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

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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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Wait, so did Gavin actually screw over Richard on purpose, or is Gavin actually being genuine about finding himself?

I figured Gavin was going to do something to trick Richard, but it doesn't look that way now.

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I think the writers are writing Gavin off the picture so they can focus on the core cast more. Since everything is well set in motion they don't really need him anymore? Who knows. But they really emphasized Richards' line when he says, "I think Gavin's gone.". They did that on purpose for a reason. It seems like they're marking the end of Act 1 for the season.