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Lydia Dunfree (Megan Mullally) continues to be a breath of fresh, albeit deluded, air. Her attempts to network within the "serious" acting community on behalf of her daughter, Escapade, add a layer of tragicomedy that Mullally executes with her signature eccentric energy. Ron Donald (Ken Marino), the ever-stressed team leader, is on the verge of a breakdown as he tries to maintain professional standards in a room full of theatrical egos. Why S02E07 Stands Out

Party Down Season 2 Episode 7: A Deep Dive into "Not on Your Wife Night" party down s02e07 vp3

By this point in the season, the team is exhausted. They have catered orgies, high-school reunions, and awkward birthday parties. But the company picnic offers a different kind of horror: the horror of hope. Lydia Dunfree (Megan Mullally) continues to be a

Casey (Lizzy Caplan) becomes obsessed with winning the "Best All Around" trophy for the day’s games. Why S02E07 Stands Out Party Down Season 2

The episode centers on a particularly awkward situation involving Henry Pollard (Adam Scott) and Casey Klein (Lizzy Caplan). Their "will-they-won't-they" tension, which anchors much of the series, is pushed to its limits when they are forced to navigate the eccentricities of the theater world while dealing with their own complicated feelings. Character Highlights

If Party Down has a overarching thesis, it is that the American Dream is a treadmill that most people fall off of. Nowhere is this more painfully (and hilariously) illustrated than in Season 2, Episode 7, "Party Down Company Picnic."

The episode revolves around a annual picnic for the "Stennheiser-Pong" corporation. The tension is driven by a competition: the winning team gets a bonus check for $500. For a group of struggling actors and writers barely making rent, this is a fortune. It forces the gang to actually try , which is the last thing this group of cynics wants to do.