TV-Reviewed

I’m really not just saying this; so far this is the best season of Entourage in my opinion. It was a bit disappointing to see them sway from the major storylines that we dealt with last episode like the Ari and Andrew plotline or E and his situation with Sloan which seems like it could be possibly over, but I thought overall this was a great episode that it further shows how the show plans on taking these characters and making men out of them.

This episode takes place on Turtle’s birthday and he’s having a sad case of the birthday blues. After he gets a call from his mother criticizing him and telling him happy birthday, he starts to really think about doing something with his life other than being Vince’s driver. This is a great plot to give turtle who is the least successful out of the group and the only one who really isn’t bringing in any money. It’s really great to see Turtle making steps. I was a bit surprised by the decision to go back to school considering that these guys are usually finding something easily, but it’s a nice message to send out to young people watching this that going back to school can definitely help you out.

Jerry Ferrara as Turtle

Ari was another highlight in this episode and he seemed to be throwing out advice to everyone. Ari really came off like a father-figure and I kind of like it. His talk to turtle was straight to the point, but definitely had a lot of meaning. It was great to hear him tell Turtle how he needs more than an idea to start a business. Another good moment was when he gave Eric advice on how to save Charlie from getting canned. Ari comes off like a father-figure, but the dialogue they give him is pretty good where you don’t feel like he’s trying to be a father-figure, but he’s just basically telling the guys the truth.

How sad Charlie (Bow Wow) ended up getting canned by the studio for the television show that he pitched to them last season. It’s incredible how studios can just do that when it was his idea. I thought it was kind of stupid for E and Vince to give up their production jobs, but E has always been loyal. I guess they didn’t pay Bow Wow enough because it would have been interesting to actually see E tell Charlie in person that he had been fired. We also got a great scene where E calls someone a racist… that was funny.

I’m still not into Ashley as E’s girlfriend and things look even bleaker for E and Sloan getting back together. Ashley does have this innocent truthfulness about her, but she comes off a bit too childish and definitely seems a lot younger then E. Here’s hoping that Sloan comes back into the picture somehow.

I thought this was a great episode, not to mention that Turtle has two Ferrari’s. This season is doing big things with the characters and I’m eagerly anticipating seeing what they do next week.

Rating: 8.9