[The gang is angry that a Frank Darabont project Josh Weinstein offered to meet them for has nothing for Vince]
JWJosh Weinstein
This is not TV, Vince.
WWeinstein
It's TV with Frank Darabont!
EE
Know what Josh, sandbagging us like that was a real dick move.
WWeinstein
I thought it would be more impactful if you heard it straight from Frank.
What the hell's so wrong with going TV?
Nothing for David Hasselhoff or for you [to Weinstein], but for Vince, doing TV is ridiculous.
Yeah, but for you, doing Jamie-Lynn Sigler isn't. [gang stops to finally face Weinstein]
WWeinstein
You did Jamie-Lynn Sigler?
EE
Yeah, it's been a pleasure as always, Josh.
WWeinstein
Wait a minute. Just hold on a second, at least read the script. It's Frank Darabont, he's a genius. Vince, there's lots and lots of money in TV.
I don't want to get stuck playing the same character for the next five years. I want to do movies.
He's still a movie star, you know.
WWeinstein
Lots of movie stars do TV. George Clooney did ER, for Chrissake.
EE
That was before he was George Clooney. No one goes back, 'cause you don't get back to movies.
You didn't see Leo in the Growing Pains reunion.
WWeinstein
Well, maybe it's time for you to think about that part of your life being over. Maybe you're not gonna be a movie star anymore. [pause] Look guys, I'm sorry. I'm just telling you what nobody else in this town has the balls to.
EE
[gets in Weinstein's face] Why don't you walk away, Josh? Walk away.
[Vince walks out of the house after Gus Van Sant politely tells him he is not needed for his latest project. E follows him]
EEEric 'E' Murphy
Vince, Vince..
I don't wanna talk about this right now, E.
EE
It'll gonna be alright. We just turned a leaf. Things didn't go as planned, and everything's gonna turn out fine.
[turns back to E] Really? You're sure? You're so fucking sure, how do you really know?
Just like you knew about this? Ari told you No, and you kept pushing. Not only did you embarrass yourself, you embarrassed me.
EE
Embarrassed you? Gus Van Sant likes you.
Do you believe him? C'mon, he wouldn't let me audition. Who knows if he even watched the footage?
No! We said, we swore that this year, we would listen to Ari, and guess what? Again, you didn't.
EE
What am I supposed to do? Do nothing and stand idly by in the hope that something magically appears?
Yeah, maybe, and since you've been my manager, everything that you've pushed for has brought me to this point.
EE
You serious? I've been the one working to get you what you want when no one else cared.
Yeah, that maybe what I needed, someone who would look out for my career and not my personal interests.
Whatever it is you're doing, clearly it wasn't working. Two years ago, I was starring in movies, now people wouldn't let me audition?
EE
One person wouldn't let you audition, you gotta stay positive Vince, you know that.
Are you serious? I've done nothing but stay positive. I've listened to everything that you wanted me to do, and now I've got a house full of people who can really see how a failure I've turned into.
No, when we started this, we said when we started this that it will all be about the business not the friendship. It's time for a change, E.
EE
[realizes Vince's words] You're firing me?
'Cause this isn't working.
EE
Whatever, I'm not gonna grovel. Go find someone better, 'Cause I can live with myself knowing I busted my ass and I gave everything I had to you.
I know you did E, but it wasn't enough.
[E wants to stop the recasting of Charlie after he scores poorly on his pilot and seeks Ari's help]
What I'm capable of doing and what you're capable of doing are two totally different things.
I would make a scene of Biblical proportions. I would lie, scream, beg, borrow, and steal. If that somehow didn't part Amy Miller's legs then I would call racism and I would yell for all to hear: "You're really gonna fire my poor black client off the show he CREATED? I'm calling the NAACP, the Rev Al Sharpton, and the ghost of my man, Malcolm X!"
EE
Awesome. Guess I'm gonna try my own thing.
[E discovers that Sloan had a hand in Murray Berenson offering him a job after shutting down the Murphy Group]
EE
The problem is, you treat me like some kind of social experiment.
What do you mean? [both look at inbound golf cart and step out of the way for a moment]
EE
Well, first you find me a place to live and then you're trying to get your godfather to hire me?
EE
Yeah, but why are you doing it?
Because I care about you.
EE
I thought you didn't want to be friends.
I said I couldn't be friends right now and that's because I cared too much.
EE
So what? You want to see me turn into the man you want to be, then you'll consider talking to me?
Eric, I have no idea what you're being so hostile about.
EE
How hostile? Because while you may just think I'm Vince's bitch, I've done pretty okay for myself. I don't need you out there begging people to offer me things.
I didn't beg anybody. I told someone about you and I thought you guys might make a good match. [steps out of way again for golf cart] Apparently, he agrees and he's not some schmuck who hands out jobs because I tell him to - and I don't think of you as Vince's bitch, for crying out loud, but clearly, you do.
EE
Well, maybe you don't know me so well.
[At a break in the Five Towns shoot, E reveals to the gang something about him and Ashley]
You called Ashley "Sloan" and you weren't mid-fuck??
It's the worst. That's why I always stick with "Yeah, baby!"
I was thinking you would accidentally call out Vince's. [Turtle flips him off]
EE
I told her she was hearing things.
I bet you she took that well.
Why didn't you chase after?
[At E's first staff meeting at Murray Berenson, a number of female employees come into the conference room carrying several boxes of large-size pizzas]
FEFemale Employee
These just came at the front desk for you.
EE
I didn't order any pizza.
FEFemale Employee
Ari Gold sent them. The delivery boy said "Good luck. You're no longer a pizza boy, you're now [offers boxes] a pizza man." [employees at table laugh]
[E's preparing to have a midday drink with Sloan, but suddenly remembers Ashley]
EE
You know what, Sloan? I don't feel like drinking.
What do you feel like doing?
EE
[to valet] Hey, buddy, will you hold that car up, please? You know, this was a bad idea. I gotta go. I'm sorry.
EE
Well, what's the point to this?
EE
This! First you want to be friends, then you don't want to be friends, now you want friendly cocktails. You don't know what you want and I don't want to fuck it up with a girl that I kinda like.
I'm sorry about that, man.
E! E! I am doing the best I can. I do miss you, but I just need time.
EE
You've had plenty of time, all right? And in that time, I've found someone else. I don't want to mess it up while you're trying to figure out what you want.
Is it that girl? The young one from the premiere?
EE
Yeah, I guess it is. [drives away]
[At a restaurant, E has told Ashley that he's breaking up with her. A phone call to him is driving her nuts]
AAshley
[to E, who's preparing to leave] You know you are really a piece-of-shit liar. You love fucking with me, don't you? You just said this morning that you want to be exclusive so you could use me and pull this shit now. I can't believe I fell for your nice guy act. You are real sick.
EE
Well, I'm sorry you feel that way.
AAshley
And I'm sorry you're a douchebag!
EE
Look, I didn't lie to you about anything. I actually liked you, but you show up at the premiere uninvited, you check my phone, you listen to my messages, you want my emails? [Ashley squirms in seat] You say you are not crazy, but all signs point to the contrary. I'm sorry. [Leaves restaurant]
[E and Sloan are having a fight on the road about getting back together]
EE
Why is it so selfish 'cause I'm tryin' to tell you i wanna be with you?
[gets out of car and walks away] Because last time you convinced me it was forever, you took off with your buddies five minutes later!
EE
I'm sorry, I was trying to get my business going!
Eric, why are you doing this to me?
I will not get lured back into this. I can't trust you! You love to have a girlfriend, but on your terms! You're never gonna be able to commit, not to anyone!
EE
That is not true, I will commit to you right now!
EE
I swear to God, I'm gonna marry you.
[sarcastic] You'll marry me?
EE
Yes, I'm gonna get into that car right now, drive to Vegas and commit to you for the rest of my life.
Really? Have you even thought about this?
EE
Yeah. I have, and this time I swear on my life, it'll be forever. [presents engagement ring]
[E is not pleased with Scott Lavin trying to work with Vince]
EE
We've been over this, Scott. You and I don't run Vince. I run Vince.
You are unbelievable. Are you really worried that I'm gonna steal your client?
EE
He's not just my client, he's my best friend since I'm five years old.
Oh, so you're worried I'm gonna steal your best friend? I'm worried you're gonna steal my best friend. You can't compete with me there, Eric! I'm way more fun than you are. I'm single. You are old and an almost-married man. Let youth be served!
EE
Will you listen to yourself? You're such an idiot. I'm trying to be polite, Scott, But it's getting harder and harder. Stay out of my way.
[Billy Walsh finally meets with E for the first time in years]
I really appreciate you taking the time to meet with me.
EE
I didn't have much choice, Billy.
We all have choices and I've made some bad ones.
EE
Yeah. What can I do for you, Billy?
I need you to help guide me out of the toilet like you did Vince.
EE
Why would you want me?
Because, man, you were the first guy to believe in me. You found my first script, you got me Vince, you got us the money. And as much as I was hard on you, I always knew you were the guy with the good eye.
EE
We can't work together, Billy.
EE
Because there's too much baggage and past.
Well, essentially we haven't. I don't drink anymore. I don't do drugs. I don't curse.
No, I've spent the last three years becoming an ordained minister in Santa Fe. Got myself right and I want to work.
I want you to help me. I'll do anything - commercials, tv, anything. I've changed.
EE
Still got that Pablo Escobar tattoo on your back?
No, I had it scraped off with a Bowie knife in a ritual smokehouse ceremony. [looks at E] No, it's still there.
[Billy Walsh is explaining the concept of Johnny's Bananas to Drama and E]
Okay, [shows character sketches] so Johnny's ex-wife is a nasty little black widow spider monkey named Julie. She's getting remarried to a baboon named Ronald. It's a big ceremony. It's the talk of the town, but when Johnny stops paying alimony, she tells him it was only a love ceremony; That it's not legally binding and that she's taking him to court. And then... Johnny goes bananas.
EE
[laughs] Tell me what happens. Does he win?
Who cares if he wins, and I'm not reading it 'cause I lose!
[E confronts Scott Lavin over supplying Vince with crack]
EE
[reacting to Scott's quips about Kevin Love leaving his office] I don't give a shit! Are you fucking kidding me? Vince's has never done coke a day in his life suddenly you come around, he's hopping out of planes and showing him to important meetings out of his mind?
Wait a minute, that was not my fault.
EE
Oh really, whose fucking fault was it, Scott? We've worked way too hard to bring Vince back from the dead, you're trying to fuck it up, stay away from him. [leaves office]
[While the gang waits to do an intervention for Vince, Scott Lavin wants to talk to E about a coup at Murray Berenson]
No, it's not bullshit. I got most of the company with me, 'kay? I was going to tell you, in fact, I tried to tell you, but with your fiancee, your attention-
EE
Scott, listen to me. That'll never happen.
It is happening, with or without you.
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