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[Ghost_Messiah]

Pretty good episode. I cracked up at that entire interviewing sequence particularly when the Cyborg showed up. There was just something about original Jared's expressions that kept killing me. Honestly I think he's my favourite character. His mannerisms never fail to crack me up. Glad the show has returned. I don't think I realised how much I missed it all this time and just how exceptionally good it was last time. Season 2 is starting out much stronger than season 1 IMO. It is following the same pattern as before (season 1 leading up to Tech Crunch and season 2 leading up to CES) but I think that's a good thing as that structure worked wonders last time.

So roll on next week. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the episodes.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Good episode. Already love the new engineer.

LOL at baghead.

Would be fucking hilarious if they kept calling Jared, O.J., even though they didn't get the other Jared on board.

Oh man Jared Patackin aka JP from Grandma's Boy!

hah didn't notice that but it definitely seems like an homage now.

 

[Veritigo_X]

Would be fucking hilarious if they kept calling Jared, O.J., even though they didn't get the other Jared on board.

This is totally happening. The new engineer (that happens to be a woman) was already calling him that.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

That was another solid episode I do wonder, when it eventually happens, who will be the one(s) who get fucked over if Pied Piper makes it big. Erich seems like he would be if anyone does though I don't want him to be... Mostly. But someone has to be the Ronald Wayne of the group, right?


EDIT: Oh yeah... "Cuntie" was a nickname my grand father gave my grand mother.

 

[demon]

Good episode and the woman engineer is a solid addition and has good chemistry with the rest of them. This season is off to a better start than the first season was and I'm much more optimistic about the show's longevity now.

 

[big ander]

I really thought that was a wheel-spinner. One of those odd breather episodes of a tv comedy where there aren't too many jokes, and there are no big plot progressions, and most of the characters hang around in the background. Stage-setting for the second half of the season, which is fine, but this was so peculiarly not funny for Silicon Valley.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

That's three strikes in a row for me. This season just hasn't been doing it for me (outside of the premiere).

I actually hated the new programmer. Thought she was pretty fucking obnoxious.

Me too. I thought she was obnoxious, but without the benefit of being funny like the rest of the cast.

4. Do people find the Jian Yang character kind of racist? Because it seems kind of racist.

I'm surprised to see a character like him in an HBO series in 2015.

 

[out0v0rder]

Oh thats you pronounce that yogurt

 

[Jim]

Oh thats you pronounce that yogurt

I love Fage yogurt and totally felt Erlich's pain. Teaspoon not tablespoon.

 

[thoseAREmySHOES]

Man, I adored that commercial! Actually, is that the same girl from the 2014 commercial?

Super late response, but yeah, it's the same woman - Alice Wetterlund. (IMDB)

 

[Garryk]

Jared killed it this episode.

"Permission granted." *ecstatic smile*

"In my mind, OJ stands for Original Jared so I actually take it as a compliment."

 

[chris121580]

I really hope they don't continue going down this route with Big Head with the typical plot that he turns on his friends...if anything it'd be much better if it completely backfires on Hooli

 

[Man]

4. Do people find the Jian Yang character kind of racist? Because it seems kind of racist.

I shared dorm-room with a Vietnamese guy once for six months.
This is him. Exactly.

 

[Timbuktu]

4. Do people find the Jian Yang character kind of racist? Because it seems kind of racist.

Not the character particularly, I had taken him as just one guy rather than a stereotype. I was offended by that line in the episode when they introduced the idiot billionaire guy, when he said "I spoke to someone on the phone, he's either Asian or retarded."

I know we aren't supposed to like him, but that seemed be there just trying to be funny by being a bit racist and knowing it's ok when it's against Asians. I guess in the same episode you also get a holocaust mention, so it's not a big deal relatively. It's an ok comedy, but not that progressive in race or gender, maybe that's just reflective of the setting.

 

[Santiako]

I really hope they don't continue going down this route with Big Head with the typical plot that he turns on his friends...if anything it'd be much better if it completely backfires on Hooli

There's no chance it doesn't backfire. He's just too incompentent.

 

[Dereck]

I think we need to talk about getting some shwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag

 

[Battersea Power Station]

Oh thats you pronounce that yogurt

...it's on the container:

 

[Not]

Not the character particularly, I had taken him as just one guy rather than a stereotype. I was offended by that line in the episode when they introduced the idiot billionaire guy, when he said "I spoke to someone on the phone, he's either Asian or retarded."

I know we aren't supposed to like him, but that seemed be there just trying to be funny by being a bit racist and knowing it's ok when it's against Asians. I guess in the same episode you also get a holocaust mention, so it's not a big deal relatively. It's an ok comedy, but not that progressive in race or gender, maybe that's just reflective of the setting.

Yeah, what was that? Comparing accented English to cognitive deficit? Pretty lame.

 

[Cornballer]

New episode tonight:

Server Space

Spoiler

Gavin's interference causes Pied Piper to struggle with securing their expansion; Gilfoyle is tasked with building servers; Richard takes in Jared as a roommate; Big Head's management skills are questioned.

 

[aku:jiki]

Oh, yay, it's on today! I look forward to more good times with OJ and Erlich. Hopefully new programmer is less obnoxious going forward too.

Yeah, what was that? Comparing accented English to cognitive deficit? Pretty lame.

It was an established asshole/idiot character being an asshole/idiot. You guys are reaching.

 

[EBCubs03]

Not the character particularly, I had taken him as just one guy rather than a stereotype. I was offended by that line in the episode when they introduced the idiot billionaire guy, when he said "I spoke to someone on the phone, he's either Asian or retarded."

I know we aren't supposed to like him, but that seemed be there just trying to be funny by being a bit racist and knowing it's ok when it's against Asians. I guess in the same episode you also get a holocaust mention, so it's not a big deal relatively. It's an ok comedy, but not that progressive in race or gender, maybe that's just reflective of the setting.

Satirizing reality is progressive. If it was just a genuine representation of reality then I would understand taking offense. But it's not

 

[eznark]

Yeah, what was that? Comparing accented English to cognitive deficit? Pretty lame.

Well the character is supposed to be a douche right?

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

It was an established asshole/idiot character being an asshole/idiot. You guys are reaching.

Yepp. The fact that they're offended by it proves that the line was successful in building an impression of the character.

 

[acksman]

oh god Kiko! lol

 

[IAmtheFMan]

Holy shit, that monkey.

 

[aparisi2274]

"Well he's not stayin in my room... I sleep DICK UP!" LMAO!!!!!

 

[Brian Fellows]

Urlich said the word weasel. I enjoyed that more than I probably should have.

 

[TheAbsolution]

It's super cool that Alabama Shakes got a credit song. That's awesome.

 

[Gray Matter]

Another great episode.

Spoiler

Hooli is fucked

 

[littlegrasshopper]

Any links out yet for next weeks promo?

 

[ruxtpin]

lol - not verbatim... "Just yell Noah! We can hear you. Is he really going all the way around?"

 

[eznark]

Lost it at "dick up"

 

[LyleLanley]

Another decent episode but this season hasn't been nearly as good as the first one in my opinion.

 

[Leunam]

The "I Am Hooli" visual gag at the end was great.

 

[Dereck]

They're friends of friends?

Motherfuck

 

[Timbuktu]

Yepp. The fact that they're offended by it proves that the line was successful in building an impression of the character.

I do get that we aren't supposed to like this guy, but it just felt a bit of cheap shot when it's within twenty seconds of introducing the character.

 

[Leunam]

Cheap shots fit that dude perfectly.

 

[Dereck]

Yeah the parting gift decorum argument was just hilarious to me.

 

[Slacker]

Another great episode and again Jared gets the best line, when he mentioned Bill Gates preventing people from recording his wedding was a positive because now you can picture it however you want. His constant reminding Richard of the bed wetting issue was hilarious too.

 

[Trouble]

Yeah the parting gift decorum argument was just hilarious to me.

According to Google translate...

 

[demon]

Urlich said the word weasel. I enjoyed that more than I probably should have.

I don't know why but I cracked up at that too.

 

[Edwardo]

They're friends of friends?

Motherfuck

Me and my cousin were talking about saying motherfuck instead of motherfucker earlier today. Then boom, Erlich does it again.

 

[Deception]

Another great episode and again Jared gets the best line, when he mentioned Bill Gates preventing people from recording his wedding was a positive because now you can picture it however you want. His constant reminding Richard of the bed wetting issue was hilarious too.

I lost it at this part lol too good.

Also the whole German sleep talking gag was hilarious. I love when Richard tells him I didn't know you spoke German and Jared is like "I don't" but with that slight nervous grin lol I hope there's a story behind that in the next few episodes.

 

[demon]

So wait, Jared's been sleeping in the garage the whole time and no one ever noticed?

 

[Pixels]

Aw, the new office looked so nice!

 

[Megasoum]

Ok I seriously think this was the funniest episode of the whole show. Amazing

 

[Markitron]

Russ Hanneman really reminds me of Razz Prince from Phoneshop. This is a good thing.

 

[Arkeband]

I also agree that this episode was probably one of the strongest of the entire series.

Dinesh fucking with the GPU's cracked me up. Any reason they went with AMD? Are they sponsors or is there a technical reason those would be good as server architecture?

 

[Vanillalite]

I also agree that this episode was probably one of the strongest of the entire series.

Dinesh fucking with the GPU's cracked me up. Any reason they went with AMD? Are they sponsors or is there a technical reason those would be good as server architecture?

It's technical as I assume they based it off of Gilfoyle's bit minning rig which all the minners use AMD.

You can Google why this is so as it gets a bit technical.

 

[Ke0]

I also agree that this episode was probably one of the strongest of the entire series.

Dinesh fucking with the GPU's cracked me up. Any reason they went with AMD? Are they sponsors or is there a technical reason those would be good as server architecture?

Gilfoyde was just sticking to what he knew.