Call My Agent : Locked Up
Genre : Comedy / Drama / Satire
Showrunner: Jason Reitman
Writer : Dominic Wilkins
Cast: Rainn Wilson, Brian d'Arcy James, Jennifer Carpenter, B.J. Novak, John Glover and Julia Garner
Plot: Bob Hollis (Rainn Wilson) is chained
up when Wilson (Brian d’Arcy James) comes to see him at the local penitentiary.
They talk about how they are doing and Wilson says he’s all excited about his
new job as an agent and he was able to close a deal with a client. He was so
happy, Bob wouldn’t believe it. Bob finds it mean that Wilson came all the way
over here to tell him how much his life his better than his and how much he
loves the job he stole from him. Bob asks for the guard to bring him back to
his cell and Wilson pleads for him to stay. Once Bob is gone, Wilson asks the
security guard f he can give his friendship necklace he made out of candies to
Bob and he can’t, but it sure looks delicious. Wilson gets even more sad when
the guard takes a bite out the bracelet and he leaves. In his car, he decides
to eat the bracelet too, surprised to learn that it is indeed really good and
sweet.
Back inside the penitentiary, Bob
goes back to his cell that he shares with his new friend Jack (B.J. Novak).
Once he enters the cell and it locks immediately behind him, Jack reminds Bob
that every time he sees him enter the cell, he reminds him of someone, but he
doesn’t know who. Bob says he has a recognizable face, he gets that a lot, but
he hopes it doesn’t remind him of one of victims, because he would hate it if
Jack tried to kill him during his sleep. Jack says he’s a changed man and he’s
not capable of violence anymore. Bob says it’s new, because the last time they
had free time, he tried to choke someone by dropping a dumbbell on his throat
and it sent him to the hospital. As we see a flashback, Bob was very
uncomfortable during the whole thing, not used to this level of violence. They
are interrupted by a guard who asks Jack to pack his things because he’s moving
to another cell. Bob complains, saying they were almost done with their
friendship bracelet and the guard confiscates them.
As Bob throws on the wall, his new
cellmate comes in. His name is Jules (Julia Garner). She’s silent and doesn’t
talk a lot. When asked questions, she grunts instead of answering. Bob asks her
if she knows it’s a men’s prison and Jules answers back that she’s a man and if
continues to say otherwise, Bob won’t have any teeth tomorrow night. He thinks her
threat is cliché and she threaten him once again, by whispering something in
his ear. Bob leaves him, or her alone for the night and he goes to sleep.
During the night, he can’t sleep, as he keeps on looking at Jules, in case he/she
tries to choke him in his sleep or something.
The following day, Bob, tired and
looking horrible, goes to the cafeteria and sits next to Jack, who wants all the
details about his new cellmate. They stare at Jules while eating and she gives
them the finger. Bob says he’s scared of him/her, because she’s a convicted killer
and he can’t sleep right at night, fearing that she might attack him, she seems
so hostile. He asks Jack if he can scare her, he’s a murderer and a cannibal
after all. Jack is reluctant, but Bob pushes him forward so he really needs to
confront Jules. He backs up and he confides in Bob that he isn’t a killer, nor
a cannibal, he just committed tax frauds and he made this this alter-ego so
people would fear him. Bob says he’s a good actor, he really believed him. He’s
an agent and he could do wonders for his career once he gets out. He gives him
a card with his contact information. Jack asks him where the card comes from
and Bob tells him he pleads the fifth about this question and he changes the
subject. Jack throws the card away out of disgust and tells Bob that he’s a killer,
he shouldn’t be afraid of her. He says he’s not a killer, because he didn’t
kill anyone, but Jack reminds him that he’s in jail because they think he
murdered someone. Before he has the chance to answer, a guard, wearing the remaining
bits of Wilson’s friendship bracelet gets Bob to come with him, because he
needs to go somewhere. Bob comments that Wilson has now found a new best
friend, pointing at the friendship bracelet.
Right after Bob leaves the cafeteria,
Jules is approached by a group of men as he/she is eating alone. They start
bothering her and harassing her. She grabs her fork and threatens the men with
it. When they insist, she stabs her fork into a man’s arm and he runs away
crying. Jack would’ve liked Bob to see that and he definitely will tell him.
Bob enters a room where he meets
with his unbothered and grumpy lawyer (John Glover) who complains that he had
to drive through traffic for a long time to come here, so it better be
important. Bob guesses that he is and then his lawyer complains that he had to
pay parking here. It’s definitely going on Bob’s bill. Bob reminds him that he’s
broke, so it will be hard to pay him and that’s why he didn’t want a lawyer. The
lawyer says he didn’t want a murderer as a client, but here he is. They are
interrupted by Detective Debra Dexter (Jennifer Carpenter) who comes in,
complaining that she couldn’t even get a free parking around the building. Her
and the lawyer bond over the lack of free parking and Bob has to remind them he’s
here. Debra looks at the lawyer and she says she has some bad news for him. New
evidence has surfaced in the case and Bob is free to go. Bob is ecstatic and he
wants to go and hug Debra, but he remembers he’s chained to the table and he hurts
himself. The lawyer is disappointed, because the case won’t go to trial and he
will not have the opportunity to win a legal case in court. He asks Bob if he
would consider going forward with the trial and then winning and Bob disagrees,
to the lawyer’s disappointment. A guard comes in and unchains Bob, who hugs Debra.
She immediately asks him to back off and Bob obliges.
Moments later, Bob is seen going
back to his cell to gather his belongings. He tells Jules the good news, she/he
seems unbothered. Bob packs his stuff silently and right when he’s about to
leave, Jules grabs him by the wrist. She says she has something to confess. She
turns around and removes a wig, revealing herself to be actress Julia Garner.
She says she’s here to research for a role and she asks how she’s doing. Bob
says she’s doing fine, aside from the fact that Jules is clearly a woman in
disguise, not telling her he was afraid of Jules. She asks the guard if she can
leave too, because this isn’t going to work and he denies her, saying she asked
to be here for a month. As Bob leaves, Julia is seen panicking without her wig
on, for all inmates to see, before putting the wig back on and acting tough. On
his way out, Bob passes in front of Jack’s cell and throws him another business
card, telling him it came from his pocket this time, asking him to give him a call
once he gets out.
Bob leaves the penitentiary and is sad to see
that nobody is there for him. He sees a familiar face in the parking lot, his
lawyer, arguing about the parking fees. He asks him if they can commute
together back to Los Angeles and he reluctantly agrees.
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