One of Kevin Connolly ’s most cherished Entourage memories is the Joshua Tree episode — if you know, you know. “I often tell people one of my favorite episodes was when we did mushrooms in the desert,” Connolly, 50, told Us Weekly ahead of the show’s 20-year anniversary on Thursday, July 18. “But it was also one of the hardest episodes because it was very, very, very [hot] — it was June and [there] was nowhere to hide.
” Season 5 featured the episode titled “Tree Tippers,” which premiered in October 2008. In this particular installment, Johnny “Drama” ( Kevin Dillon ) suggests his brother, Vince ( Adrian Grenier ), and the gang take a trip to Joshua Tree National Park and take magic mushrooms. Taking psychedelics was supposed to assist Vince make a decision about his career.
Specifically, he was torn between taking on a guaranteed role in the children’s film Benji or pushing for a role in Smoke Jumpers . Naturally, chaos ensues. Connolly’s character, Eric, goes full mute while high, for example, and Turtle ( Jerry Ferrara ) loses track of his dog, Arnold, in the desert.
Anyone else vividly remember the stars yelling “Arnold” into the void of Joshua Tree? Because Us has never forgotten it. (The episode featured a cameo by Eric Roberts who supplied the mushrooms and went on the trip with the boys.) Connolly recalled getting “burned up” while they filmed in the desert.
“There were no hotels out there. So, they put us all in this [motel]. I re.