Jonathan Larson

With the threat of a rent increase on Ocean Avenue, Bob and the other tenants rebel! After approaching Fischoeder, the tenants find out that they will have to compete in order to convince him to keep their rents reasonable.

When at a party with Adam, Hannah discovers another one of her lover's defining traits. Marnie is distraught after her encounter with Charlie. Jessa sends taunting messages to an anonymous texter. Ray helps Shoshanna during a time of need.

All four girls find themselves in an abortion clinic for various reasons. Hannah discovers that Adam is having unprotected sex with other girls, and decides to get tested for STDs to ease her fears. While Jessa fails to show up to her appointment, she realizes her pregnancy was a false alarm when she gets her period while hooking up with a stranger at a bar. Meanwhile, Marnie and Shoshanna are there for support, and Shoshanna reveals she is still a virgin.

After years of bad luck celebrating Penny's birthday, the gang starts to believe the day is cursed.

While Tessa finds herself attracted to her exact opposite, Ryan Shay (Parker Young) the jock next-door neighbor, her father George is pressured into throwing a barbeque.

Cameron takes control of the spring musical at Luke and Manny's school, while Jay's brother pays him a visit, and Phil tries to get the family to be in his new real estate advertisement.

Coach Cleveland gets greedy to win the high school baseball state championship game and turns to cheating when his star pitcher goes out for the season.

In the episode, Peter is injected with experimental genes including the "Seth Rogen gene" and the "gay gene" to help pay off his debt.

Arthur is leaving to visit Carrie's mother's grave, and Carrie decides to go with him since she has never been before. Arthur doesn't want her to come along because he has been keeping a secret from Carrie for all these years, and Carrie is sure to find out the truth if she joins him at the cemetery. Since Doug has the house to himself for the weekend, Doug gets together with his friend Ray Barone, and the two have an arguement over which one of them can attract more women. Turns out that the women ignore them both equally.

"Behind the Laughter" is the 22nd episode of The Simpsons' 11th season that was originally broadcast in the United States on May 21, 2000. It is presented in a narrative format, with Jim Forbes as narrator. The episode portrays the Simpson family as actors playing themselves on a sitcom, and tells a fictional story of how The Simpsons began.

Lois is appointed the director of Quahog's theatre company after the former director dies and attempts to produce The King and I. She appoints Peter as the producer to keep him out of her way, but his plans to recreate the play send him on a power trip that replaces her as the show's director.

The film depicts the lives of several Bohemians and their struggles with sexuality, cross-dressing, drugs, life under the shadow of AIDS, and paying their rent. It takes place in the East Village of New York City from 1989 to 1990.