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Plot Summary

With the guys' current housing situation confining them much more, it has made it difficult for E to read offers, and to get in contact with Peter Jackson, whose video game company Vince would like to work with. To remedy this, he rents an office suite so he can read offers for Vince and answer the phone. However, the guys are appalled to see E is using a card table for a desk, so they set out to find one that is much nicer. Meanwhile, Ari is at the office, preparing for his annual meeting with client Mary J. Blige. He is hyping it to the other employees, who are ready, except for the Jensen twins, Jim and Jeff. They are both furious at each other, claiming the other needs to be fired, although neither says why. Peter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961) is a New Zealand filmmaker best known as the director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which he, along with Fran Walsh, his long time partner, and Philippa Boyens, adapted from the novels by J. R. R. Tolkien. ... Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971), is an American R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, rapper, producer, and actress who has sold over 60 million records around the world since her career began in 1991. ...

At an antiques store, Vince, Drama, and Turtle spot a desk with a rich Hollywood past, including it being a gift from Martin Scorsese, to Robert De Niro after filming Raging Bull, and immediately say they'll take it, only to hear it was already sold- to Gary Busey. Having had numerous conflicts in the past, the guys set out to his house to make an offer to buy it off of him. Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, writer and producer and founder of the World Cinema Foundation. ... Robert Mario De Niro Jr. ... This article is about the 1980 film. ...

At the office, E calls Variety, asking to take out an ad for his new company, called "The Murphy Group" (despite E being the only employee). Wanting it to say he represents Vincent Chase, E once again hears the usual response, "Ari Gold represents Vincent Chase", prompting E to hang up. He later gets a call from Shauna, who tells him of a rep she knows at the paper who will do a write-up on him. As for the rest of the friends, they arrive at Busey's house, who aggrees to let them have the desk, provided he can paint on Drama for his next art project. Variety is a daily magazine for the entertainment industry. ...

At Ari's office, the conflict between the twins reaches a breaking point when they begin to fight in the conference room as the Blige meeting nears. He puts them in his office, and learns that Jeff had sex with Jim's wife. Ari determines they can't work together, and though visibly disgusted at Jeff, he fires Jim because Jeff has outearned him. The meeting follows, with Mary J. disappointed Ari had to fire Jim, one of her favorite agents. This situation only gets worse when they run into him on the elevator, and he quickly explains what happened. Mary J. leaves, disgusted with Ari. Knowing she's left for rival agency ICM, Ari is further enraged, and fires Jeff as well.

After the boys leave Busey's house, they arrange for the desk to be delivered to E's office, only to see they can't because it won't fit up the stairs or in the elevator. The news only gets worse when they find E a headline on the new Variety, in a story titled "The new nepotism in Hollywood". With E dejected, Vince cheers him up by renting a new, much larger office for him, as well as adjacent offices for Vince, Drama, and Turtle. The episode concludes with a call from Peter Jackson, who tells E to never mind the bad press and he'd be happy to work with Vince, aksing E "for his assistant to call my assistant", and E informs them he'll now have to hire someone.

Guest Stars

• Mary J. Blige
• Peter Jackson
• Gary Busey

Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971), is an American R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, rapper, producer, and actress who has sold over 60 million records around the world since her career began in 1991. ... Peter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961) is a New Zealand filmmaker best known as the director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which he, along with Fran Walsh, his long time partner, and Philippa Boyens, adapted from the novels by J. R. R. Tolkien. ... William Gareth Jacob Busey, Sr. ...

Trivia

• This episode was Shauna's (Debi Mazar) first appearance in the fourth season.

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Sources

HBO.com synopsis for the episode.