I had heard Rumors of this, but it has recently been confirmed by Sports Illustrated. I’m proud of my boy representing and pulling some tail!

Honestly after an amazing 7th episode, I would have expected HBO to give Entourage a short Hiatus.  It seemed like the right time.. sort of a mid-season break.  I am really glad they didn’t. This season has been absolutely amazing.

Now for the summary:

The episode begins with the crew making their plans to head back to the mainland after their little stint in Hawaii.  Unfortunately, Turtle must buy one first-class seat and three coach seats in order for all of the boys to get back on the same plane.  Turtle wins a small bet and lands the seat in the front.  Through a twist of fate, he ends up to a recently single Jamie-Lynn Sigler.  She is distraught after a recent brake up, and Turtle does his best to cheer her up during the flight.

 After they all land, Turtle’s friends are surprised to see Turtle and Jamie-Lynn still talking.  Once she leaves, Eric and Drama begin harrassing Turtle about the entire situation.  He finally gives in and claims that she gave him a “tug” on the plane.  For the rest of the episode, Drama tells everyone he meets that Turtle is making these wild accusations.

During all of this, Ari is still contemplating the offer he received as Studio Head at Warners.  Dana Gordon is still trying to convince Ari that she should be his number 2.  While Ari is MIA, the entourage receives a call from none other than Josh Weinstein.  The group agrees to meet with Josh but quickly finds out that he is just trying to sandbag them into accepting a television role for Vince.  

Ultimately, the episode ends with Ari setting Dana up with the Studio head position.  In turn, she agrees that she will take care of Vince and put him in “Smokejumpers.”  Everyone heads out that night to celebrate the successes of the day and Jamie-Lynn shows up.  She then confronts Turtle about running around town telling everyone about what happened on the plane.  Drama tries to explain that it was him, but Jamie doesn’t listen.  Turns out that he did tell the truth about what happened – and she would have slept with him.

Once again, I need to give it up to Turtle for being able to pull that amazing girl!

HBO airs Entourage every sunday night.

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.