Entourage 6.2 (Spoilers)

While not a classic episode, the second episode of the sixth season of Entourage almost felt like it was when compared to the season premiere a week earlier.

This episode had some really good humor. The best part of it being that most of the funny moments had to do with the characters interacting with each other as opposed to being put into situations that were funny on their own discretion. Also, a discussion about "Knocked Up" that persists over the course of the episode is very well done and humorous. Well written comedy in this episode.

We also get a good look at Andrew Klein (Gary Cole) in this episode. Most of what we saw from him last season was his hesitance to join Miller-Gold. Now it seems that he is thriving in his new position, so much so that he is having some sort of an affair with another agent. This causes Ari to get upset because Klein is not respecting what Ari he gave him (his career/relevance) and could be throwing it all away for a fling. Ari attempts to stop Klein from interacting with the agent and warns him that he is risking a lot. Additionally there are a couple of funny interactions between Lloyd and Klein.

Probably the most interesting moment of the entire episode was the meeting with the show-runners (the interesting part lasting about one minute in screen time). In the meeting we get to see Ari at work and we get a look at why he is so good at what he does. This is what I wish the show focused on more. Why is Vince a movie star? Why is Ari such a great agent? I wish we got more of these scenes. This stuff is interesting and could give the audience an idea about how Hollywood works (whether it's factual or not).

This episode also focuses on E and Sloan again, but at least we got some progression in their story, even if it means that their romance will drag out even longer than first expected. E invites Sloan to Vince's premiere, though they go as friends. E confesses to Sloan that he doesn't think he can be just friends with her, she replies with maybe they shouldn't be friends and goes off to do her own thing. At the end of the episode E gets a text from Sloan reading "Sorry" which Eric deletes. He presumably heads off into the night to be with one of his neighbors who has been hitting on him the whole episode. So, it appears that E is going to forget about Sloan, at least for the time being. At this point, it would be surprising if E and Sloan do not end up back together, so now that it seems they are further apart than before is somewhat frustrating. Again, at least something happened with this storyline and we didn't get five scenes where the guys tease E about his relationship with Sloan. I think we only got two. Hopefully E finally being on his own will mean that those scenes will reduce significantly.

My biggest complaint about this episode and about how the show is being handled has to do with Vince's career. At the end of the day, Vince's career is what allows all of the good times to occur. His success means success and happiness for all the main characters in the show, so it is important for the audience to get an idea of how Vince's career could do a 180 and he can be a huge star again. The show has failed to do that in nearly every way imaginable. We don't really see any evidence that would leave us to believe that Vince can act again. It just happens and we are supposed to believe it. Other than Martin Scorsese directing "The Great Gatsby" we don't know a single other person who is involved in the movie. They wasted about two seasons on "Medellin" and Vince's career ended up in shambles. It has now taken him three episodes to be back on top. Gatsby is sold as Vince's comeback, yet we don't know anything about it. We don't see anything that would make that believable. They could have at least done half of this season on Vince's comeback to at least sell the audience on it.

Overall, this was a decent episode. It did what it was trying to do; hold Vince's premiere/seal his comeback once more and have some character progression. The episode didn't advance the storylines greatly (with the exception of E/Sloan) but it was a light, fun episode. For it being one of those types of episodes it was above average.

Episode Grade: B-