Meanwhile, There's Something on Bash's Mind Bash, while working with Debbie to talk with other network executives, learns that his butler and close friend Florian has died in a hospital in San Francisco, from what's likely AIDS. He hires cleaners to scrub down his house in a moment that appears to be a struggle with grief and perhaps his own identity — we know Bash has previously been uncomfortable while in a gay bar when searching for his friend earlier in the season. Image Source: Everett Collection