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This piece contains spoilers about season five ofSilicon Valley.
Silicon Valleyreturned for its fifth season Sunday night, minus Erlich Bachman.
So how is the HBO comedy dealing with the absence of one of its central characters?
But we honestly dont know.
Thats not explained and no one really asks.
Richard and the rest of the Pied Piper guys dont seem too worried that Erlich never came back.
Theyre far too busy trying to build Richards decentralized internet to care.
But one person is concerned about his whereabouts: Jian Yang (Jimmy O. Yang), Erlichs archnemesis.
First, he starts inviting friends over to the Hacker Hotel, where he is still living rent-free.
Do you think Erlich would want your guys here?
No, Jian Yang responds.
Thats why I invite them.
Because I hated Erlich.
Then Jian Yang takes things a step further.
Naturally, that involves a need to produce his remains.
So I buy a fat white cadaver from Cincinnati Medical School.
Because a pig is most like a fat human.
Which adds another interesting element to the dynamic between Jian Yang and the rest of the Pied Piper guys.
Erlich is, most probably, not dead.
Of course Millerswears hell never appear on the series again, not even for a brief cameo.
But even in the real Silicon Valley, burned bridges sometimes find a way to get rebuilt.
