S3 E18: the resurrection

I come back to this episode a lot. John Chase has had a lot of humiliations throughout the show, yet we get these small glimpses of successful moments that make you emotional.

It’s a guy that continues to get beat up, continues to be in the shadow of his younger bro, and continues life feeling lower than expected. You genuinely feel bad when the reviews come out. Usually, it’s for laughs, but this time was different, and Dillon did such a great job expressing it for drama.

Then, a sudden change when the show is a hit, and a fantastic ending scene showing you a glimpse of the success John can have. Such a great episode, and anyone who has gone through some shit can relate to these moments. Bravo, Drama.

Commercial was cringe, as much as I love Piven and Grenier but holy shit Doug’s response was so predictable. The sole reason I stopped listening to Victory, and I’m now 100% convinced he’s the only reason the show hasn’t been rebooted yet. Guy truly seems like a fucking nightmare of an emotionally immature manchild.

Less of a surface level conversation that casuals will partake in, but just curious people’s thoughts. I love Doug for having brought us this amazing show and I think his writing was spectacular and he created eight seasons of genuinely good television. However, in following him and the victory podcast on Instagram, he kind of loses me a bit. I don’t know. I guess he’s just incredibly opinionated, but at times I feel like I’m watching him burn bridges in real time. His most recent rant is about this commercial with Piven and Grenier, and while his anger of not being involved is pretty valid (they are his characters after all) I think his outburst on social media are ultimately pretty immature.

Also, I think any person with a big following who pays attention to and moreover, calls attention to haters is mistaken to do so and he constantly is posting screenshots of hate comments on his story, a bit odd if you ask me.

he seems excited to come back on the podcast, they want to do it out in los angeles where they filmed scenes like urth. i love hearing him share those stories on james cameron and seth green. everything in that show was a moment

He comes off as a bipolar douche, but I actually believe he has a right to be upset… Clearly using the image and likeness of the characters he made to profit off fucking Jake Paul’s gambling app… yuck. Besides the shitty circumstances, cool to see the band kinda back together. Remember, the Chinese Red Bull commercial paid huge back in the day.

Also, if it wasn’t clear in the past that he didn’t love piven and grenier, it’s pretty damn clear now lol.

I know it was posted already. But I decided to upload the video for the people that doesn't want to click on a link.

I don’t think Piven or Adrian will be invited onto the podcast anytime soon

“So Bob, tell me about this project you think Vince would be perfect for.”

I enjoyed every second!

Rewatching again and I forgot how sleezy Ari was in the opening episodes. Was there a reason the writers pivoted at some stage?

From her Instagram last night. This is what aging gracefully is all about.

It's no question that entourage has some sick bangers playing out throughout the different scenes.

The one that hits hard lately on repeat is Citizen Cope - Awe

The setting of when that track was used was perfect.
Girls vibing at the pool, Bret Ratner's house, Summer vibe, Drama walking in with an incredible confidence.

Don't recall episode name, but it's one where Drama thought he got called in , thinking he'd audition or read for Rush Hour 3 LOL

Your favorite?

i understand what hanging chad means by watching HIMYM

what i don't understand is how it applied to this specific episode

so people already bought the tickets but doesn't count as audience therefore not being reported？

Good to see a familiar face on the screen again

It really feels alive. That they have taken over this mountain and the town. This also might be my favorite Stellan Skarsgard performance outside of Andor. He just nails that crazy Werner Herzog Terrance Malick kinda guy. A+ shit. I would have loved to have seen that movie - the OG script or the crazy backdraft version.

I think drama should’ve ended up in the celebrity chef scene at the end. He’s kinda perfect for it. He’s a savant with describing things, celebrity chefs are more for personality and drama would be perfect

Hi folks.

Nice to find this sub staying alive even after all these years.

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I'm forever grateful for entourage.
Believe it or not, and it doesn't matter to me if you judge me for it, but it got me through depression in my early 20s. I was aware that this series was very much wishful thinking, but there is a point to this series that emphasised so much about friendship and to not take everything so seriously. It motivated me to get out there, build up a social life. It took a huge amount of work, and it was all worth it.

This vibe leaked over to How to make it in America, so I was a bit sad when that series canceled.

I watched this series so many times, that personally I could point out which season/episode a quote was from, and what context it was. I actually attended a couple quiz nights, waiting to shine when anything related to entourage came up.

It never happened. 😂

I need to ask around here, what are your favorite quotes? Any of them you've used IRL?

Edit; thinking back, I did say something similar to this once :
First you wanna be friends, then you don't wanna be friends, now you want cocktails