Step into the neon-soaked excess of 1980s Hollywood, where the shoulder pads are oversized and the contracts are deadlier than a box-office bomb. In this episode, Willie Topaz and his relentless manager Maury Stillman find themselves in the crosshairs of Gale Lanzing, a ruthless studio empress known as "The Duchess". With the future of the Brock Gatling franchise hanging by a thread, the boys must navigate a "Lion’s Den" filled with high-stakes power plays, secret trap doors, and Dutch-accented ultimatums.
While Chet Laskey, Esq. prepares to drop a legal hammer on the Duchess’s Dutch empire, Rosie Stillman is busy pitching a "conceptual asset bundle" to a group of investors who have no idea what they’re buying—and she might not either. Meanwhile, as Rhythm Mercy finally tastes freedom from the County Jail, a mysterious figure from the past emerges to suggest that in Hollywood, the real trouble doesn't start until after the win.
It’s a world of "Vengeance Protocols," sperm whale fish tanks, and pastrami-slider negotiations where trust is a luxury no one can afford.
Concept by Jim Fronk & Terry Briscoe
Mixed & Edited by Bill Celler
Directed by Jim Fronk
Created and Written by Jason Beard
