Silicon Valley
SatiricalComedy sharpened into social and political critique.This show: 9/10Cringe comedyLaughs mined from social discomfort and embarrassment.This show: 8/10WorkplaceThe job and its social ecosystem as the stage.This show: 8/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 8/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 8/10Near-future techTechnology one step ahead of today, and what it costs us.This show: 7/10Tight writingNo wasted scenes, just disciplined storytelling.This show: 7/10Dialogue-drivenThe writing's voice is the main event.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Thomas MiddleditchT.J. MillerJosh BrenerMartin StarrKumail NanjianiAmanda Crew
Written by
John AltschulerMike JudgeDave Krinsky
Starring
Thomas MiddleditchT.J. MillerJosh BrenerMartin StarrKumail NanjianiAmanda Crew
Written by
John AltschulerMike JudgeDave Krinsky
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Silicon Valley Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 9.3 | |||
| S2 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.2 | |
| S3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.5 | |
| S4 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.4 | |
| S5 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 9.0 | |||
| S6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.6 |
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About
"Tech-bro absurdity turned into precision comedy"
A socially awkward programmer stumbles into a revolutionary compression algorithm and gets pulled into founding a startup, surrounded by a crew of brilliant misfits, a spacey venture capitalist, and a rival tech mogul obsessed with beating him. The show skewers Silicon Valley's absurd culture of buzzwords, ego, and doomed ambition with rapid-fire dialogue and cringe-heavy awkwardness. It's fast, quotable, and gets funnier as the founders' incompetence collides with real stakes, carried almost entirely by a sharp ensemble cast riffing off each other's insecurities and delusions.
Watch it for
the ensemble cast's escalating, painfully accurate skewering of startup culture and male ego.
Maybe skip if
you find secondhand embarrassment or dense tech jargon exhausting to sit through.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12014
8.224K83h 49m
Introverted programmer Richard and his pals are going nowhere fast--until his website's unique search algorithm becomes the subject of an extreme bidding war.
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Season 22015
8.322K104h 38m
After taking the tech world by storm with their debut at TechCrunch Disrupt last season, Richard and his Pied Piper team look ahead to a big future--one that's immediately soured by legal woes and petty revenge plans from Hooli overlord Gavin Belson. This season, Monica finds herself torn between her allegiance to Richard and her job working under a new head honcho. Meanwhile, the presence of Richard's departed longtime pal Big Head looms large, as Gavin decides to use him to his fullest potential.
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Season 32016
8.219K104h 43m
With Richard unexpectedly ousted as CEO, Season 3 picks up with him offered a diminished role of CTO and the rest of his team facing the question of just how far their loyalty extends. Now under a new CEO who is hell-bent on transforming everything from Pied Piper's offices to its business agenda, the guys must find a way to triumph in the war of Art vs. Commerce. Meanwhile, as Gavin Belson works to rehabilitate Hooli's image following his blunders, Big Head finds himself in a new partnership.
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Season 42017
8.118K104h 47m
Change is in the air in Season 4 as the Pied Piper guys pursue their video-chat app, PiperChat, but Richard has a hard time letting go of his dream to put his algorithm to better use, leaving the team struggling with how they fit into the picture. Meanwhile, Monica deals with new competition in the office, and Gavin faces big changes at Hooli and beyond.
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Season 52018
8.015K84h 4m
Pied Piper finally has enough funding for proper offices and new employees, and to bring its peer-to-peer internet to the world – but leveling up introduces a whole new class of obstacles. While Richard struggles to lead a larger team and play with the big dogs, the rest of the team adjusts to new staff, new digs and new anxieties. Meanwhile, Hooli rival Gavin Belson has returned to power, but finds the threat of Pied Piper, and its boldness, hard to shake.
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Season 62019
8.114K73h 59m
After years of false starts, Pied Piper is now a legitimate presence in Silicon Valley, thanks to their commitment to not mine user data. But as they learn in this sixth and final season of the hit series, staying true to your morals comes at a price in this cutthroat business. Can Richard learn to balance his integrity with the insane amounts of money dangled in front of him?
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Thomas Middleditch Richard Hendricks
T.J. Miller Erlich Bachman
Josh Brener Nelson 'Big Head' Bighetti
Martin Starr Bertram Gilfoyle
Kumail Nanjiani Dinesh Chugtai
Amanda Crew Monica Hall
Zach Woods Donald 'Jared' Dunn
Matt Ross Gavin Belson
Jimmy O. Yang Jian Yang
Suzanne Cryer Laurie Bream
Crew
John Altschuler
Mike Judge
Dave Krinsky
Alec Berg
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