Entourage 7.9 – Porn Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
I’ve been focusing so much on Vince’s downfall this season that I’ve pretty much ignored the possibility that Ari’s career might be in trouble as well. I figured he just dodged a bullet after Deadline Hollywood ran a story about his not-so-kind treatment of his employees, but Ari might have opened his big mouth for the last time. After making a scene in front of his embarrassed wife, Amanda Daniels, and some of the NFL board members (a classic Ari Gold rant that included plenty of insults and even a few borderline violent threats) Ari discovers that it wasn’t Amanda who leaked the tapes, but rather her assistant – a former employee with a grudge.
Apparently, Amanda was just interested in teaming up with Ari to bring an NFL team to Los Angeles, but now that opportunity is gone for good. It definitely wasn’t Ari’s proudest moment, but I’m sure he’ll survive. Of course, the suggestion that Amanda would suddenly be willing to work with Ari after threatening to ruin him only a few episodes ago seems ludicrous in and of itself. I mean, why the sudden change of heart? It’s not like they were ever friends, and Amanda clearly still isn’t over Ari’s sabotage of the Warner Brothers gig that ultimately went to Dana Gordon.
Simply put, it would never happen, though I am warming up to the idea of Drama doing “Johnny’s Bananas.” I still feel like Drama takes the craft of acting a little too seriously to consider voicing a character on an animated show, but after a series of conversations with Eric’s secretary, Jenny – where we not only learned that the job would only take an hour or two a week to record, but that his condo has been foreclosed – it makes sense that Drama would finally decide to do the show, even if he is selling out as a result. It’s just a shame he didn’t come to that conclusion a little earlier, because it looks like Phil put a lot of effort in creating that presentation.
And speaking of indecision, the Avion tequila soap opera rolls along as Turtle hits yet another road block when Carlos lectures him about being left in the dark about the Mark Cuban situation. He wants Turtle to sign a nondisclosure agreement to prevent him from talking to anyone about the company until Carlos decides what he wants. But that’s exactly the problem: Carlos doesn’t seem to know what he wants. Though Turtle has lined up a reliable investor in Cuban – who’s not only willing to front the $5 million to build the factory, but also has plenty of ideas about how to take it to the next level – Carlos gets overly protective, insisting he set his own terms. Instead, Cuban tells Carlos that he’s just going to sidestep him and buy the business outright, and since it’s technically not Carlos’ company (something about an older brother), he can’t do anything about it. I don’t know why Turtle’s upset, though. Cuban will probably still hook him up with some sort of finder’s fee (or even keep him on board as a business partner) and it’s not like he didn’t do his best to help Carlos make Avion popular. If anything, he almost did his job a little too well.
Meanwhile, Vince’s cocaine-fueled bender continues to affect his relationship with Eric after he’s unable to promise Sasha a part in “Airwalkers,” leading Vince to go straight to the source instead. Surprisingly, new director Peter Berg doesn’t take much convincing, and he casts her in a role that could grow in future sequels. But when Vince tells Sasha the good news, he doesn’t get the response he was hoping for. Although she’s understandably excited, she still plans to do the adult film, despite what she may or may not have promised Vince. And worse yet, one of the guys in the gangbang is her ex-fiancé. So what does Vince do? He tells her that he loves her, of course, no doubt in a last-ditch plea for her not to do the movie. Watching his girlfriend having sex with strangers will be the least of his worries, though, after Lloyd discovered his hidden stash in the house. I’ve heard of dime bags before, but Vince was storing his blow in a gallon-sized freezer bag. That’s not a drug problem – it’s a crisis.
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Tags: Airwalker, Amanda Daniels, Ari Gold, Deadline Hollywood, Drama, Entourage, Entourage blog, Entourage recap, Entourage season 7 episode 9, Entourage season seven, Headlines, Johnny's Bananas, Peter Berg, Porn Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Sash Grey, Turtle, Vincent Chase
Wow!
This past episode blew me away… and not in the normal “ha ha” way. Ari is screwed and they will have to be extremely creative about how they bring him back from this one.
As for Vince…. I am not sure what to say. Once my favorite character is starting to make me feel sorry for him…. and losing respect.
Very good season so far… just darker than expected.
yeah it’s dark and depressing lately. Just when you think Ari’s getting out of his troubles, he gets knocked down even more. And Vince is acting like a putz – it’s kind of stupid how his normally intelligent character has made a 360. not sure how realistic that is.
I am loving this season!
Not surprised by vinces crash, just really hope he doesn’t end up in rehab, cos that is what is wrong with hollywood in my opinion.
Lovin the fact that Ari is guna have to turn it around too.
Favourite thing yet tho, drama might get with E’s assistant!
Love it!
This episode should’ve been called ‘Punkourage’ because damn near the whole Entourage got punk’d in this one.
4. Turtle gets punk’d by Urlacher at the bar. A quick little dig but Turtle still b!tches out he could’ve just said ‘well forget it then’ to Urlacher and counted him out.
3. Eric and Vince get punk’d by Peter Burg at the lunch meeting. I guess in Hollywood that happens a lot but I’d find it hard to work with someone who feels like they have to threaten me first. This ain’t the army. Then again everybody ain’t the warrior type.
2. Turtle gets punk’d again by Carlos and his ‘attorney’ at his OWN HOUSE. Not cool. Turtle is indeed moving too fast and talking too much without Carlos’ permission, but he was only trying to help and Carlos probably should’ve mentioned the part about his brother before, you think?
1. Ari gets the mother of all punk’d scenes in HBO history maybe. As you say I don’t know how he’ll come back from this one but I hope it doesn’t turn into a season of him trying to win back his family. We still haven’t even seen what’s going to happen with E and Sloan’s engagement yet.
I’ve enjoyed this season but I was hoping it’d be the last. I just don’t want to see the show take a big nose dive like Oz and Sopranos did a few years back. I’m looking forward to the season finale though.
Frank, in case you were wondering, this isn’t the last season, but next season is. I looked it up on wikipedia and it says that they are only planning on doing six episodes next season and then ending it. I’ve also heard grumblings about a possible movie that would tie everything up a la Sex and the City.
They should increase the Episodes. Not end it. Great show! HBO doesn’t really have anything better, why end it!
Shame!
At least there will be no more of that horrible Sasha on mainstream TV and hope it stays that way.
Show will be sadly missed!
I’ve enjoyed this season. It’s nice to see Vince work through some personal demons, even though he’s generally being a total a-hole.
Drama is in love with E’s secretary and she seems to like him, which is almost as unbelievable as Amanda’s 180 degree turn when she agrees to work with Ari as part of the NFL in L.A. deal.
Not sure what to make of the tequila thing, although Mark Cuban is just a terrible actor. Turtle overstepped his bounds but his heart was in the right place. It seems like cooler heads should prevail here and they should be able to work something out with Carlos.
Sasha is the worst, a really poor casting choice. I like the idea of Vince falling for a porn star. It’s a good conflict. But it’s painful to watch. The relationship is just not believable. Their affections are too strained and her lines come out like they’re whispered first in her ear.
Yeah, I’m not sold on her as an actor. She’s not dreadful, but she isn’t a natural either. I thought she was pretty good in “Girlfriend Experience” though.
Of all the real world porn stars out there that could have played themselves, Sasha is probably the best of the bunch, and it feels somewhat realistic that Vince could fall for her.
I am enjoying this season…I hate to see it end and with the rumor being only 6 episodes and the series coming to an end next year…Im hoping for the best though
I think like everyone has said before…very darker then normal but I am a huge Entourage fan since day 1!!!