The first reviews of the opening two episodes of season 6 are already coming through. THR’s Andrew Wallenstein critique of “Drive”, “Amongst Friends” and a scathing attack on Entourage in general seems like he is after a little bit of attention of his own — and we’ll give it to him! With quote’s like this:
The show wastes way too much time letting its core players interact with a boring collection of supporting players like Chriqui and Lee.
we wonder whether he has even watched the series? Rex Lee as Lloyd has been an amazing part of the interaction between Ari Gold and the boys, without him who would Ari turn on? Lloyd plays a role that is of great nuance to Ari Gold’s homophobic characteristics, and is even credited as a main character in Season 5.
Emmanuelle Chriqui who plays Sloan, is not as important as Lloyd, but too plays her part in creating a niche with her interactions with Eric. The relationship between Sloan and E has at times become quite vomitus, but that reaction itself plays an important part of how we see E (and we’ll be seeing more of Sloan this season: Daily News) It is therefore in total disagreement with Wallenstein that they are a “boring collection” of characters. One thing I will agree on, is if we could see more of Dana Gordon (Constance Zimmer) this season, she was a scene stealer — and one hot Entourage woman!
What I would love to see in Season 6 is more of Charlie (played by Bow Wow). When he punched Seth Green, it had to be one of my favorite scenes. Wouldn’t the tension between E and Vinnie be great to watch if Charlie had a higher-grossing movie?! Maybe even Ari could catch Charlie as a client? Spin-off series or mini-series perhaps?!
Other Critics: New York TV called this season’s first two “the depressing Entourage”, and maybe that’s where we’ll stop with the current crop of reviews — They’re depressing! This time next week we’ll be all f*ckin’ enjoying ourselves, that’s for sure!