Plot summary
Gallo launches his crusade against Colombo, killing his man Carmine and stealing his truck. Ruddy asks Evans to negotiate with MGM to get Pacino out of his commitment. Finally convinced, Evans complies and makes the deal. Through this, he is tipped off about Gulf & Western potentially selling Paramount. Biaggi continues to cause issues for the production, having the filming permits pulled for their locations. Colombo, meeting with the congressman in regards to the FBI raiding him, gets the permits reinstated. The budget, despite the cast working for scale and leveraging incentives, is still over the $4 million price, so Ruddy and Coppola meet with Bluhdorn and get the budget increased to $6 million.
To mark the beginning of production, the cast are assembled for a dinner where they stage a performance to showcase their characters. Lapidus confirms to Evans that Paramount is being considered for sale. Colombo summons Ruddy to an IARCL event endorsing Biaggi for re-election and blindsides Ruddy by announcing the League and Gulf & Western reached a deal for the earnings from the premiere of the film to be donated to League hospitals.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, The Offer. Series, exact episode number and English title matched. Paragraphs formatted; references and illustrations omitted.