With HBO’s odd scheduling, we got the Season 3 finale of Entourage last night with the Season 4 premiere set for next Sunday. I stopped trying to figure out the HBO rationale behind dividing the seasons this way, so I don’t really care what the schedule is like. It’s just nice to get new eps of something while the rest of the network shows are on hiatus. Anyway, last night’s ep was called “Adios Amigos,” and here’s what happened on it.
Vince/E/Ari: It turns out that Vince didn’t sleep with that woman from two weeks ago, so the boys didn’t get the $60 million check for Medellín. All is not lost, however, as Ari tells them that Nicky Rubenstein just turned 35 and came into his trust fund money. Nicky’s looking to make a movie that will get him out from his father’s shadow, and Medellín could be it. The problem is that Nicky is only willing to spend $25 million on it, when all the studios had it budgeted for $65 million or more.
Vince and E think they can make do with $25 million, so they go looking for a director. The only guy they have in mind is Billy Walsh, the indie director who worked with Vince on Queen’s Boulevard. Billy at first declines because he doesn’t want to deal with “suits” anymore, but after reading the script, he accepts — so long as he gets final cut. Everyone agrees, so the movie will be made.
Of course, Billy is a total lunatic and he’s already coming up with wild ideas. His first one? He wants to film the whole thing in Spanish. It seems like this is going to be one loooong shoot!
Drama/Turtle: Now that the house is sold, Drama and Turtle have to look for a place of their own. At first, Drama wants to rent a cheap studio in a run-down neighborhood, but when Vinnie’s publicist finds out about it, she demands that he get something better so it doesn’t reflect poorly on Vince. So Drama — in typical fashion — goes 180 degrees the other way and ends up spending $1.4 million on a condo.
My reaction: Honestly, I’m getting tired of all this build-up around Medellín. I mean, the payoff for this particular plot line had better be huge, or I’m going to be extremely disappointed. This thing has been dragging on for more than a season now, so hopefully we start seeing results soon.
I still can’t stand E, and now that he’s a so-called “producer,” he’s even more intolerable. What did he really do to make this movie happen? It was Vince’s idea to buy the script. Ari was the one who pushed Vince to join him at the agency again. Ari was the one who convinced the money men to sit down with the boys. All Eric did was help convince the director to read the script. Is that what “producers” do? Sheesh, who knew?!