Goat3001

Jaime Lynn Sigler looked gorgeous.

Good set up for the finale. It'll be interesting to see how it works out for them back in Queens. I wouldn't be surprised if they somehow land another job before the end of the season.

8 season for this show sounds perfect. It's a huge hit for HBO so I'd be surprised if it ends with anything less than 8 seasons.

NiCK Crush

Going to Queens obviously wont be a permanent thing. And I think it was meant to be assumed that Drama is in-between seasons, considering we havent seen him work in a couple episodes.

Doughboy

I suppose. It's definitely a while after the release of Hancock since Ari referenced the box office take of that film. It would have to be the late spring/early summer '09 if his show has the same hiatus as most other network series.

spainlinx0

Turtle can't act. Vince can't act. Oh, and Jamie Lynn can't act. The director was funny.

DVD Josh

No one else is getting a little tired of some major drama always interrupting Vince's career? It's getting to be absurd. I just wish the show wasn't so gimmicky.

slop101

Yeah, the show was best when the guys were just having fun with Ari freaking out and the (minimal) drama would come from personal stuff, not professional stuff. But I guess they got bored writing plots like that, so they went for the big career disaster thing. Which makes the show less fun.

NiCK Crush

The show has to evolve. I for one have found this season to be great... I'm sick of Vince just having the greatest life ever, its been nice to see the guys actually struggling.

LickTheABCs

I'm taking it you've never seen "Drive Me Crazy". No, I've said from the beginning he was the weakest link on the show, and that's saying something when Jerry Ferrara is in your cast.

Oh, and I liked the fact they threw in ANOTHER Kevin Smith joke in there. Do they not know any other directors other than Smith and Michael Bay? Although after seeing "A Threevening" it did make me laugh a little.

madcougar

We're obvioulsy watching two different shows. Vince, as evidenced by the season premier, has and will always have a great life based on his limited fame and his minimilistic needs (food and women). The last few seasons have been rough sailing. Since the show's premier (which takes place after Head On has been shot) he's made a small independent, Aquaman, and a direct to DVD bomb. Not exactly sure how that qualifies as "greastest life ever."

The guy is not Will Smith. I am annoyed by the backtracking his career has taken since Aquaman - all due to his and Eric's own egos. Over the last few years I've gone from cheering for the guy to enjoying his fall.

Thank god I don't pay for HBO.

wiz

I guess I don't understand why all of them are heading back to NY now. Eric has his own managing company now...is he just going to let it slide? Drama has his TV show...but maybe he is in hiatus right now, or possibly got fired after his interview on "The View"? Too many questions left unanswered, but I don't think they will be back in NY for an extended period of time. What are they going to do there?

CPA-ESQ.

Vince is upset, and going back "home" to get away from everything. All of them are going to support him. I don't think they are moving out there for good. Drama still has his place (where they have all been living).

This is nothing more than Vince saying "let's go to Vegas," and them all jumping on a plane. Exept now they fly coach

hdtv00

Turtle and Jamie lynn aren't acting, they're really banging off set. Show keeps me entertained.

NiCK Crush

I didnt take it as them going back to NY forever just because they are got on that plane... what, they cant visit their hometown ever?

NiCK Crush

I know the guy isnt Will Smith... but stuff seemed to always go relatively smoothly. This is the first season where the problem really hasnt gotten better, at all... throughout the course of the season. Who knows though, the season finale could change all that.

vedderstapp

Get Vince back on the beach with a beard, I say. Make the show about E's managing business and Drama's TV show. Leave Turtle and the Sopranos chick on the beach too...

coli

I kinda like this season, cause it is exploring the perils of being an actor, as it is definitely a 'what have you done for me lately' industry for the majority. Of course some of the storylines are over the top, but you have to take the show with a grain of salt.

I actually sided with the director, as I bet many directors in Hollywood get frustrated working with actors who are just a pretty face and can't act. He was so right when Ari talked about Vince working with James Cameron, and his response was great as he said without saying he may be a great action hero, but he can't act for shit when it comes to a drama. I think this sorta reflects alot of the problems in movies today as guys like Vince are pumped up in stupid action movies, and then try to move onto some dramatic role and can't pull it off.

BTW, if this is true about Turtle and Meadow Soprano in real life as a couple, maybe she does have a fetish for guys that look like South Park Characters

cleaver

I got the impression that Jason Patrick was the lead and Ed Norton would be like Matt Damon in SPR.

slop101

While I understand what you mean, this isn't true of Vince, as he's supposedly proven himself to be a strong dramatic actor in the Queen's Blvd. indie, and in this episode both studio heads agreed that his work they saw in the dailies was solid.

madcougar

But I don't think that's the case. If you remember the guys had big hopes for Queens Blvd. and it ended up being a small, independent movie. Then the studio goes and colorizes it. Auquaman was a hit. But then the Medillin fiasco where he loses the Auquaman sequel, loses his a-list status, alienates a very powerful studio head, and almost loses his career. How is this "relatively smooth?"

Sure they portray his life to be easy cheesy, but that has more to do with his general attitude than his career being rosy. Even before this season he was showing up at parties for money. His career has been shit since Aquaman, which was in Season 2.

bluetoast

Another strange thing about the show's continuity/timeline...Drama said that he had around 50 something episodes of Five Towns done. The show should be on it's 2nd season at the maximum, and having over 25 episodes per seems like a lot.