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That 24 year old that E is gonna hit up, can get it.
 

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EHME said:
That 24 year old that E is gonna hit up, can get it.

Check out the Bill Murray movie "Broken Flowers" for a full frontal shot of her (though I'm sure you can also find it on the web, I suppose).
 

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Tris from Nick and Norah... took me all episode to figure out where I knew her from.

Sloane blows her away, though. Gorgeous.

I'm always really entertained by Entourage but in most of the episodes nothing really happens.
 

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She's hot as balls, but I think everyone's tired of Sloane. That story has played itself out time and time again, they need to kill it.
 
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Interesting ep. Turtle wants to make something for himself on his own and E has to do his first tough job as an agent.
 

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I guess Entourage, Hung, and True Blood have all been renewed for another year due to strong ratings. Sorry if it was already posted.
 

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That's not bad news, except I think Entourage is getting stale... As it has been for a long time, Piven is carrying the show.
 

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I think I'm one of the few who thinks it isn't getting stale. Characters are developing and new stories are being told. If they stuck with another "Vince can't get this movie but wants this," then I'd say it's getting stale.

I'm in the minority here.
 

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I agree. Ari getting a soul, E trying to make it on his own and Turtle breaking out by hooking up with Jamie-Lynn along with the addition of Gary Cole and Lloyd's increased presence have all helped this show IMO.
 

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I'm really liking this season's focus on everyone but Vince. The Ari/Andrew stuff is awesome, as is the Turtle/Jamie Lynn stuff. Always nice to see another Ed Burns/Drama scene as well.
 

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I enjoyed last night's episode, but it further showcased the strange "sympathies" for the characters:

- Woe is Vince. His movie career is back on track, he has lots of money, but he can't film his latest movie for another 12 weeks! He has to sit around, not work, have lots of money, and have sex with cute café waitresses. How can he survive these next 3 months?

- Poor Turtle. He's trying to make something of himself and that damn hot girlfriend of his keeps buying him nice clothes to make himself look presentable! What an unfortunate mess he's gotten himself into.

- Can things get any worse for Drama? He had to spend all day making out with models, but not one of them "clicked" for what he, as an actor, needs for the very short scene they needed a girl for. The Brothers Chase have hit hard times.

- E... he finally realized that even though he has an extremely successful career with Vince, the Murphy Group is just a facade to make himself feel like he has more worth. He closes it down, but he's not happy. I can't really be sarcastic about this one because it does suck for him personally, but it's not like he's out on the street now.

So, if the idea is that the audience is supposed to say "Ha, Hollywood douches! Look how they think their rich person problems are bad things!" like I did, then awesome job. If we're actually supposed to feel sorry for these people, I'm not seeing it.
 

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I didn't actually think we were supposed to feel bad for Drama but honestly I just don't like Drama so maybe I'm being "insensitive" to him. But for the others I don't think its really "rich people" problems, its more real world problems many of us face that money doesn't eliminate. Vince is lonely and needs distractions and work to keep from looking at it. E fears he's a failure who has been riding his buddy's coattails and would be nowhere without him. And Turtle's just struggling with the guilt of not being able to provide for himself.

They're not world changing problems and certainly not the sort of thing that can leave you out of the street or anything. They're just matters of personal growth and happiness. Especially with Turtle and E where its a matter of personal pride as they both struggle to deal with being dependent on others. I don't know, I'm certainly not crying for them but I'm willing to toss a little sympathy for guys experiencing problems you can actually relate a bit to regardless of class level. I'm not really feeling or pulling for them either, though. Just sort of watching.

Drama on the other hand, I just don't think gets any happier or much sadder. Until he's winning an Emmy he'll still have an inflated ego and will sabotage himself with it. And even then he'd probably start pushing for a dramatic lead in an Oscar caliber film. But he seems pretty content with this life so as long as he's working I think he's basically happy. He'll just find things to complain about.
 

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I'm kind of torn on E closing the Murphy Group. Sloan pushes Eric to be independent while Ashley is saying "yeah, but you have Vince."

I'm siding with Sloan at the moment. Eric is a driven person and Sloan brings that out of him while Ashley is basically saying "You have Vince. Be happy with what you have." The new girl is holding E back.
 

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I don't know that she's holding him back but she is definitely enabling him at the very least while Sloane would have probably done the opposite. I don't really know how we were supposed to read it because it doesn't seem like a cut and dry thing. The Murphy Group IS apparently pretty pointless and he IS seemingly wasting time and money. Where this leaves E now though, who knows? The "you have Vince" thing is a little different from Turtle because E really can take credit in Vince's career and has been the driving force behind most of his successes. So its not mooching even if it seems like it might be. But still, it is basically dependent on Vince with him seemingly unable to do more.

Its weird. Closing the Murphy Group and settling with Vince is clearly a step backwards. But the Murphy Group was also a failure so continuing it just to say you're independent is probably deluded and pointless.

If we think back E probably would have been better off taking the job with Sloane's dad as an agent. He's clearly got some skills for the job but just can't build an agency from scratch, which in all fairness even Ari needed some help with. I wonder if the end game of this might be him joining Ari's firm since Ari really has helped him along a bit the last season or so and we've seen him bring his old friend in and now train Lloyd. So maybe he's in position to help out another friend, especially after he did some good with Turtle.
 

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Holy crap, that was some serious filler. I'm glad Ari and Drama keep me watching this show, not much else going on.
 

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The Ari/Jeffrey Tambor stuff was great. Everything else was average. Weakest episode of the season, so far.
 

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I thought Turtle's 180 on Tom Brady was pretty funny. That's every guy in the world, in a nutshell. "FUCK TOM BRADY, oh, what's that, you are inviting me to your house? You're so awesome."

And I'd be calling bitches Sloane, too... she's a goddess.
 

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Classic line from last nights episode...

Vince: "Jamie's not that type of girl."

Drama: "She jerked Turtle off on a plane."
 

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Solid episode there. Drama's loyalty to Turtle was the best part, although Vince scoping for co-eds was pretty funny.
 

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Great episode. E growing balls was awesome and Andrew Kline succeeding was even better. Sorkin still hiring him while he was in prison was one of the best feel-good moments of the series.
 

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I don't know if I like the foreshadowing that Vince or one of the group is going to get injured by this crazy guy from Wisconsin.

But the security scenes were pretty funny.
 

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I didn't much care for the stalker deal turning into nothing. The Lloyd stuff was fun but predictable. Season's been boring and needs Billy Walsh already.
 
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