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5. Once Upon A Time "Proms Away" Prom-otional Event

Lydia, worried that daughter Escapade missed her childhood, plans a "prom" promotional event for her new movie. Meanwhile, Ron schemes to impress a studio PR bigwig who could make or break Party Down.

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The team caters a prom for Lydia's daughter Escapade ( Liv Hewson ) which is also a press event for her upcoming film, Proms Away. Ron is nervous to impress a powerful PR agent, Sloan, who is attending the event. Constance shows up in person to support Ron. Roman connects with a fellow sci-fi fan named Steph at the event and begins to feel romantic feels for her, but he soon learns she has a boyfriend. However, Steph is a development executive and Roman gets a development deal for his sci-fi idea.

Lydia is worried another talent manager, Ted Fine ( Seth Morris ), is going to steal Escapade as a client, so Lydia has Sackson spill wine on him, forcing him to leave. However, Escapade reveals to Lydia that she invited Ted as a blind date for her mother. Kyle tries to prove he is still young by having a dance-off with Sackson, but later feels the effects with a sore back. Ron gets food poisoning from eating bad shellfish, so Constance is tasked with impressing Sloan. Constance is successful and gets Sloan's business card. Evie gets a promotion at work and offers a role to Henry for a film franchise shooting in Tunisia. Lydia fires her daughter as a client because she just wants to be her mom.

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