Entourage: Season Three, Part 2 DVD Review (2007)

All the thrills and all the trappings of fame in a show that sometimes feels like "Sex and the City" for men.

The season’s second half picks up with Vince Chase (Adrian Grenier), star of James Cameron’s "Aquaman," working through the ramifications of having fired his agent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) at the end of Part 1.

Now, his agent is the equally ferocious Amanda (Carla Gugino), who gives the series of jolt as she and Ari fight for Vince to be their client. The complication? Vince wouldn't mind getting Amanda into bed, something with which Ari can't compete (though you sense he would if he could).

Still, he might just be able to deliver Vince the movie he most covets, "Medellin," which would turn the tables in his favor.

What the series continues to get right is that while Vince and his friends (Kevin Dillon, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara) are otherwise everyday guys having the time of their lives in Hollywood, there always is the sense that this dream world in which they live could be taken away from them in an instant.

“Entourage” builds on the fear inherent in that, and it uses it to its benefit. For those who haven’t seen the series, which is one of HBO’s best, it also is available in "Entourage: The Complete Seasons 1-3."

Grade: A-