Silicon Valley TV Show • Page 31

It must be hard to do plots where they still wind up the good guys , like everyone else in Silicon Valley is a total asshole bro they're only kind of an asshole

 

This season felt more character driven than plot driven. While the previous seasons had fantastic character-work, most of the focus this season was about character arcs: Richard becoming so caught up in self-preservation he shifts his moral compass, Jared/Dinesh/Gilfoyle's response to that shift, Bachman's search for a place as the others move on capably without him, (though I'm not the biggest fan of the finale' send-off), even Gavin goes through some self-reflection before being pulled back into the climate that made him such a toxic person. While technically another reset, these characters have been through a lot this season that makes their starting point next season different emotionally and in their relationships, even if it follows the cyclical Pied Piper has nothing, Pied Piper gains momentum pattern. I don't think they can revert these characters too close to what they've been at the start of previous seasons, nor do I feel that's their intent, particularly if there's an end goal in mind. The pacing of this show is absurd, and the seams show at times, but it's hard to imagine many other shows that could pull it off so well.

Loved Jack this episode. Very Trump-like.

 

T.J. Miller Says He Doesn't Like 'Silicon Valley' Showrunner Alec Berg

 

If you read that interview in TJ's voice it's hard to take most of it seriously.

 

Yeah, that didn't sound too serious to me.

"I think that's it." … I don't know how smart [Alec] is. He went to Harvard, and we all know those kids are fucking idiots. That Crimson trash. Those comedy writers in Hollywood are fucking Harvard graduates and that's why they're smug as a bug"

That whole thing seemed like a joke. He's known for saying outlandish shit in interview all the time.

 

I thought it was another great finale. Jared ditching sex to come to Richard's rescue and Gavin dropping Jack off in Jackson Hole were highlights to me. Ehrlich's send off was just weird though. I would have loved an arc for him next season where he tries to con his way power in Tibet. But this just kind of left him as a junkie. Just weird.

 

I agree it's been the weakest season thus far. But even when the show lags Jared just gets better.

 

The photos in this article are the best thing I've seen all week

Why 'Silicon Valley' Stars Are Emmy Outsiders No Longer

 

Hahahahaha

 

I'm sure this was posted when it originally aired but I just got to it so:

"Three pointer? What, are we in Europe?

Is he fucking with me?"

 

Also Haley Joel Osment is so fucking good on this

 

One of my favorite lines this season for sure.

 

The plot retreading has become pretty tiresome to the point of really detracting from the show for me; still get a few laughs every episode, but no longer must see for me.

 

I'm honestly bored with the show, to the point where I haven't finished the last season yet. I still think it's funny, but it's not holding my interest anymore.

 

I finally got around to starting this. Just finished the season 1 finale and the scene where they are figuring out how long it would take for Erlich to jack off every dude at Disrupt is one of the funniest fucking things I've ever seen.

 

Probably the best SV scene. So damn funny.

 

Boy, what an unlikable person TJ Miller is.

 

So we're all in agreement that he's actually the worst, right? How insufferable.

 

That was my takeaway from the article (and all his press the past month or so). I do wonder how much of it is an act? Also, does it matter if it's an act, if he's just being a douche?

 

He's definitely way too pretentious for his level of talent

 

It's clearly an act, although certainly an obnoxious one.

 

I've posted this before, I saw him in LA in '14 (I'd argue he was lesser known) and it was a trainwreck. From that day I didn't like him. He was drunk, high, on something. Tormented the audience, it wasn't good at all. Just a terrible experience and a huge waste of money.

 

I have mixed feeling about TJ.

I've LOVED him in everything I've seen him in. Podcasts, movies, stand-up, TV... But he comes across like a dick in some interviews, and I've heard quite a few similar stories to the one @colorlesscliche posted above.

I don't think anyone should blame him for leaving SV. It's his career, and if that's what he chose, so be it. But he should be a little less pretentious about it in the press.