The May 13 episode of Entourage was called “The Resurrection,” and as usual, the title could be applied to several different plotlines. Here’s a quick recap of what happened in 3×18.
Vince/E: The boys have a meeting with Ari, and Ari thinks it’s going to be to sign agency papers so that he can officially represent Vince again. But no — for Vince and E, the meeting’s all about Medellín. If Ari can’t deliver the movie, Vince and E don’t want anything to do with him.
So Ari gets on the phone with a producer that might be interested. The only catch is that Vince would have to make a movie called Matterhorn (based on the Disney ride) first. Vince says no way, then gets the brilliant idea to just buy the Medellín script so he can call the shots with both the movie and his career. He doesn’t have any money, but he’s willing to sell his house.
Vince tells Ari the plan, and even though Ari thinks he’s crazy, he convinces the producer to let Vince buy the script. The asking price $5 million. Ari says, “Congratulations, Vince! You’re the proud owner of 150 pieces of paper!” LMAO!!!
So the resurrections here? Medellín and the Ari-Vince professional relationship.
Turtle: Turtle spends most of the episode hanging out at an auto body shop. Vince has decided to repair Drama’s convertible for him (the one in the logo picture I’m using for this post). In all honesty, I can’t remember what happened to that car in the first place! Anyway, while waiting, Turtle hits it off with the shop owner’s daughter. She likes all the same things he likes, especially sneakers (or “kicks”, as the cool kids call ‘em). Before leaving, Turtle works up the courage to ask Rufus (the shop owner) for permission to ask his daughter out on a date. Rufus agrees, and Turtle leaves with the girl’s phone number.
The resurrections here: the car, and maybe Turtle’s love life.
Drama: Drama’s new TV series debuts, and gets ripped by every critic across the country. Even Drama’s hometown paper, the NY Post, couldn’t find anything good to say about Five Towns. In fact, the reviewer said that he took one star off his final grade as soon as he saw Drama come on screen!!
Johnny obviously goes into a funk over this, and drives off in his newly refurbished convertible. He keeps going and going — all the way to the Grand Canyon, where he spends the night sleeping under the stars.
In the morning, he gets a call from Vince and Lloyd: Five Towns was a smash hit, pulling in 16 million viewers and ranking No.1 in its timeslot for the 18-34 demographic. Drama is of course elated and falls to his knees to scream out, “VICTORY!”
The resurrection here? Johnny Drama’s career, obviously.
My Reaction: I was kind of bored with this episode, to tell you the truth. I’m kind of getting tired of the whole Medellín fixation and wish that movie would just go away. This show is boring when Vince isn’t working on a project or wrangling to get a project (other than Medellín of course). Let’s get back to the wheeling-and-dealing aspect of the show!
And I have to say I was expecting more of a reunion scene between Ari and Vince. They were both hurt by the professional breakup and they both truly liked each other, so I thought there would be more of a celebration when they got back together. Instead, E and Vince continue to act as though they’re doing Ari a huge favor by gracing his office with their presence. Do actors and managers really treat agents that way?!
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