Jennifer plays Ophelia in a stage production of ""Hamlet""; Krista has doubts about letting her son act after meeting a stage mom; Bryan plays poker at Hank Azaria's house.

Bryan returns to Los Angeles to a less than warm welcome; Dragon spends the day with Jennifer after her grandfather passes away; Goddard makes class diffucult for Jessica; Diane invites the class to a party at her house where Nick confronts Pam and Bryan meets Krista's new boyfriend Markus.

In the the first episode, we meet three young actors from actor Goddard Fulton's method workshop. Jennifer Hall, a naive southern girl, lands a job as a stand-in on George Lopez and is eager to impress the director; Krista Allen is a single mother who's offered a job from the Cuervo tequila company but is disapointed when she learns that she has to work in a string bikini; Bryan Greenberg, a young man who pads his resume, invites his friends over to watch him on an episode of Smallville.

Krista gets a part in an independent film from a 16-year-old director; Bryan heads for North Carolina and begins work on One Tree Hill but faces contract problems; Dragon helps Jennifer out when she's hired to work at a car wash; A former flame of Fulton's returns and joins his class.

Bryan heads for New York to work on a movie with Meryl Streep and Uma Thurman; Jennifer becomes frustrated after she's told to lose weight; Krista and Laura San Giacomo vie for the same role; Goddard is on the verge of losing his representation; Pam invites Jennifer and Dragon to a recording session for King of the Hill; Nick replaces an actor in a commercial at the last minute not knowing what the commercial is for.

Bryan mistakenly dresses up as a biker for a cowboy audition and later lands a role on Life with Bonnie; Krista learns of her son's acting talents when director Garry Marshall shows interest in him; Jennifer doesn't feel confident when she shows up at an audition and sees the competition.

Nick visits Bryan in New York and ends up getting ditched by his date when she meets Sam Rockwell; A wild night out with Nick leads to an awkward day at work when Bryan arrives with a hangover; Krista gets a chance to show off her comedic side, first, on John Stamos's new show and then later at a comedy club with Jon Lovitz; Dragon spends an evening with Jennifer and her grandfather; Jennifer later receives news that her grandfather has ended up in the hospital.

Bryan fights to get an audition for a role he knows he's perfect for; Jennifer gets a job as an extra in a Keanu Reeves movie; Krista feels stressed during an audition; Nick sleeps with a friend of Jennifer's and then can't remember her name.

Bryan learns that Nick has been stealing auditions from him so he decides to get back at him; Krista is furious when a casting director insults her son; Jennifer invites Mike O'Malley to see her band after meeting him on the set of Yes, Dear. Also, Bryan gets a call that the producers of One Tree Hill want to make him a regular.

Jennifer and Dragon unwittingly scam their classmates with the help of a pyramid scheme; Krista loses a role that she was promised from a young director she worked with previously; Bryan begins work on his film in New York with some support from Meryl Streep; Goddard gets closer to new student Jessica at the expense of Diane's feelings; Krista looks for comfort from Bryan but is turned away; Nick is asked to impersonate Goddard in class.