Party Down

The “Party Down” catering team consists of a handful of struggling dreamers stuck working for tips while struggling to get the life they really want.   Each week, life passes before their eyes as they hover around the margins of a different little world (the parties they cater) for a few hours, mingle with its citizens, dabble with their little dramas, watch them, judge them, joke about them, envy them, and then move on. These are the people who have passed up traditional, normal lives of work and family for a shot at their dreams and a chance to “be somebody.” With the exception of the ruefully jaded and cynical Henry, everyone on the crew assumes that life with “Party Down” isn’t the real thing – it’s just a brief stop before their bigger and better lives start.