During his Vanity Fair photo shoot, Vince (Adrian Grenier) is upset when he learns that Sophia (Alice Eve) made him look as a womanizer in her article.
Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) gets John (Sonny Marinelli) and Gina DeLuca (Elizabeth Regen), the owners of Don Pepe's restaurant, to arrive in Los Angeles to start setting the place.
Meanwhile, Ari (Jeremy Piven) is informed by Jim Lefkowitz (Rob Morrow) that Melissa (Perrey Reeves) will get half of his earnings and possibly take his share of the agency as he got $11 million from her.
Drama (Kevin Dillon) starts worrying when his accounts are frozen, and Yagoda (William Fichtner) threatens to ruin his career if he does not stop the strike.
The episode was written by series creator Doug Ellin and main cast member Jerry Ferrara, and directed by David Nutter.
Club gave the episode a "C+" grade and wrote, "A few things get resolved in 'The Big Bang', but it's becoming clear that the show doesn't want to bite off more than it can chew.
"[4] Nate Rawlings of TIME wrote, "Entourage's writers are trying something difficult in the few weeks before the series ends — giving Vincent Chase, the womanizing, patronizing movie star, actual character development.
"[5] Hollywood.com wrote, "Entourage plodded along this episode, wrapping up a few major conflicts, proving that nothing Vince does is really of consequence, dispelling more drama with Sloane and making us actually feel sorry for Ari, which I didn't think was possible.
""[7] Renata Sellitti of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Looks like there's trouble brewing for Vincent "Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful" Chase.