Entourage Review: Tequila Sunrise

In the latest episode of Entourage, provocatively entitled “Tequila Sunrise,” Eric is feeling territorial, Turtle feels duped, Ari is hopeful, and Drama is…causing drama.

When we last saw Eric and his nemesis Scott Lavin, they were one step from fisticuffs.  Eric could barely stomach the idea of Vince and Lavin palling around together, so when Scott starts bringing Vince scripts, well that’s another story.  As Vince’s best friend and manager, Eric feels threatened by Scott’s professional intervention.

In last week’s episode, Scott introduced Vince to a director who forwarded a script in the hopes that they could work together some time in the future.  The script is good, and Eric begrudgingly admits that it would be good for Vince’s career.  Eric wants what is good for Vince, so he tries to extend an olive branch to Scott.  Scott accepts the apology, telling Eric that they could take over if they wanted to do so – as their boss is always out of the office, chasing women.  I don’t envision this ending well.  Lavin is a prick, and he’s horning in on the crew.  Vince is too laid-back to rock the boat, but I suspect that things will boil over before the season is finished.  I think Eric wants to be mature, but he feels a bit left out.  He’s engaged now and doesn’t hang out with the boys at every turn.  The episode ended with them celebrating Drama’s new TV series with an impromptu trip to Vegas. Scott goes with the gang, and guess who stays behind? Eric, looking like he just lost his best friend.

You heard it right, score one for Drama! After languishing for weeks, wondering if he would ever land a TV show, he finally has an opportunity for a comedy.  Johnny was reluctant to do comedy at first, as he fancies himself a “serious” actor, but he registers a perfect 10 on the unintentional comedy scale and would probably thrive in the genre. 

John Stamos was hilarious as Drama’s potential co-star.  Before he signs off on the show, he needs to meet Drama and determine if they have chemistry.  Drama really wants to make a good impression, so he invites Stamos over to Vince’s house so they can get to know each other.  They begin a friendly game of ping pong that quickly turns bitterly competitive.  After Johnny trounces him, Stamos is leaning towards backing out of the show.  He’s a sore loser, and Johnny isn’t a gracious winner.  Phil explains to Johnny that Stamos hates to lose and that he once ignored him for two years after he beat him at a round of golf. He takes ping pong seriously and even has a trainer! That’s pretty funny, if you ask me.  Drama smoothes things over by challenging Stamos to a re-match, which he wins.  Stamos feels vindicated, and the show can move forward, if he likes the script.

Turtle’s limo business is suffering mightily, and he’s strapped for cash.  Alex tells him that she has a (legal) idea for the two of them to make money.  Turtle is game, but Alex won’t tell him much about it.  Instead, she convinces him to go to Mexico with her so she can introduce him to someone who will explain it all to him.  It turns out that an old family friend and businessman would like Vince to be the face of his homemade Tequila.  When Turtle finds out that was Alex’s bright idea, he is completely pissed off.  He flew all the way to Mexico so some guy could convince him to get Vince to hawk liquor?  You’ve got to be kidding.  On top of that, Alex is a bit full of herself.  Yes, she’s hot – without a doubt.  But she’s been toying with Turtle and it’s getting old.  For once I hope that his head leads every other body part and he doesn’t make a foolish business decision just to score with the Hot Chick.

This season has focused on Ari quite a bit, in the wake of his new agency.  He’s trying to round up prospective investors for his NFL team and is pulling out all the stops.  His new assistant Jake is doing a great job; even better than Lloyd ever managed.  Last week Ari failed to promote Lizzie to Andrew’s vacant position, and she quit.  Now she is spurned and threatening to wreak havoc.  In a funny scene, Ari actually gets a call from Andrew (from rehab), who warns him that Lizzie is going to pilfer his clients.  I guess she’s going to be the new Dana Gordon?  By the way, I hope you caught some of the other celebs who were grazing the rehab compound while Andrew was talking to Ari – it was pretty damn funny.

Unlike past seasons, this one is rolling right along. And Vince’s hair isn’t so bad.  Although he should keep his shirt on. Kinda hard to be in HBO’s Sunday night line up and have to follow True Blood and this.

Season 7, Episode 4: Tequila Sunrise (originally aired July 25, 2010)

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