Jump

"Jump" is the fifth episode of Hollywood. It was released on Netflix on May 1, 2020.

Synopsis
Avis contemplates the possibility of making history. Meg finds its cast. With pre-production underway, Dick has notes for Raymond and Archie. Ellen decides to follow her heart as Jack's past comes back to haunt him.

Plot Summary
Avis makes her decision and decides Meg is the film they’re going to produce, casting Camille in the lead role. Claire arrives at the studio and tells Avis she made the right decision and that she’s proud of her, prompting Avis to cast her in a supporting female role alongside Camille.

With the two actors now the talk of the town, both Camille and Jack do photographs while the studio heads talk about the issues they’re about to face in the wake of this. Alabama pulls their current picture and now needing to do things on the cheap, Avis decides they should bring people in locally to fill the roles, including a returning Anna Wong back on the cast.

Rock meanwhile quickly gets over his disappointment about not getting the role, instead learning from Archie that he’s got another minor role as a gas station attendant on the film. When he visits Henry to talk about the good news, Henry instead takes him to the dentist to sort his teeth out.

Dick leads the team with budget cuts and Ellen takes a fancy to him, prompting Avis to encourage her to ask him out.

The script reading goes ahead without a hitch and everyone patches up any ensuing tension in the wake of the rehearsals for parts. The iconic tragic ending to Peg is changed completely thanks to Dick and Archie, who decide that her getting down from the sign and living happily ever after is a better finish for the film.

Jack’s past comes back to haunt him though as his mug shot from jail ends up in the hands of a reporter called Dean. This inevitably brings Henry back on the scene where he organizes a hit squad to beat him to a pulp in order to avoid pictures of Jack and Avis circulating. In exchange, Henry weasels his way into being a Producer.

The budget issues with the set prompt Dick to tell Raymond he needs to come up with the money himself, which leads him to Archie and the others to help cough up the funds. Dick meanwhile rejects Ellen and breaks down sobbing outside before heading to a local bar to drown his sorrows in alcohol.

Jack heads home and learns his wife has been seeing a guy called Erwin. Even worse, his children aren’t actually his; they’re Erwin’s. Jack walks out on her and immediately heads to Archie’s, asking to sleep on the sofa.

Starring

 * David Corenswet as Jack Castello
 * Darren Criss as Raymond Ainsley
 * Laura Harrier as Camille Washington
 * Joe Mantello as Dick Samuels
 * Dylan McDermott (credit only)
 * Jake Picking as Rock Hudson
 * Jeremy Pope as Archie Coleman
 * Holland Taylor as Ellen Kincaid
 * Samara Weaving as Claire Wood
 * Jim Parsons as Henry Willson
 * Patti LuPone as Avis Amberg

Guest starring

 * Maude Apatow as Henrietta Castello
 * Queen Latifah as Hattie McDaniel
 * Mira Sorvino as Jeane Crandall
 * Paget Brewster as Tallulah Bankhead
 * Michelle Krusiec as Anna May Wong

Co-starring

 * Nicola Bertram as Gertie
 * Aidan Bristow as George Hurrell
 * Brian Chenoweth as Lon Silver
 * Anthony Coons as Guy Madison
 * Thomas Copeland Jr. as Troy
 * Frank Crim as Mickey Cohen
 * Daniel Dore as Gregory Hall
 * Chad Doreck as John
 * Chris Doubek as Greens
 * Monica Lee Gradischek as Lucille Reimann
 * Christine Kilmer as Ethel
 * Kerry Knuppe as Sally
 * Brian Konowal as Carl Williams
 * Christian Martin as Dean Wharton
 * Chuck Marra as Dan Seeley
 * Colette McDermott as Josephine
 * Tomer Rapaport as Bartender
 * Jake Regal as Erwin Kaye
 * Elizabeth Schmidt as Phyllis/Receptionist
 * Julian Schwartz as Waiter
 * Alexis Simpson as Sharon
 * Eddie Walton as Assistant
 * Ken Weiler as Sam Berger
 * Roz Witt as Miss Stinson
 * Christopher Wolfe as Mob Muscle