Time to pony up with the truth, people. Which number was greater on Sunday night: the number of times you watched Turtle's impersonation of Harvey or the number of ribs you broke from laughing so hard the first time you saw it?
We'll wait . . .
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. . . Now, if you claim you did neither of the two, you're lying through your plaque-filled teeth and we'd all prefer if you left here and read something else. I hear there's a script for the remake of "Leonard, Part 6" floating around. Is that something you might be interested in?
Turtle's impersonation of overbearing Hollywood heavyweight/big galoot Harvey was dead-on non-strikes accurate. And hilarious. And comic genius. And the symbol of an episode that can be considered a throwback to the old days of "Entourage."
I'm of the belief that Season 2 was the best season of Entourage, from top to bottom. All the other seasons had great episodes, but Season 2 was an MVP year. A 60-homer year. A 50-touchdown year.
Of course, it's too easy to say "It's not as good as it used to be." That holds true for everything in life.
There's plot development, character development, new storylines, etc. All that somehow must weave into the carefully shaped theme and motif the show had already established.
This episode did it all.
Bringing crazy Harvey back into the fold was genius. (Hint: He's rivaling Billy Walsh for this year's Joshie for Character You Want to See More of.)
Drama was up to his usual tricks of piggybacking off Big Bro's fame to get something only Drama could think of getting. And it didn't feel stale or contrived.
There were great lines getting tossed in every direction.
The boys were hanging out at the bar, trying to get someone a nice piece of tail (or, as it turned out a piece with a tail of sorts). And there was no mention of being broke or anything like that. That's getting older than Marvin the accountant, aka Beansie from "The Sopranos."
And did we mention Ari? He was his old-school ridiculous self, dropping bomb after bomb after bomb.
This was an episode that will remain stored on the DVR until Season 4 comes out on DVD.
Treasure this week's episode, people. There can really only be one or two more seasons of this show before they run out of stuff to write. And when that happens, all we've got left is Turtle stealing the Froot Loops and Ari shredding Josh Weinstein.
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Comments (4)
Can you talk about the teaser trailer for medellin before last nights episode. Is this for real? Is HBO really releasing it as a movie??
I really don't get what is purportedly the "genius" of this show. I am simultaneously revolted and appalled by some of the stuff that goes. If I want to see and hear loudmouth big talkers, alls I need to do is step outta my door here on Long Island.
They should have quit while they were ahead, and spent the season on the set on Medellin. Now THAT would have been real genius.
You forgot to mention the best part of this episode. We find out Mrs. Ari's name. It was Muffin!
It was an awful episode with a major continuity problem. Did you notice the shifting amount of shaving cream on E's face while he was talking on the phone while getting a shave. Some shots, it was a lot. Other shots, it was very little. If they are going to combine takes when editing a scene, at least match up the amount of shaving cream.