Silicon Valley
Season 2
10 listed hours · 2014–2019 · HBO
From the desk
How this season is filed
Mike Judge's incubator farce: compression algorithms, board-room humiliation, and engineers who cannot talk to humans. Jared's toxic positivity, Gilfoyle's deadpan, and Pied Piper's endless self-sabotage. The decade's best anthropology of tech-bro boom years — researched enough that the satire aged straight into the news.
TV Flash files Season 2 of Silicon Valley (2014–2019) on HBO as a mid listed season (2; 2 of 6) — 10 listed hours, 2015-04-12–2015-06-14 from “Sand Hill Shuffle” (S02E01) to “Two Days of the Condor” (S02E10). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S02E01 Sand Hill Shuffle
Sand Hill Shuffle makes VC geography the joke: tech-bro boom still the field research, not a cartoon of hoodies.
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S02E01 Sand Hill Shuffle
Season 2 begins with the Pied Piper guys being wined and dined by every venture capitalist under the sun, while Monica adjusts to a new managing partner at Raviga as the company faces major changes.
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S02E02 Runaway Devaluation
Pied Piper could go under if Richard and the guys can't find legal and financial help in the wake of Hooli's bombshell. Meanwhile, Dinesh tries to thwart a fund-raising campaign for his cousin's new app; and Monica tries to keep her interest in Pied Piper separate from her job.
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S02E03 Bad Money
Richard mulls a proposal by Gavin, but also considers a pitch from Russ Hanneman about backing Pied Piper. Meanwhile, Monica learns surprising news about Richard's deal with Hooli; and Gilfoyle and Dinesh go to extremes to get what they want.
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S02E04 The Lady
Richard butts heads with Erlich over a prospective hire, while Dinesh and Gilfoyle become suspicious that a new employee they recommended is commanding a higher salary. Big Head gets a surprising promotion at Hooli. At a board meeting, Monica and Richard find themselves outvoted; Jared institutes a workplace harassment policy.
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S02E05 Server Space
Gavin creates interference that hinders Pied Piper's expansion. Meanwhile, the guys could be threatened by a nosy neighbor; Guilfoyle sets out to build servers; Richard's reluctant to let Jared move in; and Big Head's leadership skills are suspect.
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S02E06 Homicide
Erlich runs into an old protégé who's now an energy drink billionaire when Monica urges the guys to pursue a livestream opportunity, but Richard learns their friendship isn't what Erlich thinks it is. Meanwhile, Jared wants Carla and Monica to be friends.
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S02E07 Adult Content
The team fields job offers and Russ is distracted by financial news, but Richard realizes Pied Piper could fold if it doesn't merge with a hated rival. Meanwhile, Dinesh tries to woo a woman online; and Gavin looks on the bright side of Nucleus' failure.
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S02E08 White Hat/Black Hat
Richard gets paranoid about security after he takes pity on a competitor and inadvertently starts a feud. Meanwhile, Jared fibs about Pied Piper's size; and Gavin looks for a scapegoat when he feels pressure from board members.
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S02E09 Binding Arbitration
Erlich wants to testify when Pied Piper and Hooli enter binding arbitration, but Richard worries that his rival's claims could have merit. Meanwhile, Jared, Dinesh and Gilfoyle debate a philosophical theory; and Big Head gets a boost.
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S02E10 Two Days of the Condor
As the guys await the verdict on Pied Piper's fate, an unexpected real-life drama draws a spike in traffic to their livestream and leaves them fighting to hold things together - literally. While Erlich considers his future, Richard scrambles to save Pied Piper's.
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