Sepinwall on TV: 'Entourage' season five review
What's Alan Watching? —
... In today's column, I review the new season of "Entourage" -- and, surprise, surprise, I didn't hate it. It really takes until the third episode to get going comedically, and I still don't know if it's actually, you know, good (not that it ever was, really), but it's a vast improvement on season four. ...
TV Weekend: Entourage, Offtourage
Tuned In —
... career is in the tank and he needs (and for once in his life wants) to work to come back. And because Vince is trying to get the eye of the tiger—and is reconciled with agent Ari—the show doesn't need to flail for excuses to shoehorn Jeremy Piven onto the screen. Most important, the second episode finally confronts a basic question that the show has always inexplicably ignored: Is Vince actually a good actor or not? Alan Sepinwall, who did watch all four episodes (brownnoser!) says they're an improvement . I'll check back Monday and see what you thought.
Entourage & True Blood open thread
What's Alan Watching? —
I don't have much to say about the first episodes of "True Blood" and "Entourage" that I didn't say in either column, but if you want to discuss either or both, fire away here.
