Party Down
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The season finale ofParty Downtreads on familiar territory.
Theater people, Roman scoffs when they arrive.
in the schools courtyard.
In this case, that confident dude is the vice-principal, Mr. Mittman.
Rons lawyer, Gene Sleeves, sounds like a completely incompetent version of Saul Goodman.
Gene filled out some forms incorrrectly, and now its unclear who owns the business.
Shes chatting with Ron from an ayahuasca retreat, and she continually denies having any business acumen at all.
We also get short shrift with Lydia in this episode.
Once buzzkill Mittman shuts down the party, the kids decide to move the festivities to the library.
This is against the rules, but when have any Party Down employees ever played by the rules?
Henry enlists Rons help.
Of course, Ron would love a character who excels at management … but Henry is less excited.
As the party moves to the library, Henry continues to hedge with Evie.
At first, she doesnt suspect anything is wrong, but she eventually starts to question his noncommittal phrasing.
Scenes featuring the two this evening slowly shift from shared excitement to a melancholy mutual understanding.
When he balks, she finally realizes whats happening.
Throughout this exchange, Jennifer Garner serves up some truly devastating facial expressions.
Dont say fairy tale, she warns.
Elsewhere, Lucys dream is snatched away from her as Ron eats her $2,000 saffron ball.
Hes just mad about saffron, but Lucy has lost the ability to execute her vision.
Yes, friends, Casey Klein isback.
She has everything she always wanted back in her Party Down days, but shes absolutely miserable.
When she sees Henry, something clicks.
The electric chemistry between Scott and Caplan is as strong as ever.
The two former lovers fumble for a moment before a dickhole PR guy comes to whisk her away.
From the start,Party Downhas always explored when its time to give up on dreams.
And the finale makes the salient point that dreams arent a fixed point; theyre fluid.
Casey quits, Henry lets go, Kyle accepts, and Roman shifts.
Id love to see what they all do in the next chapter of their lives.
Heres hoping for a fourth season.
Until then, hey refrain from all personal business on the company pond.
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Kyle keeps getting older, while the girls stay the same age.
But seriously, he should absolutely not be flirting with high-school girls.
Who does he think he is?
Lucys appetizer opus includes a pine-cone sauce, but in the world ofParty Down, thats been done before.
In season two, Lydia lamented carrying trays of Santa Barbara grilled eel beaks in a baby-pine-cone sauce.
Its probably best that Lucy start from scratch on this one.
That said, if theres a fourth season, give us some Siltskin!
