24 July 2011

Stay Tuned... Entourage Season 8 Episode 1


Justin:  So this is the first season I've actually watched Entourage as it came on the air.  This is going to take some getting used to.  I usually wind up watching an entire season in a weekend, kind of like having an extended movie.  So now that I can't, I don't know how to appreciate Entourage the same way.

SPOILERS BELOW

Our friend Bobby complained a lot about this past season and how depressing it got, with Vince's downward spiral into cocaine addiction and everyone in the show being separated for most of their story lines.  It seems this season the producers have decided to remedy some of the "problems" of last season. Vince is now out of rehab, E and Sloan are no more, Mrs. Ari has started seeing someone else now that she and Ari have separated, Turtle's girlfriend is off touring as the spokesman for their tequila company, and Johnny Drama is just himself.  The thing is, everyone's back together.  The boys.

It's back to square one, Vince still has a movie he gets to shoot months from now, but it's still there.  Now he has a bad idea for a movie, but it just happens to be okay for a movie of the week.  Drama is super paranoid that Vince is going to relapse and no one really knows how to have a good time.  Jeremy Piven's Ari has the most compelling story this episode, always picking his up early from school every Monday because he keeps faking an illness.  He's ready to end the trial separation he's been going through with Mrs. Ari, but she is already seeing someone.  By the end of the episode he is nursing a glass of fake vodka and crying as his world is seemingly falling apart.  The Ari Gold we've all come to know is someone you would think would explode in a tirade at his wife when he finds out she is seeing someone, instead it's a controlled silence.  Jeremy Piven again proves why Ari Gold is one of the best characters on television. 

Everything else in the episode revolves more around Vince's post rehab sobriety and half his friends trying to figure out how to have fun without their vices.  I think the most interesting aspect of this whole story line is the idea of Vince directing Johnny in a tv movie of the week about his idea.

A few things I don't think I care for include Eric and Sloan breaking up, Turtle being super skinny, and I think that's about it.  Now that Turtle inadvertently burnt down Vince's house, which they all planned on moving into, it's going to be interesting to see everyone start over.  We'll probably see next week!

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