It’s Officially Summer! Entourage is Back!
So as promised, as part of TivoThisBlog! (TTB) I will be recapping episodes of my favorite shows. My inaugural blog post will be a recap of last night’s season premiere of one of my fave summer shows: Entourage!
Last night’s premiere opened with a bit of a role reversal. Hopeless romantic, sensitive, serial monogamist E walks a girl (who he has just engaged in a one-night-stand with) out to her car and kisses her goodbye. Usually it is movie star Vince who has the ladies doing the walk of shame; never E. But it seems as though the time that has passed between season 5 and season 6 has brought on a lot of changes for the guys.
When we last left Vince and the gang, Vince had just been cast in Martin Scorsese’s new movie adaptation of The Great Gatsby right after he nearly fired E from being his manager. Now, in the interim between seasons, the film has been shot and the premiere is forthcoming. The film is getting a lot of hype and great buzz and it seems as though things are finally looking up for the guys.
So besides E “getting more pussy in the last month, than in the past 29 years” (as Drama puts it) what other changes have occurred? Well one thing hasn’t really changed. The guys have moved back into their old house. Other than that, changes are everywhere. Vince has been cast in a movie about the life of Enzo Ferrari and therefore needs to learn how to DRIVE! After, E shows his latest conquest the door, he joins the rest of the gang who is helping Vince study for his driver’s test. E is more focused on Vince’s preparedness for his appearance on Jay Leno that night, but Vince cares more about his driver’s test. During the discussion of what Vince is gonna say to Leno and what he’s gonna leave for Conan, E’s phone rings and the guys obviously assume it is one of E’s various women looking for seconds. In fact its E’s ex-girlf Sloane. Now not like I have anything against Sloane, I like her and I liked her and E together but I thought her storyline was long over. I want to see E with someone new and I feel like the writers just need to let Sloane go. BUT ANYWAY…
Sloane calls to tell E that one of her friends is looking to sublet her house for a year and thought he may be interested. This forces E to decide whether or not he finally wants to live alone for the first time in 30 years and whether he’s ready to strike out on his own. He agrees to see the house. After a botched attempt at parallel parking, Vince, Drama, and Turtle leave for Vince’s test. E tells the crew he’ll meet them over there as he has an errand to do, but the boys beat it out of him and he admits to be going to meet Sloane for coffee. (He doesn’t want them to know he is considering moving out).
MEANWHILE at the Miller-Gold Agency everyone’s favorite agent Ari Gold is surprisingly all smiles, but not for long. It seems as though another major change is about to occur. Ari’s wonderfully Gay-sian assistant Lloyd is looking to move up in the world. He attempts to capitalize on Ari’s good mood and have a serious talk about his future at Miller-Gold. At first Ari brutally rebuffs Lloyd as usual using the requisite racial and homophobic slurs. Lloyd persists and in a “stand up and cheer” moment, Lloyd stands up to Ari and threatens to leave him if he isn’t promoted. As we know, Ari doesn’t take crap from anyone, especially his subordinates, but after he reems out Lloyd he starts to seriously consider promoting him. I would just like to say I love Lloyd. He is easily my favorite character and his relationship with Ari and the entire Gold family is precious and one of the best parts of the show.
MEANWHILE, E looks at the house with Sloane. He seems to love the house but is incredibly conflicted about “moving out of the frat house” as Sloane says. He says he’ll think about it and leaves for the DMV where Vince is in the process of bombing his drivers test. As the guys watch Vince hit cone after cone from the window they are certain that Vince has failed but Vince comes in with a piece of paper saying he’s passed. The mystery is solved when Vince admits to giving the tester two tickets to the Gatsby premiere in exchange for a driver’s license. While Vincent Chase is now a licensed driver, one thing hasn’t changed; his movie star status can still get him anything he wants.
Then the boys, along with Ari and new Miller-Gold agent Andrew Klein (played by a really old-looking Gary Cole) roll out to the Leno taping where they are greeted by who else than Vince’s long lost publicist Shauna (played by Debi Mazar who has been on the longest maternity leave in history). Shauna and her foul mouth seem to be back in full force but Mazar seems to only be a guest star this season (her name has been removed from the opening credits). Vince kills Leno (not literally, I mean he does an awesome job) and his star seems to be on the rise once again after an embarrassing year.
During the taping, Sloane calls E to tell him that someone else is interested in the house and that he needs to act quickly if he really wants it. He agrees to meet Sloane and the owner of the house for a drink that night. Now on a typical episode of Entourage, all the boys would all go out together as the four dudes rarely go anywhere apart, however, once again, ch-ch-changes. Drama has a night shoot for his TV show, Turtle has a date with his now serious girlfriend Jamie-Lynn Sigler (who plays herself). [ Side Note: If you don't already know, the explanation for this plot line is that Jerry Ferrara who plays Turtle is dating Jamie-Lynn Sigler in real life. I guess they are so in love they feel as though they have to work together too. Cute? Gross? Weird? You decide.] Vince, all alone, decides to tag along with E to meet the Sloane and the homeowner Amy. This forces E to tell Vince that this meeting is about him potentially moving to his own place. Vince gives E his blessing and tells him not to worry. Vince will be fine. So he says.
On the way home from the Leno taping, Ari and Andrew discuss Lloyd and his potential to be an actual agent. Ari admits that Lloyd is the best assistant he has ever had but he thinks he may be too weak and emotional to be an agent in the cutthroat world of Hollywood. Andrew tells Ari that he has made the mistake of not promoting assistants who subsequently made it big and now won’t take his calls. Andrew advises Ari that Lloyd could end up being a really great agent and he could end up really regretting it if he lets Lloyd go. Ari then calls a morose depressed Lloyd and tells him to be on Ari’s front stoop at 10 pm.
10 pm rolls around and Lloyd punctually appears at Ari’s home and sits on the front step til 1:30 AM when Ari finally comes out. He tells Lloyd that he has 100 days to prove to Ari that he can be an agent and if he passes, he’ll be promoted. Ari tells Lloyd it may be as painful as getting his (certain type of) cherry popped. I can’t wait for the next 100 days. Lloyd is gonna rock it.
What was supposed to be a meeting, becomes a short of double date with E, Sloane, Amy and Vince. As to be expected Vince ends up banging Amy in the backseat of his car; a first for the newly licensed star. Somethings never change. E who seems to have realized old feelings for Sloane convinces her to let him come into her house for a drink once their “meeting” at the bar ends. However, the final scene of the episode foreshadows what seems to be the theme that I identified at the very beginning. Vince comes home to an empty, dark house. E is at Sloane’s getting ready to move out, Turtle is sharing a joint and a bubble bath with Jamie-Lynn, and Drama is on the set of Five Towns doing what he loves. The boys all seem to be happy, successful and sadly starting lives seperate from the Entourage. Change is a-coming and I can’t wait to see what else is in store!
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