Entourage: Let's Blog It Out

Despite the star power that is/was Vincent Chase, "Entourage" really centers around E. He's the true lead of the show, at least conceptually, even though the ensemble cast makes "Entourage" what it is.

Thus, we'd be shocked if Vincent Chase ever took home the Big Knish for the most Best Printable Lines in a season. But every now and again, the writers throw him a bone. As do we.

Vince smoked the competition and scored the BPL in the Season 5 finale. Sitting on the stoop talking to Ari after being harassed by his mother (how many New York natives can relate to Mercedes Ruehl's performance as Mrs. Chase?), Vince drops this bomb:

"My mom's all over me. She's treating me like she usually treats Johnny."

Great line. Of course, Ari locked up this season's Big Knish last week, his second straight and third overall. Watch for the Big Knish ceremony on Wednesday afternoon.

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With one episode left in Season 5, Ari Gold locked up his second straight Big Knish and third overall.

Here's how he did this week. Vince has just been fired from "Smoke Jumpers" and Team Chase is going through a mini-meltdown. Drama was ready to throw Verner, the crazed German director, a Queens-style beatdown. E was doing his usual over-reacting. Vince was actually angry.

Ari Gold arrived on the set in Big Bear and tried to calm them all down in Vince's trailer. He assured them that he would handle everything and fix it for Vince. They asked how.

Ari responded:

"Because the Jew has arrived and he doesn't like Germans."

Outstanding wording, outstanding delivery.

We'll celebrate Ari's Big Knish Award next week in a special blog ceremony.

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In terms of the BPL, this may be the weakest episode. I needed to watch it three times just to find a quote worthy of this week's Best Printable Line.

Upon further review, the best I could come up with was Johnny Drama reacting to the news that E has to deal with Seth Green again in order to get his client Charlie (Bow Wow) a TV pilot.

"I still got a piece of his friend's tooth lodged in my knuckle."

With two episodes left, Ari Gold still holds a one-game lead over Drama for the Big Knish.

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The movie is called "Smoke Jumpers" but Johnny Drama was the one on fire this episode. It was his finest work sober since that meltdown led him to the Grand Canyon the night "Five Towns" premiered in Season 3.5.

He was dealing one-liners like a blackjack dealer throws out 14s when you're on a cold streak. "Remind him he was molested in 'Sleepers' " was ridiculous. His "When he was doing 'Rush' he stuck real needles in his arm to prep. That's what inspired me to do real coke when I did the Menendez brothers movie" was pure Drama.

But he won Best Printable Line after dropping a deuce in Jason Patric's trailer.

"Let's just say revenge is best served a la commode."

With that gem, Drama moved into a second-place tie for the Season 5 Big Knish, two games behind Ari with three episodes to go.

P.S. Who else was expecting an upper-decking?

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Wow. That's about all I can say after listening to Ari Gold light up Turtle in the bar at the end of the episode when he finds out that Turtle single-handedly joined the Mile High Club thanks to Jamie-Lynn Sigler.

It was the stuff that makes Best Printable Line worth the time each week.

"Oh yeah, yeah, I'm sure she's got a fetish for guys who are built like a 'South Park' character."

Stunning work, Mr. Gold. Stunning! And it's good enough to give Ari a two-game lead with four weeks left in the race for the Big Knish.

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Turtle jumped into second place in the Best Printable Line standings after this week, moving one game behind Ari Gold in the race for the Big Knish.

The line was delivered during one of the show's patented walking scenes. Vince was discussing the chemistry he had with Natasha, a model he was about to do a fashion shoot with but had met a while ago on a flight to London.

It was an 11-hour flight, which as we all know, can be very uncomfortable (even in first class) when not sitting next to a woman of Natasha's, um, ability.

"Eleven hours?," an incredulous Turtle exclaimed. "Why didn't you just mile-high it?"

Such a genius question. And in case you're doubting this BPL selection, watch the scene a few more times and pay close attention to Turtle's inflection. So true to his character. So true to any best friend in that situation.

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Way too many solid one-liners in this episode for me to try to sort out the best one.

Maybe it's the eight hours of football I watched earlier in the day. Or perhaps it's the three-hour nap I'm in need of right now.

Either way, we're going to turn back the clock to a Let's Blog It Out time where I ask the readers to do my work for me and select the BPL. Below are the choices. We'll give to you until Wednesday at 5 p.m. to cast your vote, then post the winner and the updated BPL standings.

"Wish I could return the compliment, E, but I'd rather come back as one of Michael Vick's dogs." -- Ari Gold to E about his playing golf on a Wednesday.

"Your physical appearance has left you no reason to ever feel confident, but sometimes you appear to be." -- Ari Gold to E about his plan for golf.

"Working in Fantasy Land don't qualify you to run Iraq." -- Johnny Drama to Turtle on the comparison of working as Vince's assistant.

"What do you want us to do, Dom? You want us to overtake the guards?" -- E to Dom in jail.

"The only putts I see is standing in front me." -- Bob Ryan to Ari on the golf course.

"Me personally, I think I'm more of a Steve Martin kinda guy, but way to use the race card, E." -- Charlie (Bow Wow) at their pitch meeting.

It's about time Turtle found his way onto the BPL scoreboard this season.

Vince and the fellas are in Ari's car discussing whether he should do the "Benji" movie. Turtle first asks who's going to get top billing. I have to agree with what he said after E objected: "Legitimate question."

It is. But don't worry, that's not this week's BPL.

This is.

When Vince asks what the downside would be for doing a movie about a dog in the arctic, before Ari or E or Drama could say anything, Turtle blurts out:

"You won't be banging your co-star."

Strong work, Turtle. And just for fun, let's take a look at Vince's female movie co-stars thus far:

"Head On" - Jessica Alba
"Queens Boulevard" - Unknown
"Aquaman" - Mandy Moore
"Medellin" - Sofia Vergara.

Quite a list, indeed.

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Longtime Let's Blog It Out readers might recognize the historic maneuver I'm about to pull. Or maybe not.

Either way, we're about to award this week's Best Printable Line to a group of unnamed characters, aka a bunch of extras.

We know this is groundbreaking and might greatly effect the race for the Big Knish, but it was just too perfect a scene to let go without permanent praise. Plus, there were no curses in this line, and every other line in the BPL running including one of those no-no words.

The fellas go to bail out Johnny Drama from county jail. As Drama is walking out of his cell and down the hall to sign out his belongings, a group of inmates start yelling "Victory!"

It was a truly genius moment in what was a good setup episode for future Sunday night bombs. And while you may be disappointed in that BPL selection, let me ask you this: Did you laugh harder at another line (that didn't include cursing)?

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At 10:34 p.m. Sunday, an email came flying into my BlackBerry. It was from Boss friend Luda Jon.

The contents of the email: "Before you ask, yes, you can use the Lance Armstrong line."

Shhh, my dear readers, I never intended on asking the dude responsible for my paycheck if I could use that line. It was a strong-enough line that I could easily claim the funny clause as my defense if I was called into Luda Jon's office Monday morning.

So, alas, with what amounts to a Papal sanction in this business, I put forth Week 2's Best Printable Line, compliments of Ari Gold as he tried to build up Vince's self-esteem during a meeting in his office.

"You will come back stronger than ever. Like Lance Armstrong . . . but with two balls!"

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As is customary after the season premiere, we direct new blog readers to the