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Party Down Season 1 Episode 2

California College Conservative Union Caucus

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California College Conservative Union Caucus

AIRED: 3/27/09

While catering a college event the Party Down employees take advice from some students which turns out to have disastrous results.

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Good episode.

7.3

By thefanof, May 28, 2010

After a shaky pilot Party Down delivered a solid offering from its second episode. The cast seemed to find its groove and the jokes landed as opposed to bouncing off the audience like in the first ep. Adam Scott's strengths were played to as they simply had him make snide, smarky remarks to his coworkers as opposed to attempting to become a glorified working-class hero, the image they tried to portray Henry Pollard as in the pilot. Jane Lynch also provided some solid humor to help out, as did Back to You and The Rocker's Josh Gad.

Good episode, and it restored my hope in this series.moreless
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VERY good episode, and a lot funnier than the pilot.

8.8

By JaCkKbAuEr2424, Mar 04, 2010

Party Down followed up its pilot with an even funnier episode, and found a way to bring the plots together in a very Curb Your Enthusiasm like way. It had a lot of funny moments with each of the cast members and a great ending.

One thing I noticed about Party Down, having watched quite a few episodes of it now, is that they do sort of what Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld did with Curb and Seinfeld, and what Mitch Hurwitz did, to some extent, with Arrested Development. Each episode introduces certain things and you can bet that the things they introduce will come back and effect the outcome. In this case, it was a dirty flag from Iraq that the California Counsel was going to give to Arnold Scharzenegger. It'd be a shame to ruin how it all unfolds, but let's just say it's as funny, if not funnier, than any TV show on air right now. The problem with Curb sometimes is that Larry David fights to get the plots to tie together, especially in the later seasons. These episodes just feel really natural.

That being said, the dialogue and conversations among characters feels natural and sort of low-key, like a somewhat calmer version of It's Always Sunny. They have a very specific way in which they talk to each other; filthy and inappropriate at times, but clever as well. Martin Starr is endlessly enjoyable and Adam Scott was just great in this episode too. In fact, it's hard to focus on just one character as standing out, because they all have their little moments. I do like this new relationship-type thing between Henry and Casey.. It's hard nowadays to get a couple on TV that people care about. Jim and Pam were the last good one, and even now, they're caricatures of themselves. Hopefully they can get this relationship to carry out good.

Overall, this was a much stronger episode than the previous one. The premise itself was funnier, and the conservatives floating around the gathering lead to some funny lines, including a show-stealer between Henry and a couple of students who try giving him some strange advice.. Just a great episode.moreless
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Adam Scott	Henry Pollard
Ken Marino	Ron Donald
Jane Lynch	Constance Carmell (Season 1)
Ryan Hansen	Kyle Bradway
Martin Starr	Roman DeBeers
Lizzy Caplan	Casey Klein

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Jason Dohring	Greg	Guest Star
Ryan Pinkston	Dennis	Guest Star
Alona Tal	Heather	Guest Star

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- Constance: I'm going to spit on all the appetizers because I can't remember which ones he was eating.
  Kyle: No, you know what, there's other things we can do than spitting.
  Constance Disappointed: Like what? I love spitting.
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- Henry: This right here, good old virgin freedom-tini.
  Casey: How is it?
  Henry: Um, sweet and innocent, with its whole life ahead of it.
  (Henry pours gin into the drink.)
  Casey: Well, you could at least make it a mix tape before you take its virginity.
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- Roman: (to Greg) Is it true what they say about your ladies? Prim on the outside, but they attack in the sack? Get real nasty, scratch and shit?
  Heather: (approaches Roman and Greg) What was that?
  Greg: Nothing, sweetie.
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- Greg: You okay? Anything broken?
  Henry: Ah, just my career and my life. So I abuse pain-killers and drink too much.
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- Greg: One last thing -- nobody ever accomplished anything by quitting. What if Ronald Reagan quit?
  Casey: Quit acting, he did.
  Henry: Yeah, that's actually where I got the idea.
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- Constance: The black guy's vote doesn't count?! And that's okay with all of you?
  Dennis: No, miss, you don't...
  Constance: What I don't have the right to speak? Because I'm a woman?! Is that what you're trying to tell me?!
  Jeffrey: Hey, Todd is from Toronto. Non-citizens can't vote. It's in the by-laws.
  Constance: And since when is Toronto not a part of the United States of America?!
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- Roman: (looking at the caucus attendees) When I'm huge, I'm gonna really enjoy fuckin' with these perverts.
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Czech Republic: May 2, 2011 on HBO Comedy
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- Both Jason Dohring (Greg) and Alona Tal (Heather) have worked before with show creator Rob Thomas on Veronica Mars on a regular basis. With a smaller part, on only one episode, Ryan Pinkston (Dennis) also participated in the previous Thomas show.
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