Entourage- "Home Sweet Home" Season Premiere Review

The sun hopefully implies a high note.

I have only recently become a fan of Entourage, catching up on the show's first seven seasons on HBO GO over the last few months. Therefore, the differences in quality from season to season are less distinguishable to me than longtime fans. I wasn't the biggest fan of Season 1, loved Season 2, liked Season 3 well enough, kind of disliked Season 4, loved Season 5, liked the differences in Season 6, and maybe was the only person who enjoyed the darker direction in Season 7. And luckily, "Home Sweet Home" proves that the events of the Season 7 ender "Lose Yourself" won't go away so easily. In fact, things are actually worse than I thought they would be for our four friends. E broke up with Sloan, Ari's still separated from the missus (the separation scene last season was heartbreaking), and Vince is just getting out of rehab. Of all these developments, I'm a bit miffed with E and Sloan breaking up again, as I didn't think Terrance wanting a prenup was going to end it, I just thought it was cause some friction between him and Terrance that could possibly threaten the relationship, but I certainly didn't expect it to be over going into the premiere. We've also learned that E and Scott have taken down Murray, and now run the company. We get an appearance from Johnny Galecki, where the new status quo is established. In addition, Johnny's Bananas is apparently going well, while Billy seems to be getting back on his feet well enough, but this episode was honestly a little too empty. They set up a bunch of new storylines, but didn't provide enough closure on existing ones. Also, why is Vince cold-shouldering E? Does he honestly blame him for his drug addiction? Overall, this was a rather shaky start, and Ellin and crew better get their act together if they want this shortened final season to be a successful one.

"Home Sweet Home" - 2.5/5 stars