Entourage 5/8: Why Ari Gold had to stay an agent
Last week, we raved about the beauty of that final scene between Vince and Ari on the tarmac.
That set off a huge reaction among Entouragers about what Ari should do re: the studio job at Warner Bros. Entouragers were outspoken, some saying he needs to take the gig to advance the show while others took the diametrically opposite point of view.
After watching this week's episode and learning that Ari will remain an agent, here's why "Entourage" has not jumped the shark yet:
- He pulled off a slick move, slick even for him, in getting his enemy out of the way and his crony in the way.
- Ari righted a wrong after screwing Dana Gordon out of her job at Warners a few seasons ago and then selling the Billy Walsh-Vincent Chase dream team that delivered "S.I.L.O." instead of "Clouds" last season.
- The scenes between Gordon and Gold are among the best back-and-forth dialogue this show has, and by keeping their relationship's dynamic intact, we're in store for more gems on Sunday nights.
- Ari remaining an agent gives Doug Ellin and his team of writers and producers great flexibility for future story arcs. If Ari took the job, there would be very few ways to further develop and explore the relationship between him, Vince and the guys.
- He is extremely dependent on Lloyd and cares about him, despite all the vitriol he spits at him each week. (This week was potentially his best work on Lloyd all season.) Lloyd's displeasure with the studio job suggests that he would not have followed Ari and that would have sapped the show of a key element. It took the show's execs a few seasons to find the perfect foil for Ari's assistant and we can't lose that just yet.
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I didn't buy it. They never established a credible reason for Ari to turn down that job. They have always depicted him as a creature of Hollywood - greedy, prestiege-hungry, high achieving, loves to fire people because he LIKES to hurt people with impunity - and now we're supposed to believe that he's mr emotional in touch with his clients?? He even said recently he only cares about a couple of clients Vince being one of them.
I did not buy that the Ari Gold they have created would turn that executive position down.
Not true - the issue with Ari is he likes being his own boss.
He could have the top job, but for him its better to be someone who is his own boss and has influence with the top dog.
Agree with Daisy. Turning down the job may not have been the Ari we know and love, but the manner in which he facilitated it was pure Ari. He's better off having a studio head who owes him a favor, and the audience is better off that we get to keep him around.