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Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.8: Fifty-One Percent
The Silicon Valley season 5 finale brought everything together. Disparate threads came together so nicely that it’s tempting to retroactively feel more forgiving about the season as a whole. Laurie Bream’s partnership with Yao ended...
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Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.7: Initial Coin Offering
Most of Silicon Valley season 5 felt like filler. So, it’s unsurprising that the penultimate episode packed in a lot of plot. Richard Hendricks made a few big decisions abruptly. I wish some of these...
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Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.6: Artificial Emotional Intelligence
This week’s episode of Silicon Valley season 5 was a real disappointment. The plots felt phoned in and many of the characters seem to have become parodies of themselves. The episode got off to a...
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Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.5: Facial Recognition
This week’s episode of Silicon Valley season 5 felt like a fairly competent sitcom. But, it didn’t feel like an episode of Silicon Valley . Part of this was the character work. Richard Hendricks suddenly...
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Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.3: Chief Operating Officer
This week Silicon Valley season 5 delved deep into Richard Hendricks’ tendency to do whatever the most confident man in the room tells him to. Russ Hanneman and Gavin Belson both swept Richard off his...
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Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.2: Reorientation
Silicon Valley season 5 is capitalizing on the most interesting aspect of the show: the question of where Richard Hendricks stands morally. The season premiered strong with an episode showing off his descent into villainy....
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Silicon Valley Season 5 Review: 5.1: Grow Fast or Die Slow
The Silicon Valley season 5 premiere felt confident and strong in the story its setting up. In the past couple of seasons, the story floundered a lot. Part of this was because it kept introducing...
Television
GOAT Week: The Greatest Ending to a TV Series
Hardwood and Hollywood’s G.O.A.T. Week is a series of posts on various categories to be published in two-week period. Yes, there were so many categories, we had to do two weeks, not one! Here’s the...
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Silicon Valley Season 4 Finale Review: 4.10: Server Error
Despite a meandering season, the Silicon Valley season 4 finale managed to deliver a satisfying ending, at least superficially. Jack Barker's ego, Bertram Gilfoyle's hack of Jian Yang's refrigerator and Richard Hendricks' one-night stand with...
Television
The Sopranos: Ten Years After The Finale
Image Courtesy of Esquire Ten years ago, on the second Sunday in June, the critically acclaimed and universally revered HBO series The Sopranos came to a dramatic, memorable, and somewhat confusing conclusion when it's finale...
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