Entourage 6.3 (Spoilers)

This was one of the most perplexing episodes I have seen first time through. Mainly because looking back a lot seemed to happen, but it didn't feel as though a lot happened. I think this can be attributed to the flow of the episode. It was just off for some reason; it felt rushed.

A lot happens to Turtle in this episode, but, again, a lot of it felt rushed. The tabloids point out the improbability of his relationship with Jamie-Lynn Sigler. His mom wants him to do more with his life which leads to Turtle wanting more out of his life. It's his birthday; he receives two cars, one from Vince and one from Jamie-Lynn. Because he feels like he has not done a lot with his life, he goes to Ari for advice on his career. There's a good line from Ari about Turtle getting funding for his business, "Did you tell them (banks) about your hat collection?" Turtle, with the advice from Jamie-Lynn, decides to go back to school by the end of the episode. A lot happened to Turtle, but it feels like too much to condense into one episode (actually the span of one day) especially on a show where he is not the main character and where the show is only a half hour in length.

The other main focus of the episode was on Charlie, E's other client, who has created and stars in a television pilot. The show tests well with focus groups, but his character does not. The studio plans to get rid of him. E goes to Ari for advice on how he would fight for his client. Why is everyone going to Uncle Ari for advice? Also, is it a good thing when a character played by "Bow Wow" is one of the more interesting characters on your show? On the other hand, I have to give credit to "Bow Wow's" acting which has been surprisingly adequate (so far).

One quick observation. The four guys go out to test drive Ferrari's on the track as part of Vince's research for his next film (along with presenting Turtle with one of his two new cars). Anyways, for some reason Vince, who could not pass a driving test two episodes ago without bribing the proctor, is driving smoothly four-wide on the track. Just shows the lack of attention to detail that goes along with the show. Sure, not a big deal, but more of a "just sayin'."

In the last couple of minutes of the episode, Vince has an interesting line to E as he says, "everything's changed." For the characters in the show that seems to be somewhat true. Vince is a big star again. E now likes his neighbor and seems to have forgotten about Sloan. Turtle's changes were documented earlier. With all of those changes, one would think that it would feel like a lot has happened, but it does not feel like a whole lot has happened and I have little confidence that anything will change in the end. The line "everything's changed" could be considered one of the more laughable lines in the show's run. Sure, things have changed, but is there any doubt that when all of the storylines have concluded that things won't, in most ways, end up peachy for the main characters on the show? There is no sense that anything is really at stake for the characters.

Episode Grade: C-