything she needs to have another juicy article about the Jones agency. On of their agent, Robert “Bob” Hollis (Rainn Wilson) is fighting with known Russian mob boss Boris Shelkovina (William Forsythe) and she has everything on camera. She gets her car running and she drives away. Bob tries to ease Boris and he finally gets him to calm when he opens up about their shared hatred of the germaphobe Mark. Boris tells Bob that he should’ve seen his face when he cut through his hand and he starts to laugh maniacally. Bob laughs too, but he’s unsure how to react and he doesn’t really know who’s standing in front of him. Shelkovina asks Bob who he’s working for and Bob says he’s just… Bob. Then, Shelkovina tells him to get out of the Russian’s turf. He will have to kill him if he has to. Bob laughs at the threat and Boris turns around to tell him he’s really serious. Bob looks at the peculiar man walking away only to realise he will leave too, because Mark isn’t home.
The following morning, Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) arrive at the agency, only to see Bob asleep at his desk. He worked all night and he fell asleep, exhausted. They wake him up and tell him to get prepared, they have something juicy planned for today. They recap what happened yesterday to Bob who suspiciously wasn’t there and he seemed to be fascinated with the new, confident Miranda. It then brings the question ; why was Mark looking for him ? Bob dismisses it, he doesn’t want to answer that question right now. Miranda arrives with Desmond (Chris Colfer) by her side. She enters her office and Wilson asks if Miranda… and Desmond nods, knowing what Wilson was going to say. Andrea is shocked and she says she has so many questions. Miranda says her personal life is none of their business and she puts her finger over Desmond’s mouth. Bob just has to ask; are they sleeping together ? Miranda and Desmond are disgusted, of course not. Wilson doesn’t understand, Desmond basically confirmed it and Miranda suggestively shushed him. Desmond thought he was going to ask her if they were living together and they are. Andrea thinks it’s sweet that his mind didn’t think of something sexual. They put the issue to rest and focus about something much more important. Miranda’s trial against Melissa Hao is tomorrow and Andrea has a little something to prepare Miranda for the trial, even better than the mock trial with Martin Freeman. Miranda is sure that’s impossible, she absolutely crushed him. Wilson notes they like her new confidence but there’s no way that mock trial will prepare her for tomorrow.
Andrea called a client of hers and since she owed Andrea a favor, she agreed to do it for free. Bob makes a sarcastic comment about the insane amount of money she spent on getting Puddn’head Wilson. Her friend, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) will act all bitchy and confronting with Miranda and the new, all-confident Miranda will have to keep her cool and be chill about everything. Miranda notes she used to be good at not caring, so it shouldn’t be a problem.
Boris is finally able to get a hold of Mark in his favorite restaurant, the same place where he stabbed him in the hand. Boris’ guards empty the place, leaving Boris and Mark alone with a scared waiter. Boris thought about it and he believes he deserves a cut of Mark’s deal with Bob, he operates on his turf after all. Mark refuses to give him a penny, he doesn’t have any cash on hand. He gave a large part of his loaning money to Bob and doesn’t want to give away a penny more. Boris reminds him what happened to his hand and it says it would be too bad if someone decided to do the same thing with his throat. Boris takes a bite of Mark’s hamburger and pats him on the cheek. Mark looks disgusted as Boris walks away, but even in disgust, he smiles. He turns off a recording device he hid in his napkin. He has Shelkovina on tape threatening him.
Rosie arrives and, as instructed by Andrea, confronts Miranda about her looks. Miranda immediately loses her cool and calls her a mean bitch. Wilson notes that it’s a good start, but try less confident and nicer. She apologizes to Rosie and calms down. Andrea rewards her with a coupon to her favorite massage place. Wilson asks her how she got so good at this and Andrea says taking care of Miranda is a lot like dealing with kids and she’s quite good at that. Bob, on the other hand, asks Rosie she got so good at this. She reminds him she’s been a model for years and she just needs to remember how some of her colleagues used to act. Bob says she clearly has the looks of a model and he used to be a fan of her work, wink. She points at her engagement ring and tells him to shop elsewhere. Miranda heard their conversation and she says the old Bob Hollis trick didn’t work again, he’s not really good as of late. Wilson says that was funny and polite, they’re on the right path. Bob looks uncomfortable and looks away. The others think he’s embarrassed, but Bob noticed Mark came by and he wants to have a chat outside. Bob is pulled into Mark’s car and they drive away. Andrea notices Bob didn’t leave in his car, but she can’t quite put the finger on whose car it is.
Mark tells Bob he left him two voicemails today, asking to talk, but he didn’t answer, so that’s why he came all the way over here to get him. He’s here to ask Bob about his money. He wants half of the amount back so he can pay off Boris Shelkovina. Bob says Boris and him had a deal that he wouldn’t need to give him anything. Mark says Boris doesn’t care anymore and you don’t want to piss off someone like him, referring to his hand injury. Since Bob doesn’t have any money, Mark offers him to pay Boris out of his own pocket and just add that amount to his debt. Bob reluctantly accepts and Mark reminds him of the sum he owes him, noting that it keeps piling up with the interests.
Wilson prepares Rosie for the final assault, the rapid fire round and Andrea preps Miranda to not bulge and just take it in. Rosie unloads a flurry of insults at Miranda and it ends with her calling Jones a mean old bitch who doesn’t deserve to be loved. She accepts the insults and now Miranda just learned how to act professionally in court. You don’t raise your voice, you wait for your turn to speak and you stay polite. They thank Rosie for her help and she says it was actually kind of fun. As she leaves, Andrea tries to take her voicemails, but she realises she’s at Bob’s desk. She hears the threatening message Mark left him.
Call My Agent - Gametime
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Bill Nighy .... Mark
Chris Colfer .... Desmond
Gilles Marini .... François
Michelle Yeoh .... Melissa Hao
William Forsythe .... Boris Shelkovina
John Glover .... Lawyer
James Spader .... Himself
Plot: Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas), Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) and Miranda (Lesley Manville) are waiting for Bob to enter the courthouse, they want to look like a team, united and strong. Miranda is excited to see Desmond (Chris Colfer) arrive. She invited him over for emotional support. He says he doesn’t mind because they don’t have a lot of film projects at the moment, so he doesn’t really work. His last sentence left a certain malaise in the group. He tries to chase it away by asking what they are doing here today. Wilson reminds him that Miranda filed a civil suit against Melissa Hao for the damages caused by her false claims in her article. The legal damages they are seeking will be enough to keep the agency running until she gets her inheritance. Miranda adds it will also clear her name, but both Wilson and Andrea agree that’s not the priority.
They are tired of waiting for Bob so they enter the courtroom. Miranda runs inside screaming “JUDGE DRISCOLL !!!!!!!”. She runs at James Spader (James Spader) and she asks him if he’ll be the judge hearing her case today. Spader says he’s just here to see a friend and he’s not a judge. Wilson followed her and he says he’s sorry for her. Spader is comprehensive and tells her he must be a Pudd’nhead Wilson fan. He enjoyed working on the film a lot. Miranda just hoped she would get a fair hearing and she would have liked to have him as a judge. Spader sees it as a testament for his good acting and he says it would have a been an honor to judge her case. Miranda asks him if he can do something about it and Spader says the laws have unfortunately changed since then and he wouldn’t be a competent candidate. Wilson lets a victory scream go, he knew the laws have changed and finally someone acknowledges it.
Bob finally arrives at the courthouse and doesn’t look presentable. Andrea asks him if everything is alright and he says he has seen better days. She tells him he can cut the bullshit now, she knows where he got so much money. He could have talked about it with the others and it looks like Bob is digging himself a hole he won’t be able to get out of. Bob says they’ll find a solution, they always do. He has a plan in mind anyway and they need to focus on Miranda today, it’s her battle. Andrea asks if she can know what his plan is and he says he wouldn’t like it. He asks her who’s Miranda’s lawyer and Miranda, who came back from her James Spader encounter, says she chose the perfect person to defend her. The perfect mix of charm, beauty, wit and confidence, herself. They can’t believe she didn’t hire a lawyer, but, on the other hand, they are short on money and it does fit well, with Miranda Jones 2.0. The enter the courtroom with mixed emotions.
Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh) is already in the courtroom alongside her lawyer (John Glover). She waves at Miranda who doesn’t respond, Andrea taught her well. Melissa points at someone in the crowd to reveal Francois (Gilles Marini). She mouths that she will destroy that suit and they’re going to keep on with their miserable lives. Miranda doesn’t understand and Melissa repeats out loud and everyone hears it. Miranda says round one went to Miranda Jones, until Wilson whispers that it didn’t count since the judge isn’t here. The judge arrives and the court is in session.
Mark (Bill Nighy) goes over to Boris’ (William Forsythe) house to give him the check covering his right to loan on the Russian’s territory to Bob Hollis. Boris says money simply won’t do the trick, he needs to be sure he won’t do it again, it’s bad for Boris’ business. They tie him up and hit him right on the jaw a couple of times. Mark leaves the house, coughing up blood and with a deep cut on his cheek.
Melissa’s lawyer immediately put François up on the stand. He asks if really told what he told to Melissa and François has no choice but to say that he did. He then goes ad-lib and he says he didn’t think it would come back to haunt her and potentially ruin her life. The lawyer asks him that if he told her, then he must at least believe it and François agrees again. He then says that he’s sad he did this to her and if he could come back in time to change it, he would not have followed Melissa, he thought she wanted to hook up. Miranda stands up and he yells “Objection ! Time travel isn’t possible ! “ The judge agrees, but her objection still isn’t valid. He tells François he said what he said and it’s too late to change that now. François looks at Miranda and he says he regrets everything and he wished he could go back and live with her. He’s giving her back her houses if that would help. Miranda says she accepts the houses, but she doesn’t wish to have him back in her life, she’s independent now. Desmond celebrates in the back, he’ll sleep in his own bed now.
Miranda is now trying to make her case for the judge. She does well and presents the fading numbers of the article came out. She says what Melissa said is mean and she took it hard. It forced her to take a look back in the mirror, but she feels like her reputation has taken a hit since then. The opposing lawyer says the declining numbers may be because of the bad press the Jones Agency received following their gender equality fiasco. Miranda says they went from booking Alden Ehrenreich and Tilda Swinton to booking Neal…. She turns around and asks Bob Neal who and he doesn’t remember either and a maybe from Halle Berry. The judge has heard enough. He doesn’t think Miranda’s arguments are convincing enough for this case to go to trial and he feels like Miranda is acting is trying to find a scapegoat for her mismanagement. The group exits the courthouse saddened, but determined to get back on the right track.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Bill Nighy .... Mark
Chris Colfer .... Desmond
Gilles Marini .... François
Michelle Yeoh .... Melissa Hao
William Forsythe .... Boris Shelkovina
John Glover .... Lawyer
James Spader .... Himself
Plot: Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas), Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) and Miranda (Lesley Manville) are waiting for Bob to enter the courthouse, they want to look like a team, united and strong. Miranda is excited to see Desmond (Chris Colfer) arrive. She invited him over for emotional support. He says he doesn’t mind because they don’t have a lot of film projects at the moment, so he doesn’t really work. His last sentence left a certain malaise in the group. He tries to chase it away by asking what they are doing here today. Wilson reminds him that Miranda filed a civil suit against Melissa Hao for the damages caused by her false claims in her article. The legal damages they are seeking will be enough to keep the agency running until she gets her inheritance. Miranda adds it will also clear her name, but both Wilson and Andrea agree that’s not the priority.
They are tired of waiting for Bob so they enter the courtroom. Miranda runs inside screaming “JUDGE DRISCOLL !!!!!!!”. She runs at James Spader (James Spader) and she asks him if he’ll be the judge hearing her case today. Spader says he’s just here to see a friend and he’s not a judge. Wilson followed her and he says he’s sorry for her. Spader is comprehensive and tells her he must be a Pudd’nhead Wilson fan. He enjoyed working on the film a lot. Miranda just hoped she would get a fair hearing and she would have liked to have him as a judge. Spader sees it as a testament for his good acting and he says it would have a been an honor to judge her case. Miranda asks him if he can do something about it and Spader says the laws have unfortunately changed since then and he wouldn’t be a competent candidate. Wilson lets a victory scream go, he knew the laws have changed and finally someone acknowledges it.
Bob finally arrives at the courthouse and doesn’t look presentable. Andrea asks him if everything is alright and he says he has seen better days. She tells him he can cut the bullshit now, she knows where he got so much money. He could have talked about it with the others and it looks like Bob is digging himself a hole he won’t be able to get out of. Bob says they’ll find a solution, they always do. He has a plan in mind anyway and they need to focus on Miranda today, it’s her battle. Andrea asks if she can know what his plan is and he says he wouldn’t like it. He asks her who’s Miranda’s lawyer and Miranda, who came back from her James Spader encounter, says she chose the perfect person to defend her. The perfect mix of charm, beauty, wit and confidence, herself. They can’t believe she didn’t hire a lawyer, but, on the other hand, they are short on money and it does fit well, with Miranda Jones 2.0. The enter the courtroom with mixed emotions.
Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh) is already in the courtroom alongside her lawyer (John Glover). She waves at Miranda who doesn’t respond, Andrea taught her well. Melissa points at someone in the crowd to reveal Francois (Gilles Marini). She mouths that she will destroy that suit and they’re going to keep on with their miserable lives. Miranda doesn’t understand and Melissa repeats out loud and everyone hears it. Miranda says round one went to Miranda Jones, until Wilson whispers that it didn’t count since the judge isn’t here. The judge arrives and the court is in session.
Mark (Bill Nighy) goes over to Boris’ (William Forsythe) house to give him the check covering his right to loan on the Russian’s territory to Bob Hollis. Boris says money simply won’t do the trick, he needs to be sure he won’t do it again, it’s bad for Boris’ business. They tie him up and hit him right on the jaw a couple of times. Mark leaves the house, coughing up blood and with a deep cut on his cheek.
Melissa’s lawyer immediately put François up on the stand. He asks if really told what he told to Melissa and François has no choice but to say that he did. He then goes ad-lib and he says he didn’t think it would come back to haunt her and potentially ruin her life. The lawyer asks him that if he told her, then he must at least believe it and François agrees again. He then says that he’s sad he did this to her and if he could come back in time to change it, he would not have followed Melissa, he thought she wanted to hook up. Miranda stands up and he yells “Objection ! Time travel isn’t possible ! “ The judge agrees, but her objection still isn’t valid. He tells François he said what he said and it’s too late to change that now. François looks at Miranda and he says he regrets everything and he wished he could go back and live with her. He’s giving her back her houses if that would help. Miranda says she accepts the houses, but she doesn’t wish to have him back in her life, she’s independent now. Desmond celebrates in the back, he’ll sleep in his own bed now.
Miranda is now trying to make her case for the judge. She does well and presents the fading numbers of the article came out. She says what Melissa said is mean and she took it hard. It forced her to take a look back in the mirror, but she feels like her reputation has taken a hit since then. The opposing lawyer says the declining numbers may be because of the bad press the Jones Agency received following their gender equality fiasco. Miranda says they went from booking Alden Ehrenreich and Tilda Swinton to booking Neal…. She turns around and asks Bob Neal who and he doesn’t remember either and a maybe from Halle Berry. The judge has heard enough. He doesn’t think Miranda’s arguments are convincing enough for this case to go to trial and he feels like Miranda is acting is trying to find a scapegoat for her mismanagement. The group exits the courthouse saddened, but determined to get back on the right track.
Call My Agent - Trouble
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Bill Nighy .... Mark
William Forsythe .... Boris Shelkovina
Matthew Broderick .... Himself
Plot: The group, Miranda (Lesley Manville), Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas), Bob (Rainn Wilson) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) sit around in their office, still shrugging off Miranda’s loss in court. Wilson says it couldn’t be worse right now and Andrea says it might be, actually. She lets the cat out of the bag and tells the others about Bob’s deal with Mark to keep the agency alive. They asked him why he did that and he says that despite his attitude, he cares about them and he wanted to keep on doing the job he likes. Bob says it will be hard for to repay Mark but he keeps working, he might be able to do it before he retires. The others pledge to help him, but not Miranda, who’s reluctant, she has so many houses to take care of. Andrea asks her what’s the big deals, she has two kids and Wilson has… well Wilson has nothing, but the new Miranda would make an effort. She agrees and says she will help Bob. Wilson tries it again, it couldn’t be worse for them right now, so they should roll up their sleeves and get to work.
They go on with their day and everything goes smoothly, until one of Bob’s client comes in, panicked. Matthew Broderick (Matthew Broderick) wants out of his latest role in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Bob asks him why, it pays good money and he’s sure it will be good. Matthew slams a newspaper on Bob’s desk and he asks him if he seriously didn’t see it. Bob apologizes, they had something else on their minds today and they didn’t read the news. Matthew says if he knew the film was so violent, he wouldn’t have do it, Bob told him he was playing a lawyer. Bob asks him what’s the problem and Matthew says his past is coming back to haunt him because of this film. Bob still doesn’t know what he’s talking about and Matthew tells him he once killed two women in 1987 in a car crash and he thought it was all behind him, but the media is digging up dirt on him because of the violence in the film. We’re a slow season, so they need to make up something to sell their newspaper. Bob looks at the name of the journalist, of course, Melissa Hao, that bitch.
Broderick wants to opt out of the film, but Bob really needs the commission. He calls for a press conference in front of the Jones Agency so he defend his client, but first, he really needs to eat. He asks Andrea and Wilson to take care of Matthew while he goes out to eat. Matthew feels like they don’t seem to take his issue seriously and he wants to speak to their manager. Wilson doesn’t think this is such a good idea, but he insists. Miranda opens his door to Matthew and she keeps calling Ferris Bueller, he will always be Ferris Bueller for him. He dislikes that but she doesn’t take it in consideration. She tells they all had a pretty shitty day and they don’t want the same thing to happen to him. Despite what they might say these days, they are damn good at what they do and they are going to get him out of this mess, because their clients are their priority. Matthew feels reassured, but will feel better once the matter is resolved.
Bob heads to the restaurant to grab something to eat before the press conference, but he sees Mark on his way there. Bob crosses the street to greet him and he insists they shake hands despite Mark’s reluctance. Bob says that since they are friends they should shake hands when they see each other. Mark tells him that since they are friends, Bob should reimburse the large sum of money he owes him. Bob now views them as acquaintances and not friends, but even acquaintances must ask what happened there, referring to Mark’s cheek, and Mark says it was nothing. Bob touched the recent scar too hard and it reopened. Bob has blood on his hand and whips it on his white shirt. Mark says he has to go now and he disinfects his hands. He reminds Bob he wants his money back and Bob jokes that his life would be easier if he was dead. Mark smiles and walks away while turning off his recording device. Bob swears as he needs to go back home to change before the press conference.
Bob enters his apartment and he tries to wash the blood, but instead, spreads it all over his shirt. He swears and changes. He realises he won’t have the time to go back to the agency before the press conference if he eats so he just runs back there.
Bob gets up on the stage and addresses the controversy head-on. Matthew Broderick is standing right next to him and believes in Bob. He manages to dodge the reporters tricky questions and he manages to dig himself out of the hole created by Melissa Hao. He ends by saying that he thinks violence is bad and vows to never use a violent mean to solve a problem. He sends the reporters home. Matthew Broderick thanks him for his work today and he admits that things didn’t look bright when he arrived but he’s glad that it’s all behind him again. He will still do the film and he might give a little bonus. Bob says it’s appreciated. He gets the whole staff and invites them to the restaurant. Andrea finds it odd because he ate earlier, but he says he did something else instead.
Miranda, Andrea, Bob and Wilson are happy once again, sharing a meal in a restaurant. They are officially turning the page and not looking back. This is a new chapter of their life starting.
Mark’s house is pitch dark. The camera zooms in to see Mark’s cadaver, killed by a single strike on the head. Next to him is written Bob H. in blood.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Satire
Executive Producer: Jason Reitman
Writer: Dominic Wilkins
Cast:
Lesley Manville .... Miranda Jones
Caroline Dhavernas .... Andrea Martel
Rainn Wilson .... Robert "Bob" Hollis
Brian d'Arcy James .... Wilson Johnson
Bill Nighy .... Mark
William Forsythe .... Boris Shelkovina
Matthew Broderick .... Himself
Plot: The group, Miranda (Lesley Manville), Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas), Bob (Rainn Wilson) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) sit around in their office, still shrugging off Miranda’s loss in court. Wilson says it couldn’t be worse right now and Andrea says it might be, actually. She lets the cat out of the bag and tells the others about Bob’s deal with Mark to keep the agency alive. They asked him why he did that and he says that despite his attitude, he cares about them and he wanted to keep on doing the job he likes. Bob says it will be hard for to repay Mark but he keeps working, he might be able to do it before he retires. The others pledge to help him, but not Miranda, who’s reluctant, she has so many houses to take care of. Andrea asks her what’s the big deals, she has two kids and Wilson has… well Wilson has nothing, but the new Miranda would make an effort. She agrees and says she will help Bob. Wilson tries it again, it couldn’t be worse for them right now, so they should roll up their sleeves and get to work.
They go on with their day and everything goes smoothly, until one of Bob’s client comes in, panicked. Matthew Broderick (Matthew Broderick) wants out of his latest role in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Bob asks him why, it pays good money and he’s sure it will be good. Matthew slams a newspaper on Bob’s desk and he asks him if he seriously didn’t see it. Bob apologizes, they had something else on their minds today and they didn’t read the news. Matthew says if he knew the film was so violent, he wouldn’t have do it, Bob told him he was playing a lawyer. Bob asks him what’s the problem and Matthew says his past is coming back to haunt him because of this film. Bob still doesn’t know what he’s talking about and Matthew tells him he once killed two women in 1987 in a car crash and he thought it was all behind him, but the media is digging up dirt on him because of the violence in the film. We’re a slow season, so they need to make up something to sell their newspaper. Bob looks at the name of the journalist, of course, Melissa Hao, that bitch.
Broderick wants to opt out of the film, but Bob really needs the commission. He calls for a press conference in front of the Jones Agency so he defend his client, but first, he really needs to eat. He asks Andrea and Wilson to take care of Matthew while he goes out to eat. Matthew feels like they don’t seem to take his issue seriously and he wants to speak to their manager. Wilson doesn’t think this is such a good idea, but he insists. Miranda opens his door to Matthew and she keeps calling Ferris Bueller, he will always be Ferris Bueller for him. He dislikes that but she doesn’t take it in consideration. She tells they all had a pretty shitty day and they don’t want the same thing to happen to him. Despite what they might say these days, they are damn good at what they do and they are going to get him out of this mess, because their clients are their priority. Matthew feels reassured, but will feel better once the matter is resolved.
Bob heads to the restaurant to grab something to eat before the press conference, but he sees Mark on his way there. Bob crosses the street to greet him and he insists they shake hands despite Mark’s reluctance. Bob says that since they are friends they should shake hands when they see each other. Mark tells him that since they are friends, Bob should reimburse the large sum of money he owes him. Bob now views them as acquaintances and not friends, but even acquaintances must ask what happened there, referring to Mark’s cheek, and Mark says it was nothing. Bob touched the recent scar too hard and it reopened. Bob has blood on his hand and whips it on his white shirt. Mark says he has to go now and he disinfects his hands. He reminds Bob he wants his money back and Bob jokes that his life would be easier if he was dead. Mark smiles and walks away while turning off his recording device. Bob swears as he needs to go back home to change before the press conference.
Bob enters his apartment and he tries to wash the blood, but instead, spreads it all over his shirt. He swears and changes. He realises he won’t have the time to go back to the agency before the press conference if he eats so he just runs back there.
Bob gets up on the stage and addresses the controversy head-on. Matthew Broderick is standing right next to him and believes in Bob. He manages to dodge the reporters tricky questions and he manages to dig himself out of the hole created by Melissa Hao. He ends by saying that he thinks violence is bad and vows to never use a violent mean to solve a problem. He sends the reporters home. Matthew Broderick thanks him for his work today and he admits that things didn’t look bright when he arrived but he’s glad that it’s all behind him again. He will still do the film and he might give a little bonus. Bob says it’s appreciated. He gets the whole staff and invites them to the restaurant. Andrea finds it odd because he ate earlier, but he says he did something else instead.
Miranda, Andrea, Bob and Wilson are happy once again, sharing a meal in a restaurant. They are officially turning the page and not looking back. This is a new chapter of their life starting.
Mark’s house is pitch dark. The camera zooms in to see Mark’s cadaver, killed by a single strike on the head. Next to him is written Bob H. in blood.