Arts & Entertainment <em>Silicon Valley</em> Ep. 3.10: 'The Elephant In The Room' Silicon Valley's first season ends with big success: A huge win for Pied Piper at TechCrunch Disrupt. Its second season ends with serious failure: Richard Hendricks is ousted from his position as CEO
Arts & Entertainment <em>Silicon Valley</em> Ep. 3.9: 'Pipey' "Grapefruits. Postcards. Hugs." We're introduced this week to one of what will be many efforts to market Pied Piper, an ad (below) that also illustrates the problem the company faces, one that could
Arts & Entertainment <i>Silicon Valley</i> Ep. 3.8: 'Chief Evangelism Officer' In a New Yorker article about Silicon Valley published last week, readers learned that TJ Miller, who plays incubator owner and eccentric bong collector Erlich Bachmann, once met Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX, more)
Arts & Entertainment That Time <em>Silicon Valley</em>'s TJ Miller Met (And Embarrassed) Elon Musk TJ Miller, who plays the buffoonish, churlish Erlich Bachmann on HBO's Silicon Valley, has had choice words for the tech industry in the past. "You don't have a sense of humor about yourselves,
Arts & Entertainment <i>Silicon Valley</i> Ep. 3.7: 'Betas' "If you're not mortally embarrassed by your initial release," Jared delivers the conventional wisdom to Richard in a bid to encourage him to get Pied Piper into the hands of the public, "You've
Arts & Entertainment <em>Silicon Valley</em> Ep. 3.6: 'Founder Hounders' One really excellent element of Sunday's pitch-perfect episode of Silicon Valley was its fortuitous timing, airing after news this week that Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel had secretly funded a lawsuit against Gawker Media
Arts & Entertainment <i>Silicon Valley</i> Ep. 3.5: Watch The Chair After its own game of thrones, Pied Piper's CEO chair sits empty, and Richard aims to prove himself the rightful heir to the company he founded. But to keep the business afloat, costs
Arts & Entertainment <em>Silicon Valley</em> Ep. 3.4: 'Box Turtle' After a secret plan to divert their efforts was discovered at the end of last episode, Dinesh, Gilfoyle, and Richard are being forced to deliver on a decidedly un-thrilling box project. And yet,
Arts & Entertainment <em>Silicon Valley</em> Ep. 3.3: 'Shawshank Redemption' Like show creator Mike Judge's Office Space, the latest episode of Silicon Valley borrows the plot points — and thrills — of a prison break movie, substituting, of course, the office for the prison in
Arts & Entertainment <i>Silicon Valley</i> Ep. 3.2 Recap: 'Compromise' To justify new office space and perks for the Pied Piper team, incoming CEO Jack Barker delivers a well-worn anecdote. While Richard, who has accepted a demotion to Chief Technical Officer, is skeptical
Arts & Entertainment <i>Silicon Valley</i> Ep. 3.1: 'Decacorn' Like the startup it follows, Silicon Valley has a high valuation. According to Deadline, the tech-skewering comedy from Office Space and Beavis and Butt-Head creator Mike Judge was renewed for a fourth season
Arts & Entertainment Video: 'Silicon Valley' Cast Guesses At What Actual Startups Do By Their Dumb Names Watch this on The Scene. Anaplan? Twilio? Klarna? These are all real companies that we will not link to, but feel free to Google them. The hilarious cast of HBO's Silicon Valley, who
Arts & Entertainment <em>Silicon Valley</em> Season 3 Full-Length Trailer Features Erlich Riding A Unicorn We got the teaser last month, and now as we approach the April 24 premiere of the third season of HBO's Silicon Valley, and today they give us the full 90-second trailer. We
Arts & Entertainment Video: 'Silicon Valley' Season 3 Trailer Drops As we have before, SFist will be recapping HBO's absurdist look at our local tech community, Silicon Valley, when its third season begins on April 24th. In the new trailer, we see our
