TV: Silicon Valley Pt 2

[kmad]

I lost it at the end "What makes you think I would have that information?"

My throat hurts from that

 

[USC Trojans]

The Heisman trophy...from athletics

 

[chicagoskycam]

Holy crap, what the hell happened to the kid from Sixth Sense.
He blew up, and I mean that figuratively

Yeah he was in Entourage and not bad at all. Still has that baby face, probably the reason for the beard.

Just caught up the last few episodes, loved the fridge hack!! "it's putting up a fight!"

 

[Lost Horizons]

Lots of call backs to previous season this year like the sweater Jared was wearing is the same that Monica wore in season 1 or 2.

 

[Player big P]

That's not the same sweater. She DID wear it last season when she came to tell them she didn't like the beta.

Why would Jared have Monica's sweater?

 

[Lost Horizons]

It's not exactly the same but it's implied that that type of sweater is the disappointment style sweater. They are close enough to appear to be the same and that's the joke they were going for.

can't hot link the image so:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SiliconVal...jared_was_wearing_the_bad_news_sweater_while/

 

[Miamipuck]

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[Player big P]

What an odd remark

 

[Sniper99]

Just started watching this for the 1st time tonight. Its funny as hell.

 

[Trap Jesus]

No dip in quality whatsoever that I've noticed, which is very promising for a show in its 4th season.

It'll be interesting to see how they handle no Erlich though. On the plus-side, he's unique in the fact that I don't think he ruins the group dynamic by leaving. He's a great character, but a lot of the humor is just him on his own as kind of a lone wolf, not necessarily needing to riff off of the other 4 main guys, whereas the other 4 go back-and-forth with each other quite a bit more. Losing even one of them would most likely affect the others negatively.

Jian Yang is the one big exception. I'm sure his character will suffer greatly due to no Erlich.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

I lost it at the end "What makes you think I would have that information?"

Same. It was just a hilarious way to end an episode. I'm not a big laugh out loud person but I really did at that end scene.

 

[Hivemind]

Same. It was just a hilarious way to end an episode. I'm not a big laugh out loud person but I really did at that end scene.

The delivery of that line was just so perfect.

 

[chicagoskycam]

TJ MIller has a stand up act premier on HBO tonight.



.... mmmm I couldn't get through it but you guys might like it.

 

[Throw More Waffles]

That's not the same sweater. She DID wear it last season when she came to tell them she didn't like the beta.

Why would Jared have Monica's sweater?

Haven't they sort of played up the fact that Jared is a secretly amazing with the ladies in the sack? I thought the implication was that Jared and Monica have been at it.

This guy ****s.

 

[Throw More Waffles]

I'm guessing the guy from the sixth sense takes over for TJ Miller (who's leaving the show after this season).

They made them have similar-ish personalities, and have similar style. In this past episode, there were some scenes where the two of them were mimicking each others body language and mannerisms.

Or maybe this is all common knowledge and I'm late to the game.

 

[Leafsdude7]

I'm guessing the guy from the sixth sense takes over for TJ Miller (who's leaving the show after this season).

They made them have similar-ish personalities, and have similar style. In this past episode, there were some scenes where the two of them were mimicking each others body language and mannerisms.

Or maybe this is all common knowledge and I'm late to the game.

There's definitely some similarities, but there's also some massive differences. Most notably, Feldsbar knows how much a fraud and luck magnet he is with his business ventures, while Erlich thinks he's actually that good at what he does. Considering how much of Erlich's humor rests on the fact that he thinks he's awesome when he's actually really bad at what he does, I'm not sure that's a realistic replacement, at least in the same way that Laurie was a replacement for Gregory.

 

[Throw More Waffles]

There's definitely some similarities, but there's also some massive differences. Most notably, Feldsbar knows how much a fraud and luck magnet he is with his business ventures, while Erlich thinks he's actually that good at what he does. Considering how much of Erlich's humor rests on the fact that he thinks he's awesome when he's actually really bad at what he does, I'm not sure that's a realistic replacement, at least in the same way that Laurie was a replacement for Gregory.

I just meant replace Erlich as the guy running the incubator. They made him similar in many ways, but with a few key differences so as to change things up a bit.

Was a pretty good idea overall.

 

[Blender]

That moment when the phones started exploding.

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

The suicide bomb gag was goddamn hilarious.

 

[Hivemind]

Jared's indignation with Richard falls flat when you remember he was the one who hired the click farm.

 

[Troy McClure]

TJ MIller has a stand up act premier on HBO tonight.



.... mmmm I couldn't get through it but you guys might like it.

It is awful. It's like getting a band's demo tape for a song you love where it's missing all of the guitar parts. In this case, HBO released this demo before any of the comedy had been recorded.

 

[Boris Zubov]

After tonight's episode it's pretty obvious this show won't last past season 5, even if Backaman had stayed. It was a great run, however.

Unrelated, earlier in this thread there was discussion how there were no unlikable characters on this show. I didn't chime in then, but it's clear Richard is that guy.

 

[Hivemind]

After tonight's episode it's pretty obvious this show won't last past season 5, even if Backaman had stayed. It was a great run, however.

I think I'm okay with that. There's only so many times I can see them get in some sort of ownership quandary only to have Richard end up in control again or face an existential/funding crisis only to be bailed out by a deus ex machina. The show is still hilarious on most episodes, but the constant cycle of one or two week long crises gets old.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

Was the security guy (I don't know his name) letting them go through with it a response to the criticism that they always lose? That twist felt so out of the blue.

I still like this show over Veep (I might be done with Veep after this season) but who in their right mind would want to work with a self centered egotist like Richard. He's constantly doing this crap, putting his own interests over others and he's a terrible manager. Jared trying not to go ******* on his ass was on point and hilarious. I would have loved to see him explode though, sparks flying and all.

I was hoping this episode would have been better considering the cool set up from last week but other than a few moments and realizing just how unlikable Richard is (And yes I know it's been like this all series but he might have crossed that line tonight), this episode was just there. For the penultimate episode of the season to be just there, that's concerning.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Was the security guy (I don't know his name) letting them go through with it a response to the criticism that they always lose? That twist felt so out of the blue.

I still like this show over Veep (I might be done with Veep after this season) but who in their right mind would want to work with a self centered egotist like Richard. He's constantly doing this crap, putting his own interests over others and he's a terrible manager. Jared trying not to go ******* on his ass was on point and hilarious. I would have loved to see him explode though, sparks flying and all.

I was hoping this episode would have been better considering the cool set up from last week but other than a few moments and realizing just how unlikable Richard is (And yes I know it's been like this all series but he might have crossed that line tonight), this episode was just there. For the penultimate episode of the season to be just there, that's concerning.

The security guy has an unhealthy love of Gavin and hates Barker for pushing Gavin out.

Because Richard wrote that nice article about Gavin he decided to help them.