In 1993, Gregory has started pre-production on his movie, and the loft is in chaos. Athena wants to go over the script, the crew is blowing fuses, and Gregory can't get an actress to do a nude scene. He gets lucky and finds a girl hanging around the set named Valerie, and she agrees to help him out. Athena, meanwhile, gets a call from Randy Gendel, a theater director who didn't give her a part in ""The Iceman Cometh,"" even after she slept with him (Episode #104). Athena is apprehensive to talk to him, but he's got a role for her in an off Broadway play and it could be a huge break. Athena meets with Gendel, and realizes that in order to do the play she'll have to drop out of Gregory's movie. When Athena tells Gregory this, he loses it. He can't believe Athena would bail out on him especially since she knows how much the movie means to him. Stricken with guilt, Athena volunteers to drop out of the play, but Gregory makes a compromise and says he'll rewrite the script to accommodate her s

In 1993, Josh abandons a frustrated Gregory and the film crew at his father's apartment to whisk Valerie off to Vermont, where they shack up, get high and elope. Meanwhile, working to motivate Peter during his love scene with Athena, Gregory discovers that his lead actor is gay as he tries to ignore their mutual attraction. And Joe finds Carlito measuring cocaine in their parents' shed. When the two tussle, Carlito pulls a gun on him. Bruised and worried, Joe shows up at Beth's, but is disappointed when she immediately assumes that he had a fight with Josh. Claiming he doesn't want to be her ""rebound"" boyfriend, Joe storms out of Beth's apartment moments after the two of them decide to call it quits.

In 2001, Gregory furtively collects dirt on Athena for his article, while Amanda convinces Joe to host a celebrity dinner party at his house to drum up some publicity. Beth is reluctant, but agrees to meet with Amanda when Joe cancels an important meeting to help make sandwiches for the ho

In 1993, Carlito dodges through the N.Y. Marathon spectators, and manages to give the hoodlum chasing him a slip. He races to the loft apartment, where Gregory has banished the other roommates to finish shooting his film. Seeing Carlito's disappointment, Gregory tells him to stop by Athena's later if he wants to see his brother - he'll even make him an extra in the party scene. Meanwhile, Josh and Valerie are enjoying their honeymoon at Russ' penthouse when Russ walks in to find them naked, stoned, and - surprise - married. Russ berates Josh for getting married without a pre-nup, investing his own money in a movie, and for being the schmuck who let Beth get away.

That evening at Athena's, as Beth watches them filming the re-enactment of Athena's party/holdup, Josh introduces her to his new wife, and Athena confesses to her that she might be pregnant. Joe shows up and heads straight for Beth - at least until he spots Carlito posing as one of the party guests. He turns to have a word wit