Van Sant won’t let Vince audition, leading to a confrontation between Vince and Eric; Vince fires him, and Eric returns to L.A. Later, Vince reconnects with his high-school sweetheart and Drama invests in a neighborhood bar.

Turtle continues to try to maintain his relationship with Jamie-Lynn Sigler as a secret, despite the guys’ curiosity. Eric’s efforts turn out not to be in vain, as Van Sant forwarded Vince’s reel to filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who calls Vince to say he wants Vince in the lead role of his remake of The Great Gatsby, which will film in New York City. Vince flies back to L.A. to reconcile with Eric in person.

After receiving an unexpected call from Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Turtle goes back to Los Angeles to spend the day with her. While he doesn’t reveal his encounter to the guys, he does tell Jamie-Lynn his real name.

Vince is upset that Verner, the director of Smokejumpers, continues to drag his character down, but Verner thinks Vince is the one with the problem. Ari and Lloyd give Ari’s old friend and mentor Andrew Klein (Gary Cole) a Hollywood makeover so he can impress agency co-owner Babs (Beverly D’Angelo), but when she is disrespectful, Ari has had enough.

if he doesn’t take it, so Ari tries to prevent that while preserving his current job. Josh Weinstein uses Ari’s distraction to court Vince with filmmaker Frank Darabont.

Lloyd agrees to watch Ari’s house while Mrs. Gold and the kids are away, but Lloyd and his boyfriend use Ari’s house to throw a party. Ari has a bad reaction to the mushrooms and gets lost at Joshua Tree. But eventually, on the way back, Vince uses his hallucinogenic experience to make a career choice.

Determined to postpone his post-breakup depression, Drama gets pumped for his guest appearance on The View (with Whoopi Goldberg and Elizabeth Hasselbeck playing themselves). Drama, set up by his Five Towns co-stars, who have supplied the show with photos of Jacqueline, embarrasses himself, much to the frustration of publicist Shauna.

An encounter with former flame Justine Chapin (Leighton Meester) leaves Vince even more insecure when she pawns him off at a party, and when Ari gives him the cold, hard truth, Vince finally decides to step it up. Drama’s relationship with Jacqueline takes a bad turn.

Eric, Ari and Drama head out to Mexico to convince him to take the role, and as Vince sits down with Ertz, a phone call by Ari’s old rival changes things drastically. Drama turns prima donna during a Five Towns photo shoot, and kindles his “virtual” romance with Jacqueline, his Cannes girlfriend.