Call My Agent 2.3 - Refusal

Call My Agent : Refusal

Genre : Comedy / Drama / Satire

Showrunner: Jason Reitman

Writer : Dominic Wilkins

Cast: Lesley Manville, Caroline Dhavernas, Rainn Wilson, Brian d'Arcy James, Bill Nighy, William Forsythe, Michelle Yeoh, Chris Colfer and Hale Berry

Plot: Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) can’t wrap their head around what their friend and colleague Bob (Rainn Wilson) did. He just gave a nice, hefty check to the agency that will keep it afloat for at least three months, according to Wilson. They ask where he found that kind of money, but Rainn says it doesn’t matter. Wilson refuses it, because he doesn’t want Bob to take money from his kids’ college fund, but Bob, along with Andrea, reveal to Wilson he never had kids to begin with. Wilson is shocked, but not only because the man he thought he knew lied to him, but also, he just saw the high and mighty Miranda Jones (Lesley Manville) come out of a beat-up, rusty Pontiac. Miranda enters and Bob, who doesn’t know about the devastating article about her, asks her what happened to the Rolls Royce and she says François was fired for what he did to her and she’s heartbroken, so now she needs a little alone time. Wilson says she should be happy, Bob just saved the agency, but she doesn’t care, since everyone seems to think she’s too incompetent to run it. She needs some alone time for now, so they leave her alone, as the opening credits roll.

Mark (Bill Nighy), still bragging about handing out another exaggerated loan, enters a chic restaurant to have dinner with someone. He sits in the booth and is greeted by Russian mob leader Boris Shelkovina (William Forsythe). Mark accepted the offer to eat together thinking it was a cordial invitation, but Boris meant business and he’s not going let him do his thing. He tells Mark he stepped in his territory when he gave a loan to Bob Hollis for the Jones agency and Mark says he doesn’t understand because he handfed the Jones Agency for a couple of years and Boris says he let it slide at first because it wasn’t his territory yet, but now that it’s his turf, Mark needs to be warned. Mark sanitizes his hand before he starts eating, but Boris says that if he thought it really was an invitation to eat, then he must be delusional. Boris grabs his steak knife and we see the two men’s shadows, with Boris stabbing Mark’s right hand as Mark screams in agony.

The night has come and Miranda is looking for a place to stay since François took over possession of her house and she can’t even think about seeing him again. She asks around about a chic hotel she could go to, but Andrea refuses, she could sleep on one of their couches. Wilson offers his place and looks at him all judgemental and she says it must be sad living with him, he doesn’t dress with colors and she imagines his house as all grey and black with no life to it. Wilson doesn’t argue much, because she’s right. She doesn’t even consider Wilson’s offer and it leaves her no choice but to go to Andrea’s. They drive over there and as soon as Miranda opens the door, she sees Andrea’s two kids (she didn’t know they existed), then she makes a face of disgust and she grabs the keys to Andrea’s car and leaves. She locks herself inside the car and thinks about how a woman like her can’t live out of a hotel and then, she thinks about someone else. She drives across town and she knocks on a door. Desmond (Chris Colfer), an employee of the agency who works on set, answers. She tells him she sleeps on his bed tonight and he can take the couch, or else, he’s fired, but of course, he can join her if he wants, she needs a rebound anyway.

The next morning, with their recently cashed-in money, the agency is ready to come back in the game and to make people forget all about the controversy. Wilson, Andrea and Bob are unanimous, they need to strike a big deal and when you say a big deal with a payday in Hollywood these days, you need to think about one thing and one thing only: superhero movies. Andrea says she knows the right actress to call to cast her in a role in the biggest movie of the year.

The scene cuts to Halle Berry (Halle Berry) telling them she won’t do it, no matter what they tell her. She reminds Andrea she nearly ruined her career when she casted her in Catwoman and she thought it was a wonderful idea. Bob reminds her she seemed rather happy to except her Razzie for it and we cut to a clip where we see Halle Berry ironically accepting her Razzie for Catwoman. Berry says she may have been a good sport back then, but they don’t seem to remember the lean years following that “win”. Wilson comes in and doesn’t notice Halle Berry and he says the next contract is really important, because, according to his projections, it could allow them to stay in business for two more weeks. Halle just finds out she’s been used by them so they can stay open and she’s not comfortable with the idea of being the one who saved a controversial agency and she promised to herself she would never do business with Andrea again. Andrea is frustrated because she doesn’t feel like she mismanaged Halle Berry’s career and feels like she’s venting about it now just because she doesn’t want to help them. Berry is as furious as ever, claiming Andrea’s contracts have never been anything but good. Catwoman, Movie 43 and Kidnap, not really strong parts that make you look good. Berry gathers her things and leaves and right before she leaves, Bob checks his breath to make sure it doesn’t stink and tells Andrea to hold on, he’s going to seduce her the Bob Hollis way. He walks across the office with confidence and he flatters her, saying she’s a good actress and all, so she should reconsider. Halle Berry thanks him, but she says it’s not about that. She leaves by saying she’ll think about it, at least, but to not get their hopes up. Bob turns around and counts it as a victory and a proof that the Bob Hollis charm doesn’t go away. Andrea rolls her eyes, but admits they can count it as a miniscule victory. Wilson comes out of Andrea's office and with a catsuit on. They are disgusted at the view and he claims Miranda bought the original Halle Berry Catwoman costume for a charity event and he wanted to show her. They say that she's gone and Wilson is so sad that he licks his hand with petty eyes, just like a cat would do as Andrea and Bob keep begging him to get out of their sight.

Miranda gets out of the make-up chair and is guided by an employee to a television set where she meets with Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh), the woman who dragged her through the mud and she refuses to shake her hands. She just wants to get this over with.