We just made a verbal agreement not to sleep with other people. Jimmy? Manager: You've been remaindered, Jimmy. Did they give Darlene a book? Jimmy: And her lnternet approval is meaningful because...? Edgar: Sometimes I feel like there's veteran Edgar and regular Edgar. Lindsay: I've been trying to talk to Gretchen about Aiden for days. Lindsay: They're not showing up, are they? Jimmy: I wrote a novel and still there's no response from him. He's barely literate, so who knows if he could even read it, but if he did manage to sound it out, it'd just be nice to hear that he was proud of me. Gretchen: I know it's, like, my "job" to be there for him, but at one point, I thought he was gonna cry, and I was like, "this is it. As soon as Jimmy and I become a thing, you go out and start taking dicks. She wants us to get dinner with them tonight. Dana: So, tell me about the boyfriend... what's his deal? Jimmy: Oh, um... "To Ronny overly, a father whose sole connection to his son is that he never connected with his father..."
Sandra: "Yo, Ron. Jimmy: Bookstore manager? Sandra Bernhard here is interested in purchasing my book. (Dana and Gretchen laugh)
Jimmy: Don't want to talk about it. You can just ask me to have a threesome. Jimmy: Shut up... Dana! Gretchen: I can't believe I finally made a new friend, and I tried to bang her the first time we hung out. Gretchen: I listened to you blathering on about "ooh, me da." We found someone who is equally dead inside. Gretchen: You are the one who cried over a soccer jersey.
Plan: A: breakfast Edgar; Q: When does Edgar try to celebrate Jimmy and Gretchen's "exclusive" status? A: Edgar; Q: Who tells Gretchen that it is now her job to deal with Jimmy's issues instead of him? A: Jimmy; Q: Who is thrown out of the bookstore event? A: Gretchen; Q: Who is unable to handle Lindsay's guilt about her infidelity? A: a funk; Q: What does Jimmy leave in after throwing out his soccer jersey? A: the bookstore; Q: Where does Jimmy find his book has been remaindered? A: Sandra Bernhard; Q: Who does Jimmy try to get to help him get his book back on sale? A: Jimmy's complaints; Q: What does Gretchen fail to listen to about Jimmy's father? A: Lindsay; Q: Who is the other person who tries to set up a meal with Jimmy and Gretchen? A: the reading; Q: What is Jimmy so affected by that he forgets about heckling? A: a meal; Q: What do Edgar and Lindsay keep trying to set up with Jimmy and Gretchen? A: "sidekicks; Q: What do Edgar and Lindsay wonder if they are? A: home; Q: Where do Gretchen and Dana visit Jimmy? A: a spectacular failure; Q: What happens when Gretchen and Dana try to have a threesome? A: women friends; Q: What does Gretchen bemoan her inability to have? Summary: At breakfast Edgar tries to celebrate Jimmy and Gretchen's "exclusive" status, but they will not cooperate. Jimmy receives a soccer jersey as a gift from his father. He throws it out and leaves in a funk. Edgar tells Gretchen that it is now her job to deal with Jimmy's issues instead of him. Jimmy finds his book has been remaindered by the bookstore and decides to heckle Sandra Bernhard (appearing as herself) when she gives a reading there. Gretchen tries and fails to listen to Jimmy's complaints about his father. She also cannot handle Lindsay's guilt about her infidelity. Jimmy goes to the bookstore event, but is so affected by the reading that he forgets about heckling. He is thrown out when he tries to get Bernhard to help him get his book back on sale. Edgar and Lindsay keep trying to set up a meal with Jimmy and Gretchen, but are stood up each time. They begin to wonder if they are merely "sidekicks". Gretchen and Dana, a friend from her job, visit Jimmy at home and decide to try a threesome. It is a spectacular failure and Dana walks out. Gretchen bemoans her inability to have women friends, but Jimmy asks her to stop. They each realize they cannot handle other people's pain, being "equally dead inside". This actually brings them closer together.