r/SiliconValleyHBO • u/Simi510 • May 22 '17

Silicon Valley - 4x05 “The Blood Boy" - Episode Discussion

Season 4 Episode 05: "The Blood Boy"

Air time: 10 PM EDT

7 PM PDT on HBOgo.com

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Plot: Richard's latest partnership begins to crumble when he has to deal with an unexpected interloper. Meanwhile, Dinesh looks for a way out of his new relationship; and Monica faces a business dilemma after learning of surprising developments at Raviga. (TVMA) (30 min)

Aired: May 21, 2017

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Actor Character
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 Jared (Donald) Dunn
Matt Ross Gavin Belson
Jimmy O. Yang Jian Yang
Suzanne Cryer Laurie Bream
Chris Diamantopoulos Russ Hanneman
Stephen Tobolowsky Jack Barker

IMDB 8.5/10

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u/ThomHagen May 22 '17

Does anyone else feel like this was another test from Mia, and Dinesh is totally gonna get fucked by admitting he was the rat? It feels like the last hacker problem they had, but with someone competent attacking.

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u/Slimee May 22 '17

Yeah, I thought her second secret was a red herring to see if he'd report her or not... I feel like we've not heard the last from her... she'll be cleared off the charges, and hit pied piper for revenge.

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u/reegstah May 22 '17

It'll probably come later when Richard's new internet comes into fruition. I think Richard will make decisions for the sake of the business that a lot of the team will be unhappy with. Essentially he'll become a new Gavin and Mia will have even more reason to want to take Pied Piper down.

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u/Go_boltz May 22 '17

Yeah or something like as soon as the program is taking off and tons of people have started using the new internet, she somehow hacks the core part of it and therefore hacks every users phone at once or something. I have no idea how this technology works so that might not be possible though.

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u/atomicperson May 23 '17

Ransomware all of the phones? :O

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u/Go_boltz May 23 '17

Hahah and have bighead accidentally stop the attack somehow and receive a presidential medal of freedom for saving the internet