The fourth season of Entourage has been rather lackluster thus far (as was the end of the third season), so I was hoping for something good out of episode number 4×03 last night. Unfortunately, we got more of the same boring stuff that has been happening for a while now. Has Entourage always been like this, with nothing substantive going on? Am I just now noticing it because the show isn’t new anymore? I don’t know — it feels so repetitive and blah lately!
Anyway, here’s what happened in “Malibooty.”
Vince/E: They took their difference of opinion about Medellín to the next level. E thinks “there’s a great movie in there,” but believes that they have to get rid of Billy in order to uncover that greatness. Vince thinks the movie is fine the way it is.
The argument escalated when E found out that Billy submitted Medellín for consideration at Cannes. E was livid because if word gets out that the movie was rejected from the festival (which he was convinced it would be), they’d never be able to sell it anywhere. Vince was okay with Billy’s decision and went so far as to tell E that he doesn’t know anything about movies and doesn’t know what to look for in a first cut. Basically, Vinnie called E “pizza boy,” which of course is how Ari always put Eric down.
E then went to Ari to ask what he should do. Ari told him he could sell the movie to Harvey as long as they’ve got a good trailer to work with. But when Ari finds out that E is there despite Vinnie’s objections, Ari cuts the talk short. E then goes to Harvey on his own.
In the end, E says he got Harvey to offer him $25 million for the movie. Harvey would get rid of Billy, and make a great movie out of the footage they have. Vince is impressed by what E did, but has some good news of his own: Medellín was accepted at Cannes.
Drama/Turtle: Drama has a chance to hook up with a woman he’s been trying to sleep with for 20 years or something. He convinces Turtle to come along because the woman has a friend there at the beach house with her. Of course when they arrive, the friend is fat and about 10 years older than Turtle, but he agrees to “take one for the team” so Drama can finally be with that woman. However, things don’t go according to plan. The woman who Drama wanted ended up wanting Turtle instead, so Drama had to be with the fat chick.
My Reaction: I’m just not into anything that’s happening on Entourage right now. I hate the fact that E is front-and-center in these episodes. The character totally grates on my nerves… seriously, I think he’s one of the most (unintentionally) annoying people I’ve ever seen. I hate how friggin’ smug he looks all the time and hope and pray for him to screw up big. The guy can’t even come up with an original idea on his own. This was the second time in a row that he basically just did what Ari told him to do, and then took all the credit when things worked out.
Speaking of Ari, what’s with Piven being on screen for just two minutes? Maybe that’s why the show is so boring recently. It was a lot more fun when Ari was handling all the stuff that E’s trying to do right now, so I hope they go back to that Season 1/Season 2 dynamic.