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[Blastoise]

- Onion A|V Club review
- Promo for next week's episode (please spoiler tag any discussion)

Holy fuck that promo!

 

[lucebuce12]

If somebody could add "It's time to stop posting" on this gif, it would be perfect.

 

[Team Filler]

They never followed through on Russ pissing in the corvette. Maybe it'll payoff later.

The songs they play during the credits at the end are always amazingly awful.

Whaaaaaa?!? The end credits songs this season have been fire.

 

[jobrro]

Wonder what type of redundancy this type of app/"internet 2.0" would need. I mean users are flaky, they could delete the app, reformat their phone, go overseas and turn off data etc. etc.

Going to miss TJ Miller. Hope he can come back once or twice a season in a guest capacity.

Also probably already been mentioned, but I watched a top moments of Jian Yang season 1-3 video on YouTube and it ended up linking to me to some of his standup here. Was pretty funny.

 

[nolips]

Jared in the preview lol

It had me in tears. Zach Woods is such a great actor.

 

[Sir Doom]

That was the best Dinesh vs Gilfoyle segment yet. Gilfoyle was shook.

 

[lucebuce12]

"ahh ... an adage!"

Fuck, TJ Miller's gonna be missed

 

[CocaMantis]

TJ leaving/being asked to leave its a shame. I hope they decide to "replace" him with Russ. More screentime of that motherfucker will be gold.

 

[WhiteWolf]

Whaaaaaa?!? The end credits songs this season have been fire.

False. Unless you're referring to the first season because I remember some shit there.

wtf! Song was awesome and so have many other songs!

Man I must be getting old and crotchety. To be fair, everyone I talk with in person who watches the show (age and crotchetiness varies between them) don't like the music at all either.

 

[jett]

I'm really going to miss Erlich. Won't be the same.

- Onion A|V Club review
- Promo for next week's episode (please spoiler tag any discussion)

Jared is so amazing in this show I can't believe it.

 

[Ghost_Messiah]

Hilarious and excellent episode IMO. The show's awesome as usual. What was that revelation at the end though, Dan saying "Liz can never know about what happened to between us".

Did he mean TechCrunch or a relationship between them?

 

[forgeforsaken]

Hilarious and excellent episode IMO. The show's awesome as usual. What was that revelation at the end though, Dan saying "Liz can never know about what happened to between us".

Did he mean TechCrunch or a relationship between them?

Him OKing the deal so Bachman wouldn't sleep with his fiance.

 

[Ghost_Messiah]

Him OKing the deal so Bachman wouldn't sleep with his fiance.

Ah! Thanks! Feel a little stupid now because now you've enlightened me I guess that was pretty obvious. Thanks dude.

 

[ToneBarp]

Man I must be getting old and crotchety. To be fair, everyone I talk with in person who watches the show (age and crotchetiness varies between them) don't like the music at all either.

I agree. I love the show and have been a huge fan since the first episode but I hate most of the songs in the end credits. Just not for me and also friends who watch it have the same opinion so I'm not alone in that feeling.

On another note, the show really won't be the same without TJ Miller

 

[sirap]

God damn in a few years Haley Joel can star in the Santa Clause reboot.

 

[Theorry]

"I was born to roam anyways" that was just perfectly delivered haha.

 

[Rentahamster]

I always liked the banter between Gilfoyle and Dinesh, but their conflict turning physical feels like it crossed a line for me :/

 

[Rentahamster]

Man I must be getting old and crotchety. To be fair, everyone I talk with in person who watches the show (age and crotchetiness varies between them) don't like the music at all either.

I agree. I love the show and have been a huge fan since the first episode but I hate most of the songs in the end credits. Just not for me and also friends who watch it have the same opinion so I'm not alone in that feeling.

What about the end song for the very first episode of season 1? (Minority by Green Day)

 

[norinrad]

Show is fucked with Erlich gone.

Another fine episode, Erlich had the ladies by the balls. Hahaha

 

[NYR]

TJ leaving/being asked to leave its a shame. I hope they decide to "replace" him with Russ. More screentime of that motherfucker will be gold.

Don't get it twisted. He was written off, he is not leaving by choice, they gave him a courtesy with the media blitz, he even has been on record he didn't know he was being written off until he read the script, this is him being pushed out.

 

[DeviantBoi]

you actually said gulp when i took off my bra

fucking hilarious

haley joe osment looks very very different nowadays

I thought that was him!

I knew he had gained a few pounds, but I wasn't sure if it was him.

 

[broncobuster]

As much as Dinesh is a big ol' asshole, he won. Gilfoyle lost with shame.

 

[theCalamity]

Don't get it twisted. He was written off, he is not leaving by choice, they gave him a courtesy with the media blitz, he even has been on record he didn't know he was being written off until he read the script, this is him being pushed out.

Where was this at? Didn't hear about him being pushed out.

 

[NYR]

Where was this at? Didn't hear about him being pushed out.

https://mobile.twitter.com/KateAurthur/status/867818801835802624

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ller-arrested-hitting-uber-driver-trump-fight

Apparently he was very difficult to work with, the arrest was a tipping point, and this Trump incident also made the cast a target, two of them got accosted in a bar:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/12/kumail-nanjiani-thomas-middleditch-trump-supporters

Also, there was this incident with him:
https://www.theverge.com/2015/2/9/8004101/sexism-and-consequences-at-techcrunch-s-annual-award-show

 

[Mrbob]

As much as Dinesh is a big ol' asshole, he won. Gilfoyle lost with shame.

Agreed. After all these years Dinesh finally got that W.

 

[CoolOff]

Absolutely loved this episode.

Great ending song as well.

 

[Magwik]

The ending of episode 2 is one of the greatest things I've ever seen

 

[Vyer]

After that promo I can't wait for Jared next week

https://mobile.twitter.com/KateAurthur/status/867818801835802624

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ller-arrested-hitting-uber-driver-trump-fight

Apparently he was very difficult to work with, the arrest was a tipping point, and this Trump incident also made the cast a target, two of them got accosted in a bar:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/12/kumail-nanjiani-thomas-middleditch-trump-supporters

Also, there was this incident with him:
https://www.theverge.com/2015/2/9/8004101/sexism-and-consequences-at-techcrunch-s-annual-award-show

Damn, how do you fuck up your big break like that

 

[Angelus Errare]

After that promo I can't wait for Jared next week




Damn, how do you fuck up your big break like that

But he really hasn't fucked up his big break at all, uh Deadpool? Deadpool 2?

 

[shoelacer]

I can't say I'm surprised TJ Miller is leaving. His episode of Unmasked left me with the impression that he's a big fan of himself. Hearing he left reminded me that he was the only one of the 'main four' that wasn't on the CBB episodes promoting the show either.

Apparently he was very difficult to work with, the arrest was a tipping point, and this Trump incident also made the cast a target, two of them got accosted in a bar:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/12/kumail-nanjiani-thomas-middleditch-trump-supporters

Well, they got accosted at a bar a month before the Uber slap, but that would be some pretty ridiculous finger pointing regardless.

Man I must be getting old and crotchety. To be fair, everyone I talk with in person who watches the show (age and crotchetiness varies between them) don't like the music at all either.

Phh Too Short has been making dope shit for longer than you've probably been alive

 

[RaidenZR]

https://mobile.twitter.com/KateAurthur/status/867818801835802624

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...ller-arrested-hitting-uber-driver-trump-fight

Apparently he was very difficult to work with, the arrest was a tipping point, and this Trump incident also made the cast a target, two of them got accosted in a bar:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/12/kumail-nanjiani-thomas-middleditch-trump-supporters

Also, there was this incident with him:
https://www.theverge.com/2015/2/9/8004101/sexism-and-consequences-at-techcrunch-s-annual-award-show

Well that's interesting. Didn't know about most of that. Why write him out of the show for those reasons when it doesn't add up though? HBO featured him in a heavy supporting role on that show Crashing and TJ also has an upcoming comedy special that they've been promoting.

 

[Vyer]

But he really hasn't fucked up his big break at all, uh Deadpool? Deadpool 2?

SV was already a couple seasons in before Deadpool. I feel like this show really gave him his first big exposure.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

How has zach woods not been awarded something

 

[drhankmccoyphd]

Does anyone know the name of the song during the end credits?

 

[Bitanator]

Erlich and Jared stole the episode, Watching Dinesh get slapped was one of the funniest scenes of the season.

 

[shoelacer]

Does anyone know the name of the song during the end credits?

https://soundcloud.com/massappealrecs/too-short-you-came-to-party

 

[bounchfx]

just finished the episode, fucking loved it holy shit. lots of great moments

I'll be sad that Eurlich is leaving but at the same time I think there are enough other great characters that the show should be fine. The only time I'd be worried is if they suddenly changed their writing staff

 

[NYR]

Well that's interesting. Didn't know about most of that. Why write him out of the show for those reasons when it doesn't add up though? HBO featured him in a heavy supporting role on that show Crashing and TJ also has an upcoming comedy special that they've been promoting.

I doubt it was an HBO decision, it was likely the show runners who made the call, who likely would have more sway with HBO than Miller, especially if the rumors are true sand he is difficult to work with.

 

[Blastoise]

So will Hayley Joel Osment replace TJ?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

As long as Jian Yang gets one last epic burn on his way out, I'm fine with Erlich leaving before he gets played out like Russ.

 

[Froli]

Fantastic Episode!


Then I learned today that TJ Miller leaving?? WTF man

 

[Reckless Abandon]

Fantastic Episode!

Then I learned today that TJ Miller leaving?? WTF man

Right? I came in here for some post-episode good feels and Cornballer links but get slapped with that. The show will not be the same without him.

https://soundcloud.com/massappealrecs/too-short-you-came-to-party

Thank you! They've had some great credits songs but the one this week stuck with me.

 

[Jag]

As long as Jian Yang gets one last epic burn on his way out, I'm fine with Erlich leaving before he gets played out like Russ.

Russ is great in short doses. But Erlich is the comedy glue of the show. All the interactions are great, but TJ always takes it to another level. I don't see the show being the same without him.

 

[eloestmn]

Russ is great in short doses. But Erlich is the comedy glue of the show. All the interactions are great, but TJ always takes it to another level. I don't see the show being the same without him.

couldnt have said it any better. I dont care what the reasons were behind it, it flat out sucks his character is gone.

 

[Helmholtz]

Really bummed that Erlich is going to be gone. He just seemed like such a core character, and a necessary one.

 

[f0nz0]

So erlichs plot line of "needing something to do" will eventually lead him off the show.. man that sucks

 

[Jack Scofield]

"ahh ... an adage!"

Fuck, TJ Miller's gonna be missed

Erlich has some of the most random and absurd lines that are absolutely hilarious. My all-time favorite is when he starts speaking in Japanese to the Japanese gardener at the Pied Piper office in season 3.

That being said, I wasn't a big fan of this episode. It felt too mean-spirited.

 

[Cornballer]

- EW: T.J. Miller explains why he's leaving Silicon Valley

How “mutual” was the decision?

As mutual as public announcements go. I’m so grateful to HBO because they offered several ways that we could make this work. They were open to all sorts of compromise to allow Erlich to continue to be on the show, but ultimately this just felt like an organic ending. And the relationship with HBO — I mean, they did my special. It’s a dream come true, or at least a living, waking nightmare that was actualized. And on top of that, they gave my best friend, Pete Holmes, Crashing — a show that’s autobiographical, and I get to play myself. I’m not a very good actor; that’s a really easy job. I love HBO, but I thought this would be that thing that would change the show in a positive way. I mean, those guys are the funniest guys working.

Why are you leaving now?

I would love to do The Emoji Movie and things like that and have the time to develop animated features. I would like to keep offering up Gorburger and letting people see a very different side of talk show guests. And that was a big part of why I said, “I’ve learned everything I can from this show. I would love to continue to be involved with it, if only because fans really do enjoy the show, and they seem to enjoy the character. But ultimately I just have to make more things and different things.”

I work so much. I do every single platform. I do every single medium, down to podcasting with Cash Levy (“Cashing in with T. J. Miller”), all the way up to being in an underwater thriller with Kristin Stewart and wanting to be the funny part of that. So [I left] for my own sanity, and for the sake of slowing down, and being more present and able to devote more time to this myriad of projects that I have going on. The other thing of it is that I didn’t get into comedy to be a television actor, and the second that I felt that there was a possibility of going on autopilot — of even phoning it in with this particular project — that’s when I say, “Okay, I gotta walk away. I have to do something where this won’t happen. I can’t allow myself to show up and give a B-plus performance on a show that is an A-plus when it comes to television.” That is a huge, huge part of it.

I think for something to come to an organic end, even if it’s before the public wants it to happen, is so much better. Leave them wanting more. There was one adage that’s never wrong. In comedy, you walk off-stage when the laughs are at their peak, and people go, “Wait, what? The show’s over? It’s just over like that?” You leave them wanting more because you don’t ever want them to wish that there had been less….

Also, in a weird way, it’s interesting to me to leave a show at its height. It’s interesting to me to see how the show will grow and change with the exit of this character.

Did you feel that you had creatively plateaued playing this character — that you had said everything you wanted to say as Erlich?

There is no plateau when working with [Silicon co-creator] Mike Judge. Mike Judge is a prescient genius… I took a cue from my wife. Her favorite quote from David Bowie is — and I’m not an artist, so put “artist” in quotations marks — an artist should always be just far enough in the water that his feet are barely touching the ocean floor, and that’s where you do your best work. You don’t know what’s going to happen. I chose the most unsafe, destabilizing decision that one could make.

When did the thought of leaving first enter your mind?

I think in the middle of the season, I started to think, “If there is a way…” And when I did Underwater, this Kristen Stewart-Vincent Cassel movie, it was a nice reminder because I was a stranger in a strange land — a comedian in an actor’s world and director’s world. Why did I do this underwater thriller? Because it was a Deadpool move — an unexpected move because I get to do something different, to learn from these people — I reminded myself that I didn’t get into this game to become a successful television actor. I didn’t want to be on a sitcom where I made a boatload of money and then could do films but didn’t do a ton, but have a bunch of money and bought a cool house in L.A. and totally rehabbed it so it’s no longer ranch-style. Both of us are already bored with that example. I need to be a stand-up comedian. We’ve got some pretty heavy sh– going on right now, and the best thing I can do is stand-up comedy. I hope Meticulously Ridiculous is both well-received and something that people feel like they can return to for laughs, like Norm Macdonald’s special was for me, and Patton Oswalt’s special was for me. I’m a good stand-up comedian. But I’d like to be a great stand-up comedian, and that takes an immense amount of focus and work ethic. I have both, but I didn’t have the time.

Much more via the link.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

- EW: T.J. Miller explains why he's leaving Silicon ValleyMuch more via the link.

T.J. Miller: Dead, Alone

 

[Ruruja]

So I was thinking about the internet idea and isn't it extremely dodgy in regards to storing other people's data on your phone? What if you are storing child porn of another internet user? Am I misunderstanding what the tech they're building is? It seems like a random mega torrent where you are seeding even if you don't want to.