In 240p, you can’t see his tears. But you don’t need to. The jagged edges of his silhouette say everything.

Let’s be honest: Party Down is not a show about visual splendor. It’s a show about ugly fluorescent lights, stained rental tuxedos, and the brown-gray beige of a Marriott conference room.

Then Ron walks by, covered in trash, his franchise deal dead on arrival.

Henry Pollard’s Ghost of Potential

The team is catering a Sweet Sixteen for Taylor Stiltskin, a spoiled teen whose dad is a very shady (probably mobbed-up) businessman. Henry (Adam Scott) is doing his usual "I was almost famous" mope. Roman (Martin Starr) is writing terrible sci-fi dialogue on napkins. And Kyle (Ryan Hansen) sees the party as a casting call.

3 out of 5 sad balloon animals. 🎈🎈🎈 Are we having fun yet?