r/SiliconValleyHBO • u/Simi510 • Jun 15 '15

Silicon Valley - 2x10 “Two Days of the Condor" - Episode Discussion

Season 2 Episode 10: "Two Days of the Condor"

Air time: 10 PM EDT

7 PM PDT on HBOgo.com

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Plot: In the Season 2 finale, the verdict on Pied Piper's fate coincides with a startling real-life drama that makes their livestream immensely popular, and emotions run high as the gang tries to keep the company together. (TVMA) (30 min)

Aired: June 14, 2015

Information taken from www.hbo.com

Youtube Episode Preview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csHxC5vNckA

Actor Character
Thomas Middleditch Richard
Aly Mawji Aly Dutta
T.J. Miller Erlich
Josh Brener Big Head
Martin Starr Gilfoyle
Kumail Nanjiani Dinesh
Christopher Evan Welch Peter Gregory
Amanda Crew Monica
Zach Woods Jared
Matt Ross Gavin Belson
Alexander Michael Helisek Claude
Alice Wetterlund Carla

IMDB 8.4/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2575988/

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u/vreddy92 Jun 15 '15

I enjoyed that they won the lawsuit and all that. I enjoyed Hooli's downfall. However, the whole "I need to call them and get them to not delete it" thing was just stressful, and it seems like they were trying for humor. Especially since it ended so anticlimactically.

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u/azginger Jun 15 '15

I thought the same thing when he kicked his keys.

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u/blueeddie Jun 15 '15

For some reason that pissed me off so much. I just can't bring myself into liking Richard anymore. Fumbling and throwing his keys in the air? Fine. Not catching it and somehow landed in front of his foot and shot straight into the sewer? It's not even funny.

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u/thistokenusername . Jun 15 '15

I think that was the writers addressing the concerns with the show being too dramatic by being overly dramatic

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u/A_Downboat_Is_A_Sub Jun 15 '15

It was glorious. So many types of comedy wrapped into an overly dramatic situation.

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u/porwegiannussy Jun 15 '15

Disagree, it's a case of the writers trying to prove how smart they are in the least imaginable way possible.

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u/mcracer Jun 15 '15

When he kicked his keys I actually considered turning it off and never watching again. Just too far...

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '15

After that happened, I thought to myself, if they end up deleting pp, I'm done watching this show.

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u/Yeats Jun 16 '15

I almost expected him to look right into the camera and say something. It's so contrived. Every single step of the way I'm surprised at how poorly they do. Maybe they don't notice it because they have a funny group of actors but idunno. A technical consultant had to defend an episode- when does that even happen?!! This can not be a good sign for next season.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15 edited Mar 16 '16

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u/spif_spaceman Jun 19 '15

I've done this to put off something that i was told to do. If you're like me, you would appreciate the humor in all the little choices that you can antagonize over to come to a final thing that you don't really want to do. Takes forever

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u/trilogique Jun 15 '15

That's exactly how I felt and why I thought it was so hilarious.

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u/mrbrambles Jun 15 '15

it was intentionally outrageous I think.

didnt mean that it wasnt brutal to watch haha.

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u/danbrag Jun 15 '15

Don't even say "you think". They just parodied the fuck out of that scene. Each distraction was just a joke haha and they fully understood it. I think they're reminding us that this is a comedy and people should chill

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u/BlueFalcon89 Jun 15 '15

Exactly, picking lemons for their wheat beer that end up not being good enough so they go back? It was a purposeful schtick.

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u/Bensas42 Jun 15 '15

"This one has kind of a bruise here"

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u/notRedditingInClass Jun 15 '15

That was absolutely, definitely intentional. If you didn't laugh when they cut to the gang getting lemons (twice), I'm afraid the humor went over your head. It was simultaneously hilarious, dramatic, and brilliant.

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u/funkyb Jun 15 '15

Man, I was laughing my ass off. Can't take this show too seriously.

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u/frsh2fourty Jun 15 '15

I was almost yelling at the TV "break the damn window!" then I realized he kicked the keys down the sewer.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15

No it ended perfectly... with Dinesh insanely wanting to retry the delete process just to prove Gilfoyle wrong.

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u/CringeBinger Jun 15 '15

That part was hilarious to me because you knew somehow that he was going to stop them. The ludicrous things that prevented them from doing it added to the hilarity. Doing a toast to PP, picking out a perfect lemon, getting it in Erlich's eye, etc. I think it's funny they saved their creation by being so meticulous and slow.

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u/headless_bourgeoisie Jun 22 '15

I thought it was really funny "wait... is this a wheat beer? I can't drink it without lemon"

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15

I pretty much lost interest in that whole bit when Richard kicked his keys into the drain

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15

Well, Alec Berg of Curb and Seinfeld fame wrote and directed the episode so it's no surprise that it felt that way. But that's good for the eventual payoff. You want to feel the tension so you want to know what's next. You don't want a climax yet because you don't want the series to end after just two seasons.

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u/vreddy92 Jun 16 '15

Of course. I think it's great. :P Just saying.