The Comeback

Faded television starlet Valerie Cherish attempts to land a role in a new sitcom, Room and Bored, by taking part in a reality show chronicling her somewhat mortifying "comeback".

The cast of Room and Bored is flown to New York City to introduce the media to Aunt Sassy and her attractive young charges. As that happens, the ever bubbly Valerie gets a reality check on just how far her star has fallen.

After a table read for the first official episode, Valerie invites her young costars to a "bonding lunch", but Juna doesn't show up. The two make up later with a one-on-one lunch, where Valerie learns why Juna is such a paparazzi favorite.

Valerie fights to change a potentially offensive line written for Aunt Sassy.

Charla from The Amazing Race guest stars on "The Comeback", causing Valerie stress.

With the cast in a funk following Room and Bored's lackluster premiere, Valerie tries to boost morale with a late-night cookie delivery that gives new meaning to her trademark line, "I don't wanna see that!"

Valerie overhears the writers mocking her, and they write her a full episode in fear of retribution.

Valerie and Mark head to the desert for a long weekend in Palm Springs... with strings attached. While Mark draws the line with Jane's crew on the golf course, Valerie finds a new mentor in an old acquaintance.

At the insistence of the network, Room and Bored gets a makeover and two new cast members, spurring talk of a coup by the "original five". Meanwhile, Valerie spends some quality time with Franchesca and her rotten little friends.

With Juna getting all the hype and magazine covers, Valerie enlists a new publicist, Billy Stanton, to land her a cover. Billy scores a shoot for "Be Yoga", forcing Valerie to remodel her fitness room and take a yoga crash course.

Val's new publicist pressures her to get a picture on the red carpet with Juna.

Jane pulls rank on Tom and Paulie G. to get Valerie more lines on Room and Bored. Meanwhile, a stalker threat forces extra security on set, exposing old back problems as she's prepping for a big pratfall scene.

Valerie goes on Leno to slam "The Comeback" and quit on air.

Valerie discovers that Paulie G. has written a new HBO show based on his experiences working with her on Room and Bored. Angry, she goes to confront him, only to be cast in the role of "Mallory Church" herself.

The makers of Seeing Red suggest that Valerie reach out to Jane and have her act as producer for online content for the show, while an invitation to the Golden Globes from HBO leads to some awkwardness for Valerie and Mark.

Valerie arrives on set for the first day of shooting Seeing Red, where she meets her co-star, Seth Rogen, and has to deal with the awkwardness of a potentially explicit sex scene.

When Seeing Red is beset by budget cuts, Valerie offers to let the production shoot some vital scenes at her home, which leads to much drama, expected and otherwise.

As shooting for Seeing Red reaches its conclusion, Valerie faces the prospect of working a different director, an interview with a journalist from the New York Times and several other problems.

Valerie's plans to spend Saturday night with Mark are wrecked when reshoots for Seeing Red are relocated to the middle of the desert. As the heat intensifies and time drags on, Valerie becomes increasingly stressed.

In the run up to the Emmy Awards, where she is nominated, Valerie must deal with a series of professional and personal struggles.

In the lead up to Emmy night, Valerie attends Juna's annual party, where she receives an unexpected proposal. As the ceremony approaches, she must deal with a crisis at home and a massive bombshell.

Valerie is offered a role on a new multi-camera comedy at the former network of 'Room and Bored'. Stoked that sitcoms are on a comeback, she accepts, but is shocked to discover that the show is being written by artificial intelligence.

Valerie meets her human showrunners and tries to convince a TV vet to direct the pilot.

Valerie discovers that being back on a soundstage makes her miss her old sitcom team of one: Mickey, whose death she never processed.

When AI churns out an unusable script, Valerie is forced to lean into her executive producer role to do damage control.

Faced with a new and unqualified showrunner, Valerie does everything she can to save the day and keep her show afloat - even if it means making a deal with a very familiar devil from her showbiz past...all to Jane's disapproval.

Valerie finds herself alone amid a media meltdown after news of her AI written show is somehow leaked to the public. Later, Val is further shocked to discover that a member of her team has not signed a NDA.

Valerie tries to repair the damage caused by negative AI press and save Mark's reality show job by making an appearance on Finance Dudes.

Urged by NuNet to make a public statement in defense of AI, Valerie contemplates her future...with or without How's That?!