Silicon Valley · Season 1 · HBO
Silicon Valley Season 1
Silicon Valley Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.9/10. 8 episodes on HBO from 6 April 2014.
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Silicon Valley's first season landed in April 2014 as one of HBO's sharpest comedy commissions in years. The 95% Rotten Tomatoes score and Metacritic 84 reflected enthusiasm for Mike Judge - who had spent Office Space and Idiocracy satirising corporate and populist mediocrity - finding new, richer territory in the specific techno-utopianism of the Bay Area. Tim Goodman at The Hollywood Reporter said it was 'HBO's best and funniest full-on comedy in years.' Matt Roush at TV Guide praised 'the deft, resonant satire.' Thomas Middleditch's physically anxious Richard Hendricks was a precise comic creation: brilliant, socially paralysed, constitutionally unable to enjoy his own success.
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“HBO finds its best and funniest full-on comedy in years with this Mike Judge creation.”
The Hollywood Reporter
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The Season 1 finale resolves the TechCrunch Disrupt competition with a comedy set piece that became one of the most discussed single jokes in contemporary television - a purely mathematical solution applied to an absurd problem. The episode confirmed that Silicon Valley could execute high-concept comedy with the precision of a well-engineered algorithm.
The moment: Richard's compression algorithm breakthrough is demonstrated via a calculation that required actual mathematical consultation - the show's proof that its tech satire was built on genuine rigour.
“HBO finds its best and funniest full-on comedy in years with this Mike Judge creation.” - The Hollywood Reporter