Entourage
Unlike a Virgin
TV Flash files “Unlike a Virgin” as hour 56 of 96 in the TV Flash guide — Entourage (2004–2011) on HBO, season 5, episode 2, aired 2008-09-14, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E02: listed hour 56 of 96 in the Entourage guide, hour 2 of 12 in season 5. It aired 2008-09-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Fantasy Island” (S05E01). Next is “The All Out Fall Out” (S05E03).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Eric tries to make a deal for 2 new clients. Drama does whatever it takes to keep his relationship with Jacqueline. An old flame returns to Vince.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Unlike a Virgin sit in the Entourage guide?
S05E02 is listed hour 56 of 96 — hour 2 of 12 in season 5, season 5 episode 2.
When did Entourage S05E02 air?
Unlike a Virgin aired 2008-09-14 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is Entourage only worth it for Ari Gold?
Piven's agent is the nuclear comic engine and an Emmy magnet, but the hometown pack around Vincent Chase is the premise: loyalty under access.
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
Adrian Grenier’s Vincent Chase led Entourage’s hometown-friends-in-Hollywood candy — parties, power, Doug Ellin’s HBO comedy, Jeremy Piven’s Ari Gold as nuclear headset rage. Industry sting about friendship under fame, a 2015 movie coda.…
- Kevin Dillon as Johnny 'Drama' Chase
Kevin Dillon's Johnny 'Drama' Chase made Entourage a brother act with a wounded ego — Hollywood parties as a workplace, HBO industry candy, a supporting hustle that treated almost-fame as a full-time job. TV Flash files him as 2000s comic…
- Jerry Ferrara as Turtle
Jerry Ferrara’s Turtle drove Entourage like hometown ballast under Hollywood parties — Vincent Chase and his friends navigating power, Doug Ellin’s HBO comedy, Jeremy Piven’s Ari Gold as nuclear comic engine. Industry candy with a sting…
- Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold
Jeremy Piven’s Jerry needled The Larry Sanders Show from inside the talk-show machine — 1990s catalog HBO cringe, then Entourage turning the hunger into Ari Gold’s Hollywood bark. TV Flash files him as the writer-adjacent pest who became…
- Debi Mazar as Shauna Roberts
Debi Mazar’s Shauna Roberts handled Entourage as Hollywood’s publicist weather — Vincent Chase and the hometown friends, Doug Ellin’s HBO comedy, Jeremy Piven’s Ari Gold as nuclear comic engine. Industry candy with a sting about…