TV: Silicon Valley Pt 2

[Laser Rayzor]

Saw the old one was locked up and I didn't see the replacement.

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[ColonialsHockey10]

Honestly when you get gold like Jared's insult to Dinesh at the end the constant failure is tolerable.

Between Jareds line and "OR DO WE" from Erlich, this episode was hilarious.

No show makes me crack up like Silicon Valley.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Comedies are allowed to suspend reality.

This show is gold.

Django

 

[kingsholygrail]

MC Pakistan

 

[Dr Frasier Crane]

Honestly when you get gold like Jared's insult to Dinesh at the end the constant failure is tolerable.

Between Jareds line and "OR DO WE" from Erlich, this episode was hilarious.

No show makes me crack up like Silicon Valley.

I lost it the second time he did it. Perfect timing.

 

[silverfish]

Cypres Hillel

So. Jack has the "fake" fake plans allowing the guys to carry out the real plan because Jack thinks he thwarted it.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

The or do we cut away was hilarious

 

[izzy]

The Django line, lol.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Comedies are allowed to suspend reality.

This show is gold.

Django

Yeah, I mean you're talking about a creator that let Peggy Hill jump out of a plane with a busted parachute and survive the fall.

 

[Shareefruck]

I don't think people are actually complaining about literal realism are they?

I've always felt that people put too much emphasis on realism in TV/Movies-- it's a criticism that annoys me. If it works, it works-- sometimes the surreal and silly can work just as well. Sometimes it doesn't, but for other reasons.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I don't think people are actually complaining about literal realism are they?

I've always felt that people put too much emphasis on realism in TV/Movies-- it's a criticism that annoys me. If it works, it works-- sometimes the surreal and silly can work just as well. Sometimes it doesn't, but for other reasons.

Real life can be stranger than fiction. I mean you couldn't write the OJ Simpson case.

 

[Jussi]

Real life can be stranger than fiction. I mean you couldn't write the OJ Simpson case.

Or could we?

 

[discostu]

I just caught up with this weeks episode. I thought this was a great episode. Laughs came from everywhere. Erlich, Dinesh's chain, the company within the company plan, Gilfoyle and the recruiters.

I also am not getting the criticism of the plot. I find the issues with the CEO a pretty likely type of problem given the stage of an IT company. Plus, who hasn't had a boss that seemed nice at first, but became a tyrant pretty quickly.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Or could we?

Do you have something to say?

 

[silverfish]

I think a lot of people are missing the fact that it was

[spoil] Part of the plan for Jack to see the documents that Richard spilled [/spoil]

 

[Zrhutch]

Started the show this week, just got to season two. I was familiar with Russ from the "this guy ****s" YouTube clip, and absolutely lost it when he drove up blasting Limp Bizkit

 

[Hasbro]

Although it was funny, I was a bit disappointed we aren't getting Carla back.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I think a lot of people are missing the fact that it was

[spoil] Part of the plan for Jack to see the documents that Richard spilled [/spoil]

Really? I didn't get that idea at all.

 

[Talks to Goalposts]

Really? I didn't get that idea at all.

A pretty big hint was in the Meinertzhagen's haversack reference. If you look it up, you find out that it was a plan based on giving the enemy a fake plan.

 

[discostu]

A pretty big hint was in the Meinertzhagen's haversack reference. If you look it up, you find out that it was a plan based on giving the enemy a fake plan.

I hope it's not part of the plan. That final episode is funnier if the whole plan goes out the window.

 

[silverfish]

A pretty big hint was in the Meinertzhagen's haversack reference. If you look it up, you find out that it was a plan based on giving the enemy a fake plan.

Yep!

 

[discostu]

I just read a reddit discussion about whether this was part of the fake plan, and the evidence is pretty compelling. I think it would have been funny to see the whole plan flush away, but, it seems pretty intricate how they set this up. Of note, the conversation with the Japanese gardener from Erlich seems to indicate that tripping on the hose probably wasn't accidental.

This show is hitting on all cylinders, so, whatever direction they go, I'm sure it's going to be funny.

 

[Hasbro]

Of note, the conversation with the Japanese gardener from Erlich seems to indicate that tripping on the hose probably wasn't accidental.

Was there a translation like for Jared's sleep German?

 

[Player big P]

Pretty sure really all he said was "Hiroki, thank you." I think he said "gozaimasu" at the end but I don't remember what that means, but I'm pretty sure it's nothing important.

 

[discostu]

Pretty sure really all he said was "Hiroki, thank you." I think he said "gozaimasu" at the end but I don't remember what that means, but I'm pretty sure it's nothing important.

It's not the content of the conversation, but, the fact that Richard tripped on the garden hose. Further, the gardener seemed to be standing there with the hose and it not running.

Circumstantial, but, supports the idea of a set up. That Erlich/Gardener scene was a pretty weak gag, and makes sense that's it part of a larger payoff.

We'll see. This was such a great episode though.