What I’m Watching: Entourage

Entourage: Season 8, Episode 4 “Whiz Kid” (B+)

This episode was decently entertaining, but it still does feel like not all that much is accomplished in the span of half an hour. There’s not even a mention of Drama’s TV show woes after Clay was replaced last week, so I guess that’s just being put on hold for the moment. Drama has his hands full at the start of this episode, encouraging Vince to lawyer up before going to the police station and then suggesting many horrifying ways which Vince might be able to clean out his system before the drug test. He does seem to be doing better, but smoking just to prove that he’s not an addict was a stupid move, and fortunately Billy’s fake penis worked and he isn’t headed straight back to jail. It’s nice that Eric always thinks everything is going to work out, and I’m glad that it was all fine even though he didn’t win that argument. The return of Shauna, brief as it was, was extremely amusing. Ari and Dana’s budding relationship is highly entertaining, as they bet which of the two of them had gotten more e-mails and voicemails. Both Ari and Mrs. Ari were rather furious at therapy, and Ari seems so desperate to show off that he too has found someone that he’s stupid enough to take Dana out to dinner on a date to Bobby Flay’s restaurant. That’s a relationship that actually could have worked, and it’s a shame that he’s sabotaged both of his potential relationships.