(Becca crying)
Paul: ...and, Vernon, to you, I just want to say, "Welcome to the family. And homelessness. And now, having broken up with her is guaranteed to release the words. And the minute she left me twisting up on that hill with that ring... Bam, the book came to me. Becca: Is this a joke? But now... now... since you... to my abject horror, my view on love can best be described by Nicholas Sparks in The Notebook: "It's not easy... it's hard... and you have to work at it, but it's worth it... because I want you... Did any of them try to make out with you? Do you remember how nervous I was to go to Becca's wedding? Edgar: I'm nervous, Jimmy. Edgar: Okay. Edgar: Yeah, well, with Gretchen, you've been actually kind of fun to be around, but if you're telling me that we're going back to you being a hundred percent dick so that you can write another stupid book I won't read? Gretchen: He sent muffins. Gretchen: Hey, what do you think a nice food processor goes for? I just got done doing a, uh, radio show about my new novel. Interviewer: Right! Jimmy! Jimmy: Oh, sit down, man. Jimmy: Sorry? Jimmy: The lass eviscerated me, as lasses are wont to do. Jimmy: Yes. Jimmy? Lindsay: Hey, blood... (Giggles)
Should we live in a studio in New York? Lindsay: With who, Shitstain? Sam: Annoying, white, skater kids from Venice at a rave. Sam: This is where we work. She insists she got us a blender. Shut the door on the former life. That was about a year and a half ago. This is where you do drugs and make up nonsense into the mic. Ty: Good. You guys recorded a song for the soundtrack, correct?
Plan: A: the events; Q: What is shown leading up to the present day? A: his new book; Q: What did Jimmy plug on a radio show? A: the homeless Edgar; Q: Who does Jimmy meet in an alley? A: a "gofer; Q: What was Gretchen sent to do at the recording studio? A: Sam Draper's; Q: Whose rap trio is Gretchen supposed to be a gofer for? A: Sam; Q: Who hires Gretchen to do his PR? A: the executive; Q: Who is Sam furious with for not showing up to the recording studio? A: his PR; Q: What does Sam hire Gretchen to do instead of the PR executive? A: movie openings; Q: Where does Gretchen go with the rappers? A: a well-known director; Q: Who is Ty? A: Ty; Q: Who is the director that Gretchen meets at a movie opening? A: a relationship; Q: What does Gretchen start with Ty? A: Becca's wedding; Q: What event did Gretchen miss because of her DUI arrest? A: Vernon; Q: Who did Becca want to pay back for ignoring her? A: the studio; Q: Where does Gretchen try to go back to doing drugs with Lindsay? A: her life; Q: What does Gretchen go back to her apartment to set right? A: rights; Q: What does Gretchen go back to her apartment to set to? Summary: Beginning with Jimmy's disastrous proposal to Becca a few years earlier, we see the events leading up to the present day. Emerging from a pretentious radio show interview where he plugged his new book, Jimmy meets the homeless Edgar in an alley and offers him a "lounger on the deck" not realizing that Edgar will accept the offer. Gretchen is hanging out and doing drugs with Lindsay at a recording studio, sent as a "gofer" by the PR executive handling Sam Draper's rap trio. Sam, who is furious with the executive for not showing up, hires her to do his PR instead. She attends movie openings with the rappers and meets a well-known director, Ty, with whom she starts a relationship fueled by drugs and booze. This results in her DUI arrest the day before Becca's wedding, where she meets Jimmy. After they break up, Becca tries to proposition Jimmy to pay Vernon back for ignoring her, but Jimmy turns her down. Edgar walks out on Jimmy, saying that while he was with Gretchen he was actually a "fun person". Gretchen tries to go back to doing drugs at the studio with Lindsay, but realizes it is not what she wants anymore. She goes back to her apartment to set it, and her life, to rights. Jimmy is left alone in his house, trying to write a novel or a song, but unable to do either.