Last time, we saw the debacle of Jon wanting to cast his entire family in Feast which caused Chris Moore to threaten to fire him if it was ever brought up again by his fellow producers. "It just sort of encapsulated all my fears from when John won the contest," Moore said, "I just want to fire him and get a director who won't be insane." He comes back and talks to John about the situation; John tries to justify this by citing other directors that did what he wants to do, but unfortunately he's unknown, and these comparisons don't work for him. "You are putting the desire of putting your people in above [the film]," Chris tells him; John tries to rebuttal, but he can't. "If I really wanted to fire you, I can fire you." He promised not use the "f" word anymore when talking to John, it's just he was very angry. Chris explains that many directors want to hire people they know, because it will help them feel comfortable. "I really didn't think he was going to fire me," John smiles, and they leave on good terms, with the director feeling a bit overwhelmed.

John and the writers head over to Live Planet for a meeting. They are given three new cars so that they can be ensured to get to the set during production. They're hybrid cars that run on electric and gas, and they all hop in and drive off. "Due, you can't tell when the car is on, it's so quiet," John's amazement is shown.

With six weeks until shooting begins, sets are being built and casting is still a problem. Ricki Lake auditions for the movie and sits down to read. Michelle believes that John understands the casting process a bit more and praises him for changing his attitude. He gives feedback to the actors as well as to Michelle. They discuss the importance of finding the hero of the movie, that it has to be someone with a name, and it's the most important role. They're looking to read Ben Affleck, Sean Penn and Matthew McConaughey for the role. They bring Navi back in to read for the heroine, because Michelle really feels she is the actress for the role; she gives Navi some tips for the reading as well as telling her to ask for direction and guidance from both her and John.

John, however, feels that she came to the second audition with the same attitude as the first one, which doesn't impress him. (In all honesty, she sucks, she shouldn't do horror. Stick to the O.C., lady.) "I just really wasn't sold by her... on the Navi thing," John admits to Michelle, who disagrees. "I have a different view of heroine," she says, "I could see her doing it." She decided to go behind John's back to get the tape to be seen by Andrew, without telling anybody involved with the project, this way she can not only cast the roles in the best way possible, but also get Dimension's approval for the cast quicker.