‘Entourage,’ Season 7, Episode 5 ‘Bottoms Up’: TV Recap
There are a number of ways for a movie star to self destruct, but on this week’s episode of “Entourage,” Vince goes the Charlie Sheen route: he dates a porn star. His new ladyfriend is Sasha Grey, who crossed over to mainstream roles with Steven Soderbergh’s “The Girlfriend Experience” but is more famous for appearances in such classics as “Throat: a Cautionary Tale.” When Vince brings Grey to a studio meeting with legendary Marvel comic book writer Stan Lee — who pretends not to recognize her — the studio gets panicky that their star is Sheen-level reckless.
Lee is among several guest stars this week. Bob Saget makes one of his semi-frequent appearances, showing up at Eric’s office to say that he wants to co-star in the John Stamos sitcom. (Drama reacts to the news that his long-awaited star vehicle is being stolen by showing up to Saget’s house with a baseball bat.) And Jessica Simpson, Mike Tyson and Aaron Sorkin make appearances, playing clients of Ari Gold who are being wooed by ex-employee Lizzie.
Like his cameo in “The Hangover,” the Tyson scene is wonderfully ridiculous; he’ll stay with the agency if Ari secures him a TV gig — Iron Mike is thinking a “Brady Bunch” remake with him as the dad. Simpson, meanwhile, is through with Ari because he never called to offer condolences after her dog died. In groveling mode, he and Lloyd show up to her house with a replacement, but Simpson isn’t impressed. It’s a poo instead of a cockapoo.
Eric and Sloan have been idling in domestic mode this season, but they finally have an interesting storyline that revolves around — how do we say this — Eric’s budding interest in being a backdoor man. As actor Kevin Connolly told us recently, the beauty of the Sloan character is that she’s up for anything, so she agrees to give it a shot — although the experience doesn’t exactly play like a Sasha Grey film.
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