Oct 20
adminEntourage, TV Entourage, Episode 7, HBO, Season 5
“Gotta Look Up to Get Down”
The season is now in full swing - and Vince is still unemployed. In an effort to get Vince some much needed cash, Vince agrees to appear in a Dolce & Gabbana ad campaign for 1 million dollars. The episode continues with the crew heading to the photoshoot to get more information. Shauna makes the correct introductions while Turtle and Drama head off to find some supermodels. Eric meets a very tall supermodel who is looking for representation and Drama and Turtle continually strike out.
While this is all going on, Ari attends Alan’s funeral and meets with an Executive from Warners. Unknown to him, the exec has always liked Ari and offers him the Head of Studio role. Dana Gordon catches wind and immediately calls Ari wanting a job under him.
Ari heads back to his agency to contemplate his new offer. When he arrives, he has presents waiting for him which makes Lloyd very suspicious. In the heat of the moment, Ari decides he’s going to go meet the executive in Europe.
The episode ends with Ari and Vince running into eachother - boarding private jets respectively.
Ari comes clean with Vince and informs him about the offer. They then head off in separate directions.
This may be my favorite episode this season and I’ll tell you why. In the closing minutes of this episode, you finally see the relationship that Vince and Ari have developed over the previous 5 seasons. I don’t know if it was the music, lighting, tone, or cinematography, but this scene really got to me. (BTW, if anyone knows the song that played in the closing seconds, please comment and let me know. I want to hear it again) Anyway, you realize that these two have developed a friendship out of their business relationship. They really do honestly care for one another. This theme of friendship really got to me.. and I’m glad it did.
HBO airs Entourage sundays at 9 PM
::UPDATE::
Special thanks to JGondek21 for letting me know the song during the closing scene. The song is “Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead.
The lyrics can be found here.
Oct 16
adminEntourage Entourage, Episode 6, HBO, reDomption, Season 5
This was an interesting episode for me to watch. Entourage has began falling more into the “Dramidy” class as the cast and show have grown. This was the first time we’ve had to deal with the death of a minor character in the series. I have mixed feelings about how it was handled.
The episode start with Ari continuing his attempts to land Vince a role. In a somewhat last ditch effort at getting Vinnie in Smokejumpers, Ari convinces his nemesis and Warners exec. Alan Gray to play a round of golf. Alan accepts but has two guests accompanying him, His golf pro Phil Mickelson and Ari’s least favorite person Bob.
Meanwhile, Vince and Eric turn on the TV to find their childhood friend Dom in a highspeed chase in LA. Dom asks Vince for help with bail, not knowing that Vince is pretty much bankrupt. Eric, who has the money, agrees to help Dom out but is very suspicious. Ultimately, it is revealed that Dom has changed and he now has a family to care for.
Back on the Golf course, Ari ends up losing his bet with Alan. Alan, in his victory, begins bashing both Vince and Ari. His tyrade is cut short with an untimely heart attack.
Alans character dies.
As I said before, this was an interesting episode. It’s the first time the characters have had to deal with real death in the TV show, but it also opens up the possibility for Vince to actually attach himself with Smokejumpers. I can’t wait to find out what happens next.
HBO airs Entourage sundays at 10:00PM
Oct 06
adminEntourage Entourage, HBO, Season 5
Wow. Vince, Drama, Turtle, Eric, and Ari taking shrooms in the middle of the desert was unexpected amazing entertainment. This episode was a nice break from the drama that is currently ensuing on this season of HBO’s hit series Entourage. I loved it. In the beginning of the episode, Johnny Drama proposes that they go to Joshua Tree National Park to find guidance pertaining to Vince’s struggling career. Vince has reached a crossroads in his career. Does he take the money and do Benji, or does he wait and continue to struggle? The episode is pretty intense as each character handles their mushroom experience differently. Ari disappears to make a phone call to his wife but gets lost in the desert. Eric forgets how to talk, and the others just go a little crazy. Meanwhile, Lloyd decides to throw a party at Ari’s house since he and his wife are on their respective vacations. Vince decides that Benji is the best bet but reluctantly changes his mind when he sees a group of firefighters on the side of the road. The episode ends with Ari’s wife returning home to find a big gay party in her backyard.
Sep 30
adminEntourage episode 4, escape from dragon house, HBO, true blood
.. True Blood knows how to do it. After a subpar third episode, True Blood comes back in true form. The fourth episode of these new series was fantastic. Right when I think i’m going to give up on the series, HBO shows my why they are still the best cable network around. This episode, in my opinion, finally set the tempo that the rest of the season should follow.
Jason is once again a suspect in the murder of a beautiful Bon Temps resident. (Why do they kill off all the hot girls?) Sookie’s grandmother asks her to use her abilities and try to find out who the real killer is in order to clear her innocent brothers name. Jason, who is arrested while carrying V (vampire blood drug) secretly drinks the entire vile and begins suffering dire consequences. Bill agrees to take Sookie to a vampire bar known as Fangtasia in order to investigate these murders further. She is then introduced to Eric (Alexander Skarsgård), the oldest vampire in the region. Sookie makes a good impression on eric by accurately telling him that the bar is about to get raided. Sookie and Bill escape but are pulled over by a cop. Bill uses his mind control to scare the hell out of the officer and they are allowed to leave.
That is a fast paced episode. I hope they keep the pace up for the remainder of the season, i’m tired of this slow episode / fast episode lineup. Give me action! I hope the next episode can keep up the pace.
HBO airs True Blood sundays before Entourage.
Sep 22
adminEntourage Entourage, episode 3, HBO, Season 5
The 3rd episode of HBO’s hit series Entourage aired last night. I love it. ”The all out fall out” was a fantastic episode. Vince almost going bankrupt. Check. Drama becoming an alcoholic. Check. Ari wrecking a Ferrari in a race with D-bag Adam Davies. Check.
This episode really did have everything. I’ve said it before, but I am stoked that the series has finally gotten back to its roots. As much fun as it is to watch rich people do stupid outrageous things, it is more entertaining to watch drama.
The premise of this episode follows Vince’s attempt to avoid filing for bankruptcy by showing up at a sweet-16 party for $200,000. Meanwhile, Ari’s wife has just bought him a brand new cherry red Ferrari. While Ari is out on a test drive in his new dream car, he runs into his are nemesis Adam Davies. They place a small bet and the race is on. The race ends with Ari driving his ride into the back of a truck. Vince shows up to the sweet-16 party with Eric, Turtle, and Drama. Drama, still upset from his breakup befriends a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue. As Vince is serenading the birthday girl, Drama decides to join Vince and make the song a duet. The episode ends with Johnny puking his brains out… all over the birthday cake.
Will Vince get paid or will he have to file bankruptcy? What’s happening with this great script that Eric found. What will Drama do next?
HBO airs Entourage every Sunday Night at 9 PM
Sep 15
adminEntourage Entourage, episode 2, HBO, Season 5
Entourage - Season 5 Episode 2 - ”Unlike a Virgin”
Well, I must say that my previous statement about Entourage going back to its roots is absolutely correct. HBO is the best channel ever! This episode was just as impressive as the premiere last weekend. I honestly believe that the series has resurrected it’s roots. Maybe its just the masochist in me that enjoys watching Vince crawl his way back out of obscurity, but I’m totally digging this season.
This episode covers quite a bit in the limited time they have. Vince runs into his old flame Justine Chapin (no longer a vigrin), and finally becomes insecure about his current situation when she pawns him off on one of her friends. Vince, more aware of his mediocrity than ever, pays a visit to Ari and finds out the cold hard truth. Ari comes clean and tells him that he isn’t the greatest actor - and there is no guarantee that he can recover from the damage he’s done to his career.. because he’s not willing to play the ‘hollywood game’. Vince responds saying that he is ready to play the game and will do whatever it takes to get back on top.
Meanwhile, Drama is still in constant contact with his long distance love Jacqueline. The crew is constantly making fun of him and he’s beginning to think that she’s becoming a crazy girlfriend. Johnny tells a little white lie about where he is and then cant get ahold of Jacqueline after that. He begins panicking, thinking that she is out partying and starts calling her nonstop. He finally gets ahold of her and finds out that her friend was in an accident. She now believes he’s the crazy one. relationship ended.
On top of all of this, Eric has found a new script that he thinks Vince would be great in. There is only one catch.. it’s an indie script and Ari wont touch it with a ten foot poll. Eric and Vince talk and decide that if Vince can’t be in the movie, they should at least try and sign the writers of the script to boost their management company.
Eric meets with the writers and offers them a deal and since Ari won’t help him with the script, he meets with a familiar agent about selling the rights.
The episode ends with a depressed Drama drinking some Jack Daniels in a car with turtle. Vince returns to the car with Justine ready to have a good time and get his career back on track.
What a great season!
Sep 09
adminEntourage Entourage, Season 5
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
“Gotta Look Up to Get Down”
