Call My Agent 2.5 - Make-Belief

Call My Agent : Make-Belief

Genre : Comedy / Drama / Satire

Showrunner: Jason Reitman

Writer : Dominic Wilkins

Cast: Lesley Manville, Caroline Dhavernas, Rainn Wilson, Brian d'Arcy James, Bill Nighy, Michelle Yeoh, William Forsythe and Martin Freeman

Plot: Andrea (Caroline Dhavernas) is at home watching the news and she sees the interview between Miranda and Hao. She can’t believe it and she calls Bob (Rainn Wilson) and Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) on videoconference so they can share their thoughts about it. Wilson said he was on the set during the interview and what François said not only sounded real, but he was sure it is real. She has been a jerk to him since he’s known her and she can be a little uptight, but let’s be honest, she can be really uptight. Andrea, on the other end, sticks with Miranda no matter what and she doesn’t think Miranda has that much meanness in her. Bob says Andrea is just sticking with her because they are women. Andrea says it’s not true and that’s sexist. Bob says she should calm down because he believes Miranda. During the press conference, when he pushed François off the stage, he placed him behind a tree and he saw him sneaking away with that journalist when it was all over. They are up to something and he wants to know what, so he stands by Miranda. Wilson says they should all meet at the agency and hopefully Miranda will be there to answer their questions.

Miranda (Lesley Manville) is pacing in her office. One might say this is the first time she is nervous in her entire life. She opens the door to Martin Freeman (Martin Freeman) and he asks if he’s at the right place. Miranda says he is and she asks if she’s talking to David “Pudd’nhead” Wilson. Martin says he’s not really sure what she means by that and Miranda holds a picture of Martin Freeman in his role of Pudd’nhead Wilson next to him and she asks him if he’s a Golden Reel nominee for Pudd’nhead Wilson. Freeman says he’s proud to say yes. Miranda says it’s good. He was nominated for something, so he must be a good lawyer. Freeman says he isn’t really a lawyer, but Miranda grabs him by the shoulders and she says them Brits are funny, of course he’s a lawyer, he was up for a Golden Reel for god’s sake and they don’t give that to anyone. Martin Freeman thinks this is some kind of joke they are trying to do on him so he plays along. He gets into character and he speaks and acts like Pudd’nhead Wilson. He offers her to go inside her office so they have more privacy and they can really get into the crunchy details.

Andrea, Bob and Wilson regroup in front of the agency and they are surprised to see Miranda is here. They discuss a strategy to talk to her about what happened yesterday. They argue a little but they figure out they should just head in and talk to her, so she can explain herself. They open the door and are stunned to see Martin Freeman in historical clothing sitting in Miranda’s office, as everyone would be, given that it’s the 21^st century. They say they want to talk about what happened yesterday and she says she was set up and will pursue legal actions, as she points at Martin Freeman who decided to play along after she gave him a check, as a salary. Wilson doesn’t think it’s great use of company money, but Miranda says he’s a really good lawyer, he knows the laws. She asks her employees if they knew it was illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license in Nebraska? She didn’t grow him in Nebraska but it would’ve been a game changer if she knew that when she was younger. Andrea and Bob look at Freeman who points the Huffington Post article giving details about said law. He says he doesn’t care about lying to her, she gave him such a large amount of money, he doesn’t care anymore. Bob takes a look at the check she gave Martin and it’s about half what he loaned from Mark. It’s true what they say, she is an incompetent manager. He storms out of the office. Andrea who was distracted by Bob’s exit, picks up on the three-way conversation between Miranda, Martin and Wilson and she can only hear Wilson screaming “But the laws have changed!” Freeman says they’ll hold a mock trial to see if he’s really as bad as Wilson seems to think. Miranda begs Andrea to be the judge and she doesn’t really feel like she has the option to say no.

Andrea is the almighty judge, Martin Freeman, or should we say Pudd’nhead Wilson is defending Miranda Jones and Wilson Johnson is the opposing counsel. The mock trial is well under-way but it is strictly impossible to hear anything as Pudd’nhead and Wilson try to speak louder than one another. Andrea wrecks havoc on her desk with her gavel, finally snapping. The argument ends with Wilson screaming “BUT THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED!” Andrea points out that their shenanigans must come to an end, they have a visitor. She points to the door and here is Mark (Bill Nighy), their loan shark, presumably coming for the rest of his money. Martin Freeman says he’s got this. Miranda pushes him out of the way, making him fall on the floor. She says it’s true, the laws have changed, they’re on her turf now. She quickly notices the bandage on Mark’s hand.  She asks him if he disinfected to much that his skin cracked and he says that as a matter of fact, yes, that’s what happens. Mark says he’s here to talk to Bob, the alcoholic son of a b, they need to talk. Wilson says Bob hasn’t been here all day and Miranda stops him again, she has this covered. She grabs Mark by the shoulders, turns him around and pushes him out of the office. She won’t let him walk all over her and disrespects her employees like that. She’s a strong woman and he’ll need be better than that to intimidate her. Mark says they’re making a huge mistake, especially Bob. Wilson opens the window and spits on Mark and disgusted, he walks away. Miranda and Andrea reprimand him, thinking he has gone too far. Wilson says he was just in the heat of the woman. Andrea congratulates Miranda for her speech and Miranda says she always knew she had it in her. Mark just pocked the peacock. Wilson says it’s not really the saying, but Miranda says she doesn’t care. Peacocks are majestic, she’s majestic, bottom line, Mark poked the peacock. She’s right, he’s wrong. As Miranda power walks her way out, Wilson is trying to convince Andrea that he’s right, but she’s no having it. She likes this new confident version of Miranda.

Bob pulls over to Mark’s house. Melissa Hao (Michelle Yeoh), who’s been following him all day, also pulls over in the street and uses her camera to get a closer look. Bob is surprised to see someone is already at Mark’s house. Boris Shelkovina (William Forsythe) came in to warn Mark once again. Bob asks him who is and Boris, thinking he was alone, throws a rock towards Bob who jukes it and it breaks a window. Melissa has everything on camera.