The Comeback

Oh, how's the sting, Patience?

Better.

I just don't know how a bee

- got in my breakfast sandwich. - Yeah.

Okay. I am outta here.

Ah, you're golfing again. Aww.

No, and please stop asking me that, Val.

No, I'm not golfing. I'm going to Burning Man,

and this is the only thing I can think of

- to wear on the plane. - Okay.

I assume I will be mostly naked when I'm there, so...

I'm kidding, Val. I brought shorts.

Mark, they announced the show's airing, and I've got a marketing Zoom at 9:00,

and you waltz in here to say,

"Oh, I'm going to Burning Man," at 8:57.

Well, I was hoping to minimize the amount of drama

with the enforced time limit.

So, this is happening then, right?

You're going to Burning Man with our doorman?

Yeah, I told you about it three weeks ago.

Well, okay, I thought that was like, "I'm gonna start rock climbing," you know?

Never happening.

Val, I need to get away.

- Now, look... - I can't get this.

Can't find...

Well, if you want to travel, why don't you go

to the East Coast, visit Francesca?

Oh, I already support them financially. I have nothing to offer emotionally.

- You have two grandchildren. - They don't like me.

- They're two and five, Mark. - No, I meant Francesca and Omar.

Oh, well, yeah. That's 'cause she thinks

you don't approve of her husband.

Well, I don't, which is probably something

I can work through with the help of ayahuasca.

- Okay. - You ever done ayahuasca, Jane?

I bet you have.

- She hasn't. - Yeah, I have.

- And? - Amazing.

Okay, that's not helping, Jane.

Mark, you're a grandfather. Grandfathers don't go to Burning Man.

This one does. And look at the time.

- It's 9:00. - Okay. Well...

- Love you, Val. - Mm-hmm, bye.

Just don't die, please. Show's going well. Don't die now.

Oh, "show's going well" gets top billing over my death.

Well, you know it doesn't.

- Eh, bye. - If he does ayahuasca,

he's probably just gonna vomit for three days.

Aw, okay, thanks, Jane. That helps.

Start.

- Hello, hello, hello. - Good morning!

I'm just watching through a cut of the third episode right now.

Oh, right... You are right now? Yeah?

- Yeah. - He's been texting me all the way through.

Arbor is obsessed. I mean, that look on your face, Val,

when that B&B guest says,

"This doesn't look like eggs Benedict."

- And then you say... - It's eggs Beth Benedict.

- So, how's that?! - So, how's that?!

Oh, you know it better than I do.

God, that is funny.

Allassist is really learning, huh?

Well, actually, no, that's Evan. That's the Allassist tech support guy.

He's funny. Clever. Yeah, real find.

- Okay, who? - Yeah, the one who wri...

He's the one that wrote that joke, the "eggs Beth Benedict" joke you love.

So, I think we should try to get him into the Writers Guild, you know?

That would be a real good thing.

I mean, I'm just the ideas guy. So,

but this is actually a marketing meeting,

so I believe, Ridley, you had something on the docket, right?

- Yes. The ad campaign. - Okay.

I know this is the 11th hour, but I had an idea.

And, I'm sorry, I've fallen in love with it.

Okay? So, here it is.

I'm a flag, and I'm being blown sideways.

You know, hanging onto the flagpole of the B&B.

Right? Real cute. Just, like, legs out, you know?

Just blowing in the wind, right? Like the New England state flag.

So...

Are you there... Are you... Did you freeze, or...

- No, we're here. - Yeah.

That's great, but this is what we were thinking.

- Let me share my screen. - Uh-huh. Okay.

Oh! Wow!

Okay, yeah, no, that's it! That's the one.

Much better. Yeah, forget what I ju...

Ah! I don't remember posing for that for...

Oh, it's AI. It's basically the Under the Tuscan Sun poster.

Diane Lane's body, but your face. And we love it.

- And you look amazing, girl. - Yeah, so good.

I don't know why everyone's so afraid of AI.

Done! Nailed it! Ha-ha. I love it!

Billy's in here? Yeah, I know these offices.

They're so drab and dull. Game face, everyone.

Plus, we're late. Scanning took longer than I thought.

Well, why do you think they wanted to scan your image

- at the "digital dome"? - I don't know.

In case there are stunts?

You know? Stunt double does it, and then, you know, they...

Wait, Billy Stanton, 1205, alright.

Stunt double does it, and then,

you know, they put me or my skin over them.

You know, that's how they do it in movies right now, so...

Maybe they wanna put me in movies. You know, and they're just thinking ahead.

- Are there even stunts in sitcoms? - Sometimes, yeah.

You know, walk through a glass door, or drop a cake, slip on the frosting.

Well, why do you think they wouldn't let our cameras in

- to film the scanning process? - Not now, Jane.

Late for my meeting with Billy.

Hey, careful, I'm on a ladder here.

Wow. Oh, you really did a lot in here, Billy.

Is that wallpaper and wainscoting?

I've been waiting for you for seven minutes.

Sorry, I was at the digital dome getting scanned.

Why wasn't I at the digital dome getting scanned?

- I don't know. - Oh, that's because the studio

can't profit off exploiting your image.

Alright, Jane. So gloom and doom.

Anyway, so here I am,

so we can talk about our relationship like you voice memo'ed me.

You voice memo, I show up.

- Do you want a water? - What, dear?

- I was speaking. Okay? - She doesn't want water.

- Yeah. No. - Does anyone want a water?

No one wants water, Willa.

I think I'm gonna have some.

Okay. Jane, this is private, okay?

So, can you and the cameras please not come in?

- This is personal. Thank you. - Okay.

Widen out to get them.

- Valerie Cherish? - Yeah?

- This is David Berkus. - Uh-huh.

- Hi. - I've asked David to do a session with us.

- Hi. - David is a brilliant couples therapist.

Uh-huh, and has cameras.

Well, I'm producing his pilot on my own.

- Uh-huh. - I mean, couples therapy content

- is so hot right now. - Is it? Yeah.

Well, Billy, you can't just suddenly put me

in front of a therapist and expect me to talk.

On his show.

You do everything in front of the camera,

but suddenly, not when it benefits my mental health or career.

You see? This is what I was talking about.

- Mm. - I'm sorry. What's your name again, sir?

- David Berkus. - Berkus, okay.

Like Oprah's decorator.

- Yeah. - Oh, no.

Berkus, like me, the therapist.

Uh-huh.

That's right, yeah. You know what?

- Jane, they have cameras, so. - Mm-hmm.

I have cameras, too.

- Good? Are we set? - Yeah.

- Good? Yeah. - Mm-hmm.

Billy, don't have time for this.

Okay, I thought we were just gonna have a quick talk,

you know, before you had to go to the color timing session at 1:00.

I don't know anything about a color timing at 1:00.

Well, you're on the email.

Executive producer has to sign off on the cut of the pilot, you know?

And I'm in rehearsal, so that's why there's just no time.

If we had time, we could discuss this.

You know, how Billy seems to be having a hard time

stepping up as an EP?

You know, never reads the emails

- or listen to voice mails. - No one

listens to voice mails, okay? And to be clear...

Can we let the therapist say something?

Oh, I'd like to hear what Billy has to say without him being interrupted.

Okay, everybody's in everybody's shot.

Then, tell him to stay out of my zone.

Holy shit.

Oh, oh! Are you okay?

We are centered.

- Yeah. - And we are calm.

Okay. Can you get up?

Can't shoot me at that angle.

Val, I have things I need you to hear.

I know, and talking's real important to you.

That's why, you know, we should do this on my pod,

when we can get something out of it, you know, for both of us.

But right now, you have to go be an EP.

Well, I can't leave.

I booked Willa and her boyfriend right after us.

- I only have enough waters for our crew. - Did he call us?

Yeah, alright, well, that's okay.

I'll do it. I'll do the color timing, so.

What is color timing?

It's where they

time the color.

Okay!

Wait, wait, dude. Then he looks at the lady

at the front table and he says...

Can I tell you something?

You're my favorite character.

Listen, everybody. I am so sorry that I stood you all up yesterday, okay?

But I had to stay in color timing

just to get the show looking just right, you know?