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Party Down Season 1 Episode 4

Investors Dinner

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AIRED: 4/10/09

Ron's dreams nearly ruin a job for Party Down. Meanwhile, Kyle tries to emulate a successful person's lifestyle.

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Best episode yet.

7.5

By thefanof, Jun 27, 2010

Mr. Lipman! Always good to see a Seinfeld alumni pop up on TV.

This had to be the best episode yet. I was laughing at just abut everything Henry, Ronald, Casey and Roman said. Constance continues to be utterly annoying though, and I cannot comprehend how people out there actually like her.

Party Down seems to be steadily improving and let us hope that this is a sign of things to come for the show. Its second season prospects are not to strong as of this writing, but there is always hope that people will start tuning in and witness this potentially good show.moreless
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Good episode, and a great ending.

8.7

By JaCkKbAuEr2424, Mar 04, 2010

I'm a literary nerd, and being a creative writing, I enjoy obscure references to novels, plays, short stories and poems more than other people might.. so when we got a reference to Chekov's Gun, I was pretty pumped, and I'm pretty sure that it pretty much sums up the show itself.. if we're introduced something small and minor in the beginning, chances are, it's going to make a return sometime by the end of the play/episode/movie/whatever you want to call it.

This episode revolved around an investor's dinner, and we got another glimpse at how motivated Ron seems to be. Even though Ron is a funny character, I would say he's my least favorite.. It's mostly personal preference, but I prefer the other cast members more. With that being said, I really liked the way that the Henry/Casey relationship is being developed. It's not being subtly hinted at for multiple seasons like Jim and Pam.. nope, it appears to be going to the route of Ross and Rachel, where they get together and then break up and get together and break up.. hopefully they won't do that to the extent they did for Friends, but either way, it's fun to watch.

It just started occuring to me after this episode, but the Romin character is really just like Dwight. Both are nerds and have an absurd amount of knowledge about stupid things. Either way, Martin Starr is a funny guy, and his scenes with Ryan Hansen's character are great. I wasn't thrilled about Jane Lynch in this episode, with her strange "Three Little Pigs" thing, but the rest of the cast more than made up for it.

And the ending was EXCELLENT. What a way to bring the Beretta back into play, even if it could be seen from a mile away. As soon as I found out that the guy was frauding his investors, I started working out scenarios in which the gun could return. But who cares about how predictable a scene is? It sure didn't ruin this from being a funny episode.moreless
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Adam Scott	Henry Pollard
Ken Marino	Ron Donald
Jane Lynch	Constance Carmell (Season 1)
Lizzy Caplan	Casey Klein
Ryan Hansen	Kyle Bradway
Martin Starr	Roman DeBeers

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Daran Norris	Tony Carolla	Guest Star
Richard Fancy	Gerald Lynch	Guest Star
Ryan Devlin	Kellum	Guest Star

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- Roman: I'm a waiter like Einstein was a patent clerk. You asshole!
  Kyle: Einstein wasn't in the army.
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- Ron: (pointing at the Powerpoint presentation of their host) Hey Roman, google me in ten years, that's going to be me.
  Roman: The only way I'm googling you in ten years is if you get very creative in the way that you kill yourself.
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- Constance: (in a low voice; imitating a cow) Mooooooo! You can milk me if you like. My tits are fuuuulll.
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- Casey: (making out with Henry inside the car) Just call me, Mrs. Butterworth, bitch!
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- Ronald: They're Mexican, Henry, they're just happy to be alive.
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- Casey: Are you Sherlock Holmes?
  Henry: I am a Hardy Boy.
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Czech Republic: May 4, 2011 on HBO Comedy
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- Both Ryan Devlin (Kellum), Martin Yu (Hong Kong Playah), and Daran Norris (Tony Carolla) had recurring roles in Veronica Mars, a show also created by Rob Thomas. Norris played Cliff McCormack while Devlin portrayed Mercer Hayes and Martin Yu appeared as Mr. Wu.
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- Casey: Well, you know what they say about a gun in the first act, Ron.
  
  The literary technique called Chekhov's gun adheres to the rule that: "If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there." (from Gurlyand's Reminiscences of A. P. Chekhov)
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