Although I have never used this blog to discuss shows and movies (I use another outlet for that), I cannot pass up the opportunity to commend the writers of Entourage for the episode I watched last night. It felt good to see a show that depicted a classic case of a man finally growing the balls to break out of the Dick in a Glass Jar magical spell.

Some background (To explain the plight of Eric):
Entourage depicts the lives of four men as they carry out their lives in Hollywood in support of Vincent Chase, a young actor who had become a star overnight and brought his friends along with him. Of the four friends, the most complicated (and socially vulnerable) character is Eric (Kevin Connolly). Eric is a smart, kind-hearted young man who is pretty much the “nice guy” complement to the other three friends who sleep with different women every week (or night if you count Vince). Eric, who goes by “E” for short, doesn’t have much experience with women and has a bit of a nerdy, self-image flaw that makes him easy prey to the ones who can hook him. This brings us to Sloan (Emmanuelle Chriqui), a sexy, intelligent looker who falls for Eric and the two end up dating and finally living together. The relationship doesn’t last long and Eric moves back in with his boys and Sloan neatly drops him into the glass jar.

Two years pass and aside from friendly banter on the phone, Eric and Sloan drift off to their separate lives. In this season however, Sloan makes an impromptu phone call to catch up with him and sends Eric’s head into a spinning frenzy. Without Sloan, I was happy to see Eric joining his friends in having casual sex with Hollywood groupies and the like. This is where we meet Ashley (Alexis Dziena), a tiny, young looking lady who strangely looks very good paired with Eric. Ashley started out as one of Eric’s sexual conquests who took it up on herself to hang around in his house the entire day. Yup fellas, she went there, and in typical Eric fashion, he tries to confront her to go home but loses so she becomes his girlfriend. Anyway, the two become an item and it soon dawns on us that she is pretty good for him, adding a spine where he didn’t have one before and breaking him out of his shell by letting him “hit it” on his desk at work.

So things are going well when Sloan decides to check up on her dick in the glass jar. She calls him and does her flirt thing on the phone and even helps him out professionally with an important Hollywood contact. Eric starts to get the old feelings back and begins literally begging this chick to be with him again. Now pause – I understand that this is Sloan, she is played by Lady Dragon Emmanuelle Chriqui. My point? Well she blows Ashley out of the water 100 times over, but based on her wits, brains and looks, she is so beyond Eric’s level so he would automatically be her bitch all day long 24/7/365. Many guys would… so anyway, he jeopardizes his current thing to chase his ex of 2 years past. Sloan disses him and keeps moving, I mean after-all she was just simply checking to see if he was still in her glass jar. Fellas, pay attention, this is where the beauty of the show shines. It is a study into male – female relationships and the “nice guy” disease. Sloan is happy knowing that Eric is still her little pet, one that she doesn’t have to sleep with or even hang with longer than a lunch, so she keeps moving. Eric doesn’t see this and continues to piss off the viewers like myself who want him to grow a pair of balls and cut her loose.

Eric Finally Grows a Pair.
After getting dumped by Ashley for lying about his feelings for Sloan, Eric tries again in vain to move on but cannot get the image of that sexy Jewish princess out of his head. The other guys don’t help much, offering advice that he should get back with Sloan because they know he is a loser and Sloan was the best thing that ever happened to him (relationship-wise). After agreeing to go to lunch with Sloan after she makes another impromptu call to his office, Eric asks if she has a man to which she replies that she is seeing someone but they have no label (bullsh-t). Eric, not being happy with this, settles on going to lunch, like a punk and heads out. Upon arriving at the venue, Ashley calls Eric on his cell, to tell him how she misses him and that she overreacted… then invites him to her house for some “make-up sex”. I held my breath begging for this man to make the right decision after five seasons of watching him be a punk.

ERIC COLD DISSES SLOAN!!!

Right at the restaurant door, Eric grows a pair stating that the lunch is a waste of time and he had better things to do. Sloan, picking up on what happened, asks him if it was the girl at the opener (she met Ashley briefly at Vince’s movie premier). Eric confirms it and Sloan steps out of character into jealous mode, to the effect of “you chose her over me?” Sticking to his guns, Eric hops into his car, heads over to Ashley’s and made me a very proud viewer. It felt like watching my only child finally get off the bench to play a quarter in his High school football game. Having ridden the bench for all four years, it is the final game and the star player gets injured and my son steps up and scores the winning touchdown. Helluva way Eric, you made me proud this episode. No matter how fine they are fellas, I mean it’s Emmanuelle FRICKEN Chriqui, you gotta let your nuts hang. Know when you’re being punked and break the hell out of the glass jar. If Sloan wants to play ball with Eric, she better put up or shut up, and you know what I mean (nudge, nudge, wink, wink).

Thanks for reading.

Written by Greg Dragon on Monday, August 31, 2009 

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