“Entourage” got quite the star studded send off this season. Ari had some incredible scenes, Lloyd made a stand and Matt Damon may have stole the whole show.
The writers really gave Jeremy Piven some great stuff and he worked it. Ari’s impassioned speech to his wife during their therapy session was stirring. I love how devoted he is to his wife. Anyone else notice she’s never been given a first name?
Perhaps one of the best scenes in “Entourage” history was a predatory Ari chasing down agents gunning them down with paint balls. I especially loved him shooting the hell out of the guy who represented “Jon and Kate”. I cheered.
Lloyd standing up to Ari was incredible. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen, Ari making him a full agent was totally unexpected. It’ll be interesting to see where this goes next season. I love that Lloyd!
Matt Damon’s guest appearance as himself was fantastic! His “character” seemed to be a very intense version of himself. His story centers around raising money to feed impoverished children. He keeps pressuring Vince to get involved and “do the right thing”. Loved when Drama hands the phone to an unwilling Vince by saying “Sorry, he Jason Bourne’d me”.
Anyone else catch the hilarious scene of Matt Damon after the credits finished rolling? He’s leaving Vince this insane voice mail message for not sending the check he promised yet. When he breaks down crying I almost had an accident. I love seeing celebs who have a great sense of humor about themselves.
Other great guest appearances were Bono, LeBron James, Jim Edmonds and Kenny Dichter. They’re all helping Matt with his charity work, which I suspect was based on the very real One organization. The satirical preachy-ness was a fun way to fit in a good cause.
The boys all seem to get what they wanted: Eric got engaged to Sloan, Vince is working and as popular as ever and Drama is possibly getting a series of his own. It seems that everyone got a happy ending except poor Turtle. It makes me wonder where we’ll find the boys next season.
Decided to spend some time with Hulu t …
Decided to spend some time with Hulu this weekend and caught the pilot episode of “Trauma”. There was almost as much to like as there was to dislike. The show is strangely compelling though and I’ll be tuning in again.
The opening scenario revolves around a horrible tragedy involving half of the main characters. I thought the action was a bit ridiculous but I did find the character development in these few short minutes had me hooked.
Hot shot flight medic Reuban “Rabbit” Palchuck returns to work a year after surviving a terrible helicopter accident. Rabbit is an intriguing character in the few minutes before the accident. It makes me wonder who he was before and how the accident changed him.
That’s good writing. If this show could rely more on their talented writers and less on gimmicky action it could be a real winner.
Some of the stuff I rolled my eyes around about were Nancy the sexpot paramedic with a medical degree, the obvious accidents waiting to happen and some of Rabbit’s over the top behaviors.
The two big accidents scenes had me laughing. The guy working on a transformer with ear buds was obviously going to be electrocuted. The BMW driver weaving in and out of traffic while texting was just as obviously going to start an accident. I especially loved watching him weave around the oil tanker that actually had “OIL” labeled on the side.
It kinda reminded me of watching “CHiPs” when I was a kid. You always knew that the kid cutting school was going to get into some kind of trouble. Since both shows are based on Californian emergency services it makes me if someone is trying to tell us something.
The final scene cemented me tuning in again. Rabbit and Nancy have a very complicated relationship. At the end of the day Rabbit can’t sleep and hears a knock on his door. He finds Nancy, who can’t sleep either, at his door. He lets her in and they lie down together to fall asleep.
In that moment the actors and writers delivered something very honest and genuine. I’m hoping to find more of those moments and less of the obvious and laughable. I guess we shall see.