The Real World: Back to New Orleans, Episode 05
“If he feels froggy and leaps, we will have an issue.” - Preston
I’ve got to admit, I’m running out of steam. Maybe it is because I used up my weekly quota of self-righteousness at Bridge Lounge’s weekly trivia night, ranting about what I perceived, under a cloak of frustration over my own intellectual shortcomings (not to mention about 15 High Lifes), to be a blatant antisemitic slant running through the evening’s questions. Maybe it is because the heat and humidity in this town is slowing turning my brain to mush. But it is probably because the most recent episode of The Real World was really lame.
Based on the previews I’ve seen all season, I recognize that this may just be a calm before the storm - we’ve still got ass-cigarettes, piss-brushes and Schedule II narcotics floating around the house willy-nilly - but that does not excuse wasting over one half of one hour on Jemmye’s decision to pursue a legitimate relationship with Knight over staying faithful to her “boyfriend” back home.
Entourage: The stupidest show I’ve ever loved
Let me get this straight:
After having his film career collapse after a series of bad choices, Vince is rich again because Martin Scorsese inexplicably offered him the lead in a blockbuster at the end of the last season. Filming on his new movie is delayed so he plans to travel around Europe but then doesn’t. Ari’s wife got really mad at him for reasons still not entirely clear, but then forgives him for a different, yet equally unclear reason. Eric gets a new job (after starting his own business and then prudently shuttering it), but spends most of his time doing the same thing as he had done in his previous two jobs. Andrew Klein almost loses his job but then doesn’t after he inexplicably signs Aaron Sorkin from behind bars.
At one point, the guys decide to start carrying guns before they responsibly decide against it, because everyone thinks Vince has a stalker until it turns out he doesn’t. Drama looks like he is going to get fired until he doesn’t, and then almost decides to quit the business until he doesn’t. Sloan and Eric have a falling out, as do Ari and Lloyd, but both couples get back together.
Did I miss anything?
And if at any point you thought Vince’s arrested development might become an issue now that he has his driver’s license and fewer roommates, or that Ari’s arrogance or pride in the face of some high-stakes decisions could his spell his demise… well, you’d be wrong.
Because not only did the sixth season of the most vapid and inconsequential television show of the last decade end more or less where it began, we find almost every character substantially unchanged since the first time we met them. But even with this being said, I watched every episode, thoroughly enjoyed most of them, and am already looking forward to next season.
Entourage no longer expects anything from - or promises anything to - any of its viewers, and I am kinda okay with that. It still deserves a spot on my DVR, and I am not afraid to admit that I still get some sort of pleasure out of watching the story unfold, as asinine and inconceivable as it may be.
