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The real Ellroy showed up halfway through, drunk, demanding whiskey and accusing the catering staff of being “the real criminals” for under-salting the sliders. Roman took this as a compliment. Ron tried to wrangle a “synergy meeting” between Ellroy and a local funeral home sponsor. Within ten minutes, the chocolate fountain had been tipped over (Lydia’s fault), and someone had lit a screenplay on fire as an offering.

The funeral for James Ellroy’s fictional stand-in was, predictably, a disaster before the first canapé hit the table. Roman had spent the morning trying to work his “hard-boiled noir” screenplay into the eulogy, muttering about “the dame who walked in with a corpse’s smile.” Casey kept trying to pitch her improv group’s “tragicomic funeral revue” to actual mourners. Kyle, dressed as a solemn pallbearer, was caught adjusting his biceps in a spoon’s reflection. party down s02e04 ac3

In the chaos, Henry looked at Casey, who looked at him, and for a second the world stopped being a farce. Then a mourner threw a dinner roll at Kyle, and the moment was gone. The real Ellroy showed up halfway through, drunk,

And Henry? Henry was just trying to keep the shrimp from turning into weapons. Within ten minutes, the chocolate fountain had been

Just another Tuesday at Party Down.

Here’s a short piece inspired by Party Down Season 2, Episode 4 (“James Ellroy Funeral”):