This episode sets up Dice's home life and the goal of series - for Dice to come out of retirement and get back to playing arenas. His first step is to return to his roots, playing the Stress Factory back East. On the road we are introduced to Dice's entourage of misfits, loyal friends he's known since the old days, who often prove to be a bigger source of frustration than help as he tries to move his career forward. Ultimately, the show is a rousing success - boosting his ego. At home, his relationship with fiancé Eleanor erupts in a fight over her contact with an ex boyfriend. In the end, Dice realizes that he cares too much for her to break up over it.

Without an agent (having fired nay saying Dennis Arfa), Dice has booked his own show in Miami. With Wheels out of town, Dice is once again stuck with Todd as his back up road manager.

Dice deals with his checkered TV past -- the CNN walk off , being banned from MTV, etc. Now he's back, interviewed on the Wendy Williams Experience and scheduled for a special on Showtime, his first televised stand-up performance in a decade. Back in LA, Dice races around prepping for the Showtime special, held up by many distractions, only to learn at the last minute that Showtime booked another comic. Dice's road back to the top is going to be tougher than he thinks.

Dice is moving to be closer to his kids, since their mom is moving to the Valley. The process of packing up the leather jackets from his heyday strikes a chord with Dice. Is he getting too out of shape to be the Diceman? Andrew's quest to look good takes him boxing with the kids and to a hair transplant consultation with Eleanor. The episode takes us to a fashion photo shoot with the Ecko-owned Complex Magazine where they try to trend-up his look.

Dice meets with a record executive who suggests that he get his material out to a fresh audience with a new recording -- a la Dane Cook.