Joaquin makes a smoothie. Kickstarter videos compete at the Cant's Film. Sandra visits a tattoo removal parlor. Malcolm and Kris make their own clothing. Toni and Candace coach the Portland Trail Blazers' dance team. Guest starring Gus Van Sant, Paul Allen and The Portland Trail Blazers.
"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.