Despite his position as one of the most powerful agents in Hollywood, Ari's aggressive and sometimes boorish behavior is frequently held in check by his wife (who is independently wealthy, having received a large inheritance from her father).

But as time passes, they grow to have a mutual respect for one another, which eventually leads to them becoming friends with Ari mentoring Eric as he becomes a talent manager.

Vince and Eric hate the script and are interested in an independent film - Queen's Boulevard - that they've been introduced to by Ari's former assistant turned rival agent, Josh Weinstein.

Ari is angry that another agent is whispering in the ear of his client and discourages Vince from doing the film due to its small budget.

Ari later claims that he has received no offer from the producers, but Vince and Eric learn otherwise when they are invited to a beach party by Josh Weinstein.

Toward the end of Season 2, Ari butts heads with Terrance McQuewick, the founding partner, and majority owner of the agency.

The plan fails when Adam Davies (a rival agent), rats Ari out to Terrance, who quickly has all of his employees sign letters of commitment to his company.

In the end, Ari's former mentor - and former boss before Terrance - Barbara "Babs" Miller makes a deal to partner with him to start a new agency.

Their personal and professional relationship shatters at the end of the Season 3 Part 1 finale when Eric and Vince fire Ari due to his risky business move that ends up costing Vince the role of Joey Ramone in a biographical film documenting the story of legendary punk rock group The Ramones.

During Season 4, Ari tries hard to get Vince a job, but struggles to find offers due to the uncertainty surrounding the quality of Medellin.

It is seen as a potential blockbuster for Vincent; Ari goes to Dana Gordon to acquire the role only to find that Heath Ledger has already been cast as the lead.

Ari, in a last-ditch effort, sells Dana Gordon the "Medellin Dream Team" of star Vincent Chase, producer Eric Murphy, and director Billy Walsh.

Ari and Dana reluctantly team up to convince the studio head to greenlight Billy's new project, SILO, which Vince believes will be excellent.

In the Season 4 season finale, Ari is confident they will receive multiple competing offers from studios who wish to distribute Medellin but runs into trouble when financier Nick Rubenstein, desperate to get his money back, demands that Ari sell the film before its screening, in case it ends up being terrible.

Initially, the only such offer comes from Yair Marx, a wealthy foreign businessman who has just launched a film distribution company based out of Dubai.

After a series of meetings with every studio in town ends with no one wanting to cast Vince as a lead in anything, Vince asks Ari about the possibility of pursuing a supporting role in a new big-budget film called Smoke Jumpers, a script that Eric found with Edward Norton attached as the lead.

Ari attempts to make peace with her, offering to put his full support behind her for the job as long as she agrees to add Vince as the second lead in Smoke Jumpers.

Ari then declares that he will accept the job to spite her, but instead convinces John Ellis to give the position to Dana Gordon.

Not only does this guaranteed Vince the second lead in Smoke Jumpers but it also repairs his relationship with Dana, which had suffered considerable damage after the fallout over Medellin and SILO.

During season 6, with Vince successfully back at the top of the A-list, Ari attends to internal business at the agency where Andrew Klein is suffering an emotional breakdown stemming from an affair he is having with a young female agent, Lizzie Grant.

The next day, Lizzie ends the affair with Andrew who has had his financial accounts frozen by his wife, leaving him homeless and penniless.

Andrew ends up in jail after a domestic dispute with his jilted wife but is nevertheless able to sign Sorkin who is sympathetic because he too went through an ugly divorce.

He initially refuses, but eventually becomes fed up with Ari's constant verbal abuse and accepts Davies' offer to return to TMA.

The morning after, Dana appears happy but is disheartened when Ari tells her that he has a marriage counseling session with his wife that day.

That night Ari takes Dana out to dinner at Bobby Flay's restaurant in an effort to make his wife jealous.

In the series finale, Ari informs Barbara of his immediate and permanent resignation from the agency, in order to spend time with his wife traveling around the world.

In the 2015 film, it's revealed that Ari accepted the job offer but only as a studio-head below John Ellis after the CEO changed his mind after retiring.

His worries are seemingly warranted as Vince refuses to let anyone see the film at a press screening and is over-budget due to needing an extra $10 million to finish.

Realizing he was going to be fired and that it was the only way to see the movie complete, Ari resigns from his position and waves his severance pay for a backend deal for the grosses from Hyde.

Months later, Hyde is a box office success and Ari's investment pays off, allowing him to fully retire and strengthen his relationship with his wife and kids.