Action: Twelfth Step to Hell

During a meeting at the studio, Stuart recommends Neil Patrick Harris for the lead in Beverly Hills Gun Club, while Bobby has his mind set on James Van Der Beek. When Van der Beek's unavailability leads Wendy to recommend Holden Van Dorn, Peter suggests either Leonardo DiCaprio or Scott Wolf. But after the diminutive Wolf is dismissed as being too short and skateboarding legend Tony Hawk turns down the role for his friend DiCaprio, Peter is left to pursue Van Dorn. Meanwhile, as Peter is offered a million dollars to use the new film to sell tobacco to minors, a suspicious mole raises his concerns about cancer. With Van Dorn in an Arizona rehab clinic, Peter checks himself in to meet with the troubled young movie star. After promising to keep him away from drugs and alcohol if he'll take the part, Peter asks Adam to keep an eye on Van Dorn. Although Adam is in the middle of caring for his dying grandfather, Peter won't take no for an answer. During a visit to the hospital, Van Dorn persuades Adam to run out for some candy so he can help himself to the dying man's morphine. As the specter of his own death from cancer plagues Peter, he turns to the Rifkin family's rabbi for advice, only to have him pitch a new script. Finally, Peter's reservations about taking tobacco money for the new film quickly evaporate when he learns he isn't dying after all.

Hulu | September 29, 2008

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