Silicon Valley Season 4 Episode 9 Hooli Con // Erlich heading to Tibet

“There are people who are destined for greatness, and there are not,” continues Erlich. “Richard, it seems you and I are not.” Using a postcard from Gavin as an invitation (“That postcard was addressed to me,” whines Richard), Erlich decides to join the disgraced former Hooli CEO on his Tibetan quest for inner peace. So this is how Silicon Valley handles T.J. Miller’s departure, though it initially seems in doubt because Erlich is too broke to afford a plane ticket. As he tries to pass the hat for donations at Hacker Hostel, I asked myself, “Hasn’t this guy ever heard of GoFundMe?”
“I’ll pay for it,” volunteers Jian-Yang. “Premium economy, one-way ticket.” Erlich takes him up on the offer. “Don’t you need a visa?” asks Dinesh. “I can call my uncle in Beijing,” says Jian-Yang. “He’s very corrupt.” Writer Chris Provenzano gives Erlich the unsentimental exit one expects, and Gavin’s response when he realizes he’s trapped with Erlich makes for a nice denouement. Though I wish Miller the best of luck as he exits the show, I’ll still miss Mr. Bachman. I’ve spent many of these recaps defending him in one form or another, and I wonder how season five will proceed without him.
While Jian-Yang unceremoniously dumps Erlich at San Francisco International Airport, Jared tells Richard that he cannot support this iteration of Richard’s walk down the left-hand path. “Remember when we said we didn’t want to wind up like Hooli?” he asks. When Richard protests, Jared twists this particular knife. “You’re shrugging off large-scale cybercrimes against innocent civilians,” he responds. Rather than respect Jared’s decision, Richard asks him to play a mind game that Jared used to employ to deal psychologically with the horrible hell of his upbringing. “Uncle Jerry’s game,” Jared calls it, where he pretends that everything around him is normal.
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