On the lighter side, there are still plenty of bombastic moments of humor from Erlich, as well as some rich banter from the inseparable duo of Dinesh and Gilfoyle. Big Head ( Josh Brener), recently on the cover of Wired for his potential as the Next Big Thing (unbeknownst to him of course) also continues to be a part of the satire of the absurd when it comes to tech companies and the value they put on marketing and hype, all in service to raising the share price and creating economic bubbles.

The new season also alights on the issues at Hooli regarding the failed Nucleus program, and a further plot that shows Gavin Belson ( Matt Ross) turning from at least a leader pretending to care about his employees to a dark-souled individual completely consumed by the bottom line. It’s a new spin on cringe comedy that sets grim realities in a candy-colored world (with artisanal lunch menus, neon billiards tables, and bean bag chairs meant to entice employees into working their lives away). Maybe it’s a connection to the universal contempt (and yet, universal use) of corporate buzzspeak, or the crushing soullessness of cubicle culture and - as this season so brilliantly puts it - thinking inside the box that makes the journey the lads of Pied Piper face so compelling. What continues to be so impressive about the show is how it investigates the nuances of dull business dealings in a way that feels emotionally urgent.

But Silicon Valley being what it is, an alliance with Jack comes with his own price. Known as “Action Jack,” Barker is heralded for turning small startups into billion dollar enterprises. Miller), Jared ( Zach Woods), Gilfoyle ( Martin Starr) and Dinesh ( Kumail Nanjiani) - as they are informed by ReViga that a new CEO, Jack Barker ( Stephen Tobolowsky) has been installed. The first three episodes then go through the divided loyalties of the rest of the engineers and their cohorts - Erlich ( T.J. Season 3 picks up exactly at the moment where Season 2 left of, illustrating the importance of the moment where Richard Hendricks ( Thomas Middleditch) was voted out as CEO of his own company, Pied Piper.

Mike Judge’s HBO series is smart, funny, and profane, stylistically juxtaposing its (mostly) white uber nerds against a musical backdrop of hardcore rap. Unexpectedly, there is no better TV series about the challenges of starting a small business and navigating the depressing waters of corporate takeovers than Silicon Valley.

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