Entourage season 7 (1 Viewer)

[TravisR]

Originally Posted by Brent M

Is this Sunday's episode the season finale?

Yep. And I don't know if it's official but I read that next season (which is the last year) is only 6 episodes.

 

[Brent M]

Last season I would've said "hallelujah" that the show was coming to an end with a limited number of episodes, but I've really enjoyed it a lot this year. Probably the best this show has been in 2 or 3 seasons IMO.

 

By the way, the line of the season for me so far was the lawyer reminding Ari that he told a female worker "she should have her cunt removed to decrease her cuntiness". I laughed so hard I thought I was going to need CPR.

 

[JonZ]

Yea that was a great line.

 

Ive enjoyed every season of this show except the last, which was terrible.

 

[mattCR]

A very downer way to end the season, lots of cameos that seemed to mean nothing, and an end result that just wasn't very interesting. *Yawn*

 

[TravisR]

Yeah, that seemed like an episode that was building up to the season finale and not the season finale. Since they didn't wrap up the drug storyline, it seems like they'll, unfortunately, continue that story into next season. I was hoping that they'd get that out of their system and return to the "Guys having fun being famous" aspect of the show for their last year.

 

I had very little sympathy for Mrs. Ari. I understand that she's had enough of Ari but I feel like she knew who she was marrying so I'm having trouble with their sudden marriage troubles. And I don't read that Perez Hilton or Deadline Hollywood crap but would they carry a story about an agent (even a very powerful one) freaking out in a restaurant or about tape recordings of him saying bad words? That seems like a story that wouldn't even be of all that much interest to people in the entertainment industry let alone the rest of the world that those sites are trying to write stories for.

 

[Charlie Campisi]

I agree. Not a very good episode. I like the setup for Vince next year, but the cameos were distracting and the other storylines seemed out of place. The Ari/wife split storyline doesn't work. I never liked the whole "Ari is a family man" theme as it was jammed down our throats last year with the Lizzie affair with the TV head. The two E storylines (take over the agency from Murray and the Terrence pre-nup) also seemed a little off. At least the Murray one didn't come out of nowhere, but the show had no laughs last night, except for Eminem dropping Vince. I also liked hearing Minka Kelly swear. That was a good moment.

 

[todbnla]

I was reading this same sentiment last night on facebook seconds after the episode ended, seems a lot of viewers felt like something was left out, too much drama this season, no pun intended. I too thought all of the cameos were a bit distracting although Drew Brees I can understand since he is on fire since the Superbowl.

 

[Jeremiah]

I just didn't like where this season went, it either doesn't make sense or out of character.

 

Vince is too laid back of a guy to go this far, he's just too easy going and they have never shown any kind of addictive personality(maybe this part doesn't matter). Just doesn't make sense. Maybe if they started this plot from a season or so ago with like Vicodin from his car crash and slowly have him become addicted would make more sense.

 

I agree about Mrs. Gold, so they want me to believe that after what, 15 years of marriage she just realizing that Ari is an @sshole to his employes? He loves her, he doesn't do drugs and he doesn't cheat, he's a powerful agent so he isn't gonna be home 9-5 but the final straw is him calling someone a c_nt and it being reported? I don't see how the type of person he is can be a secret to anyone that has met him more then twice. As mention before here, all this started when she made him fire Lizy, she butted in when she shouldn't have and made her husband make a bad choice b/c she didn't know what was going on.

 

Both these plots make me mad and confused.

 

I don't mind E's storyline but the Murry talking sht was kinda outta the blue as was the pre nup. IMO they needed more screen time for Sloans father bc I vaugly remember him.

 

[mattCR]

I could have bought getting hooked on pain killers after the accident, but instead he gets a raging cocaine habit and goes for a porn star. That came out of the blue and made NO sense. Just none. They took an obvious - and believable plot, that he was terrified to do his own stunts, does one gets hurt and bad things happen.. and then they let it go ...

 

The entire season kind of went off the rails here. The bit with Sloan needing a prenup really was kind of unbelievable. It's his FIL asking for one, not her. You'd think E would go to her and say "hey, your Father told me we have to have a prenup. Is this something you want, or something he's throwing out there to create friction" Because that also seemed too low for Sloan to have someone else do that kind of dirty work..

 

The "fellow manager" who introduced Vince to Coke is now seemingly getting a pass and E is on board with joining him in a takeover of the company? What the hell is that??

 

The Ari thing just struck me as completely over the top ridiculous considering the last few seasons.

 

The entire storyline involving Tequila was f'ing annoying, never paid off, and swept aside one business (Turtle and his girl drivers, what happened to them? He laid them off without pay then goes on a crazy spending spree? And none of them goes off?)


I don't know, I thought the season started off with some great moments, and then it slowly kept getting more and more "off" and it just ended bad. Just blah.

 

[TravisR]

I guess the difference is that in previous seasons, they ended the stories rather than making all of them cliffhangers. It's like they're treating next season as Season 7.5 rather than Season 8 so they ended none of the storylines.

 

[ScottH]

Agree with much that has been said. I thought the season started out great, but got way too heavy (for this show) and Adrien isn't a good enough actor to pull that off (he's by far the weakest actor of the 4). Most of this episode was painful to watch.

 

[Patrick Sun]

Finally saw this week's episode. My main point that I took from this episode/season is that Doug Ellin is basically deconstructing the meaning of "Entourage" in all of these characters' lives. Vince finally spoke to the fact that he's aware of his entourage living off of his success, and he's done with it. Let's hope there's a good comeback for the gang, though the writing to get Vince to hit "rock bottom" wasn't written as well or organically as it could have been this season.

 

[JonZ]

I dont have a problem with where they went with Vince. The guys having fun again was the point of last season, which IMHO was the weakest one yet. It seems theyve run out of things to do with that theme, so I dont mind them going into something they havent done before.

 

My main gripe last year was with Drama, who was always my favorite character - who was really unlikeable. So Im glad to see a return to form for him. At first I thought Drama had hit Eminem, which made me laugh. I viewed that scene again, and realized it was a bouncer.

 

I almost felt like some of these episodes should have been 45 minutes. The half hour flew by so fast for many eps this year. Much more so than last season, when I often found myself looking at the clock, bored with what was going on.

 

While it wasnt a great season, I found it to be good and enjoyable. Enjoyable is what I look for from Entourage.

 

[joshEH]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick Sun

Finally saw this week's episode. My main point that I took from this episode/season is that Doug Ellin is basically deconstructing the meaning of "Entourage" in all of these characters' lives. Vince finally spoke to the fact that he's aware of his entourage living off of his success, and he's done with it. Let's hope there's a good comeback for the gang, though the writing to get Vince to hit "rock bottom" wasn't written as well or organically as it could have been this season.

It should've happened three or four seasons ago, is what it should've been -- back during his Aquaman/Queens Boulevard height would've been the appropriate time for Vinnie to go on a coke-fueled meltdown, not after he's already hit rock-bottom, experienced failure, and bounced back again. Or else during that same skid-row period.

 

That all said, however, the show did something it hasn't done in a long time -- bring back some edge. Seeing Vince actually doing the drugs and his face all bloody at the end was great for a change of pace. Nothing really got resolved and neatly tied up for once.
  My take on each of the characters, as of the end of this season:  

• Johnny Drama: Really should grow up, and settle down with the British secretary. It would pull him further away from Vince. She seemed nice (I got a thing for accents, sue me), and I'd like to see Drama midway through next season ready to settle down with her. (Especially considering what he did to that French chick, about four seasons back. Have him learn his lesson from that whole experience.)

 

• E: I like how he has evolved slowly from a side manager, to someone who can take charge. He also seems to be able to balance his personal life with Sloane, so I'd like him to take over at the agency for...

 

• Ari: I hate watching Ari so emasculated. That said, I'd hate to see him lose his family just because he can't communicate with his stuck-up wife. I'd like to see him take some time off from work and spend it on repairing his personal life. E could get an offer from Terence to temporary take over in his place, but Ari needs has to get his priorities straight. Have him return to his ruthless attitude, but he can turn it off and on as needed, and still rrejoin his family.

 

• Vince: With everyone having their own issues, I'd like to him downward-spiral even more. Next season needs to have him make a serious pass at Sloane, and piss off E all the way through the next year. Pull a page from Heath Ledger, but don't kill him. Have the movie (ha-ha) be about him trying to get his friends back.

 

• Turtle: After making some Mexican enemies, have him get into the tequila business, but this guy needs a bullet in him. It could be the event that brings the entourage back together for the movie.

 

• Next Season: Jump forward in time -- E and Sloane should be married, and Johnny and his girl should be thinking the same, and his cartoon should take off. Vince needs to be down-and-out. E is making strides at the agency, still hates Vince for what he tried with Sloane (Vince doesn't get invited to the wedding). Johnny is actually happy, and he needs to be the one who confronts Vince, and be a big brother and get him some help. Vince pushes him away, but the season ends with Turtle in the hospital.

  This year wasn't half-bad. If you take away the Turtle subplot, it was a great season of television, and the finale might have been the strongest ever for the show.   I really want a scene where Piven and Caan scream at each other, though.

 

[JonZ]

I have mixed feelings about the growing up part.

 

I dont think you should bend to the pressure and expectations society puts on you. You life is your own and if you want to spend it having a good time, so be it. As long as you accept and understand the what the results of your decisions will be.

 

Ive never believed in the a relationship has to lead to marriage or a marriage/stable relationship is a integral part of "growing up".