first episode should be finishing up on the east coast right now. Trailer in case you havent seen it yet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mydFes629og

I don't know what's more Gavin, this or the elephant from last season
but both are classic

Dinesh as CEO...

That poor bulldog though....

loved him cursing up a storm in front of the kids then realizing he was at the wrong school.

This weekend I went through season 3 again and I am glad I did. I totally forgot about Big Head and Erlich buying Pied Piper.

I dont know about this whole new internet thing though. They set up Richard to be this genius. His compression algorithm is fucking amazing. So now he is going to use that to create a new internet. Kind of a big task. There is no way he is going to be able to pull this off. I mean there are plenty of geniuses out there but nobody has built a new internet or tried, as far as I know. So he should fall flat on his face. But my thing is sooner or later these huge companies are going to throw a shit load of money at him to work for them. At what point are they going to get tired of failing and being broke? Dont want this to get stale and go the Entourage route. Except instead of everything going right and always fucking hot chicks. They always fail and they are fucking...except Jared.

I thought it was pretty good. Battle axe bit was awesome

didn't do it for me

Funk figures for my desk LOL

so many great jokes

Richard warning all the kids and parents in advance of Russ peeling out was a subtle moment I loved

CLASSIC! another year rent-free

I don't know why Gavin Belson is so funny to me, but the end of this episode was hilarious...

Also, I love the way they continue to throw back to earlier minor characters. Especially the server guy.

Having the one creepy older guy with the kids was the icing on the cake. I flatlined at that point.

That was great. The whole set-up of Dinesh's arrogance actually saving him was great as well. Great episode from top to bottom.

This was my favorite episode in a while...

In other things...I was feelin' that Nas record in the credits of the first ep. They are putting a soundtrack together for this season on Mass Appeal records, which means a good splattering of underground hip-hop.

Vine getting thrown off of the Twitter logo. Snap floating by Facebook. FBI trucks rolling up to Theranos.

http://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-opening-new-tech-companies-list-2017-4

Will have to keep an eye on it from here on out

Shazam for food

my son was in the next room playing while i watched the episode. As soon as the music started he walked over and said hey I know that song. But another solid episode. Jared and his woooo's had me dying. The fucking Shazam of food ? Hahaha

Next week looks to be even more fun

seems so long ago

So good.

Completely forgot all about that. ha!

Big Head is always in the right place at the right time
while Jin is in Erlich's head at the right time

them two dudes kill me. Another brilliant ep.

The scene with him and Richard when he starts listing the way he will kill people and the scene at Gavin's house with the cheese.

Dinish having to spend the next year looking at dick pics, lol when he realized what he was going to have to do.

a whole year

http://i.imgur.com/gvP6ppO.jpg

I'd pay to have that on a shirt

Gavin signed over the patent, and the pic containing the stuff Richard scribbled down the previous ep? What was the deal with the picture? Why Gilfoyle's dick pic comment?

The significance of that was a lil lost on me

He gave Richard the picture because it has the formulations to show how his "reinventing the Internet" would work, because Richard is now the sole owner of it.

Under normal circumstances, this is what Richard would want, because he initially never sought Gavin's money, just the patent. However, since Richard told the press what he's working on (to ostensibly make Gavin feel better about himself), Pied Piper now has all the attention, but none of the money to get it done. Hence, why Gavin is a dick.

on Entourage you knew things were always going to work out for the crew. Here you know its never going to work out. These guys need to get a W sooner or later.

and show them climb the ladder to success for a season or 2 before they fall again just to get back up and keep going.

I dont mind the rollercoaster of wins and losses they keep having but they are way too close together where possible storylines just seem to end so quickly...you cant keep doing every other episode, there won't be much growth for the characters

and show them climb the ladder to success for a season or 2 before they fall again just to get back up and keep going.

I dont mind the rollercoaster of wins and losses they keep having but they are way too close together where possible storylines just seem to end so quickly...you cant keep doing that every other episode, there won't be much growth for the characters

And the new poster art on the tshirt that HBO is selling...I need them all.

I'm think about getting the Jared one because it has the jacket.

Has all the writing on the back of it too

my desk at work has new additions


http://i.imgur.com/undefined.jpg

all of them?

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tj-miller-exit-silicon-valley-season-5-1202444762/

“The producers of ‘Silicon Valley’ and T.J. Miller have mutually agreed that T.J. will not return for season 5,” HBO said in a statement. “In Erlich Bachman, T.J. has brought to life an unforgettable character, and while his presence on the show will be missed, we appreciate his contribution and look forward to future collaborations.”

Would love to know if it was planned or something happened.

and he wasn't told ahead of time:

https://twitter.com/KateAurthur/status/867817422538981376

-fall out from his arrest if he really did something.

-story arc that they can move the rest of the crew out as he is divested in Jin-Yang's company

The interactions between him and Jian Yang are consistently my favorites. Wonder why they decided on this.

I wonder what happened

Maybe he fucked someones wife LOL jk

He'll be missed...I wonder if this means they finally get a W and move out

that had me laughing so hard

also the frantic look on his face when he's asking if he's saying it right

The Dubs fan in me found that hilarious.

Seemed very out of place

I'm guessing that they get some wins in the last two episodes. Or at least finale. And, hopefully, there won't be some final L "twist" at the very end.

Maybe he accepts that he's no good at being a tech entrepreneur and finds something else to do?

but everything always has a bit of comedy to it. But this time it was just serious. I was figuring he would take a trip like Gavin or do some crazy Erlich type of shit. Now I am just hoping they dont kill him off and or they dont find him hanging in Jin Yang's room.

whatever the context of his exit, his few comments about it suggest he thinks it was the right way and time for this character to move on from the show.


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I think it was Larry King. Larry was pressing him for more. TJ was giving the standard answer. But you could tell there was more to it.

ultimately he's not going to bash the show or it's team...he probably wants to keep it civil and walk away amicably but who da hell knows what really happened. early reports were that he had no idea then it was suddenly a joint decision...etc.

had me dying

and ol security dude rides hard for Gavin, kinda guy you want on your team

That massive beard made him dang near unrecognizable. I can't believe The Sixth Sense is almost 20 years old.

go for Chambers gets me every single time

I mean wtf? Pretty much for the entire season they just ran in place. They are back where they started with a product and working on funding. Yeah they have funding this time. But havent they always until something happens? Richard's turn was so out of character. Sure there was a hint of him turning heel at hooli-con but still it didnt work for me. Also the way they wrote Erlich off the show was lazy as shit. There had to be something going on behind the scenes. That really came out of no where. Really funny season but damn the story is getting old. They need to do something different next season. Getting tired of the same shit every season.

the premise is it's supposed to be a spoof and caricature of the real silicon valley
where for every google and facebook a thousand start ups crash and burn, re-inventing themselves until they finally get it right

The show worked for me when the guys managed to be their own worst enemies and hilarity ensued

but you're right, the same routine every season is getting old

now with Erlich gone, no more Jin Yiang? fuck that

I guess the show ends when Pied Piper becomes what they hate (Hooli)
but at the rate they're going it's gonna happen on Season 8

That would at least keep the guys there. Though I would like to see them actually win for an extended period.

I will say the row of blow job miming fridges was funny as fuck

Cause it felt like something that could actually happening to a young company in their position. They overcommitted to their first customer, tried a crazy idea to pull it off but it blew up in their faces. Seemed legit within that world as opposed to something random happening to screw them over like it usually does. I liked the way it ended too. I guess the thing I'm least excited about is that Gavin will be back and nothing will have changed on that front.

I do feel bad for how it ends for Ehlich but on it's own (not knowing that's his last scene) it's a funny way to get rid of him. They need to elude to him getting out of there somehow down the road though.

wellp.
according to Mike, Miller was the one who wanted to leave.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/silicon-valleys-mike-judge-talks-season-4-finale-end-erlich-six-season-plan-1016458.

V.

He said in that one lengthy interview that he's been incredibly busy shooting a number of feature films, doing press junkets, etc. They talked about reducing his role, and he said "what's the point?" essentially.

Maybe there was a little tension because that's just a tough scenario to manage-- and certainly Miller seemed to resent how Alec Berg treated him during this time-- but if Miller's heart is in doing all these feature things, and the show doesn't want to work its way around his schedule, then it's really for the best all around, probably.

Here's the Miller interview that I'm gleaning this info from:

HR: How did you manage to leave the show mid-run? Didn't you have a contract that would keep you on the series?

Miller: They came to me and said, "Look, we're not going to pick up your contingency because we want to offer you doing five episodes out of the 10, or three episodes." And then I said, "Oh perfect, I had been wanting to ask if you guys would be open to me leaving the show." And then they suddenly said, "Wait, no, what? You can do whatever. What? What do you mean?" And that was so good of them. They said, "We just wanted you to have more time to do all of the things you're doing." And I said, "Well, the best way for me to be involved in the show is by no longer being on it." I swear to God, that's why the internet broke. Everybody was like, "What the f— are you talking about? You're on this successful show. Don't you want three more years of solid acting work and don't you want to be a famous television actor?" And I was like, "No, not really." I'd like to parasail into the Cannes Film Festival for The Emoji Movie because that's the next new funny thing that will make people laugh.

HR: Why were the producers going to reduce your role in the first place?

Miller: Because they had to move the production schedule around. That's how heavy-duty my schedule is. Even the most successful comedy next to Veep on HBO was like this thing that I had to — I'm doing stand-up and I come back and I didn't sleep at all. I was incredibly busy. People joke about it but I'm the hardest-working man in show business, maybe. So they were like, "Let's make this easier for both of us." And I was like, "I think this is an amazing opportunity."

internets made it seem like it was this off-camera tension or incident that got him "fired" or something, but a busy-ass sched would do it. still sucks he's gotta bounce tho.

V.

he never talked or hinted about why he was done. Then the interview came out that Frank posted above. I saw him on a radio show saying the same thing. If that was the case it makes sense. But why did his write off seem so lazy? Like that was the best they could come up with? I kind of was expecting him to go on a trip like Gavin. It would definitely leave it open for him to comeback but also tell why he left. I felt that would have been lazy. But oh he got too high and Gavin left him? Did not like it at all.

that he thought that would be funnier.

and that they asked him to be on the show a little less and he was like....how about a lot less as in not at all.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at