Looks like the trend on HBO continues as far as the guest stars go, with Bored to Death featuring Oliver Platt and Parker Posey, just to name a few, during the month of October. Read on below to get the scoop on all of the October episodes of Bored to Death and don't forget to watch the premiere this Sunday on HBO (or click here to watch it on fancast now!). Read on for all the spoilery details.
Episode #3: “The Case of the Missing Screenplay”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 4 (9:30-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
At a New York film-society party, George (Ted Danson) introduces Jonathan (Jason Schwartzman) to filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, a fan of Jonathan’s first book, who is interested in having him rewrite a screenplay. Later, after leaving his personalized script in a therapist’s (Denis O’Hare) office during an ill-advised late-night tryst with a (very) young party girl (Vanessa Ray), Jonathan convinces Ray (Zach Galifianakis) to pose as a patient in order to retrieve it. Meanwhile, George is flummoxed when he runs into his sexy ex-wife Priscilla (Laila Robins) and her arrogant new husband, fellow publishing magnate Richard Antrem (Oliver Platt).
Written by Jonathan Ames; directed by Michael Lehmann.
Episode #4: “The Case of the Stolen Skateboard”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 11 (9:30-10:00 p.m.)Jonathan falls for his latest client (Parker Posey), the mother of a boy whose skateboard was stolen by a neighborhood bully (E.J. Bonilla). Meanwhile, Ray agrees to help a lesbian couple (Rosie Benton, Jenn Harris) start a new family, to his wife Leah’s (Heather Burns) chagrin, and George has a nostalgic “armpit crush” on a young publicist (Emily Wickersham) he hopes to woo at the opening of a new Brooklyn restaurant. Bebe Neuwirth also guest stars.
Written by Jonathan Ames; directed by Tucker Gates.
Episode #5: “The Case of the Lonely White Dove”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 18 (9:35-10:05 p.m.)A smitten Russian parolee (Lev Gorn) contracts Jonathan to track down a chanteuse (Branka Katic) known as “the Lonely White Dove.” After a vodka-fueled reconnaissance mission at the Brighton Beach restaurant where the singer works, Jonathan persuades Suzanne – along with Ray and Leah – to join him there for dinner the next night, without revealing his true purpose. Meanwhile, George decides to get in touch with his feminine side as a way to drive sales of his sagging magazines.
Written by Jonathan Ames & Donick Cary; directed by Paul Feig.
Episode #6: “The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 25 (9:35-10:05 p.m.)Jonathan is enlisted to retrieve a sex tape that a female escort (Trieste Kelly Dunn) is using to extort money from a married New Jersey man (Geoffrey Cantor). With Ray and George in tow, Jonathan ends up in a motel room with the escort, who attempts to blackmail him as well. Can the very stoned Ray and George save Jonathan’s neck before the woman’s enraged brother (Anthony DeSando) breaks it? Patton Oswalt also guest stars.
Written by Jonathan Ames & Martin Gero; directed by Adam Bernstein.
The premise of this show and the episode titles alone are enough to pull me in. While it might not be the kind of series for everyone, like Curb Your Enthusiasm, it's going to find its niche.
