Entourage

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Entourage has been renewed for a sixth season. We will now take bets on whether Vince will be back to his old star status within the next couple of years, or whether his career will end up like Drama’s. It’s actually more realistic for someone whose career collapses to come back as a character actor/supporting actor — people who make movies like Medellin usually have to start over again — but based on the fifth season so far, the writers could go either way with Vince: either continue to have his career go down while other characters’ careers are going better, or return things to the status quo. (Full disclosure: I haven’t yet seen last night’s new episode, which I understand was one of those things that was probably much more fun to shoot than to watch.)

I watched the first episode of the new season of Entourage (premiering September 7), entitled “Fantasy Island.” This wraps up the two year story arc about Vince (Adrian Grenier) starring in his “dream project,” the Scarface knock-off Medellin. I am not giving anything away by saying that the movie is a disaster, and Vince is ready to just give up, abandon Hollywood, and live on a Mexican island paradise with bikini-clad babes. Oh, and Turtle. But mostly, bikini-clad babes; you can’t have an Entourage episode without them.

Jill Golick writes that one thing she likes about Entourage is “the way it is both arced and episodic.” Every episode is a self-contained story with a satisfying conclusion, but every episode advances a larger season-long story.

Jeff Harris goes behind the scenes