Ron, sensing "tension," tries to force a team-building "pass the shrimp toast" game. Kyle abandons his iPad to hit on a female VC. The iPad screen glitches, projecting a looping cat video across the penthouse's 80-foot media wall. Jaxon Reid screams, "That’s not the branding!"

Aired on , this penultimate episode of the second season is a fan favorite that captures the show’s signature mix of professional despair and character-driven comedy.

In the world of digital media, seeing "libvpx" attached to a file name indicates the video was encoded with the . Party Down Company Picnic - IMDb

Radio plays: "Are you having a party? Let us be the ones who ruin it."

(Lizzy Caplan) lets her hyper-competitive side out, aiming for the "Most Points" trophy in the picnic's games.

Party Down: LibVPX Episode: Season 2, Episode 7 Logline: While catering a clandestine launch party for a revolutionary new video codec, the Party Down crew gets caught in a web of corporate espionage, open-source idealism, and their own desperate attempts to get a decent tip.