Bryce and Lisa appear in a Rent it Out! commercial. A group of eco-terrorists try different methods to get a makeup company to pay attention to them. Kathy isn't sleeping so Dave tries to help her out. Trish and Jamie are joined by an afro dog. A couple tries to buy a loft space for less then the asking price and soon realize they will have to share the tenancy. Candace and Toni hold a car wash to raise money to pay their rent. Fred worries he's missed out on hip hop when Carrie invites him to a Jay-Z concert. The eco-terrorists are persuaded to help a child protest the way his parents treat him.
"Portlandia" features [Fred] Armisen, [Carrie] Brownstein and guest stars satirizing such alternative-culture types as the owners of a feminist book store, a bike messenger, a punk-rock couple, and an arty duo obsessed with putting little cut-outs of birds on anything they lay their hands on. Each half-hour episode will consist of interwoven short films, with some characters recurring from week-to-week.