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Unlucky start-up company Pied Piper returns to HBO for the fifth season ofSilicon Valleyminus one of its primary investors.
Your guess is as good as mine as to how this will play out.
I thought as Richards right-hand man Jared marveled at the intuitive kitchen layout.
(Intuitive my ass!
I still dont know how to turn on the fancy, new-age faucet.)
Dinesh, our resident brown person and Gilfoyles frenemy, agrees.
Alas, this isnt the new office.
Richard takes them to a small, ridiculously bright room with no windows and dangerously exposed electrical outlets.
This was probably a mainframe room 30 years ago.
I should know: 31 years ago, I started my programming career in a room just like this.
It was so bright in that room that it turned my skin color from Terrence Howard to Taylor Swift.
So when the camera cut to a similarly affected Dinesh, I almost peed myself laughing.
Richard relents and buys space in the nicer office.
A month later, Pied Piper is still short 12 programmers.
This is due to Gilfoyle and Dineshs rejection of 63 applicants.
Dont worry, Republicans!
Alt-right Guy will be reconsidered later.
Pizza Guy will be back too.
We have to work with these guys while youre out doing CEO stuff!
Gilfoyle says of his harsh screening tactics.
Funny he should mention CEO stuff, as Richard is attending the Innovation Hall of Fame ceremony that evening.
This years inductee is Richards mortal enemy, two-time Hooli CEO Gavin Belson.
Wait, lets take a quick detour to summarize how Gavin earned his second CEO tenure.
Cue the squiggly flashback visual effect!
Gavin left his Buddhist quest and saved Action Jack in exchange for his old job.
And now, Gavin is being honored for being an innovator.
His speech is full of the patented Gavin bullshit that Matt Ross is so good at reciting.
I did it just to see that look on your face, Gavin tells him before walking off.
One of the candidates Richard rejected is also at the reception.
Its Duncan, the pizza-app guy.
Like Richard, I think Sliceline is an exceptionally dumb idea, but what do I know?
You guys wont last two months!
You may have heard of this place.
The deal is almost set before Duncan and his big mouth shows up.
Optimoji decides to go with Duncan, leaving Richard high and dry.
Meanwhile, Gavin has own staffing problems.
They all agree that the Hooli Box will become obsolete once Richard succeeds.
And she apparently hasnt learned her lesson about giving Gavin upsetting fact checks.
But they were all failures, says Patrice, sealing her employment doom yet again.
That is, if Richard can get the programmers he needs to build his platform.
Sliceline is losing $5 per pizza.
This gives him 50 programmers.
Speaking of badasses, Professional Badass Laurie Bream makes a brief appearance here to approve Richards dastardly acquisition.
Richard should just let her whip Gavins ass.
But I guess the series would end a lot quicker.
By the way, Richards tough act is short-lived.
When faced with having to address his new gaggle of employees, he nervously pukes up his lunch.
Looks like the old Richard Hendricks is back.
Im back too, for my fifth go-round as your humble recapper.
Readers, place your bets.
I say Richard becomes head of Hooli by the end of this season.
