It is the 95th overall episode of the series and was written by executive producer Ally Musika, and directed by main cast member Kevin Connolly.
Noticing that Drama (Kevin Dillon) is lamenting his TV film was shelved, Vince offers to help him deal with Yagoda (William Fichtner) if he vouches for him with Sophia.
After an encounter with Dana (Constance Zimmer), Ari (Jeremy Piven) reads the script for Drama's miner film, and is moved by its content.
As the establishment is expensive, Turtle contacts his investors (Amar'e Stoudemire, Michael Strahan, Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez) for more money but they refuse.
Club gave the episode a "B–" grade and wrote, "'Second To Last' was clumsy and infuriating, but for whatever reason, I didn't think it was as terrible as some of the other puss that's dripped out from between Ari Gold's luscious man-pillows.
"[4] Frazier Tharpe of Complex wrote, "Interestingly enough, the stakes for the final episode of the series don't hinge on some big movie deal or other Hollywood business; instead, not one but three romantic, everything-on-the-line showdowns.
"[6] Ben Lee of Digital Spy wrote, "With the series finale airing next week, it's disappointing that pretty much all the loose ends revolve around people's love lives (Vince, Ari and Eric).
"[7] Renata Sellitti of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "And I, for one, am pretty damn excited to see how they're going to tie off this series next Sunday.