The final episode of 8 seasons aired tonight. A terrifc ending of a wonderfully funny series, one of my favorite comedies ever.
I will miss the boys. And I will miss all the smoking hot chicks almost as much.
There have been rumors flying around for a couple of years about a spin off series or movie. I hope something concrete comes out.
Bonus question – does Ari fuck up his marriage AGAIN over the final offer from the CEO?
That was a sweet ending. I’m glad that everything worked out.
Ari’s gonna make it work. He really did have a revelation.
Does sweet = plausible? I didn’t think any of that was plausible. And Ari’s “revelation” was ridiculous. “Here comes the Shawshank Redemption moment,” I said. I’m disgusted.
I wasn’t disgusted, but I basically agree. I thought he would try to bring force daughter into the agency to represent musicians.
But… I called it a week ago in another thread. They could have done better than an aria as the explanation of why.
No way that’s forever the end of Entourage. With that ending, they’re spinning it for at least one last grand-finale movie for sure.
Also, Led Zep’s Going to California for the closing song seemed like a bit of a hint.
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“Made up my mind to make a new start, Going To California with an aching in my heart.”
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“The sea was red and the sky was grey, wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today.” *
I am not a Hater. I have stuck with Entourage through all of its seasons and have actually liked it when most bailed but this finale sucked. It would have made a passable season finale but as a series finale (and obviously a movie set up) it was bad.
The plot lines and resolutions were all rushed and there was very little sense of the show’s history. And maybe the worst offense, it wasn’t very funny.
So Sloan forgave E based on a lie, or an untruth (that he had not slept with her former stepmother). So how long before she finds out the truth? And how long before Turtle’s restaurant business crashes and burns? And I liked the post-credits sequence of Ari being given an impossible choice. Ideally his wife would accept that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and agree to it, but that’s not going to happen. She will probably immediately divorce him if he takes the job, but even if she does not, he will still be the absent husband and father and she’ll divorce him eventually.
I realize we’ll never get answers to these questions, but I wonder about them.
Series finales are almost always disappointing (with a few exceptions), its just the nature of the beast. I was fine with it for the most part. I didn’t really buy Ari’s conversion 100%, but I am thinking maybe 60%…good enough.
Overall, I loved the series. It was just fun to watch, what more can you ask.
Aww crap, I missed that.
Pretty much a fairy-tale ending. “And they all lived happily ever after. The End”
It’s sweet. Or it’s overly sweet if you want to complain. I choose not to. I’ll remember the show fondly.
I thought the Vince marriage storyline was ridiculously unrealistic and contrived, and was basically yet another Hollywood “stalking is cute” trope. I would have much rather seen Vince just flat out get rejected by a woman and have to deal with the ego blow. Instead we get another, rosy, the sun-always-shines-on-Vince’s-ass, fairy tale ending.
The pregnancy thing with E also seemed contrived, and I wasn’t buying the reconciliation and the outcome was of little interest anyway. The actors playing E and Sloane have never had the slightest chemistry, and neither one has a personality, so I never felt I was ever given any reason to care about them.
They didn’t do anything with Drama.
Turtle - who gives a shit? I never could stand that character.
Ari - not a bad ending. Maybe a little rushed with the epiphany, but not unbelievable. The show has laid enough foundation for Ari really caring about his family that it wasn’t out of the blue, and the ambiguity of the tag wasn’t bad.
All in all, a mediocre finale to a mediocre show.
the pregnant sloan arc really put a damper on me enjoying this finale. the entire thing felt insanely rushed. too much happened behind the scenes. i don’t know why it was condensed to 8 episodes. 12 would have been perfect. close out johnny bananas and dice better. show-not-tell that the vanity fair journalist falls for vince. show with the new restaurant being successful (or a failure). show more of ari and his family being happy in florence (though i still really wished that ari ended up with dana gordon). come up with a better story than sloan’s pregnancy (just utterly unbelievable). show the wedding!
yeah, ari’s revelation wasn’t nearly the most unnerving thing about the finale, though i do wonder how the movie is going to play out.
also, no way E has only slept with 5 women in his life. there’s sloan, sloan’s friend who he had a 3some with, the prepubscent bug eye chick, perfect 10 model, his original gf from new york, and ari’s blond assistant. that’s 6 confirmed.
After the credits, John Ellis (played by Alan Dale) called to offer Ari his job as chairman and CEO of Warner Bros, which would make him Dana Gordon’s boss, and a whole lot of money and influence. (The weird thing is that as much of a player that Ari is, he’s not been shown to have a lot of money. His wife bankrolled the investment in Miller-Gold, the agency he just gave up.)
well… he has money but “only” high 6-figures/low 7 figures a year money. like Ellis said - “do you want to wear nice suits and drive nice cars or do you want to be the guy who owns the companies that make those suits and cars?”
Huh, I guess I’m in the minority. I liked it. I agree that a few of the happily-ever-afters felt a bit contrived, but let’s remember this is a “bros and hot chicks” comedy (even if it has gone through its dark moments). Of course Vince would fall madly in love, Ari and… uh, Mrs Ari would end up back together, and so would Eric and Sloan. I did like that the show made a little fun about that last bit, though. “Don’t say anything to us until it’s resolved… we can’t stand this back and forth anymore.” (paraphrase, obviously)
I did think, however, that Ari’s story was perfect. He has his epiphany and gives up his job for his family… only to be offered the Job of A Lifetime and thrown right back into old Ari mode again. Yes he’s a “new man,” but no way can he giv
I expected more from Terrance. Just a “I’m going to kill you” call, then nothing? Eh, it’s a short show, I guess.
I agree, but damn- Ari’s got to be a real idiot if he forces that to happen. Was he paying as much attention to her in that bikini as I was? Ain’t no way I’d trade that in for a job.
With the kind of money he would be making, he would have no problems getting women. The problem is that he genuinely loves his wife and children. (BTW, that’s always been one of the nice things about the show; that he’s constantly torn between home and the office.)
Okay, I have no idea if this was the writers’ intent, but here’s one plausible explanation for Sophia’s accepting Vince’s proposal.
She’s marrying Vince’s bank account. And his black card, and his next house, and his investments and so forth. Her only line in the episode (besides “Thank you” to the Aris) is “Well, I liked the ring too much not to at least see how we are as traveling partners.” Her last SO was not just a doctor, but the chief of pediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins. Part of Turtle’s sales pitch to her was Vince paying the mortgage on Turtle’s mom’s house; IIRC, that’s when she perked up. And 24 hours’ notice doesn’t leave much time for a pre-nup, and certainly not with all the running around Vince did that day.
Doesn’t necessarily mean she planned from the start to exploit him, but she may be that way inclined, and she started taking an interest in Vince when people started telling her how incredibly generous he is. It certainly makes more sense than expecting us to believe she fell madly in love overnight.
I think that keeping the finale to the regular half-hour format really cost them. They had to resolve everything with a finger snap or nose twitch.
I was really, really disappointed in the Sophia story. Vince is such a doofus, he has no idea how to treat women. The reporter totally saw this and was able to blow him off.
Oh, just give me one chance pleeeeeease. Hey we’re getting married!
It would have been so much easier if it just ended with Vince being single, and having learned ONE lesson about women while he was in Hollywood.
Ah well…at least Entourage is consistent. I shouldn’t have expected more 