The premiere finally. Words cannot express how awesome it is to see the boys back on tv. As it has been well reported, Lloyd seeks a promotion from Ari, Vincent learns to drive to get his driver’s license for his role in Enzo: The Movie, and E is interrupted by his ex Sloan.
The ‘Drive’ was a great reintroduction to all our favorite Entourage themes and relationships, Vincent still scoring beautiful women, Drama and his usual antagonism, Ari Gold putting down Lloyd etc. It also had new confrontations that will be intriguing to see over the course of the season with Lloyd “strong-arming” Ari, and as a result Ari giving him 100 days to prove his worth as an agent (is that right?) and E’s on-going love saga with Sloan.
You either owe me an apology or a blow job, your choice!
— Ari Gold, to Babbs
In the final scenes we see Vinnie on the couch by himself in his mansion, a rather bittersweet moment. And so Vincent being lonely will definitely be something to watch develop and surely struggle with, as E moves out, Drama working at his night-shoots, and Turtle hanging out with Jamie-Lynn — it is also quite a pertinent time to showcase such a theme.
Also featured was another great soundtrack, true to the Entourage formula that we know and love, check the music out:
- “Tainted” — Slum Village Feat. Dwelle
[Opening scene]
- “Gimmie That Nutt” — Eazy-E
[While 'E' shoots from the couch]
- “Close To Me” — The Cure
[Vinnie trying to reverse-park]
- “You’ll Find A Way (Switch & Sinden Remix)” — Santogold
[Lloyd waiting for Ari outside his house]
- “Lucky Man” — The Verve
[Closing Sequence]
Overall, was an excellent episode to bring us back to where we left off. We’re definitely f*ckin’ looking forward to next weeks Episode 2 ‘Amongst Friends’. What did you all think? I challenge you all to describe this episode in two words: I would say “F*ckin’ Awesome”. On a rather sad note, this episode was dedicated to Kevin Connolly’s late mother, Eileen Connolly, who died on 1st March, 2009. Condolences from us to you Kevin.
