Episode 1
Gordon struggles to complete a film script about Adolf Hitler.
Episode 2
A script conference at Gordon's house. He devises a plot for Mabel to bring him food without having to feed the others.
Episode 3
One of Gordon's old plays is to be shown on TV. He tries to hide the fact from everyone else, but watch it secretly himself.
Episode 4
Gordon finds himself being aggressively pursued by an intense lady agent in search of a new client.
Episode 5
At 3 a.m. a paranoid Gordon decides he has lost his inspiration forever. His family spends a troubled night. Later that morning he makes a bonfire of all his works.
Episode 6
With Mabel immobile in a surgical collar, Gordon organizes Christmas dinner.