Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Observation #2 - 10/17/08

The episode on Sunday, October 26th was in my opinion the most important episode so far this season. Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) who is Vincent Chases’ (Adrian Grennier) agent is offered head of Warner Brothers Studios by John Ellis. This is a career decision for Ari, but in taking this job he will no longer be Vince’s agent. Their close personal bond between actor and agent is one of the factors that holds the show together. If Ari takes the job, Amanda Gordon (Vince’s ex-agent, who he is on bad terms with) will get the job of studio head at WB. Ari tries to peacefully bury the hatchet, and Amanda threatens to make sure Vince does not get the role in “Smoke Jumpers,” a movie which he wants to make to revive his career. Ari tells Amanda he is going to spitefully take her dream job in spite of her actions, but later we find out he gets Dana Gordon (his friend and fellow agent) the job by talking to John Ellis in his office. And Dana’s first order of business is to get Vince in Smoke Jumpers. On a side note, his friend Turtle had some naughty interactions with Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Meadow Soprano) on their returning flight from Hawaii. Vince’s brother Johnny in awe and disbelief spreads the word around town and it eventually gets back to Jamie. I checked the on blog Monday night to see if anyone responded, there were already 5 posts. Everybody’s main concern was on how Ari made the swap for Dana and still kept his job at his agency and remained Vince’s agent; in essence holding the show together. Apparently no one liked Amanda and were happy with Dana and the way everything ended up. The show had a few episodes with irrelevant sub-plots prior and left everyone in a daze where the season was heading. It felt like a few filler episodes. Some did not believe that John Ellis would have given the job to Dana in reality if Amanda was lined up behind Ari, but you never know if Ari ever explained the situation. The other buzz was about Turtle and Jamie, everybody seemed to be happy for him. But that ended up with Jamie throwing her cocktail in his face when she found the word was around town.

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