Last night’s Entourage had one bit of big news for us, and it all focused in on one Ari Gold, his future, and the future of his agency. Once again, Vince took a very far back seat in this episode, only showing how much the boys rely so much on him and keep his cellphone ringing constantly with pleas for advice. Oh, and that he gets to screw chicks in his pool all day long. Often.
Terrence’s offer is potentially big news for how the rest of Ari’s career plays out on this show. There are two ways I can see this playing out, both of which could change the direction of the show in a positive way.
First, let’s assume Ari takes Terrence up on the newly negotiated price of buyout. Like he said to his colleagues, this would open up the agency to all kinds of other talent besides actors: sports, music and more. Not to mention that he’d have control of “the largest talent agency in the world.” This would likely open up a whole slew of possibilities for guest-starring appearances on the show, not to say that there already hasn’t been appearances by sports and music personalities on the show before. And then there are the possibilities for what it might open up for the boys, though I’m not quite sure what that might be just yet.
Secondly — and the most likely scenario to come from this, as I see it — Ari will suffocate under the weight of his newly formed empire and need to find a way to step away from it, permanently. This does not mean he’d leave the show or go into retirement, or at least not for good. With such a large agency to run, we could see Ari lose focus from the guys we’ve seen him “grow up” with. He’d be so far up the rungs of the ladder that to see him hanging with Vince and the boys would look pretty ridiculous. You don’t see the head of the biggest agency in the world hanging around with so-so actor Vincent Chase and his troupe of clingers-on — it’d make his agency look like a joke, no matter how large it may be. The covers of the DVDs, with Ari walking in-step with the boys would make no sense at all!
Somehow, Ari won’t be with this huge agency for long. He’ll either be ousted by his partners or, because of losing focus on his family and the friends he’s come to follow all these years, he’ll step back and run a small, private firm and just represent Vince and a few others. Who knows, maybe that small firm will be Gold/Murphy/Lee (Lee would be Lloyd’s last name).
Clacked by Keith McDuffee 
on Sep 28, 2009 @ 10:00 EST5EDT
The merge won’t happen…? That’s my guess.
Lloyd will find out some piece of information that saves Ari somehow from disaster. It will be especially sweet because Lloyd will display loyalty and kindness when Ari has been, well Ari.
I’m still holding my theory that Vince gets someone pregnant and Drama does a Viking Quest reboot. Although there’s not much time left.
*POST AUTHOR*
Going into this episode and knowing the title of it was ‘Scared Straight,’ I thought for sure we’d find out Drama’s new role on Melrose was going to be of a gay character. Still could happen.
I still find it so absurd that the writers bashed Seth Rogen so harshly a few weeks ago, and yet they throw hot girls at Turtle at every turn. Maybe it’s an inside joke.
Oh, and I love Ari’s views on divorce.