Entourage: Yup, She’s Crazy

Two things stuck out about Entourage this week: 1- E finally realized that Ashley was restraining-order psychotic and dropped her like a bad habit, and 2- wait, is Vince still even on this show? He’s been the visual equivalent of a piece of set furniture lately, with minimal dialogue and almost no story arc, but this week they really shelved him hard. I know he’s waiting to film his new movie but give the guy some lines already, will ya? Here’s what the other characters who actually took part in the episode were up to.

Turtle needs to get his priorities straight and realize that he has girlfriend gold with Jamie-Lynn, and no amount of skank-tastic coeds should derail that. Caught in the middle of a love triangle between the brown-haired slutty groupie and the woman who actually cares about him, Turtle seems to be losing focus. Even when Jamie-Lynn decides to start driving Turtle to his classes (which, I have to admit, is pretty emasculating) to keep an eye on the underwear stealers who are encroaching upon her man, Turtle still seems distracted by the attention the sorority girl is throwing his way. To make matters worse, Jamie-Lynn learns that she has gotten the lead in a new series, but the catch is that it films in New Zealand. Yikes. I don’t know who should be more paranoid, Jamie-Lynn that the slut army will make their move on her boyfriend, or Turtle that some hot New Zealand surfer-type will try and steal his woman. I’m not sure how this one will end but I’m pretty sure Turtle won’t realize what he has until she’s gone.

Also having girl issues this week was Eric, who finally realized that Oksana Baiul Ashley is a card-carrying member of the jealous girlfriends club. Actually, that b*tch is certifiably crazy, which she proved to E when she asked to be able to read his BlackBerry emails to confirm that he wasn’t up to any shady behavior. Clearly suffering a temporary case of “I have no manhood”, E hands over his blackberry and continues about his day – until his smokin’ hot assistant convinces E that this is not acceptable girl behavior and that Ashley’s trust issues = total deal breaker. Plus, I think she has the hots for him even though she denies it. Then E invites Ashley to a dinner so he can discretely and respectfully dump her – in public. Good idea, E. Too bad it ended with Ashley hurling insults at the top of her lungs in front of 200 restaurant patrons. No matter, I’m sure E will find another girl to rob him of his manhood again soon; here’s hoping that the next one won’t resemble a troll doll.

Lastly, Johnny Drama bumps into an old producer friend of his who just happens to think he’d be perfect for a part on his series, the new “Melrose Place”, if only Drama were free to take the gig. Sick of taking Dan Coakley’s script-imposed abuse on “Five Towns”, Drama calls Lloyd and tells him he needs to get out of his contract ASAP.  Lloyd breaks the news that he’s left Ari, and Drama basically tells Lloyd that whoever can get him out of his contract will be the one to retain him as a client, and if Lloyd can’t swing it then maybe Ari can. Desperate to inflict punishment on Lloyd for leaving him, Ari snatches up Drama as a client by bribing Coakley into letting Drama out of his contract, a feat that Lloyd was unable to do since Ari basically had him blackballed out of Hollywood out of spite. Cue the Jerry McGuire mushy scene: Lloyd finds Drama and tells him that he has something that Ari will never have for him – his undivided attention. Lloyd’s heartfelt plea telling Drama how much he believes in him was actually pretty adorable, if desperation-induced. Drama then goes to Ari’s office to thank him and invites him to lunch and quickly realizes that Lloyd was right about Ari all along. After some convincing, Drama manages to get Ari to set his spite aside and let him rejoin Adam Davies’ firm as Lloyd’s client. I had been hoping for the antics between Ari and Lloyd to escalate in a more entertaining way, but they got their point across anyway.

Over all it was a decent episode, not as great as some recently but still fairly solid and necessary to keep the plot moving along. All I can hope for with the last few episodes of this season is that the writers focus less on substance and more on the antics that we have come to love and expect from Entourage. If nothing else, at least we got rid of Ashley and I’m curious to see if Drama’s neurotic ways return to ambush his Melrose screen test. Stay tuned, kids.

For another take on this episode, read The Show I Know and Love by Tanya Lane

Season 6, Episode 10: Berried Alive (originally aired September 20, 2009)

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