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Entourage Season 8 Episode 4 - Whiz Kid, airs August 14, 2011 at 10:30 PM on HBO. Entourage is an HBO original series created by Doug Ellin that chronicles the rise of actor Vincent Chase & his three life-time buddies, Eric, Turtle, and Drama. Vince Chase is the newest "it" actor. His career is sky-rocketing. He makes the move to Hollywood to join his older brother, Drama, already a minor star with a long list of small credits. Vince brings along a couple of his childhood friends from Queens with him: Eric, his best and closest friend, takes on the role of Vince's manager. Turtle is the least skilled and least driven member of the group and spends his days on gofer duty, happy to just party and use Vince's fame and money to get girls and have a great time living it up. Ari, Vince's aggressive, very talented, and high-powered agent, rounds out the main cast. Watch as Vince and his buddies soak up everything that Hollywood has to offer. See what it's like to make it as a movie star. The show rings true, in part, because it is very loosely based on the experiences of Mark Wahlburg and his crew when he first came out to Hollywood.

Previous Story: Vince begins to show interest in a new film. Meanwhile, Scott and Eric try to sign Johnny Galecki to their agency. The guys go to extremes to keep Vince away from temptation after he gets out of rehab in the eighth-season premiere, but they're also worried about triggering a relapse when he's excited about a lame idea for a movie. Meanwhile, Ari pleads with his wife to end their separation; and Eric and Scott court new clients for their fledgling management company.

Vince's new film turns into a TV movie. Meanwhile, Andrew Dice Clay tries to get Ari to represent him. Vince asks Billy Walsh (Rhys Coiro) to review his miner-movie idea as a vehicle for Drama. Meanwhile, Ari forces Lloyd to retrace his steps when he hears disturbing news about Mrs. Ari. Drama's "Johnny's Bananas" costar Andrew Dice Clay needs representation and Eric plays phone tag with Sloan.

A benevolent Vince defies his friends' advice and gives an old nemesis, producer Carl Ertz (Kim Coates), a second chance when he claims to be interested in the miner movie. Meanwhile, Andrew Dice Clay takes a stand on his "Johnny's Bananas" contract, despite Drama's disapproval; Lloyd convinces Ari to go on a date; and Turtle has a meeting with his boss about his future with Avion.

And for now episode: Shauna goes into damage-control mode when Vince must pass a drug test after being caught in a compromising position; Ari escorts an old flame to Bobby Flay's restaurant to get back at his wife following a rancorous session of couples therapy. Cowritten by Jerry Ferrara, who plays Turtle.