Writer:	Doug Ellin
Director:	Mark Mylod
Star:	Adrian Grenier (Vincent Chase),  Kevin Dillon (Johnny "Drama" Chase),  Kevin Connolly (Eric Murphy),  Jerry Ferrara (Turtle),  Jeremy Piven (Ari Gold)
Guest Star:	Sofía Vergara (Village Girl),  Adam Goldberg (Nick Rubenstein),  Stephen Gaghan (Himself),  Rhys Coiro (Billy Walsh)

This is the first episode in the history of the series to have a cold opening. (edit) Although credited, Perrey Reeves does not appear in this episode. (edit) Music: "Asi Son Mis Dias" by Control Machete; "Oye Mami" by Malverde; "El Basito" by Los Corralles; "Mi Placa" by MC Azucar; "The Voice" by Harry Gregson-Williams; "Apertura" by Gustavo Santaolalla; "Lima" by Gustavo Santaolalla; "No Pregunten" by TNS; "En Baranquilla Me Quedo" by Joe Arroyo; "Song for Jordan" by Del Castillo; "De Mis Huella" by Incantation; "Suave Bruta" by Joe Arroyo; "La Salida De Lima" by Gustavo Santaolalla; "She Loves Everybody" by Chester French (edit) Debi Mazar no longer appears in the opening credits. (edit) This is the first episode that Perry Reeves appears in the opening credits. She is now a series regular. (edit)

Vince: I called Ari personally and asked him if he'd call our financier and try and get us a little more money
Ari: I told Vince, "HA HA HA." (edit) Eric: Why aren't we shooting?
Vince: I just act, kid. (edit) Billy: You're fearful. Like this is the most feared man in Columbia, right? But you know that he lusts after you.
Village Girl Actress: But I'm only selling bananas. (edit) Billy: That is the last fucking cell phone that I wanna hear in the next 45 days that we spend together! I'm telling you all right now that if another cell phone rings while professional artists are trying to work the person responsible for that distractioon will be dragged into town and sold as a drug mule! Does everyone understand what I'm saying? (edit) Billy: What attracted me to this project? Well, that's easy. It was the blood. (edit)

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Title: The title of the episode also comes from a movie called Welcome to the Jungle, which also goes by the name The Rundown, made in 2003, starring The Rock. It is about a tough aspiring chef hired to bring home a mobster's son from the Amazon but becomes involved in the fight against an oppressive town operator and the search for a legendary treasure. (edit) Title: "Welcome to the Jungle" is the name of one of the most revered hard rock hits of all time by the group Guns N' Roses, and it appeared on their 1987 album Appetite for Destruction. It was written by Axl Rose and Slash in Seattle, and describes Los Angeles, though the inspiration came from an event in New York City. According to Rose, he and a friend were hitchhiking and a homeless man tried to scare them by saying "You know where you are? You're in the jungle baby, you're gonna die!" (edit)