It's the first day of shooting and naturally nothing goes right, leading to heart troubles for Peter Dragon. Holden is unhappy with the size of his codpiece and the fact his character wears a watch. Reagan is insecure and doesn't want anyone to look at her while she acts and a feud between Stuart and Jenny results in Holden getting drunk.

On the day of the first script read-through, Adam can't get onto the stage, Holden is tempted by a drug pusher and the hot young actress hired by Stuart turns out to be 50 pounds overweight.