The Comeback : Episode 13

Actress Valerie Cherish agrees to be filmed for a reality show in an effort to get a part in a new sitcom.

Valerie, Mickey and the cast of 'Room and Bored' are introduced to the media.

After a table read for 'the first official episode,' Valerie invites her co-stars to a 'bonding lunch.'

Valerie enlists a new writer, Gigi, to help pitch a less offensive line for her character.

The network tries to spice up Valerie's reality show by bringing in the star of another reality show.

With the cast in a funk, Valerie tries to boost morale with a late-night cookie delivery.

Valerie gets a 'name' actor for a 'Room and Bored' episode about her character.

Valerie and Mark head for a long weekend at a Palm Springs resort--with strings attached.

At the network's insistence, 'Room and Bored' gets a makeover and two new cast members.

With Juna getting all the hype, Valerie enlists a new publicist to land a magazine cover.

Valerie gets a new dress and a new look after 'Room and Bored'--and Juna--earn nominations for a familiar TV-awards show.

Jane pulls rank on Tom and Paulie G to get Valerie more lines on 'Room and Bored.'

Valerie learns that her old nemesis Paulie G. is creating a character based on her for a new HBO series.

HBO tasks Valerie to bring back Jane to produce a behind-the-scenes documentary.

Valerie meets her co-star, and becomes increasingly anxious about shooting an intimate scene.

Valerie learns that some of her 'Seeing Red' scenes may be cut, and takes an improv class at The Groundlings.

Valerie frets about Paulie G.'s agitated behavior, and scores an exclusive interview with The New York Times.

Valerie's plans for a special date night with Mark are thwarted by a day-long desert reshoot.

While Valerie and her team ramp up for the Emmys(R), Valerie's marriage is put to the test by the film crew.

Valerie gets her first real taste of success, and wonders if Mark will be there on the biggest night of her life.

Valerie is offered a role in a new multi-cam sitcom – but is hesitant to accept when she learns it will be written by AI.

Valerie meets her human showrunners and tries to convince a TV vet to direct the pilot.

Valerie discovers that being back on a soundstage makes her miss her old sitcom team of one: Mickey – whose death she never processed.

When AI churns out an unusable script, Valerie is forced to lean into her executive producer role to do damage control.

Faced with a new and unqualified showrunner, Valerie does everything she can to save the day and keep her show afloat – even if it means making a deal with a very familiar devil from her showbiz past...all to Jane's disapproval.

As Mark heads off to Burning Man, Valerie finds herself alone amid a media meltdown after news of her AI written show is somehow leaked to the public. Later, Val is further shocked to discover that a member of her team has not signed the studio's NDA.

Valerie tries to repair the damage caused by negative AI press – and save Mark's reality show job by making an appearance on Finance Dudes.

Urged by NuNet to make a public statement in defense of AI, Valerie contemplates her future...with or without How's That?!