ElectricBoogaloo May 11, 2015 Share May 11, 2015 When Monica encourages the guys to pounce on a livestream opportunity, Erlich reconnects with his old mentee, Double-A, an energy drink billionaire, but Richard finds out their friendship isn’t quite what Erlich thinks. After learning that the livestream might hit a snag, Gilfoyle and Dinesh brainstorm their options. Jared encourages a friendship between Carla and Monica. Promo: Link to comment
Muffyn May 18, 2015 Share May 18, 2015 I loved the SWOT board so much. First due to Jared's joy when he brought it out and explained it. He was so excited by the thought of running a SWOT session. Then having the guys use it for whether or not to let Blaine die. You really can SWOT anything! 2 Link to comment
ElectricBoogaloo May 18, 2015 Author Share May 18, 2015 While I did find parts of this episode funny, AA insisting that Richard come back the next day without Erlich made no sense. I totally get that Erlich interrupts (a pet peeve of mine) and talks too much, but now we have these magical inventions like phones and email so AA and Richard could have worked out the details after their initial meeting without any interference from Erlich if they had just called or emailed each other. I loved the focus group, mostly because Ramon had legitimate feedback and Gavin was so enraged that I thought he was going to crash through the mirrored glass like the Kool-Aid man. Dinesh and Gilfoyle putting so much thought into whether to tell Blaine about his miscalculation reminded me of last year's season finale. I was also cracking up reading some of the cards they put on the SWOT board. Link to comment
Should Be Working May 18, 2015 Share May 18, 2015 Well, at least this episode got them out of the incubator for an extended period of time. But implausible story lines still abound. Gavin, the exalted demigod would surely have insisted on a trial run of the product's video streaming to ensure that Nucleus would perform well during the fight broadcast. Not like Steve Jobs used to micromanage every new product demonstration to the nth degree, but just to make sure the product worked according to plan. But no, the paranoid meglomaniac was too satisfied enough with the lame assurances of his terrified developers to insist on it. Doesn't ring true. How did the engineers at that venture firm figure out how to successfully duplicate PP's new middle-out method from a few short minutes of Richard at the white board? 1 Link to comment
Traveller519 May 18, 2015 Share May 18, 2015 An episode I loved all around just fell out on the bottom at the end with the Brain-Rape firm. Ugh, I liked the initial joke with them, about Richard being excited to actually talk about his IP, but there's no way from 4 minutes and a single whiteboard drawing they'd be up an running that fast, right? I don't know much about programming (like is programming even the right word here). I get the narrative of having to overcome obstacles, but I need these guys to get a win every once and again. 3 Link to comment
candall May 18, 2015 Share May 18, 2015 How did the engineers at that venture firm figure out how to successfully duplicate PP's new middle-out method from a few short minutes of Richard at the white board? I can't remember which characters did what, but when two of them dragged Richard into the hall to tell him he was being hustled, the third person stayed behind and wrote out the calculations for the tech team while they took screen shots. I can believe almost any degree of social ineptitude with these guys, including their vulnerability to flattery, but that incident made them too, too clueless. *********** Guilfoyle's dry-as-dust contributions really hit the spot this week. "Pretend you've met a woman before." LOL I loathe Erlich, but it was very nice that Richard never conceded even a halfhearted "yeah, sometimes" agreement to AA's legitimate criticism of the big blowhard. 1 Link to comment
hincandenza May 19, 2015 Share May 19, 2015 (edited) Ugh. I really enjoyed this... up until the last couple of minutes. EndFrame stealing their tech because Richard was careless is literally the same plotline we spent last season doing. We've covered in that earlier episode thread how utterly implausible that none of them realized they were being pumped (or had no protection). Could that few minutes have been enough? Sure, sometimes the couple of key ideas- and they spent several minutes whiteboarding- is all it takes to make that leap. All the more reason they should have, you know, patented this. Or that Rivaga, Gregory, Monica, Jared, even Hanneman would have asked about exclusivity. Le sigh. If Gavin can sue over nothing, then surely PP ought to lawyer up. Ugh, why is the show letting me down so much?!? Edited May 19, 2015 by hincandenza Link to comment
ChipBach May 19, 2015 Share May 19, 2015 Erlich is too over the top for me. I hate the character and share the opinion of AA, his voice is almost unbearable to me. I am tired of slapping my TV screen every time he appears... 2 Link to comment
Muffyn May 20, 2015 Share May 20, 2015 Erlich is too over the top for me. I hate the character and share the opinion of AA, his voice is almost unbearable to me. I am tired of slapping my TV screen every time he appears... Is hearing his voice giving you PTSD? 1 Link to comment
lucindabelle May 20, 2015 Share May 20, 2015 Loved it until the end... By this time last year, weren't the boys winning now and then? This season has been full of downers. Did love the two girls' mutual loathing of being paired up all the time and Jared's corny "look at you." Sheesh. 1 Link to comment
ElectricBoogaloo May 20, 2015 Author Share May 20, 2015 The sad thing is that there's a chance that Carla and Monica could have been friends if Jared hadn't kept pushing them together, but now they can't get away from each other fast enough. 1 Link to comment
Should Be Working May 20, 2015 Share May 20, 2015 (edited) Poor Jared, who started out in Ep. 2 of Season 1 as a very sharp business planner and the voice of reason, has in Season 2 been transformed into an inarticulate dull-witted spokesman on gender issues. Yes, Erlich can be a bloviating mess, annoying at times, but he still provides an often-hilarious, extroverted, and meglomaniacal contrast in an incubator populated by reserved,neurotic, and emotionally stunted nerds. And he's been the source of some of the best lines in the series. Edited May 20, 2015 by Should Be Working 3 Link to comment
lucindabelle May 20, 2015 Share May 20, 2015 Poor Jared, who started out in Ep. 2 of Season 1 as a very sharp business planner and the voice of reason, has in Season 2 been transformed into an inarticulate dull-witted spokesman on gender issues. Yes, Erlich can be a bloviating mess, annoying at times, but he still provides an often-hilarious, extroverted, and meglomaniacal contrast in an incubator populated by reserved,neurotic, and emotionally stunted nerds. And he's been the source of some of the best lines in the series. In this case Ehrlich (sp?) was also RIGHT! Jared kind of lost it in "pivot" at the end of Season 1, so I'm OK with his descent into idiocy. 1 Link to comment
Pallas May 20, 2015 Share May 20, 2015 In this case Ehrlich (sp?) was also RIGHT! Ehrlich, to quote Don Draper, knows how people work. He doesn't count as people, though. The tech revolution burped up a moment when Ehrlich could parlay his quirks and his knacks into one big pay-out. In the decades that preceded it, he might have dreamed up a ponzi scheme, dictated a self-help bestseller, flopped as a Cassandra of a campaign consultant, or either mixed or drunk the Kool-aid. Link to comment
Traveller519 May 20, 2015 Share May 20, 2015 This was the first episode where Jared truly made my skin crawl with his awkwardness and ineptitude, but I suppose that was more from an inability to read people than not being smart. Link to comment
Muffyn May 21, 2015 Share May 21, 2015 Jared didn't seem like an idiot to me in this episode. He was very socially awkward, which is the norm for him. He is awkward with women, and he really does not speak the same language as the people around him. I am actually hoping that the live stream of the condor being hatched goes viral. It would be so great to have his seemingly silly idea become what helps propel Pied Piper forward. I am taking a PMP certification prep course this week. SWOT was discussed. When I offered the example of using it to determine if we should let Blaine die only one person got the joke, so now people think I'm crazy. Still worth it. 1 6 Link to comment
WicketyWack June 4, 2015 Share June 4, 2015 (edited) Cards on the "Let Blaine Die" SWOT board: Strengths Blaine is no longer alive Blaine is dead Web traffic goes viral Ugly can car blood-soaked and totaled A dead Blaine is a Blaine that can’t reproduce Blaine’s last moment is realizing face is gone One less guy named Blaine Sense of accomplishment Death captured in high resolution slow motion. Holds up on repeated viewings Blaine severs jugular, bleeds to death— last moment is realizing math is wrong After hitting building, flat bill of cap might actually bend Blaine shits pants in fear. Pant discovered upon death Impress hot Satanist chicks by boasting about Blaine’s death. <— Guilfoyle Fulfilling “What would Satan do?” Saves assholes from making mistakes in math Weaknesses Gina kills self out of grief Gina marries Blaine in hospital out of grief No sex due to “bummer vibe” of funeral Blaine’s blood has AIDS and gets on kids Building is structurally damaged Blaine dies super fast Unfortunate window washer must clean blood off building Blaine dies slow but we can’t see because only family allowed in hospital Blaine’s funeral televised, pre-empts Star Trek: TNG marathon People wear t-shirts with Blaine’s face on them Opportunities Dishonor Blaine’s remains by putting dumb hat on body, dragging it behind car Digging up Blaine’s grave, dishonoring remains again Urinating on Blaine's grave Defecating on Blaine’s grave Masturbating on Blaine's grave Grief threesome with Gina and Blaine’s hot mom? Birds get to eat piece of Blaine Exsanguination Fuck Gina Gina needs counseling Blaine’s organs harvested for hot girls with cancer who then gratitude fuck us Threats Philz Coffee closes to honor Blaine’s memory People find out and on YouTube video, we get flamed in comments Vengeful Blaine supporters accuse us of criminal negligence We can only watch him die once Guilt (Dinesh only) Over time, Gina becomes more clingy and less hot Investigation and trial sets back Pied Piper build Edited June 4, 2015 by WicketyWack 8 Link to comment
chocolatine June 4, 2015 Share June 4, 2015 Thank you for transcribing and posting all the cards, WicketyWack! That SWOT board was probably this season's tip-to-tip efficiency. I like that they were still thinking about Pied Piper's build *and* all the people whose day would be ruined by Philz Coffee being closed. 1 Link to comment
lucindabelle June 4, 2015 Share June 4, 2015 That SWOT board is freaking hysterical. They should have read it aloud. 2 Link to comment
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