Goodbye to Entourage....

I have been meaning to do this all week and I am just getting around to it.  Sunday night was the series finale of the HBO show Entourage.  For those of you who don't know the show, this is HBO's version of a male Sex and the City but loosely based on Marky Mark's life.  Now I have watched Entourage from the beginning.  Good seasons, bad seasons and depressing seasons have all happened and the show has only been on for 7 or 8 Seasons.  For this last year (or 8 episodes) the boys have all been getting their lives together and winding down (or up for a movie).  Here are some things I liked (and hated) about the finale:

•  Loved, loved, loved that Turtle is now a millionaire.  We have watched Turtle try his best to get out of Vince's shadow and do his own thing for years, only to be shot down or pushed down every time.  It was nice to see him actually end on a high note (even with a little help from Vince).

• Love that Drama has a career now and it has nothing to do with his face or who his brother is.  Although Drama cashes in on Vince constantly, it has nice to see his resurgence careerwise.  
• Hated that E and Sloan are pregnant.  I know, I know the writers wanted them to end up together but (and this is a huge but) could you ever forgive your ex for sleeping with your step-mother?  Yeah its not going to happen.  Thought this was a little too neat and tidy.
• I actually appreciated the fact the Vince is getting married (to a girl he just met and one who rejected him).  This just fits his personality and it is sooooo Hollywood.  You know that they will be divorced in a few months but it still felt real in the world they all live in.
• I actually liked the fact that Scott stayed behind when everyone was leaving to go to Paris.  He stated that it was a family affair and he was not part of the original family.
• As for Ari...I am on the fence.  I am glad that he and the wife got back together but him quitting work was the only part that did not believe.  Ari is his job!  End of story.  But it came back around at the end with the job offer that you just know he is going to accept.  

The whole idea that Vince is the fairy Godmother to all of his friends did feel right.  This has always been the show.  Vince, E, Turtle, Drama (and even Ari) have lived off Vince and his fame for so long and it never seemed to bother Vince.  He had his friends and he wanted to help them and keep them around.  And this is how it ended, with Vince doing his things to make his people happy.  

Now...stay tuned for the movie.  Because there will be one.  I have no doubt. 

I used to love this show...

I have always been a fan of the show, Entourage.  My husband and I started watching a few years ago when we went to the Cayman Islands (random but we were exhausted and the hotel had HBO).  Last night we caught up on the last 5 episodes of this season and I left feeling empty, disappointed and sad.  This used to be such a great show and now it has become so predictable (obviously Vinny is heading for rehab).  Does anyone else watch this show?  Am I being too picky?  I think with the new comedies that I have enjoyed this past year (Modern Family, Cougartown etc) my expectations are higher and Entourage is not living up to these other shows.  What do you think?

Entourage is back...

 I just watched the season premiere of the HBO show Entourage (I can't sleep) and I must say I was happy to have it back.  I have always loved this show, although the last few years have been tough to watch.  Vince as a has-been is never fun.  I like the decadence that is Hollywood.  The assholery of Ari Gold makes me smile.  And the shear grit of Johnny Drama is fun and sad at the same time.  The last few seasons when the real world started to rear its ugly head I found that I was not as interested.  Hell we have the real world right here.  So here is to hoping that the show gets back to its roots.  Tonight was a great start...

Is Entourage Still Entourage?

Did anyone else watch the season premiere of Entourage on HBO last night? For someone (me) who has been watching this show since the first season; the entire thing left me a little flat. Entourage is at its best when the boys are hanging out and Ari is yelling at them about something. I know that we are supposed to embrace the fact that everyone is getting older and maturing (except Turtle who pees in the bathtub...gross) but this show is not this show without some quality guy time. I need for Vince to become popular again (which is happening) and the boys to get rid of the girlfriends and return to the roots of being obnoxious tools trolling for sex. Is that too much to ask? On another note; I understand that Lloyd wants to get a promotion and not be Ari's assistant anymore but what would we do without Lloyd? Last night, his storyline was the most fun of the episode. Of course I will keep watching and continue to try to get behind the new mature Entourage but as I get older I am not sure that I want the boys to. What is the fun in that?

I used to be a fan...

I always loved Jeremy Piven. From Say Anything to Grosse Point Blank, he was my favorite of John Cusack's sidekicks. Then he was cast in Entourage (one of my favorite shows) and I thought that finally he was getting the respect he deserved. After winning multiple Emmy's he seemed to really be making a name for himself. Little did I know that this might (might?) go to his head. There have been rumors swirling the past few years that Piven and Cusack are no longer friends (some crap about Cusack being jealous of his friends success) and that he (Piven) had become a huge womanizer (he has been spotted with multiple models). Then People.com (full story here) ran an article today about Jeremy Piven dropping out of a Broadway show because of high mercury levels (what?)? Is this true? Or did he just abandon his fellow cast members on a whim? I don't know but it sure does make me look at him differently if, in fact, he walked out. Here is what the David Mamet (playwright) had to say:

"I talked to Jeremy on the phone, and he told me that he discovered that he had a very high level of mercury," Mamet told Daily Variety. "So my understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer."

Kind of shitty (Piven not Mamet) if you ask me.