Entourage: Hot Heads and Pot Heads

by The Lash

Friday, July 20, 2007 - 2:18 pm

Oh the boys had fun this week and so did we. The writers wove an interesting theme—relax, go with it, embrace it. And the guys all did… or at least they tried.

For the Hot Heads, of course we have Eric and director Billy Walsh. Eric tried to get along with Billy but how can he when Billy is such a crazed director. (side note, the actor playing Walsh, Rhys Coiro wins in my book for best guest star--he’s embraced this role and has it down. Actually reminds me of a few director’s I’ve worked with.)

Walsh is out of his mind that the trailer for “Medellin” has been leaked to You Tube. Of course Billy accuses Eric which leads to an explosive fist fight at Barney’s Greengrass—always a good way to spice up lunch. While none of the gang claims to know who leaked the trailer, Ari sure is happy. Ari needed the good buzz to land Vince another job and as a result he set up a high profile interview with Elvis Mitchell of Interview magazine. Problem is, Eric, Vince and Walsh are all to attend.

Vince begs both Eric and Billy to relax for the interview. The tension was so thick during the sit down, that Elvis actually thought they have all been friends since childhood. As soon they walked out of the Beverly Wilshire, the temptation was too great and Eric almost decked Billy again.

Billy and Eric need to chill, maybe they should start hanging out with Drama. Yes I’ve transitioned to the Pot Heads. Are we surprised that this issue was Johnny Drama and Turtles’s storyline? The funny thing is, Drama only wanted a trucker hat with a California Homegrown label, that’s so exclusive, you have to be a card carrying member of the medical marijuana facility in order to buy it. After a very funny visit to the special doctor, he’s got a prescription and he’s got the card. Drama’s diagnosis: anxiety disorder.

Now Drama really just wanted to buy a hat but upon Turtle’s suggestion, he also buys a little pot. You can’t go into a marijuana facility and NOT buy some pot! Behind the scenes we hear that the Entourage producers and writers wanted to give the issue some screen time.

I’m not sure if they helped the cause to legalize marijuana but they did entertain us especially with the payoff scene. Drama, Turtle and a dressing room filled with crew people, hitting the bong while playing strip poker. Drama is flying so high from smoking so much pot that he actually gets anxiety!

So ironic that Turtle acts as the voice of reason, telling Drama to “embrace it”. And once he does, it’s all good. In a move To set up next week’s episode and I suspect the rest of the season, Ari gave some similar advice to Eric. You see now that the buzz on Medellin is so good, Ari set up Vince’s next movie with the Dream Team, Vince starring, Eric producing and Billy directing.