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48 minutes ago, OatmealRaisinCookie said:

Part of the humor (for me) was that it was a refrain in the episode. I enjoyed the premeire and like SV for what it is and has become-- but I can also appreciate those who see SV as a wasted opportunity to be better/more epic based off the first few seasons.

At this point, everyone knows what the score is, to keep watching it and expecting it to be different is that ole definition of insanity and, well, that's on you guys.

A "refrain?"  In comedies, this "refrain" as you call it is typically called a "joke."  I guess it could feel like a "refrain" if the rest of the episode is unfunny and awful.

The joke writing has gotten so bad.  Last joke of the show is a good example.  "Ha-ha!  It's funny because he thought he was puking in the privacy of his office with glass walls, five steps away from the gathered crowd!"  And that doesn't take into account how weird and false the whole scene felt, because after manipulating and sabotaging a company, suddenly some version of babbling, bumbling Season 1 Richard shows up because he's needed to make a bad joke work.

This shit barely meets the standards of a made-for-middle-America network sitcom. A random episode of Big Bang Theory probably has better joke writing.

Edited by CurlyDumps

I feel like I am in the middle of a tv void right now so bad SV is still somewhat enjoyable to me. It was better than Billions, for sure. #damningwithfaintpraise

It's shitty.  Gilfoyle/Dinesh and Jinyang are the only interesting characters.  Richard/Gavin/whoever range from boring to nails on a chalkboard terrible.

oh man, i had totally forgotten about the laurie pregnancy "jokes".  i guess it got lost in all the other filler dialogue.

what i think i missed is that silicon valley decided after season 3 to be a terrible, unfunny sitcom.  if i had known this, my expectations would be tempered.  like watching an aging athlete or a rock band in their 70's - apparently it's just nature.

i'm really glad veep decided to still be hilarious.  

Veep decided to be better each season and continuously add great characters. They basically set it up for their best season yet like a great chess player.

This show did the opposite of that.

Average.  I hope it gets better.

Agreed with the meh sentiment.  The opening scene in the white room was funny, but only a few after that.

I don't know why, but i thought the Italian joke was the funniest of the episode....which shows how mediocre it was. 

Damn I think I laughed once or twice throughout the whole episode. That was underwhelming.

22 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

better than some of the shit episodes last season, and being erlichless helps

I, for one, found great humor in Bachman mansplaining the concept of "mansplaining."

It's up to Jian Yang to bring the comedy lulz this season.

18 hours ago, KaiserSoze said:

Underwhelming and at best solidly average.

 

Pretty much. Laid out the groundwork for the meat of the season (box vs new internet), with some side action with jin yang trying to forge erlichs death to get his house/piper shares. Nothing really hysterical, but typical shit. Hopefully the slow start builds up, because if this was the bar for the season then they’re about done with it. 

 

11 hours ago, dad said:

Damn I think I laughed once or twice throughout the whole episode. That was underwhelming.

Then you laughed once or twice more than me. I was also underwhelmed. It's sad how far this show has fallen. 

I am going down with the ship, under the silly hope that the show can find some of its lost magic.  Doubtful.

I will too. No matter how much I grow to despise it, much like I did with The Office. 

they should pull a 180 on the lazy ass writing and have them actually succeed at something for more than 5 mins....it's gone to the Hollywood standard of one repetitive failure after the next.  Lazy, but doing anything else would be hard

It looked Richard was growing as a character with the revenge storyline. He was like a budding Gavin Belson but then he reverted back to socially awkward Richard at the end. The characters need to grow as well as Pied Piper.

Surly hates everything. This show is funny and the jokes about Jared’s nazi past slay me. “Growing up we couldn’t have pizza bc my aunt said Italians weren’t real white people”

Jian yang's letter from Erlich was hilarious. 

Signed, Bachman Erlich. Lol

I was whelmed, but I expect much more from this group.

Can we get some Russ fucking Hanneman? Shit is getting lame and could use a boost from some fuckboy billionaire humor.  

They should have gone the Vice Principals route, hard af for just a couple seasons, then bye felicia.  Now it feels like its from the dept of the dept of redundancy.  

All that being said, I'll still watch it, but it will be while answering emails, browsing Surly etc....

jfc, i want to reach through the screen and strangle richard. his character is so terrible on multiple levels.

Are we supposed to like Richard, because holy fuck, he gets more unlikeable each episode. Such a bitch.

they need to kill off richard or return back to season 1 richard. he's completely unlikable 

46 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

they need to kill off richard or return back to season 1 richard. he's completely unlikable 

yeah, nervous and neurotic worked better with the plot.  aggressive and vindictive, yet utterly hopeless in every social or professional setting is tough to watch and impossible to root for.  he doesn't even seem to be good at whatever he's supposed to be good at anymore.

On 3/26/2018 at 8:39 PM, bernorange said:

It's shitty.  Gilfoyle/Dinesh and Jinyang are the only interesting characters.  Richard/Gavin/whoever range from boring to nails on a chalkboard terrible.

Yep.  The strength is in the sidecast.

9 hours ago, WeAreTX said:

Can we get some Russ fucking Hanneman? Shit is getting lame and could use a boost from some fuckboy billionaire humor.  

This guy fucks. 

If this were the first season I would quit watching at this point. That was not quality programming.

These can't be the same writers that were in on the creation of the show. They had to have been replaced by the staff from Alf or Who's The Boss or some other bad 80s sitcom. This isn't the same show, except for the name and faces.

Come on. That was a quality dick joke to end the episode.

2 hours ago, DougO said:

If this were the first season I would quit watching at this point. That was not quality programming.

These can't be the same writers that were in on the creation of the show. They had to have been replaced by the staff from Alf or Who's The Boss or some other bad 80s sitcom. This isn't the same show, except for the name and faces.

Pretty, pretty shitty.

At this point, I'm only watching hoping it somehow recaptures a little bit of its short-lived glory, but I'm not at all optimistic that it will.

The sloppy fat guy they axed may be a douchebag in real life, but it seems he was right about the direction of the show.

34 minutes ago, DougO said:

The sloppy fat guy they axed may be a douchebag in real life, but it seems he was right about the direction of the show.

You might be right. It's a chore to get through an episode now.

38 minutes ago, DougO said:

The sloppy fat guy they axed may be a douchebag in real life, but it seems he was right about the direction of the show.

This is exactly what I've been thinking all season.  He came off as an ass with the way he left, but his premise that the show and writing were heading in a shit direction has pretty much been validated.

 

I can't ever recall a show starting as strong and fizzling as fast. 

the dick joke was the first joke of the episode.

i'm not saying it was the first time i laughed or the first good joke, i'm saying i'm pretty sure it was the first actual joke.

the telegraphed car crash was funny?  really?

On 3/26/2018 at 10:13 PM, TexasMan said:

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I liked the dig at Juicero in the upper-right corner.  Their VC ruse has now been officially placed into the course materials at the McCombs School of Business.  A number of other B-schools are embracing their story as a cautionary tale.  They're pariahs in Silicon Valley now.  If they had pulled that shit in any midwestern/east coast city...their C-level people would have had their organs squeezed out of their rectums like so many smart-Juicero packets.  

Season premiere started out on solid footing.  But I suspect we are in the beginning of the end of this show which was, at its peak, the funniest show on cable (IMO, it was a hint ahead of Veep for a season at least).  Judge is one to kinda announce when something is over, so I'm guessing they let him run one more season after this one.  Either way, it sucks because Veep is for sure in its last season.  And there's really nothing funny out there on HBO, IMO.  Barry is great so far, but not really a comedy (though I enjoy the dark humor).  Curb will be back for one more season, but it could be 1-2 years before it's finished and released.  

the dick joke was the first joke of the episode.
i'm not saying it was the first time i laughed or the first good joke, i'm saying i'm pretty sure it was the first actual joke.
the telegraphed car crash was funny?  really?
It was more the noise gilfoyles pos made as he drove down the bike path.

The show peaked with the "Let Blaine Die" SWOT analysis, right?  I still enjoy it, but it's because I deal with some of these DBs on a daily basis here in Austin and there is one thing every episode that hits home.

1 hour ago, OatmealRaisinCookie said:

You guys are nuts this episode was fine.

If by “fine” you mean a complete waste of time. 

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