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Silicon Valley is an American television sitcom created by Mike Judge, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky. The series focuses on five young men who found a startup company in Silicon Valley. The ten-episode fourth season will premiere on April 23, 2017, on HBO.

In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Mike Judge (Office Space, Beavis & Butthead, King of the Hill) brings his irreverent brand of humor, and his own experiences working in Silicon Valley, to the award-winning comedy now entering its fourth season.

Videos:

• Season 3 Recap
• Silicon Valley: It’s What Connects Us
• Season 4 Trailer
• Season 4 Teaser Trailer
• Talking with Chris Hardwick: Cast of Silicon Valley

Articles

• NY Times Magazine Profile: Mike Judge, the Bard of Suck
• Buzzfeed: "Silicon Valley" Finished Its Homework And Now It Gets To Have Some Fun
• SJ Mercury News: ‘Silicon Valley’: What’s in store for Season 4? (Hint: No horse sex)
• Harpers Bazaar: Zach Wood interview

Reviews:

• Collider

  Rating: Good — Reliably smart and perceptive, but could use an update. 3 out of 4 stars

Links:

• GetPipey.com (Chrome Extension)
• Wikipedia
• IMDB

Poster:

 

[Vanillalite]

I'm cautiously hyped.

Show is always funny, but the plot can be middling sometimes.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

can't wait

 

[Sanjuro]

Can't wait!

 

[Switch Back 9]

Gave up on this halfway through Season 3. The whole "good thing happens just kidding things get worse" formula got old.

It was always funny I just got sick of the same thing happening every time.

 

[Ferny]

Can't wait for this to start.

 

[Kaizer]

So excited for this to return!

 

[Sir Doom]

In for more Monica

 

[hoverboarder]

Great show. Never watched it one week at a time, so I'm interested to see if the quality holds up in short bursts!

 

[Aiii]

Cannot wait to find out how the internet gets reinvented. Do not let me down, Richard!

 

[Zyae]

Gave up on this halfway through Season 3. The whole "good thing happens just kidding things get worse" formula got old.

It was always funny I just got sick of the same thing happening every time.

Everyone says this but if you go by episode to episode its really not true.

 

[Whooter]

Caught the first two eps of Season 4 at the Alamo last night.

Interesting things happening, will be fun to see how it all plays out...

Russ is still my favorite person on the show, I think...

 

[Bitanator]

So excited for this

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

"You just brought piss to a shit fight" is still a very underutilized gif on gaf

 

[fallengorn]

Love that Dan Clowes art.

Can't wait for this to come back on.

 

[TTOOLL]

Well, thankfully I'll take a break on watching Jian Yang compilations on Youtube =D

Welcome back, guys!

 

[Vanillalite]

Gave up on this halfway through Season 3. The whole "good thing happens just kidding things get worse" formula got old.

It was always funny I just got sick of the same thing happening every time.

I'll watch cause I find it hilarious.

That being said the story itself being kinda middling is what keeps it from being top tier.

 

[cHaotix8]

Dope, looking forward to catching this weekly. Still hate Richard though.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Gave up on this halfway through Season 3. The whole "good thing happens just kidding things get worse" formula got old.

Pretty much... I finished the season and will watch Season 4, but the formula did get really tiring.

 

[Darth Pinche]

Well, thankfully I'll take a break on watching Jian Yang compilations on Youtube =D

Welcome back, guys!

I thought I was the only one who did this. "God Dammit, Jian Yang!"

 

[lucebuce12]

This show is coming back?

OH FUCK YESSSS!!!

 

[Sir Doom]

Well, thankfully I'll take a break on watching Jian Yang compilations on Youtube =D

Welcome back, guys!

mother fuck

 

[dukeoflegs]

I think I will binge watch the last three seasons over the next couple of days. Can't wait for the next season.

 

[Reckless Abandon]

Pumped! Will definitely be all over this. Great humor and performances in this show so far.

Well, thankfully I'll take a break on watching Jian Yang compilations on Youtube =D

Welcome back, guys!

Haha awesome. These are some of my favorite moments from the show. I'd be down for a spin-off with Erlich and Jian Yang.

 

[ZeroCypher]

The belles of the ball are back!

 

[Cornballer]

- THR: 'Silicon Valley' Showrunner Mike Judge: "We're Going to Break the Rules This Season"

Although he didn’t divulge many details on the upcoming season of the hit show, which follows a group of programmers, developers and entrepreneurs trying to break through in the eponymous tech world of Silicon Valley, Judge did say the characters “make some strides.” That doesn’t mean they’ll necessarily succeed in their endeavors, however.

“If they suddenly succeed and they’re all billionaires, you might not care about them as much,” the showrunner explained, adding, “If they’re complaining about something you might just go, ‘Oh, you’re a billionaire, stop complaining.’ But at the same time we can’t keep kicking them down every episode.”

 

[RatskyWatsky]

- THR: 'Silicon Valley' Showrunner Mike Judge: "We're Going to Break the Rules This Season"

Glad to hear it!

 

[TTOOLL]

- THR: 'Silicon Valley' Showrunner Mike Judge: "We're Going to Break the Rules This Season"

Make them successful for at least two seasons and show us a proper company run by Erlich, Richard and co.

 

[bodyboarder]

That car door bit still cracks me up.

 

[Ledbetter]

No love for Jared here? Possibly the best character of Silicon Valley for me.

- THR: 'Silicon Valley' Showrunner Mike Judge: "We're Going to Break the Rules This Season"

Great. That has been my only complaint with this show, which has never stopped to be funny.

 

[Team Filler]

No love for Jared here? Possibly the best character of Silicon Valley for me.

Everyone loves Jared, he totally fucks!

 

[Cornballer]

- The Ringer: The Commercial King of ‘Silicon Valley’: The actors on HBO’s tech world satire all have gigs selling stuff in commercials. But who’s the best shill?

 

[rashbeep]

Gave up on this halfway through Season 3. The whole "good thing happens just kidding things get worse" formula got old.

It was always funny I just got sick of the same thing happening every time.

Agreed.

I finished s3 but it was out of faint hope that things would get better. Really poor overall.

 

[rec0ded1]

So glad that I won't have to listen to "My friends say I'm a TOTAL Gilfoyle...I'm Like totally Gilfoyle...omg everyone says I'm Gilfoyle" every monday thanks to working somewhere else this season.

 

[the_firewithin]

Ready for more mvp Jared

 

[Moppeh]

The plot doesn't really make sense anymore, but I don't care because I love Jared and he fucks.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

So excited for this. Funniest show on TV!

 

[Shaneus]

Fucking HYPE! It's been too long.

 

[Schrade]

Well, thankfully I'll take a break on watching Jian Yang compilations on Youtube =D

Welcome back, guys!

"Elrich Bachman. Your refrigerator is running. This is Mike Hunt."


ROFL!

 

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[reKon]

best comedy on TV

let's get it!

 

[Merchandise]

I only watched the first season. Loved TJ Miller, didn't like anyone else. Worth catching up or nah?

 

[lucebuce12]

I only watched the first season. Loved TJ Miller, didn't like anyone else. Worth catching up or nah?

There's still quite a lot of TJ Miller along with some new characters that do keep things fresh. It's also consistently pretty funny so I say catch up but it's up to you.

 

[Team Filler]

I only watched the first season. Loved TJ Miller, didn't like anyone else. Worth catching up or nah?

Absolutely, it has some of the best lines in any show. "Jared, nice. Using that dick."

 

[TheNatureBoy]

Richard does some of the best physical comedy on TV.

 

[Cornballer]

- Flavorwire: The Wonky, Nonsensical, Nauseating World of ‘Silicon Valley’

 

[Cornballer]

- Warming Glow: Mike Judge Promises A Big Change For ‘Silicon Valley’s’ New Season (group interview)

Zach Woods, who plays Jared, readily admitted that there’s some “definite overlap” between him and his character. “I spent hundreds of dollars a year on scented candles,” said Woods, “which is something I feel like Jared would do if it weren’t so extravagant. There’s parts of me that are sort of like a mild 60-year-old woman.”

Later, during a Q&A with the audience, Woods talked about the first time he met Miller, who came to his trailer, which was filled with scented candles, while he sat on a yoga mat reading a journal of reassuring quotes, all set to the music of the Indigo Girls.

The similarities between the actors and their fictional counterparts is no accident, as Judge described the symbiotic relationship the cast has with the show’s writers. “You’ll get better performances, I think, if the actors feel comfortable, and if they think something they can just spew it out. There’s this feedback loop, [where] one of the actors will try something, and it’s good, and we kind of write to that.”

Granted, this can be a gradual process. Judge explained that Woods had thrown out several lines of dialogue during the first season that didn’t make it into the show until the third, though the actor never sees those jokes end up on the screen. “[He] doesn’t watch the show,” Judge told to the audience, which, honestly, does seem to reinforce Woods’ self-described similarity to a mild 60-year-old woman.

 

[Cornballer]

- Newsday review

BOTTOM LINE There’s a sense that we’ve traveled down this road paved with silicon once or twice before, but the ride is still smart, engaging and highly informative.

Grade: B+

 

[Shaneus]

Aw yiss! Impressions sounding good

 

[PsychBat!]

"Elrich Bachman. Your refrigerator is running. This is Mike Hunt."


ROFL!

I fucking died when he made that call.