As Season 2 of Entourage comes to a close, I realize that I am loving this show more with each episode. So far, I’ve been lucky enough to score extremely cheap copies of the seasons at my local used-media store. I’m still waiting for Season 3 to come in, but the same thing happened with Season 2: just when I thought I’d have to hold off on my diary, I got a call from the store that it was in! So let’s hope that I won’t have to take too long a hiatus.
The episodes in disc 3 of Season 2 (“Blue Balls Lagoon”; “Good Morning Saigon”; “Exodus”; and “Abyss”) were all great, but I enjoyed the last two the most. Instead of talking about each episode, I’ll instead discuss briefly the themes and/or events that I’m encountering that I think are important to the show.
Turtle seems to be making a name for himself by “discovering” and promoting Saigon. I liked the scene where he and Drama went to Billy Walsh and practically begged him to take a listen, and they ended up both having the same vision for the song in Queens Boulevard (during the ending credits). Up until now, I hadn’t really taken Turtle seriously. He was always just a guy in a Knicks jersey who did a bunch of stuff for Vince but didn’t really have any other role. Now I can see that his character may have more to show for himself as Season 3 approaches.
Turtle and Drama giving Vince the silent treatment when he was acting like a baby was pretty funny. Even though they were responding to his behavior in a manner that was equally childish, it did get Vince’s attention and illustrated that they actually have an opinion on how he acts towards them and other people. It also proved (at least a little) that they’re not complete doormats. And Vince was able to think outside of himself for a brief instant when he showed up for Turtle’s party.
I could see the hard-on thing coming during Drama’s scene with Brooke Shields. (It’s a shame, because I thought that he was doing so well! She was the one who I thought was overacting in the scene.) I’m wondering what’s going to happen with Drama. It seems as though he can never really get anything accomplished. And now that his jerk of an agent tossed him out, he’s going to have to get someone else to represent him. Well, I’m sure he’ll be better off.
By far, my favorite character to follow in the last few episodes of the season was Ari. I am really interested to see where he goes with his new-found “freedom.” It’s funny to think that there have been five seasons since his departure from the agency at the end of Season 2, and that his career and/or role on the show must have totally transformed since Terrance fired him. Perhaps he’s a really likable character now. Maybe he’s still kind of an ass. I’ll just have to wait and see!
One thing that kind of irked me about this disc: Sloane and E’s relationship. I thought it was cute before, but the way she keeps advising him on his relationship with Vince is annoying. Maybe it’s just her voice that irritates me. I guess it’s not unreasonable that a girlfriend would be giving her boyfriend advice about that sort of thing, but I wouldn’t have thought that E would be the type of guy to sit there and complain about his problems. Come to think of it, he is kind of sensitive … so maybe so.
Vince’s relationship with Mandy Moore was pretty much a joke to me, and I’m glad it’s over. She’s so fickle! Vince doesn’t need to be dealing with that. I am very glad that he didn’t back out of Aquaman, and I’m proud of him for seeing James Cameron himself. It seems as though Vince always redeems himself at the end of each season. And could you have seen E working for Terrance? Yeah, me neither.
No quotes this week, unfortunately, as we are packing up to move to a new apartment and the DVDs and player are already in boxes!
Clacked by Rachel Blum-Jose 
on Jun 24, 2011 @ 12:38 EST5EDT
