The Scene

This is, in many ways, the Entourage episode that defines the rest of the series, as this is when the show diverts from generic satirical stabs at all things movie-related (reviews, talk shows, weed etc.) and focuses on Vince's career - with some satirical stabs in between.

Having convinced Ari that Queens Boulevard is the film Vince wants to do, the gang now has to meet the prospective director of the project, a Sundance hotshot named Billy Walsh (Rhys Coiro). Vincent is immediately attracted to Walsh's edgy, original personality, while Eric is a little more skeptical, especially after discovering the dude has rewritten parts of the script and inserted a homo-erotic sex scene involving Vince. In the meantime, Ari tries to be on a normal vacation with his wife (Perrey Reeves), only to have work constantly interfering, and Eric also has to deal with the drunken phone message he left on Kristen's machine thinking it was Emily.

The best thing about The Scene is the introduction of Walsh: uncompromising, ambitious and occasionally flat-out crazy - the kind of character everyone loves to watch in a Hollywood-related series. Coiro, a complete unknown before landing the meaty role, conveys the right mix of insanity and inspired determination, giving a performance that's almost strong enough to rival Jeremy Piven's. Speaking of which, for once Ari doesn't land the best line of the episode (although the revelation that he uses Viagra is ace as usual); no, that honor would go to Drama's philosophical take on Vince's dilemma regarding the gay scene: "I'd take it in the ass for an Oscar!". Unmissable