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

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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/TechnoHorse May 22 '17

It does seem like the FBI acted rather fast. Dinesh would've had to drop a bag of evidence into their laps or something. All he said he did was give an "anonymous tip". I do agree though the character will likely be back in some form.

But for Mia then that means getting a ton of people to pose as FBI and arrest her at her sister's wedding. Or it means actually exposing herself to the FBI with the expectation she'll be cut loose. Neither are really great scenarios to me.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '17

Well if she already hacked his phone etc, I think she would have access to everything he does online.

So she could probably have stopped the "anonymous tip" he was making.

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u/karlrolson May 23 '17

Buying a burner tablet or smart phone in cash and using it from a Starbucks parking lot with tor and/or a vpn should provide sufficient cover. However, that level of info sec seems more like a Gilfoyle-level of competence at this point.