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IsSilicon ValleyReallySilicon ValleyWithout Erlich Bachman?askedVanity Fair.
How WillSilicon Valley Kill Off Erlich Bachman?inquiredVulture.
(Ive seen the first three episodes.)
With allthe recent news about Facebook, this idea resonates even more than it did last season.
But as usual, they do the absolute best they can to engage in acts of self-sabotage.
When Dinesh and Gilfoyle arent arguing with each other, theyre dismissing every job candidate Richard tries to hire.
Richard continues to undermine his own authority at every turn.
His initial mission: to undermine Pied Piper.
His constant mission: to make himself seem like more of a tech visionary than he actually is.
Every season ofSilicon Valleyisnt just a new season of television.
Its more like a very smartly designed software upgrade.
There had better not be a Chinaman in my bed, Gilfoyle warns Jian-Yang.
Thats racist, Jian-Yang responds.
Yes, Gilfoyle replies, in the deadest of his deadpans.
The fact that hes missing wont bother regular viewers much either.
He was never central to the running of Pied Piper, despite his tangential connection to it.
Richard emphatically insists he does not.
Yeah, Im hearing something different, Ron replies.
