Entourage: The All Out Fall Out
By fred | September 22, 2008
(S05E03) First, the season needed to start, a little reboot was required. You know, bringing Vince back from the beach he had escaped to, motivate him to get back to work and become a movie star again, to be invested into the whole thing. That’s what the first and then the second episode were all about, getting things to a new start, ready to kick some ass.
And, sure as Hell, I was waiting for it, especially with Vince ready to fight and what definitely sounded like Ari taking the commands and (finally) running Vince’s career the way he wanted to, to make him the biggest movie star out there, because that’s all hat matters to him. But after this episode, I’m a bit confused, I think, because I’m not sure what to think of this episode.
Was this a good episode ? Or was it somewhat of a bore ?
Of course the later seems impossible, after all we had some Ari at his best, and that made for some absolutely hilarious scenes and lines, he was all over the place and kicking ass, no question. It’s Ari at what he does best, he’s crazy but that’s why we all love him. So, yes, I loved that, and that’s totally the style of the show. On the other hand, that’s also completely pointless, and doesn’t move any plot forward, if it wasn’t so fun we would call it filler, wouldn’t we?
I just hope this was only to really make sure everyone knew the show and Ari were back, because now we need to get things moving. And that’s not really what we got with Vince and his boys, is it? The paparazzi are following Vince now that he’s dating a pop star, all goes according to plan here, and Vince is broke, again, and he’s got to do lame stuff he doesn’t care for just for the money, again. Listen, I get it that people do that and it was a reminder of his current condition, but that wasn’t also very different from shooting Japan commercials or other stuff we’re already seen before.
Meanwhile E doesn’t have any other clients but Vince I guess, and of course in a pure Entourage style, the script he “discovered” was good, really good, but not Medellin-good, studio-good. Because now, no less than the great Edward Norton read it, loved it, and wants to boost things up : turning the thing into a full studio feature, with big budget and everything. E is fine, doesn’t even consults the writers (cause you know, who cares about writers in Hollywood), in other words this will be the big hit, the big (studio) movie Vince should have done to be a star again, or something.
It was all a little too fast and too easy to sound realistic, but here’s to hoping this will force E to make choice on his own, separated from Vince, who still really needs to find something. Because he’s singing at some rich bitch Sweet 16, E is coming along, Ari is car chasing, sending shit to people and slap-bitching them in front of everyone, it’s all very fun, but that won’t get Vince a new job.
When looking back at this episode, I think it was great, lots of fun, I laughed a lot, I liked it very much. But then, I wonder when are things going to start back ? When is Vince going to be an actor again, doing stuff actors - if not movie stars - do, not what has-been people desperate for money resort to. Where did the will to kick ass and get back on the top go ? Where did the “meeting everyone in Hollywood and kissing butt to find a job” attitude go ? Again, where is Vincent Chase, movie star ? Because he is the one Entourage was supposed to be about, and his absence he getting more and more noticeable every day…
This episode was all about Ari, really, but Piven just won an Emmy so I guess it’s appropriate. Just make sure next week, we’re back on Vince.
