Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) is washed up.

The fifth season of “Entourage” ushered in a new perspective on everyone’s favorite fictional foursome from Queens. Fresh after wrapping up the film “Medellin,” which comprised most of the subpar fourth season, megastar Vinny Chase is hiding out in Mexico (or vacationing, as he likes to call it), to avoid the negative press for his performance in the disastrous final product of the Pablo Escobar flick. With him is his trusty driver Turtle (Jerry Ferrara, who is still trying to get laid every waking second).

Across the border, Johnny Drama (Kevin Dillon) is still working on the television show “Five Towns,” and is still a waning diva with no credibility in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Eric (Kevin Connolly) is starting to manage more clients, including a new recurring role from Bow Wow.

Having been a faithful viewer of the HBO series since its inception, it’s refreshing to see at least a shred of a new story line being introduced into the show. Vince is finally at the bottom of the totem pole after starring in indie films and the highest-grossing movie of all-time, “Aquaman.” In the premiere, Vince believes he’s getting an offer for an explosive role in “Danger Beach” (it’s a working title), however, the tables turn when he finds out he’s only being used as leverage to close a deal with Emile Hirsch.

Despite new story lines, from Vince plummeting downward and Eric and Drama finding stability, the show suffers from being too much like itself. For four years now, we’ve seen the boys party, buy expensive things, hang out with Hollywood hotshots, smoke pot and have plenty of sex.

Usually, all of these aspects are crammed into one episode, creating a literal carbon copy of the last episode, with some sort of new ironic twist.

Jeremy Piven is still playing the brash, arrogant Ari fantastically, but he’s not doing anything new. He’s still yelling, he’s still threatening to fire people and he still hates his secretary.

If the season premiere is any indication of what’s to come, it looks like more of the same. Hopefully, the writers take Vince’s newfound fall out of the spotlight and turn it into a compelling story line.

Nothing will prevent faithful viewers from watching “Entourage;” it’s been consistent for many seasons. There is, however, a need for the show to dabble in something new, otherwise the script may become staler than Piven’s hairpiece.