We begin episode 4 by meeting DeMarr “Doorman” Davis. After talking with his boss Bridget about his time working at the club, she tells him he has to bring the trash out. Outside, he discovers a strange substance oozing out of the dumpster, and into a pit. He touches the liquid inside the pit, and after a hallucination, he wakes up in his home.
After some mishaps involving accidentally sending his dog through his apartment floor, he heads back to work, where a fire breaks out. With the door jammed, DeMarr uses his new powers to get everyone out of the building. Josh Gad, who also attended the party, offers DeMarr a job for his heroics.
After some time, DeMarr is approached by a guy named Frank Preminger from the Hanover Agency, who offers DeMarr a job in acting, which he declines. While Josh is discussing how the movie Cash Grab will go, he realizes that DeMarr’s powers would be perfect for the movie. After some convincing, DeMarr obliges, the movie becomes a success, and DeMarr makes it big.
After DeMarr appears on Midtown Tonight and an Epellax commercial, he is told by Frank that his contract has been cut short, and they already signed Michael Strahan for Expellax. After several lawsuits over his involvement in the Potato Bag product, which caused severe steam burns, DeMarr is called to do Cash Grab 2, where he winds up accidentally trapping Josh in his body. We then learn that because of DeMarr, the Doorman Clause was signed, which makes it nearly impossible for superpowered individuals to perform in major motion pictures or tv roles.
This was definitely an interesting episode. You don’t really hear much about the character Doorman, so it was different to see him return in this fashion. This episode also gives off major Incredibles vibes (Superheroes were illegal in Incredibles, and Superheroes can’t act in movies in Wonder Man). The episode also was not in color, and mostly consisted of greys and blacks, which gives off the tragic Hollywood story of an actor, who has since been deplatformed. Overall, the episode was unique, different, and brought in a character you don’t really hear from anymore. Once again, it stays with the show’s more grounded portrayal, with it being focused more on Demar, and his “Doorman” persona, being more like an extra asset for roles.
Rating: 7.5/10