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Should Christians Watch Entourage?

Name: GodlyScore Review: Should Christians Watch Entourage?
Item: Entourage
Rating: 0.6
Author: GodlyScore

Entourage (HBO, 2004-2011) is the comedy about Hollywood star Vince Chase and his childhood friends living the celebrity high life — parties, women, money, fame. It is one of HBO's most successful comedies and one of the clearest cases in the Avoid category for Christian viewers.

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Entourage

Avoid

★☆☆☆☆0.6/5 · GodlyScore 12/100

Aspirational portrayal of promiscuity, substance use, and consequence-free hedonism with no redemptive framework — the show exists to make sin look glamorous.

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What Entourage Actually Is

Entourage does not depict a lifestyle and then explore its cost — it depicts a lifestyle and presents it as the pinnacle of human achievement. Sex with multiple partners, drug use, disregard for women as anything beyond sexual objects, and the relentless pursuit of pleasure and status are not shown with consequences — they are shown as rewards. The show's moral universe is one where these things constitute success.

Romans 1:28-32 describes people who "did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God" — approving of behavior that God has declared harmful. Entourage does not just depict this; it celebrates it as aspirational. The show's entire premise is that viewers should want Vince's life.

Compared to Other HBO Content

Even among HBO dramas that depict sin — The Wire (42/100) mourns the destruction it documents; Succession (38/100) exposes the emptiness of power without love — Entourage makes sin look good. This is the key distinction: cautionary versus celebratory. Entourage is unambiguously celebratory. 1 Corinthians 15:33's warning that "bad company corrupts good character" applies — this show is bad company for the imagination.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Entourage appropriate for Christians?

No. Entourage presents promiscuity, drug use, and hedonism as aspirational — not as cautionary content but as the reward for success. It lacks any redemptive framework or moral consequence. It scores in the Avoid range (12/100) and is not appropriate for Christian viewers of any age.

Is there anything redeeming about Entourage?

The friendship between the core characters is genuine and occasionally touching — they demonstrate loyalty to each other. This is the show's one positive element. It does not offset the comprehensive glorification of sexual immorality and hedonism that is the show's central appeal.