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If the writers were set on this story line it should have been done over the course of ~3 episodes. Fire E in one, show each working independently in a second, then Vinny gets the movie in the third. The firing of E and subsequent rehiring within 3 min made the episode another with relatively little substance.

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eric shouldn't have gone back to Vince. I wish the episode would have ended with E telling Vince that he was not going to be his manager anymore.

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If Michael Phelps was going to bump into anybody on the street, it should have been Vince. One Aquaman to another.

I would have liked for the break between E & Vince to have lasted at least through the hiatus. Vince is too stand-up a guy to not acknowledge that E did play a role in him getting noticed by Scorcese, but he could have at least left him dangling a bit with the knowledge that he would be working on a serious A-List project while E was out in the cold.

I'm also hoping they come back to stay in New York for awhile. It would at least a whole different species of celebrity guest stars and cameos. Maybe even a few from the Broadway world?

And let's see Johnny do a role on 'Law & Order' or '30 Rock'! 'Fringe' or 'Life On Mars'!

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I too wished they would have ended it differently, and I really thought they would. It just didn't make sense that they would resolve everything so fast, and like you said, it would have been much more interesting to see Vince start over from the beginning, audition and stuff like that.

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this was one of my favorite episodes of the show's entire run. Any ep with the mom from Big is good, but Turtle's mom takes the cake! I think it was about time for a "feel good" season ending too.

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It was a good episode marred by the ridiculously quick reunion between Vince and E. Vince blames Eric for his life at the lowest of points and yet the two are back together within five minutes. The writers created legitimate drama and shrugged it off like they had a change of heart a page later in the script. I agree with the post that it would have been interesting to see Vince have to audition for roles and sort of reboot his career. I also agree that Vince's best scene (maybe of the series) was when he threw the phone. Seriously, up until now, I just don't buy Vince as a good actor - heck, he doesn't even change his look for movies (sans the Medellin fat suit). We need more examples of good acting. His stuff from Smoke Jumpers? The German director may have been insane, but I didn't buy Vince either. He wasn't convincing. Anyway, I hope the writers can still surprise us.

I know Gary Cole episodes are a precursor for a bigger role in the upcoming season, but it was dropped terribly a couple episodes ago. He appears in one scene after Babs agrees to let him come on board. Seriously? We have a new character rushed into the storyline and then forgotten after joining the agency?

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I was a bit disappointed with the lack of a cliffhanger at the end of this season. But, this was a dark season for Vince, so I think the writers wanted to give us some good news for a change.

Being in a Scorcese film is going to do nothing but great things for Vince's career, so I have to wonder what kind of struggles we will see in the next season. Maybe more from E, Drama, and Turtle instead?

LOVED the emotion from Vince. He basically hit rock bottom in that moment, and it was great to see.

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I don't totally agree with you Josh, I think the reconciliation also was legitimate, I mean they've been friends for so long, what you tell someone when you're in a dark place doesn't matter, you just get over it ... it's just friendship.

Although, I have to say that to see Vince start again from the beginning could have been fun (cause we never actually got to see the beginning)

As for Vince performance, I didn't buy it either and I don't think he's that good of an actor (for a Scorsese or even for a tv show)...

For the dropped arcs, I was dissapointed about Drama since we haven't heard a single thing about his show (he sure does wear his hat thou).

Anyway, it was a great episode and a pretty good season.

9 months to go 'till season 6 !

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What a great season finale for Entourage.

I think anyone complaining about the quick resolution between E and Vince should probably go back to the S1 finale. Vince, Drama, and Turtle basically grill E about what he can do for vince and then 5 minutes later E is bringing Vince's wallet to the airport, all is forgotten, they head off to shoot QB. It may have been a little rushed, but when is the last time all 4 of the boys were on top?

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Am I the only one that understands that 5:12 was the last episode? The build up to the "divorce" between Eric and Vince was how a season should end, leaving cliffhangers around Turtle's love life, Ari's new agency player. Ideally the plot hints that Eric makes his tv-show happen - after Vince and him split, leaving Vince in a rot, with no career in sight - everyone is happy except for Vince!

But the 2 min makeup scenes at the end are clear to me, everyone ends up happy - sure there are loose ends, but nothing to bad to end of a show like Entourage.

I love this show, and would unhappy to see it go, but this is potentially how this show ends...

Anyone else scared?

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PiP,

Entourage has already been renewed for next season and I believe production has already been started.

No worries.

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Pip has a point, I didn't think about it. It does look like last-minutes adds to make the show end on a nice note. but since it was green-lighted for another 2 seasons, I guess that's not it.

Anyway, I thought the last 3 episodes were horrible. The entire build-up towards the cancelation of smoke jumpers could have been done in one episode (if not one half). For 3 episodes, we had nothing on turtle and drama. very, very boring stuff.

then finally, today was great, but I have to agree with the reviewer, bad, illogical ending.
Should E and Vince make up? Sure. But in no universe would they be back together as manager/client. That's just common sense. Was E lucky? Sure, but this is how hollywood works. You never know what's gonna happen (although it ususally doesn't happen so fast. In one day's time!).

Anyway, I would also have loved for Vince to be down a little longer. This is ridiculous, a Scorsese movie just like that?
Characters are supposed to work on their problems, figuring solutions through adversity and tough time. Not have a random bit of luck!
E and vince are supposed to get their friendship back, by realizing you don't mix business and pleasure, or that their friendship means more to them than any work. Not because lady luck struck them, and, oh well, since everything is good again, let's be friend again!

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So 12 shows is a season? What garbage!! I was pi**ed. So we wait more than a year and then three months the show is out? Geez I hope no one hurt themselves making 12 whole shows in a row. How about a season actually heing a season - like 23 episodes? is that too much to ask? 13 maybe alright if they're hour-long (like the Sopranos) It's not like they're all so busy in their "off-season" they couldn't do more shows. And what - so things will be filmed in NY awhile while Jeremy Piven is on Broadway? Convenient.
This is the kind fo crap that makes me go from loving a show to hating it. And it's not devoted fans like us who keep a show on - its the rest who are never going to write into this blog - they're jsut going to stop watching teh show. To Doug et al - more shows - a "season" should last longer than 3 months!!

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I agree with Toby. They should let Michael Phelps bump into Vince and ask Aquaman for an autograph.

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It's like the writers for Entourage are still on strike.

12 episodes and what happens:

The main part to try and get him on Smoke Jumpers, which then he's fired from on day 2.

We got no Drama/Turtle storylines in this season. Drama only got one storyline IMO when he broke up with his girl, and told The View about it

Turtle's relationship with Jamie-Lynn Sigler is off the charts unreal. Would never happen. Why not try and kickstart his music career again. Might be a complaint from Mr. Ferrara himself, but Turtle is not this cuddly guy... he smokes weed, likes porn and to play videogames, and he would've told the guys he was having sex with a celebrity like her for sure.

Early on in the season (episode 1 or 2?) we got to see Eric was taking on new clients, with Charlie (Bow Wow) but there was never really any time devoted to that story, unless to give Bow Wow a sex scene, and then maybe 30-60secs in this finale.

Drama is on the show, supposedly doing well. Why not let the audience see how well he's doing, let people recognize him, go to some events and things like that.

Nothing really happened in Ari's world either. He rejeced the studio job (how long can he expect Dana to do him favors for getting her that job). I expected to see some action when he got his Gary Cole hired (can't remember character name). Never got to see any real Hollywood clients like in early seasons (unless I'm forgetting)

Of course it's mainly about Vince, but this season I think was too focused on Vince, so much that they forgot the other characters.

The appearance of Dom was also ridiculous.

All in all, a very disappointing season.

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I think it ended well. Vinnie fell down, and got picked up big time in the last two episodes.
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man out of work
waiting for the phone to ring
- life of an actor
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Phelps cameo was so short because he cannot act. Watch the Rosetta Stone commercials. I rest my case.

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I thought the Phelps cameo was great BECAUSE it was pointless.

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