Quick Hits: Entourage 0
My God this show simply can do no wrong. Every season opens strong. Every character is perfectly used. 
There is nothing better on TV today. Entourage Season 5 premiered Sunday on HBO and if you missed it there will be replays but there’s nothing like watching it premiere. After the sad failure of Medellin we find Vince hiding out in a tropical paradise with Turtle and many hotties. He has no plans to come back anytime soon. Eric is working to build up his clientele with Bow Wow (formerly Lil) who is playing a struggling actor/comedian. Ari is being Ari with especially awesome reactionary speeches after Richard Roeper tears Medellin (a straight to DVD release–ouch!) a new one. I actually said “Ouch!” aloud in my home because we (the audience) are invested in Vince’s career and that DVD release just wasn’t a good thing. Eric and Ari get conned into bringing Vince back to meet for a movie with an offer pending. Turns out its a BS offer to get the price lowered on Emile Hirsch for a movie with a ridiculously bad title (Danger Beach). Although Vince comes back to a BS offer, at least he’s back and now we get to see him try to find his way back to where he should be. That was Eric’s promise to him and I think the shows promise to us. We’ll find him struggling but it’ll be a fun ride back to the top. If I could find one thing bad to say about Entourage I would but there simply isn’t anything. The show remains funny, relevant, and exciting. I can’t think of one real actor whose career I care about half as much as Vince’s. This isn’t because Vince deserves it more than a real person. After all he was more than happy to stay on the beach while his best friend is ate up with guilt and his career dwindles but he’s also a good guy from back east who won the lottery in life and realizes that. So this season offers more humor, ups/downs in Vince’s career, well placed cameos, and general awesomeness. Thank God Entourage is back.
