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Arthur, a New York writer, comes to Los Angeles to research a book on hating L.A. He stays with his college roommate Robbie, now fabulously rich and staying in the guest house of the even richer Shrug, who lives off his trust fund and feels guilty about it.

Arthur is floored when all his friends feel compelled to watch a televised high-speed car chase. The surrealism mounts when the friends realize the person being chased is an acquaintance of Shrug's.

Robbie's gift to Arthur of a Lauren massage horrifies him; he wants to be a boyfriend, not a client. Jennifer's new date impresses her by performing CPR on an accident victim. Shrug opens a detective agency to find out solutions to life's little mysteries.

Arthur's desire for a medium-rare hamburger leads his rich California friends to an expedition to "the Valley" to persuade a lower-class woman to drop a lawsuit.

Shrug is stricken to suddenly remember how he tormented a girl in high school, so goes to a "memory therapist" to remove that memory.

Lauren's road rage becomes the subject for local news. Shrug's new trust fund girlfriend hates do-nothing rich people. He switches roles with Robbie. Arthur wants to write about plastic surgery and enlists Jennifer's expertise.

Arthur laments being a "Good Guy", and regrets never having had meaningless sex. Robbie can't tell if a man is good looking. Shrug visits his friend Hilo in jail. And Jennifer and Lauren go to a bar to confront a critic.

Lauren has a new black boyfriend who reads and dislike sports unlike her. Black people have never liked Shrug for some unknown reason. Robbie lowers himself to date a pedestrian in car-obsessed LA. Arthur's rental car is not cutting it.

Everyone has his own reason for attending the funeral of Jennifer's agent.

Robbie starts dating his hard-nosed lawyer. Jennifer negotiates a dating contract. She also helps Shrug with his new girlfriend. Lauren is allergic to shellfish. Arthur reluctantly helps her try calamari.

Materialistic model Danna is dating Ernie the waiter. Arthur hastily scribbles 100 pages for publisher Mr Lynch. Shrug arranges for Elliott Gould to narrate his straight-to-tape autobiography

Arthur's book is done and he's heading home to New York. Shrug investigates who stole Robbie's movie idea. Lauren gives Jesse Jackson a massage and Jesse gives Arthur some advice.