Vincent Chase... your cars have just  been repossessed !  What are you going to do now?
I'm going to Joshua Tree!


What could have been a well written look into the true psyche of the 5 main characters of Entourage turned out to be the flatest episode of the season so far.  I was left feeling like I was being left out of an inside joke. 

What truly did Vincent discover on this journey, and once again, what about the rest of the gang? 
 

I guess we are supposed to gather from this that Ari is lost without Lloyd, but that was too obvious.
Or, that Turtle is still a mama's boy (and is jealous of Vince's relationship with E)
What about the fact that E could not talk?  Is it because he has to do so much fast talking these days?
And, what of Drama?  Why did he have no great epiphany?


When writing is at its most clever, the viewer is in on the joke or the revelation before the characters.
In this episode, the viewer was told what to think, and then told to think again.
It was too obvious.

I don't know.  Maybe I was mad because Kevin Connolly didn't have any lines.  All he got to do this episode is to look goofy (still cute though).  Maybe I missed the witty banter that usually goes on in each episode. Maybe I wanted to see into the souls of these guys, and was disappointed by the missed opportunity.

In past weeks, we have talked about filler episodes.   They are usually light and fluffy and like dessert. Sweet, with no substance, but delicious anyway. 

This episode was more like the rye bread on the table in a Kosher restaurant.  Dry, like the desert the boys wandered thru, and filling, but not much taste. Lacking in the butter found in other restaurants, we are left waiting for the main course.  Hopefully, next week, we will be served a full course meal again. 

Where do I place my order?