My latest purchase was the sixth season of Entourage, a show whose seventh season premieres tonight. I "marathoned" this one (just five hours) over the course of the weekend. I'll be honest - it isn't the best show in the world. It's about an A-list celebrity and his crew and their adventures in Hollywood. It's a real "bro" show. It's been called Sex and the City for guys. And this season may have been the most pointless one yet. Vince (the A-list actor, surprisingly played by the worst actor on the show) kicked off the season with a new project in which he was slated to play Ferrari, the famous driver for whom the Italian car is named. But in the second episode, Vince receives news that the project has been bumped back twelve weeks. "What am I supposed to do for twelve weeks?" asks Vince. "Enjoy life," his agent responds. And that's more or less the entire season. Right-hand man E deals with relationship issues. Older brother Johnny deals with being a struggling actor in a middling sitcom. And comic relief man Turtle... also deals with relationship issues. I recall watching this season last summer and thinking, man, this is boring and terrible. But watching all twelve episodes in a row on DVD left me satisfied with the season. Perhaps because I knew what to expect, sure, but also perhaps because the series makes a better DVD session than it does a weekly TV catch. Don't expect much from Entourage, but don't write it off as low-brow and horrible. It's nothing more than an entertaining half hour of crude humor and sex, but it doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't. Plus, it's almost over - sixteen more episodes and a movie are all that stand in the way of this show wrapping up for good. I hope to enjoy the ride, and it starts tonight.
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