This episode is Party Down at its peak. It balances pitch-black comedy (the dead teenager) with surprisingly poignant character work (Guttenberg’s loneliness). It satirizes the Hollywood hierarchy by showing that being on the D-list might actually be worse than being a caterer—after all, at least the caterers know who their friends are.
Team leader Ron Donald ( Ken Marino ) continues his relentless quest to secure a corporate franchise. He spends the night smoking cannabis and absorbing dubious corporate expansion advice from a pair of high-profile rap artists booked for the event.
Acts out his intellectual elitism through awkward interactions. Casey Klein Lizzy Caplan
"Taylor Stiltskin Sweet Sixteen" highlights the core thesis of Party Down : the commodification of dreams in Los Angeles. The writers contrast the absolute power of a Hollywood billionaire with his total inability to purchase a normal social life for his daughter.
Megamogul Leonard Stiltskin spends six figures on a lavish party for his daughter, Taylor. Due to cutthroat high-school social politics, her popular peers boycott the event. The yacht is left populated only by school outcasts, the catering staff, and Leonard's eccentric industry friends.
In this episode, the Party Down team caters a lavish six-figure birthday bash for Taylor Stiltskin, the daughter of a foul-mouthed movie producer, Leonard Stiltskin. :