Lloyd’s Diary has been somewhat disappointing in it’s inaugural season. It started quite well, but for some reason the video diaries lacked in the middle of the season, perhaps because Lloyd wasn’t involved in the storyline as much? His written blog posts just weren’t compelling for me to read through.

It will be intriguing to find out how Lloyd will be integrated into each episode now he is Drama’s Agent. Episode 11, the penultimate episode has promise to be a great episode, as the last episode has instigated a storylines that involve each of the characters and we will see progress over these last two episodes. Although Vincent doesn’t have anything specific, I think the last episode should feature him returning to the set of Enzo: The Movie. This is the pick of what you have thought:

Berried Alive has to be up there with the best this season. The mix of activity was immense. And Episode 10 didn’t even contain a single sex scene, or nudity for that matter.

Episode 10 ‘Berried Alive’
E, Vince, and Turtle meet Drama at Canter’s

Let’s start with Johnny Drama’s adventure which pretty much entails the war between Lloyd and Ari. This perhaps is the second love triangle in this episode, and it really is the classic Entourage! Agents fighting over Actors and each other. I really enjoy the drama (pun not intended) within the confines of Miller Gold, and within offices in general. And the contrast of Drama taking control of the situation from the comfort of Vince’s pad/mansion – just wonderful. It would be sweet if Johnny got this job on Melrose 2009. And let’s bring back Sadie from the Pleasure Chest, I think Drama deserves a girlfriend, and Sadie would be perfect!

It seems like Lloyd finally has Ari’s support when he mentions to Drama, that he’ll be ‘gunning’ for Lloyd. After all that anger I would leave Miller Gold too! All I’m hoping for now, is for Ari to get a shmokin’ hot assistant, that rivals his wittiness and general abuse levels that we know and love. I immediately think Lizzie Grant would be perfect for that position, but unfortunately she’s a ‘junior agent’. Perhaps something can be done there Mr. Gold?!

Will there be a romantic rendezvous between Turtle, Jamie Lynn-Sigler and the brunette sorority chick? Probably not, but it was the intial love triangle that I was talking about, and it was mentioned by Turtle himself. I think we’d all love to see Turtle go off with the sorority chick and diss Jamie-Lynn for just a little bit of fun.

Like the earlier episodes of season six, Vincent Chase really had no part. Just an innocent bystander to all the happenings around him. I have to say, after 10 episodes, I really want him to start working again, I mean don’t get me wrong, it’s been great seeing the rest of the boys have their own stories and adventures, but can’t we have both?

Episode 10′s Music:
• “Good Thing It’s A Ghost Town Around Here” by Still Flyin’
  [Intro: The crew leave the bar]
• “Groove Attacks” by Eric Hachikian
  [Into the mansion]
• “Fur In My Cap” by Rob Roy
  [Turtle drops Eric at Ashley's]
• “Fattie Boom Boom” by Ranking Dread
  [Hanging outside while Drama waits for a call]
• “Gold Guns Girls” by Metric
  [Jamie-Lynn drives Turtle to UCLA]
• “Hello” by Alex Winston
  [Lloyd waits at the Gate]
• “Summer’s Gonna Be My Girl” by The Go
  [Drama tells Lloyd]
• “Lonely Road” by Santilli
  [Britney at the Green Door talking to Eric on the phone]
• “Magic” by Lady Hawke
  [Song playing at the Green Door]
• “I Wanna Be Where You Are” by Michael Jackson
  [End Credits]

Episode 10 promises to continue the interesting story lines of both Drama and Turtle, but Ashley is still suspicious over Eric’s ‘other’ relationships. This is what the official episode preview has to say: “Drama eyes a part on Melrose 2009 and asks Lloyd if he can get him out of his current gig on Five Towns. Still irate over Lloyd’s job offer, Ari goes to war against Lloyd to get Drama out of his contract. Citing their trust issues, Ashley asks Eric if she can read his e-mails so that they can have an open and honest relationship. Turtle feels guilty about his love triangle, of sorts, with Jamie-Lynn and a UCLA co-ed. ”

This season while not fully involving Vincent Chase, has been a welcome change, we really got to see Eric, Drama and Turtle develop a lot more. And although the previous couple of episodes have been somewhat alright, they haven’t been the best, so I think we might see an explosive end to this season. Plus we have the likes of Matt Damon and the King – Lebron James yet to appear!

And finally Lloyd has a VIDEO diary to share with us all. I love the idea of these video diaries, but I just can’t stand reading his ‘blog’. They should give us more video, and because they’re short it’s quick bit-sized entertainment that pulls us through the week till the next ep. It would be cool to see the other characters get involved in some kind of extra videos playing their characters or even behind the set through the real actors. Maybe it could be security footage or telephone recordings etc. I think Lloyd’s video diaries and Doug Ellin’s behind-the-scenes have both been very welcome additions to this season.

After seeing Vincent Chase getting dressed up in his ‘Enzo’ gear, could he be finally ready to go back on set again? For some reason I think it will happen in the last episode. It would be nice if next season was devoted to his film making again. Next episode should be awesome!

Some of your reviews, comments and just plain random Entourage stuff coming from the twitterverse:

Turtle finds his underwear, and it wasn’t Curtis who stole them!
Inset: Drama finds Vince banging.

A couple of scenes that caught my eye in Security Briefs: When we see Vincent putting his back into it (Dawn Olivieri) while Drama is conversing with the ‘Pleasure Chest’ worker, Sadie (damn she was fine! played by Inbar Lavi). While that whole scene wasn’t shocking, it was still funny as fuck. And the second scene when all of Turtle’s fans pull up their skirts to reveal that they are wearing his underpants, especially when the one that’s not still shows her thong, yeeeeeeeeeeeew! Turtle is going to be in trouble, and to be honest it will be awesome when he does. Maybe it’s the sadistic part of a my male personality that loves when these events happen on Entourage. OK, it’s not as shocking as Californication, but at least it’s not as crass.

Ashley appears again. Oh and I almost forgot about the results from the ‘Ashley Vs. Sloan’ Vote, which I should have in the next few days. Her character is just a bit lame, being suspicious about E’s phone call with Drama and Turtle, I mean what the fuck was that? Why doesn’t she just ring the number if she’s that paranoid E is cheating?? Sloan definitely has to return to rescue Eric out of a bad relationship.

Let’s not forget the cameos from Zac Efron, Frank Darabont and the second or third appearance of Peter Stormare. Zac Efron could have been one of the worst celebrities to be on, but he actually wasn’t too bad at all, I like how he was introduced, and it was great to see there was a MILF involved. Frank Darabont and his story about the convict that wanted to ‘Shawshank’ his ass was classic, especially when he pulls out a gun from his satchel. These cameo’s saved this episode, because the feud between Ari and Lloyd was just too intense. And wasn’t it really wierd that Lloyd was immediately replaced by ‘Craig/Greg?’ (Sterling Sulieman I was expecting Lizzie Grant or just some stunning woman with beautiful eyes… weren’t you?

The soundtrack:

• “Always More (Yuksek Remix)” by Autokratz
  [Ashley is paranoid]
• “Sweet Side of Evil” by Brain Police
  [Pleasure Chest Sadie talks to Drama]
• “Get Fed” by The High Decibles
  [Lloyd talks to Ari about the 100 days.]
• “Terrifying” by Pop Levi
  [Music playing in the Pleasure Chest.]
• “Mournin’ Light” by Pop Levi
  [Music playing in the Pleasure Chest.]
• “Dita Dimone” by Pop Levi
  [Music playing in the Pleasure Chest.]
• “Piece of Clay” by Marvin Gaye
  [End Credits]

Congratulations again goes to Entourage for reaching the 75th Episode!

The next episode is Episode 9 in Season 6, and as I mentioned earlier is the 75th episode of Entourage. Entitled ‘Security Briefs’, it looks like Vincent Chase steps up his security after that break-in with Curtis Tucker the key suspect. Zac Efron’s appearance is due, thanks to Ari Gold stealing him from Adam Davies – Ari’s Arch-Nemesis. While Adam Davies offers Lloyd a job as an agent (will Lloyd finally have a worthy part this season?). Meanwhile, Drama goes on his own mission, and investigates Vince’s suspected stalker and typical for Ashley’s character she grows increasingly suspicious of Eric.

Personally I hope that we all don’t mind the continuing appearance of Ashley (we’ll see how she goes in the Ashley Vs. Sloan vote on Saturday 12th), because her re-appearance could turn for the worse for all us Entourage fans.

It’s just too bad we have to wait a week longer for this episode. ‘Security Briefs’ finally looks like Vincent Chase is involved in something, and Turtle receiving extra attention at College should be another laugh and a half.

Ashley or Sloan?
Vote below or tweet #VoteAshley or #VoteSloan
And come back on Saturday September 12 for the results!

There are two ways to participate, vote below and/or tweet (or just click on the links!) #VoteAshley to choose Ashley or #VoteSloan for Sloan. We will count all these up and announce the winner on Saturday 12th September – the day before Episode 9 ‘Security Briefs’.

Who will it be? And why? Has E blown his last chance to be with Sloan? And will Ashley be the jealous/suspicious girlfriend again since she’s back with E?

TVFodder.com’s Janaki Cedanna has review that’s longer than the script for the entire episode (possibly for people who haven’t watched the episode?!) and he reckons:

…this episode of Entourage is the best one all season.

Now I don’t know about you, but I can’t agree with that at all, for reasons outlined in my own review and above.

Not sure about DaemonsTV review, more of a recap than anything else. Jeremy Singer from andPOP.com has a review that is in total agreement with my own thoughts, as he goes on to say:

…this was a weak episode. Probably the weakest this season.

Jeremy also points out that without Ari Gold’s presence the show loses a lot of elements that make it such an appealing show, I’d even go on to say that even the scene that Ari was in was a bit out of touch, would Ari Gold really be over at Vince’s house because of a possible break-in? Don’t think so. Even Michael at the ‘Entourage the blog’ has gripes about there being not much Ari Gold.

And to round-up the reviews, IGN’s Ahsan Haque rates this episode 9.3 out of 10. What did you rate it?

It took seven episodes for Jeremy Piven to have one scene in an entire episode. I don’t even remember when the last time Ari Gold had such a small part. Wish it wasn’t the way, but it pretty much happens in almost every series. We will welcome another jam-packed Ari Gold episode soon!

Drama is about to be tortured.
Episode 7 ‘No More Drama’

Eric ‘E’ Murphy, looked a bit more cooler this week, without the likes of Ashley and him hanging around his office at the Murphy Group. His new colleague Scotty (played by Scott Caan), was such an annoying fuck, he definitely made E look good. And I loved that, hopefully the rivalry between them will grow as I think we’d all want to see a bare knuckle fight or two between them. Perhaps we will see Scotty start to tune Sloan, or maybe Scotty could hire Seth Green?! Now I’m starting to become one mischievous fuck. Oh and let’s not forget E’s possible assistant, Kate Mara, another beautiful woman on Entourage.

Bob Saget and Murray Berenson (played by George Segal) are two class acts and they seriously stole the show this episode. There are two quotes that reach the ‘best of’ for this episode, one has to go to George’s character Murray saying the following to E as he leaves his office:

“Maybe tomorrow you could go get Christian Bale?
And we could let him execute a cinematographer if he wants.”
Murray Berenson

The other goes to Bob Saget ofcourse:

“That’s just what I want to look at when I’m sniffing a line of blow off her ass. Your fuckin’ face.”
Bob Saget

Overall, another great fuckin’ episode, I still can’t forget about Bob Saget (and his hot girl! who is she? Katerina Van Derham) and Murray, they were fuckin’ funny.
This episode really did seem a bit short?!
HBO, Doug Ellin and your fellow writers, let’s bring the series to an hour an episode. I think us fans really need it to be that long. It just ain’t enough at the moment. Kudos also goes to Vincent’s housemaid ‘Maria’ played by Paulette Lamori, would be cool if she played a sort of motherly role for Vincent.

• “I Get Mine” by The Ettes
  [Vince scopes out the undie burglar]
• “I Can Hear You Calling” by Three Dog Night
  [Drama arrives at the Studio gates]
• “Straight outta Compton” by N.W.A
  [End Credits]

What you said about Episode 7 ‘No More Drama’:

Eric Murphy looks like he’ll have some beef with Scott Caan (of Ocean’s movie fame) at his new place of employment. Pretty sure last episode was the last of Ashley as well, good news for some? Perhaps it will be all about business for E from now on.

A Newsday.com Entourage blog points out what the possibilities/repercussions of the college sex video might have on Vincent Chases’ storyline. Interesting points, personally I think it will definitely happen, how can they let go of such a topical tale.