Entourage Returns Tonight on HBO

The sixth season of Entourage premieres tonight on HBO and I’m very excited about it.  Season five was filled with a lot of surprising moments and I’m looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

I won’t recap every detail but I thought I’d refresh your memories about some of the major developments from last season.

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After Eric (Kevin Connolly) and Ari (Jeremy Piven) secure him the role, Vince (Adrian Grenier) begins work on Smoke Jumpers but things don’t go well.  Initially, he believes that his co-star, Jason Patric, is stealing his lines but he soon learns that the director, Verner (Stellan Skaarsgard), has been giving Vince’s dialogue away because he doesn’t think he’s a good actor.  Eventually, Verner fires Vince and after some drama, the movie gets shelved.

Eric does his best to secure a role for Vince in an upcoming Gus Van Sant film.  Initially, he tells E that he’s not interested in Vince because he doesn’t like his acting but, after Eric insists, Van Sant agrees to review some footage from Smoke Jumpers.  He loves it and says that he would love to work with Vince but not on his current project.  The disappointment leads to a breaking point for Vince, who takes out his frustration on E and fires him as his manager.  Eric travels back to Hollywood alone and puts his efforts into representing Charlie (Bow Wow).  Back in Queens, Vince gets a call and learns that, because of Eric’s persistence, he is being offered a part in a Martin Scorsese film.  Of course, he regrets how he treated E and flies out to California to apologize.

Meanwhile, Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) meets Jamie-Lynn Siegler (as herself) on a plane and they really hit it off until things go sour after he tells the gang about their intimate encounter.  Fortunately, she later forgives him and by the final episode, the pair are comfortable with making their relationship public.

The final episode ends with them all back in Hollywood celebrating.

I haven’t heard very much about the storyline for season six but they have released information about this year’s guest stars.  There are many cameos in store but I’m looking forward to seeing the gang’s encounters with Lil Wayne, LeBron James, Tom Brady and Zac Efron.