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So you were looking for a lame thing and that was sort of the winner?Yeah.
We knew we needed some silly thing that becomes the inspiration for this big rewrite of their platform.
Then it was like,Oh my God thats the thing that goes in there.
Did you write stage directions for the dance?No, no, that was entirely Thomas.
Thomas Middleditch, for all of his verbal dexterity, gets very little credit as a physical comic.
He is an unbelievable physical comedian.
Every once in a while he gets to do something.
The face-plant he did on the desk in season three was one of my favorite moments.
You throw it at him and he figures it out, so then he does a silly dance.
You directed this episode as well.
You have to worry about the screen direction and whos looking what way.
So all that technical stuff is a real chore to shoot.
I assure you sometimes thats far from the case.
But instead Richard is like, No, were just going to screw everybody over.
Does that signal sort of change in ideology for Richard?No.
Hes got a little bit more fluid with morality.
How far are you willing to go to succeed?
And, you know, does the end justify the means?
That these guys are awkward and clunky.
I was afraid of what having a romance would look like onSilicon Valley.You know, its funny.
Just because we felt like maybe thats something that would happen.
As we were watching the finale back, we thought,I dont want to see that.
That just seems like where everything would go on any other show.
Amanda [Crew, who plays Monica] said as much.
It just seems like so obvious.
That no, I wouldnt worry about that.
Shell never find love on my watch.
I promise you that.
Shell be alone and miserable as long as I have anything to say about it.
Since the show started there have been a lot of changes in the tech industry.
Weve seen theres a lot going on at Uber.
Theres all this new Facebook and Cambridge Analytica stuff.
The season ends with them looking at this giant space.
The business is doing better than ever.
Where does that leave us for the next season?Well see.
We havent started writing.
But like I said, we generally have a go at embrace whatever weve done before.
So, we have to embrace it.
The show is about guys who live and work together in a house.
So if they get an office, does this just becomeParks & RecorThe Office?
Can you make itSilicon Valleyand not have it be guys working out of a house?
There are more animals in the forest now.
You also haveBarry, which is wrapping up this week, too.
So season one is a lot of like, Well maybe this is the show.
Maybe this is the show.
I dont know, this could be the show.
Theres a freedom to that.
There will be noSilicon Valley/Barrycrossover episode, I assure you.
I have to keep them as separate as I can, for my own sanity.
I will say, thats whats really fun about the two its a totally different math for each one.
OnSilicon Valley,the big worry is, is this real?
Would this actually happen?
What does the technical consultant say?
When were doingBarry, its like, How do we keep this person alive?
Do we have to kill this character?
Wouldnt he just shoot that guy?
I never worked on a comedy where characters die before.
And now inBarry, people are dropping like flies.
Youre going to hit your quota if youre not careful!I know!
Were going to run out of actors.
