Entourage Season 7 Finale

I'm sorry I'm behind. Having a real job is exhausting. Trying to keep a social life is even more exhausting. I still love you, I promise.

I personally was thrilled with the Entourage finale. The season was kind of eh, but the finale validated the downturn. Because they already had everything fall apart, but it was magically fixed for a feel-good end. That was how the show was supposed to go. Everything feels good.

But this time it went bad, real bad. The biggest problem isn't Vince becoming addicted to drugs and is out of control; it's that he's turning his back on his friends - especially when he's there for them. The point of the show is the friendship. They're losing that. It's far more serious than it's ever been. Medellin was just a terrible movie. Turning your back on your friends and going on a downward spiral is far worse - something you can't just "get out of".

I immediately thought about the celebrities you hear about who have these crashes - Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears come to mind - who go crazy and reach a breaking point (jail, DUI, shaving your head, among other things) and are making a desperate cry for help. That's Vinny right now. That's what the whole season has been. Really when you think about it, it's been building to this point since the season 5 freefall when Vince loses control and actually did fire Eric. I think we forgot that it happened because everything was fixed 6 minutes later. Season 6 was nice, but it was clearly temporary.

Even with Ari - the once powerful agent who was an ass at work and the hero at home, his worlds have collided, and now everything COULD fall apart.

It's the celebrity lifestyle going to the head of these people - they don't stay the same. The only one that's really the same is Drama - and isn't that a relief.

You get the feeling that going into a short season 8 and with a predicted movie coming, the ship will right itself before the ultimate end, but Doug Ellin's created enough drama to keep people interested. The friendship will stay true, but there's still a little bit more to come until then.