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For Sale Apr 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM

So I finally started watching Silicon Valley, and holy f***, I missed out

Posted by MySmellyRacoon

To begin, I always saw the ads for Silicon Valley when it originally aired and I was never impressed by what I saw, plus I just didn't think a show about tech bros would be all that funny so I never bothered. I got HBO Max so I could watch The Pitt, and since I wanted stuff to watch in between airings, I decided to give Silicon Valley a shot. That's when I discovered f****** Mike Judge was behind this show and if I had known that I would've watched it when it aired. This show is the funniest goddamn thing I've seen since 30 Rock. I'm consistently in tears from laughing so hard. The park scene where the main character has a meeting with someone else and he freaks out while a child's birthday party is going on and the parents get nervous and the main character says more and more awkward things is a thing of beauty. I've binged through the first 4 seasons in a week and am currently up to season 5. I genuinely feel bad for having missed out when this show originally aired.
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nowhereman136 Apr 11, 2026 +3760
My favorite scene in the whole show is when Richard asks for advice from his doctor. Doctor: Yeah. You know, a while back, we had a guy in here in almost the exact same situation, "take the money or keep the company". Richard: What happened? Doctor: Well, a couple months later he was brought into the ER with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. I guess he really regretted not taking that money. Richard: He shot himself because he turned down the money? Doctor: Yeah. Or no, he took the money. Or no. No, he did not. You know what? I don't remember. But whatever it was, he regretted it so much that he ended up shooting himself.
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SorenShieldbreaker Apr 11, 2026 +1562
The doctor is so funny. Richard: I think you meant to call me Frankenstein’s monster Doctor: oh, you’re one of those guys, huh?
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coreoYEAH Apr 11, 2026 +505
Richard: I had sex. Doctor: With what? Richard: A female. Doctor: A female what?
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hackeroni Apr 12, 2026 +110
I still play this scene back in my head. His facial expressions are the cherry on top; the look of disgust and horror.
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coreoYEAH Apr 12, 2026 +54
The shake of his head when Richard says “lightning could strike twice” kills me every time.
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olive_oil_twist Apr 12, 2026 +17
"You know, Richard, people don't really get STDs anymore. We'll get your test results back, and I would advise you not to have sex, but lightening isn't gonna strike twice, is it?" "It's possible." "What?" "It's possible." *head shake*
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Krunk_MIlkshake Apr 11, 2026 +517
That’s because Andy Daly is one of the funniest people alive. His improve skills are unmatched imo.
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Tacdeho Apr 11, 2026 +122
My first time seeing him was watching Review. I had a few episodes on a hard drive that I snagged from a friend (we used to pass around p****** files often in college), and watched it after a long night of getting tanked. I didn’t realize the show had an overarching story so it was hilarious to see him start a cult and basically be stuck in Waco, and then watching the next one and realizing it was the origin story
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NoradianCrum Apr 11, 2026 +54
There all is aching.
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sup34dog Apr 11, 2026 +32
My first time seeing anything from him was the Comedy Bang Bang podcast (around 2010). He's one of the best-ever guests on that show, and it's hilarious seeing a bunch of the regular CBB guests around that time work together on Review (Jessica St Clair plays his wife, and Lennon Parham plays the girlfriend/fellow cult leader)
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UnemployedExpert Apr 11, 2026 +22
My first Andy Daly exposure was on s1 of eastbound and down as the dorky school principal. And then became hooked when I heard Dalton Wilcox (cowboy poet of the west) on CBB
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deepeast_oakland Apr 11, 2026 +11
I’m sure you already know this, but just in case you don’t. Andy Daly has a podcast on Patreon. 160ish hilarious episodes, mostly as Dolton Wilcox. I’ve been listening for years, and I hope he never quits
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howdydoodat Apr 11, 2026 +13
Manzoukas is also in the Road Rage episode!
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ThatOneTwo Apr 11, 2026 +32
Bring out the girls…
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Krunk_MIlkshake Apr 11, 2026 +13
Hahaha that might be my favorite character of his. But I think my all-time favorite is when he plays L. Ron Hubbard on the Dead Authors Podcast is goddamn hilarious. If you somehow love improv and are fascinated with Scientology at the same time boy oh boy you are in for a treat.
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MichaelTruly Apr 11, 2026 +13
His podcast pilot project is one of the very funniest series I’ve ever put in my ears
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mmaster23 Apr 11, 2026 +50
Why are you writing it on there??? \- Look I mean you change these between every patient, right? Yes, I'm gonna have to now.
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FuckYouLostSucks Apr 11, 2026 +84
If you haven't previously done so, you should consider watching the 2014 series "Review". It stars, and is produced by Andy Daly (who is the guy that plays the doctor in Silicon Valley), and it is one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. Seriously it's so f****** good.
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TormundIceBreaker Apr 11, 2026 +61
"Pancakes; Divorce; Pancakes" is maybe the funniest episode of TV ever made. Perfect show
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TJZ24129 Apr 11, 2026 +8
Where is it streaming? I can’t find it
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BadKermit Apr 11, 2026 +12
I just watched it a few months ago. I think it was on Paramount then.
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KaladinStormShat Apr 11, 2026 +311
Jared cracked out on Adderall trying to pivot is something I think about so much.
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CarvelCake1 Apr 11, 2026 +189
Which one? 😬 Which one 😬? Which one? 😬
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CLOBBERTIME Apr 11, 2026 +86
Are you interested, very interested, or very interested?
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Stillwater215 Apr 11, 2026 +160
Also, Jared losing his shit on Richard. “You wanna dance on the blacktop, homie? You think I’m afraid to catch a case on some bullshit? I was state raised, m***********!”
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BranchFew1148 Apr 11, 2026 +107
[How would you like to die today motherf***er?](https://youtu.be/bSm8TlobrjI?is=Mse7-PspAHNklI4J)
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OuterHeavenPatriot Apr 11, 2026 +78
Consistently makes me shit my pants every time the scene comes on in rewatches. Mike Judge is a genius, almost all of his stuff is Top 5 worthy comedy.. Jared is such a *dark* character too, his lines go under the radar but paying attention to them paints a VERY bleak picture of childhood trauma and abuse. "I'll learn to overcome my fear of it using exposure therapy, like I did with intruders in my room when I was little..."
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PrincessPause Apr 12, 2026 +57
"Sometimes you have to numb yourself. If you wanna work the corner, you can't fall in love every time you turn a trick. That's why you do the oxy."
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justaguy1020 Apr 12, 2026 +27
I forget the exact line, but Richard says something like “Just close your eyes and pretend like nothing bad is happening”. And Jared just quietly says, “So Uncle Jerry’s game”.
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Nice_Marmot_7 Apr 12, 2026 +24
I love the random tips of the iceberg you get. Isn’t there one scene where he screams in German in his sleep?
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ShitchesAintBit Apr 12, 2026 +32
>Isn’t there one scene where he screams in German in his sleep? Das ist nicht meine Schuld. Die Kinder waren schon so, als ich sie bekommen habe! “It’s not my fault. The children were like that when I got them!”
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fukredditadm1n5 Apr 11, 2026 +8
Lmao, I miss this show, one of the best shows I've seen.
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realhenrymccoy Apr 11, 2026 +67
Then getting locked in the self driven car and he’s still trying to politely talk to the car lol. Jared is the best character
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Gravy_Sommelier Apr 11, 2026 +47
That guy fucks
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Dumptruckfunk Apr 11, 2026 +39
We’re here to get you rats, STAT!
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MySmellyRacoon Apr 11, 2026 +30
Him talking to the parents with the baby in the stroller asking if they’re interested in an app where Jared could watch their kid while they slowly back away was amazing.
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Laxku Apr 11, 2026 +22
Very interested, somewhat interested, or very interested? Which one? Which one?
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ColKrismiss Apr 11, 2026 +273
Most people say the middle out scene, but the funniest scene for me is before that. They tried to buy Adderall from a kid down the street but he ripped them off and Erlich goes out there "You just brought piss to a shit fight", slaps the f*** out of the child and throws his bike. So f****** funny
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SnazzyStooge Apr 11, 2026 +141
TJ Miller is my personal “art vs artist” conundrum, to say he’s so good in this is truly an understatement. 
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PlasticCraken Apr 11, 2026 +48
Your little avatar dude even looks like TJ Miller
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SnazzyStooge Apr 11, 2026 +32
[I’ve been found out, why did I think I could get away with stalking a Silicon Valley sublistnook??? I must away to the forests of Thailand…]
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OuterHeavenPatriot Apr 11, 2026 +14
Hahaha awesome "I must away" you slipped in there
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SnazzyStooge Apr 12, 2026 +18
One of my favorite character choices is how he always talks like he’s in a King Arthur period piece. 
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Wafflelisk Apr 12, 2026 +10
I've heard *Aviato* is still appreciated in the noble Orient
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Cool_Till_3114 Apr 12, 2026 +19
With TJ you get the extra layer of “is it the missing portion of his frontal lobe from the AVM hemorrhage?”
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Coomb Apr 12, 2026 +14
It's genuinely fascinating that he got away with calling in a bomb threat while drunk because prosecutors determined that the continuing aftereffects of his brain surgery / arteriovenous malformation made it impossible for him to have the necessary element of intent to call in a fake bomb threat.
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TheKingOfSwing777 Apr 11, 2026 +46
I think that middle out is definitely respected as one of the most brilliant scenes in this show or any, though it wouldn't even be in top ten FUNNIEST in my opinion. It's hilarious but more ingenious than comedic. 
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cire1184 Apr 12, 2026 +7
How else you gonna jerk off every guy in that room?
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zma924 Apr 12, 2026 +19
“You get in that house and get me 5 adderall or I’ll slit your fuckin throat! I’ll kill your mother! I’ll r*** your father! I’ll curb stomp that little face so hard that your teeth will go flying!” 😂😂
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LiamBellcam Apr 11, 2026 +110
I spit when O.J. dishes on Dinesh for his necklace. "Hey Dinesh, nice chain! Do you choke your mother with it when you put your p**** in her butthole?" Edit: I did a spit-take the first time. If I can forget the bit it still catches me in a laughing-wheeze.
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CapnJedSparrow Apr 11, 2026 +34
What the f***? Cry laughed at that line
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Chreiol Apr 12, 2026 +25
I’ve never laughed harder from a show or movie than I did from this scene.  It is so unexpected and so hilarious.
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Nice_Marmot_7 Apr 12, 2026 +15
The reveal of the mural on the garage is the hardest I’ve ever laughed in my life.
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TXQUT Apr 12, 2026 +9
Love it when the start calling him Django
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LiamBellcam Apr 12, 2026 +10
"Why?" "Unchained" Like, O.J. has no right to roast people like that...
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derek_sinkro Apr 11, 2026 +53
Jin Yangs prank phone calls to Bachman kill me every time
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Dzugavili Apr 12, 2026 +15
Erlich Bachman, this is your mom, and you are not my baby.
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JTP1228 Apr 11, 2026 +40
One of my favorites is when Erlich slaps that kid. I did not expect it to go that way the first time. [scene](https://youtu.be/n60y364JUm8)
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greenbud420 Apr 11, 2026 +35
The doctor was played by Andy Daly. If you haven't already, make sure to check out his show [Review (2014)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2141913/).
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Creative-Package6213 Apr 11, 2026 +6
I still miss that show!!!
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MySmellyRacoon Apr 11, 2026 +12
Yea, the doctor visits are always so great.
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SnazzyStooge Apr 11, 2026 +13
“I guess I’m going to have to replace this paper lining now….how do you work this darn thing?” Think about that every time I’m at the doctors now.  :)
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RedHeadedSicilian52 Apr 11, 2026 +952
Loved the entire show, but the first season was absolutely _sublime_. In fact, between that, the first season of _True Detective_ and the fourth season of _Game of Thrones_, HBO really had a hot streak on their hands in early 2014.
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Strelochka Apr 11, 2026 +450
It was really hamstrung by the death of Christopher Evan Welch, who played Peter Gregory. They retooled the story as best they could but that big conflict they were setting up couldn’t happen because of it.
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reddragon105 Apr 11, 2026 +340
The whole bit with the sesame seeds has been stuck in my head for 10 years.
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pirate_elle Apr 11, 2026 +174
Cicadas.
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FoCoBilbo Apr 11, 2026 +138
Do you know this… Burger… King?
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Hilldawg4president Apr 11, 2026 +57
Thank you... Florida.
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caseypatrickdriscoll Apr 11, 2026 +34
Is it… enjoyed? By your peers? Also: Thank you, Florida.
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Kathrynlena Apr 11, 2026 +20
I thought about sesame seeds a lot during the cicadapocalypse in MO a couple years ago.
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omz13 Apr 11, 2026 +42
I can not drive past a BK without that scene playing in my head.
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reddragon105 Apr 11, 2026 +35
Is it... popular among your peers? Is it... enjoyed?
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TheKingOfSwing777 Apr 11, 2026 +14
Same. That shit was so real and creative and the acting is just so awkwardly amazing. 
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fukredditadm1n5 Apr 11, 2026 +34
The scene in the restaurant when Peter Gregory made the gag sounds it's epic 😆. Oww it's so displeasing that he passed away. The whole cast of the show is topnotch. [Peter Gregory/Gavin Belson scene ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FqgaF2MDBkI&pp=ygUeUGV0ZXIgR3JlZ29yeSByZXN0YXVyYW50IHNjZW5l)
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Yum-z Apr 11, 2026 +36
Wait they had to redo the story beats? What was Peter Gregory supposed to do if Christopher didn’t pass away?
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Kathrynlena Apr 11, 2026 +84
Compete with Gavin B.
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Strelochka Apr 11, 2026 +66
I can't remember now but he and Belson's actor had crazy good comedic chemistry and were obviously set up to represent polar opposite approaches of tech CEOs of that time. I think in a later season Belson seemed still hung up on him almost like he had been jilted by Gregory way back in college. Or I'm majorly confusing it with Mark and Eduardo in the Social Network lol, sorry for the misinformation if so
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ZBGOTRP Apr 11, 2026 +32
IIRC Peter had been working on something that would be a huge benefit to Pied Piper back in the day, and Gavin bought out the IP to get him back on track with their old product. Which left Richard with the dilemma of selling out to Gavin for the rights to the IP or Pied Piper basically dying out.
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PreviousTea9210 Apr 11, 2026 +242
Their jerk-off middle-out breakthrough scene is one of the all time great comedic scenes of all time. In my humble opinion, anyway.
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The_Bitter_Bear Apr 11, 2026 +64
It was a perfect balance of nerdy and crass. Absolutely a legendary comedic scene. 
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ColKrismiss Apr 11, 2026 +61
"The measurement we need, technically, is d*** to floor. Call that D2F"
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pvt_miller Apr 12, 2026 +10
“Guys, does girth similarity affect Ehrlich’s ability to jerk different dicks simultaneously?”
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thenumbersthenumbers Apr 12, 2026 +8
F***.. yeah it would
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RedHeadedSicilian52 Apr 11, 2026 +16
Again, _sublime_.
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ParistonxHill Apr 11, 2026 +106
Just looked at the release schedule for that year and I don't know how you can top it. Girls Looking True Detective Game of Thrones Veep Silicon Valley True Blood The Newsroom Togetherness The Leftovers Boardwalk Empire 3 of my top 5 favorite HBO series of all time are on there. (Girls, TD and Leftovers)
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RedHeadedSicilian52 Apr 11, 2026 +53
It’s not TV, it’s HBO.
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OGREtheTroll Apr 11, 2026 +18
sunday nights was for HBO for a long time....Oz, sopranos, Rome, game of thrones, true blood, eastbound and down, boardwalk empire, veep, silicon valley, ​curb your enthusiasm...for something like 20 years it was the best tv around
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Prestigious-Bug5555 Apr 11, 2026 +11
And Newsroom, Veep...Everytime we get HBO for a few months I cycle through all of these and they are so good.
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OldSarge02 Apr 11, 2026 +9
The season 1 finale might be the hardest I’ve ever laughed at a tv show.
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SeefKroy Apr 11, 2026 +6
Every once in a while I'll just throw on the episode where they calculate how long it would take to jerk off every guy in the auditorium, and Richard cracks the algorithm. Absolute perfection.
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Ok-South1942 Apr 11, 2026 +42
mike judge is just built different when it comes to comedy 😂 the way he nails that awkward tech bro energy is perfect, and yeah that park scene had me dying too season 5 gets even more chaotic so you're in for ride, but nothing quite hits like those first seasons when everything was fresh 💀
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Laxku Apr 11, 2026 +705
Zach Woods (Jared) is so f****** great in this show. Also the end credit music is almost always bangers. Edit: I've seen a few people replying with his iconic quote "How would you like to die today, m***********?" and it seems listnook automods are deleting them. Anyways it's one of his best lines, so if we're all getting banned then we're all getting banned together.
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VaguelyArtistic Apr 11, 2026 +158
He’s why I like later seasons of The Office. He’s just so f****** funny.
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Eggplaa Apr 11, 2026 +104
I’m taking karate classes online
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GonnaGetHop-Ons Apr 12, 2026 +42
I remember when biceps were all the rage. Dukakis had just announced his candidacy…for governor.
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halcykhan Apr 11, 2026 +40
His social media is a satire gold mine
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ZeroOpti Apr 11, 2026 +20
He's great in Avenue 5 too!
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Dudercaster Apr 11, 2026 +104
“Hey Dinesh, nice chain... Do you choke your mother with it when you put your p**** in her butthole.“
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freeipods-zoy-org Apr 12, 2026 +13
There are a million laugh out loud moments in that show, but this one will always be my #1. Jared is so f****** funny.
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Stillwater215 Apr 11, 2026 +80
The scene where he completely loses his shit on Richard in beautiful.
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Pilopheces Apr 11, 2026 +92
I was state raised. You think I'm scared to catch a case on some bullshit?
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Dudercaster Apr 11, 2026 +61
In like one minute, he goes from: “Please just leave this house, or I can’t be held responsible for my behavior.” To: “I oughta knock your teeth out you b****-made m***********!”
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Laxku Apr 12, 2026 +22
And sells it hard the whole time. What a f****** master of his craft.
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Dudercaster Apr 12, 2026 +7
Yes. The quotes alone don’t do it justice. He was so good!
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Arkaega Apr 11, 2026 +27
The end credits from Silicon Valley introduced me to so many great artists.
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tbendis Apr 12, 2026 +23
And despite all that, *somehow* the mariachi band just absolutely goes hardest of them all
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92Codester Apr 11, 2026 +109
That guy fucks
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nativeindian12 Apr 12, 2026 +61
I bet like 99% of the people who make this joke on Listnook don’t know this is what that is from. That whole subplot is hilarious. Russ Hanneman is great
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TheMaStif Apr 12, 2026 +39
I love how he immediately and instinctively hates Erlich
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BigYoSpeck Apr 12, 2026 +19
Like this \🚖/ not like this =🚖=
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ravih Apr 12, 2026 +24
The “doors that go like THIS! Not like THIS!” line from Russ kills me
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ChelseaAndrew87 Apr 12, 2026 +8
They nailed everything on how to be a d***** for Russ. Song choices when he's in his car always made me laugh
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Demiscio8 Apr 11, 2026 +36
His Tik-Tok account is amazing too.
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Capt_Murphy_ Apr 11, 2026 +33
Zach Woods is kinda the glue that holds the show together. Amazing performance and improv.
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badcrass Apr 11, 2026 +13
Him finding his parents, amazing
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darkmatterhunter Apr 11, 2026 +25
The scene where he gets his lips injected is iconic.
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SpookyOrgy Apr 11, 2026 +6
The end credits music has massively expanded my taste in hip hop
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juraiknight Apr 11, 2026 +152
Erric Bachmen
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-RichardCranium- Apr 11, 2026 +80
I eat the fish
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juraiknight Apr 11, 2026 +92
"Errich Bachmen, this is you as an old man. I'm ugly and I'm dead. Alone."
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Gravy_Sommelier Apr 11, 2026 +21
Eight different ways to make a Chinese recipe, Octopus.
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WhoCanTell Apr 12, 2026 +16
It's a water animal.
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thx1138- Apr 11, 2026 +21
Not a hot dog
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Replicant28 Apr 12, 2026 +22
“Is your refrigerator running? This is Mike Hunt”
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angrybobs Apr 11, 2026 +67
Show wasn’t nearly as good once they fired him. I’ll take all the heat. I watched it till the end but he and jinn yang were great together.
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Delicious_Shallot915 Apr 11, 2026 +37
This is the comment I was looking for. I love the show but it’s sooooo much better w Bachmen. Like when he beats up those little kids bullying Richard😭
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Arkaega Apr 11, 2026 +26
Richard…have you been crying?
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juraiknight Apr 11, 2026 +71
Nah, I think we can all agree that he added quite a bit to the show. Its just a shame his own personal characteristics ruined it for everyone.
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CatsnotpillsCoaching Apr 11, 2026 +22
Erlich is needed because he depicts a quintessential archetype of the tech world. The "visionary" bro. He was absolutely hilarious.
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-RichardCranium- Apr 12, 2026 +9
And there was nothing more entertaining than to see him fail and get humiliated over and over again
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where_is_lily_allen Apr 11, 2026 +423
Yes, it's absolutely brilliant. the first seasons are funny and a great commentary on the state of the tech industry in the early 2010s It got a little drawn out toward the end. They fell into a loop of everything going wrong, the company nearly going bankrupt, only for some deus ex machina to save everyone at the last minute for like 3 seasons straight lol And the characters didn't really grow or evolve at all. So it ended on a bit of a weak note But I had a blast watching it while it lasted.
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LesMiserablePeach Apr 11, 2026 +108
I think when you know how it ultimately ends, the cycles of failure are less annoying on a rewatch. By the time they succeed, you don't really want them to. And I think them evolving straight into where they ended would have been less interesting
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yo_soy_soja Apr 11, 2026 +73
> They fell into a loop of everything going wrong, the company nearly going bankrupt, only for some deus ex machina to save everyone at the last minute for like 3 seasons straight I stopped watching after I recognized this pattern. It's hard to get invested in things when you know it's gonna reset by the end of the season.
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Slapmeislapyou Apr 11, 2026 +78
I rewatch silicon valley all the time, and I don't mind this so much.  It's like with The Soprano's, for all its acclaim it's got some really weak and trivial plot lines throughout the series, but I never watched it to see what's going to happen to this or that character, because the acting is so great I'm satisfied just watching them in their world, even if it doesn't go anywhere.  Same thing with Silicon Valley. I could watch Dinesh grow into an old man referring to himself as "Pakistani Denzel" and I'd be there for every minute of it. Lol
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topheavyhookjaws Apr 11, 2026 +26
It wasn't a problem imo, the show stayed funny so why would I care? They were all terrible people anyway
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rlikesbikes Apr 11, 2026 +8
It’s worth watching through to the end for the AI overlap with what we see AI today playing out to be.
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arekhemepob Apr 11, 2026 +7
Mike judge said having the main characters “win” makes for boring television so he kept having them fail. The writing and comedy were still top notch throughout, but the plot definitely meandered in the middle seasons
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MajorFuckingDick Apr 11, 2026 +25
As much as it ended on a wet fart. The extended version of the ending documentary might be one of the best parts of the series and many people have never seen it
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The_Bitter_Bear Apr 11, 2026 +9
Curse of a show being so successful at times. Too much pressure/demand to keep going after already telling the story you had in mind. 
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festermcseptic Apr 11, 2026 +224
"you just brought piss to a shit fight" I laughed till I was sore at that scene
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dino_roar3304 Apr 11, 2026 +45
Just that hand clobbering the kid, damn that was good
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MorguLAvenger Apr 11, 2026 +23
Then his threats to the kid’s mom and dad lol *chefs kiss*
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festermcseptic Apr 11, 2026 +18
I'll take lines you love but can't quote for 500 please. What a line, what a delivery
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freakedmind Apr 11, 2026 +23
Honestly that's my favourite scene, very underrated compared to the middle out scene
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Ash_Killem Apr 11, 2026 +285
“Hey Dinesh, do you choke your mother with that chain when you put your p**** in her butt?” “What the f***!?!” Show is a gem.
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envybelmont Apr 11, 2026 +39
One of my favorite moments of the show
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throwleavemealone Apr 11, 2026 +22
Which causes Richard to trip and fall and reveal their entire skunkworks plan
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JasonMcBason Apr 11, 2026 +15
That scene was responsible for the longest laugh of my entire life. Not just Jared's comment but also how the scheme they had been building up to throughout the episode fell apart instantly. I was still laughing after the credits rolled.
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StevenSanders90210 Apr 11, 2026 +99
Middle out
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nkilian Apr 11, 2026 +31
I always make sure dtf ratio is correct every morning I wake up
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Nucklesix Apr 11, 2026 +10
Tip to tip
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MrBum80 Apr 11, 2026 +156
This show did the math. Bighead is my hero though, dude is just efficiency personified.
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Stillwater215 Apr 11, 2026 +42
His graduation speech is iconic: “You will continue the important work on movements such as Pound MET-00, and Title Icks.”
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envybelmont Apr 11, 2026 +13
MJT calculations aren’t as straight forward as one might have thought.
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thx1138- Apr 11, 2026 +8
Yeah they call me Bighead because my last name is Bighetti. Right guys? Right?
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darkallen Apr 11, 2026 +76
I really like the lawyer (i think he plays Jonah in superstore?) & Russell. Welcome to the 3 comma club
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thx1138- Apr 11, 2026 +29
Tres Comas
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joestrife Apr 11, 2026 +8
He's also in a few of the episodes of the newer seasons of Ghosts (US), the character is quite Jonah-ish too.
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Nice_Marmot_7 Apr 12, 2026 +6
You never could compete with Lloyd Braun!
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ghoonrhed Apr 12, 2026 +7
You gotta specify. Because both lawyers were amazing
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Takimaster Apr 11, 2026 +69
Gavin Belson is one of my favourite antagonists. He's so funny as a charicture of an egotistical tech CEO.
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friendofH20 Apr 12, 2026 +33
Is it even a caricature? 95% of every thing he did was based on very real events. The only unrealistic thing is >!him retiring to write gay p***!< \- something actual tech CEOs should do more of
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beartato327 Apr 12, 2026 +12
God and his signature looking like male genitalia is chef kiss
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trevor426 Apr 12, 2026 +9
Actually I think his signature isn't used because they have a psychologist come in and points out all the negative characteristics of it. Then they present him with some new signatures to use and he chooses the d*** one. At least that's what I think happens, this thread making me realize I need to rewatch it again.
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pamalamTX Apr 11, 2026 +111
The whole jerking off part with jerking someone else off, and the diagram? Nothing funnier, imo.
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CliffordTheBigRedD0G Apr 11, 2026 +56
"Do you know how long it would take you to jerk off every guy in this room? Because I do"
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ShitchesAintBit Apr 12, 2026 +9
And I can prove it.
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MattAlbie60 Apr 11, 2026 +29
When you rewatch it, there are things that used to be jokes that are just real life now. And yes "middle out" is funny, but I would argue that the funniest scene of the show is when they're trying to decide whether or not to let Blaine die.
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iholdmycatlikeababy Apr 12, 2026 +11
Grief threesome with Gina and Blaine’s hot mom question mark?!
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ghoti00 Apr 11, 2026 +28
The actor who played Peter Thiel died and I would gladly trade the real one to get him back.
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Vio_ Apr 11, 2026 +150
It'd be really interesting to see a modern mini series of new up and comers trying to navigate current Silicon Valley, but one that is fully tied up with AI, fascism, tech bros, religious nut jobs, enshittification, raising prices, paywalling previously free features, tech nerd teenagers who only know how to work a phone or tablet, etc.
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warlocktx Apr 11, 2026 +59
there is a new show called *The Audacity* premiering this weekend that seems to have the same sort of vibe. Hopefully its good [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryijrW6nKgA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryijrW6nKgA)
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Linus_in_Chicago Apr 11, 2026 +13
Looks interesting, but doesn't seem to have the same vibe to me based on the trailer
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atlas-85 Apr 11, 2026 +6
Succession vibes
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stewmander Apr 11, 2026 +15
The episode where Gilfoyle creates an AI chat bot so he wouldn't have to deal with Dinesh was prophetic. 
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OuterHeavenPatriot Apr 11, 2026 +8
I fear the rest of the episodes will be as prophetic as the rest have already been... GOD WHY DID I SELL MY BITCOIN AS THIS SHOW AIRED?!? I WOULD HAVE HAD TRES COMMAS! Now I'm more like Russ looking for a thumb drive in the dump
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boytoyahoy Apr 11, 2026 +15
The show would go from a comedy to a dystopian horror movie
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leovin Apr 11, 2026 +47
The show was so ahead of its time that now it’s become a comprehensive documentary.
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AggressiveAside9127 Apr 11, 2026 +9
So so ahead of its time
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Laxku Apr 11, 2026 +52
"MotherFUCK, Jian Yang!!!" "Special occasion."
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Belter-frog Apr 12, 2026 +10
Octopus is a water animal.
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Brokeazzkid Apr 11, 2026 +20
Consider the elephant….
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warlocktx Apr 11, 2026 +55
I've been in tech my entire career, love Mike Judge, and was so excited for this show. Was really disappointed by the pilot, mainly because Richard came across as such an unappealing character. After the first season ended, I gave it another try and was hooked this time. Loved the entire series and have binged it at least twice. was also late to the game with Mythic Quest, which turned out to be great
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Oskarikali Apr 11, 2026 +35
As with pretty much every sitcom all the characters are unappealing. If you actually think about characters in every sitcom they're universally all shitty people, but they probably wouldn't be funny or interesting if they were normal, good people.   Richard is a whiny, awkward, cowardly b**** but that creates the funny situations. 
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MajorFuckingDick Apr 11, 2026 +11
Mythic quest is fantastic except it simultaneously went a season too long while missing a ending. Great show though 
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mbnnr Apr 11, 2026 +14
I think it's even funnier now that Ai is mainstream
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User5281 Apr 11, 2026 +13
Everything Mike Judge has been involved with has been solid gold
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Multicultural_Potato Apr 11, 2026 +6
I love Silicon Valley, as someone who knows a lot of people that worked in that area they say the show is a lot more accurate than people think
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herseyhawkins33 Apr 11, 2026 +8
Yup only got around to watching it over the last year. Was definitely missing out! Jared is one of the best characters on TV period.
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SnazzyStooge Apr 11, 2026 +7
I won’t spoil anything for later seasons, I’ll just say that Silicon Valley is fantastic for showing basically everything that you’ve ever seen in the news about tech startups. Man, I love that show, I think I’ve watched the full series about four times. 
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karensPA Apr 12, 2026 +8
I cannot hear anyone talking about AI without thinking of “Son of Anton.”
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The_Lazy_Samurai Apr 11, 2026 +6
This guy fucks!
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PM_COFFEE_TO_ME Apr 12, 2026 +5
Lucky. I wish I could watch it again for the first time.
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Dlorn Apr 11, 2026 +11
I was mild on it until the s1 finale. Have never laughed harder.
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Emanemanem Apr 11, 2026 +11
Really? I though the whole first seasons was incredible
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moleabbu Apr 11, 2026 +5
i think a reboot set in the current era of ai hype could be really entertaining
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shoule79 Apr 12, 2026 +5
I work for a tech firm. A coworker slipped “middle-out” into a presentation. I barely kept it together.
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sassyfontaine Apr 12, 2026 +5
ALWAYS BLUE
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