The catering team works at a theater after-party for a community production of a play titled Not On Your Wife . Key Guest Stars:
(who also directed the episode) as the director of the play. Rachael Harris as Marguerite Tayler. Jim Piddock as Leland Corke. Rob Huebel as Mr. Dauntless. party down s02e06 openh264
Aired on May 28, 2010, this episode is a quintessential example of the show's dark, farcical humor. The catering team works at a theater after-party
The centerpiece of the episode is the "acting exercise." This subplot provides a goldmine of character development. The usually cynical and detached Ron Donald is pushed to his breaking point, desperate to maintain his authority while Guttenberg undermines his managerial style with "new age" positivity. More poignantly, it allows Casey Klein to explore her vulnerabilities regarding her failing marriage and her career, while Roman DeBeers gets to live out a fantasy of artistic validity, only to be crushed by the reality that his sci-fi script is perhaps too dense for emotional nuance. The workshop scenes are painful, hilarious, and deeply human, showcasing the cast’s improvisational roots. Jim Piddock as Leland Corke
Henry glanced up, sighed. "Not my department. I'm on 'emotional support ice.'" He gestured to a silver bucket of rapidly melting cubes.
The "openh264" part of your search refers to the library, a free software library for real-time encoding and decoding of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video. Party Down: Not On Your Wife Opening Night - IMDb
But the openh264 bug hit right as Nick lifted a tray of "deconstructed tamales" (a single corn husk containing one kernel of blue corn and a dollop of anxiety). The video feed from the party's own promotional livestream—projected onto a massive agave-fiber screen—suddenly froze on Nick's face. Then the macroblocking began. His eyes drifted into two separate squares. His mouth became a horizontal smear of gray and magenta.