Not exactly, more like their meeting with two reductions to absurdity of their own primary character traits, and the ways they're nearly doomed by how they respond to those themselves-squared influences until saved by one another's strengths. Finn's constantly trying stuff frees Jake, while Jake's doing the minimum to…

In hindsight Pierce's line-grubbing attempts and ad libs must have been based on trouble he was giving Harmon and co. His big check to Annie presumably represented his fan draw, or what was left of it, and clout with the network.

Uh, inventory?