The Assistants is a half hour comedy about the misadventures of four Hollywood assistants as they struggle to survive one another and the unpredictable whims of their boss, an eccentric movie producer.

The star of the series is Gillian Hughes, 21. Along with fellow assistants Danny Newell, Rigby Hastings and Nate Warren, Gillian dreams of one day being a filmmaker.

An assistant for the film producer Zak Del Toro seems like the ideal stepping-stone. The series follows their exploits as they answer phones, sort files, make coffee, clean dental retainers, dig through dumpsters in the dead of night, sabotage celebrity rehabs, break and enter the offices of competing producers and in general, do anything, at anytime, in the hope of winning over their irrepressible boss.

In their down time the assistants stab one another in the back, fall in and out of love and discover exactly who they are and how far they’ll go to fulfill their dreams.

Episode 13: The Roomies, 3 Feb

Danny and Nate are at wits’ end – Rigby’s moved out of her apartment and has been crashing on both their couches for the past two weeks. They want her out, so to Gillian she goes.

When Rigby tries to criticise Gillian’s lifestyle, Gillian snaps at her causing Rigby to take a step back and evaluate the way her life’s going. Suddenly, Rigby’s being nice to everyone. This would be great, except that the assistants are all in the midst of planning a major dinner party for Zak and without strict taskmaster Rigby around, nothing is getting accomplished on time. Meanwhile, Danny’s having problems with Melanie and as he shares them with Gillian, the two find themselves getting closer again. Ultimately, Rigby snaps back to her mean-girl self just in time, Zak’s dinner is saved.