Entourage – Season 5 – Episode 1

Entourage had it’s season 5 premiere on sunday. Let me say that it was FAN-tastic.  For the first time in a season and a half, I think Entourage is finally headed back to its roots.  The episode starts with critical damnation of the yet to be released Medellin.  The episode then truly begins with Vince and Turtle hiding out in a Mexican paradise with plenty of hot women, food, and alcohol.

Back on the home front of Los Angeles, Erich is now representing an up and coming comedian played by Bow Wow, but hears through an ecstatic Ari that Producer Carl Ertz wants to offer Vince a role in a new action movie called ‘Danger Beach’.

Johnny Drama’s Show 5 Towns has aired 50+ episodes and is still very popular.  His relationship with his french love Jacqueline is in full swing via a webcam connection on his Macbook Pro. Drama’s fame seems to have started going to his head as he wont let a photographer shoot him from the right side.  This ‘drama’ (no pun intended) is ended when erich calls Johnny to find the location of Vince’s Secluded Paradise.  Johnny quickly bolts to his aid saying, “Baby Bro is in trouble?”

Ari, Vince, and Drama fly to Mexico to convince Vince to come back to the states and meet with Ertz.  After the interview, it is revealed that Ertz just wanted to meet with Vince in order to get another actor to drop his price.  

The episode ends with Turtle and Drama driving up to the producers house, busting out a 5 Iron on his Mercedes window and Drama leaving a dead fish on the hood.

“Aquaman’s back!” – Drama

I’ll say it again.  The way the characters were interacting with eachother felt more like the classic episodes of the first two seasons.  I really think each character is back in their element.  Minus Drama, each character is having issues they must overcome.  This should help develop the dynamic the cast lost in season 3 and 4.  

My issue with Entourage is always the same.  The episodes are way to short.  Thats why I love waiting for the DVD’s.  I want to watch a block of 2 or 3 episodes of entourage at a time.  24 minutes of the show, once a week, is not enough!

HBO’s Entourage