Entourage
The Review
TV Flash files “The Review” as hour 2 of 96 in the TV Flash guide — Entourage (2004–2011) on HBO, season 1, episode 2, aired 2004-07-25, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 96 in the Entourage guide, hour 2 of 8 in season 1. It aired 2004-07-25 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Entourage” (S01E01). Next is “Talk Show” (S01E03).
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While Drama practices for his acting class over breakfast, Turtle enters with some bad news: an important trade magazine has given Vince's performance a negative review (including calling him a "fly-by-night pretty boy"). While paying Ari an office visit to discuss it, Eric meets Ari's new assistant, Emily. Following Ari's advice to show Vince a good time to get his mind off the review, Eric okays Vince's poor decision to lease a new Rolls Royce. Jessica Alba bumps into the boys during their luncheon and invites them to her party for Justine Chapin, her virginal pop-singer friend. The party proves to be a good time for everybody: Justine hits on Vince, Turtle shows off the Rolls to some girls, Eric gets some much needed assurance, and Drama finds that he isn't the only one skipping his acting class. In the morning, Eric reads Vince a review from the New York Times proclaiming him to be "the next Johnny Depp."
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Where does The Review sit in the Entourage guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 96 — hour 2 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did Entourage S01E02 air?
The Review aired 2004-07-25 and is listed at 30 minutes.
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In the series
Why this series still plays
Young movie star Vincent Chase and his hometown friends navigate Hollywood power and parties. Doug Ellin's HBO comedy made Jeremy Piven's Ari Gold a nuclear comic engine — headset rage as art. Industry candy with just enough sting about friendship under fame; a 2015 movie coda.
July 18, 2004, HBO drops a sun-bleached access comedy into the Sunday ecosystem like a tile that already knows it will be clipped: young movie star Vincent Chase and his hometown friends navigating Hollywood power, parties, and loyalty. Doug Ellin's series ran eight seasons through 2011, then a 2015 feature coda. Loosely inspired by Mark Wahlberg's early career circle. Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon's Drama, Jerry Ferrara's Turtle, Debi Mazar, and Jeremy Piven's Ari Gold — headset rage as art.…
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- Kevin Connolly as Eric Murphy
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- Adrian Grenier as Vincent Chase
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- Kevin Dillon as Johnny 'Drama' Chase
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- Jerry Ferrara as Turtle
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- Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold
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- Debi Mazar as Shauna Roberts
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