Also, the potential promise of Jian Yang as true antagonist gives the character a chance to become more than just some poor man’s Erlich and be his own unique pain in Pied Piper’s ass.īut the episode brought with it some frustrations. His presence is always a welcome diversion from the central plot. Ever the Jared fan, I always love any time he (maybe?) hints at his wilder and potentially criminal backstory with oddly specific references, and this episode gave us one of the best.īig Head returns and, as always, fell backwards into good fortune. And, as always, Richard does the right thing and gets a fleeting moment of pride before fate takes the wheel and throws a new challenge his way as his triumphant speech about acceptance is immediately followed by learning Deedee took another opportunity with Jian Yang’s brand new rival company that may or may not be called the “New New Internet.” The Verdict In classic Silicon Valley formula, Richard is ultimately faced with a difficult choice to either make the best business decision by stabbing someone in the back or follow his conscience. Of course leave it to well-established LaVeyan Satanist Gilfoyle to spell out The Valley’s widespread feelings about Christianity: “I find their theology to be illegitimate, and it’s clear that they are the source of the majority of the world’s problems.” Even Monica agrees it “freaks people out.” Richard doesn’t understand how serious the tech world’s concerns are about working with a Christian until Monica sums it up in the most succinct way possible: it’s like going from being a rock band to a being known as a Christian rock band. While Hooli suffers, everything seems to be going great with Pied Piper as we welcome back Big Head, who, as it turns out, by dumb luck is still legally tied to Erlich and is therefore Erlich’s real legal next of kin, meaning bad news for Jian Yang’s claims to the incubator house built on the sale of Aviato as well as his claim to 10% of Pied Piper.īut even better news comes from Monica and Lori, who scored another big ally, K-Hole games, at least until Richard queers the deal by accidentally outing the gay dating site guy as a Christian, which leads to a reoccurring joke where “Christian” is substituted for “gay” in a series of gay coming-out clichés.

“I don’t have to this is the Word of Gavin,” shouts another. Also, what the Hell did Gavin’s nonsensical parting words before heading out to Jackson Hole mean? “Gavin speaks in parables” “You don’t speak for Gavin,” says one angry employee.

photo: Ali Paige Goldstein/HBOīut Hooli hardly needs Pied Piper as they’re doing a pretty good job of screwing themselves as everyone continues to not notice that the “Gavin” signature printed across their latest product looks more than a little like a penis.

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