Joe ends his lease on his apartment and visits Mr. Mooney to tell him he’s leaving. Joe tells Mr. Mooney about Amy and her secret desire to be an actress. Mr. Mooney warns him about LA and begs him not to waste his life in front of a computer. Before Joe can leave New York, Mr. Mooney visits him at his apartment. He advises him not to sleep with actresses and not to become too attached to anyone. He gives Joe an envelope filled with money and leaves.

Joe scans Facebook on the flight to California because he thinks friends will be useful as camouflage. He talks online with his first Facebook friend, Calvin, who works at a used bookstore next to the Upright Citizen’s Brigade theater. His second friend is a man named Harvey Swallows. Harvey manages the apartment where Joe applies for housing.

On the flight, Joe writes a casting call and posts it on Craigslist, which he believes Amy will see. He has dozens of responses within minutes, but none are from Amy.

He decides to tell people he’s a writer working on a script called Kev & Mindy Forever, which is a loose adaptation of his story with Amy.