

23 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestBryan returns to LA, reflecting on his adventures in NY and ready to invest in a lifestyle upgrade. Jennifer gets bad news about her grandfather; Krista brings a new date to Diane's "no-age" birthday party; and Goddard gives his latest muse some tough love and follows his own advice: "Do not give in to the need to be popular."
A dryly humorous insider's look at the all-too-earnest, frequently raucous, often disillusioning lives of several young actors trying to make a living — and make it big — in Hollywood.
Acting
Langella chews scenery as terrifying mentor Goddard Fulton
Direction
Clooney and Heslov capture improvised chaos beautifully
Writing
Meta-narrative blurs reality and performance constantly
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
George Clooney executive produced this between Ocean's Twelve and Syriana, using his star power to get HBO to greenlight a deeply uncommercial project.
This predated Entourage's Hollywood satire by months but got buried; it's basically the sad, improvised cousin that actually worked in restaurants.