The fourth season of HBO's comedy about the San Francisco Bay business culture of tech start-ups follows the development of the Pied Piper company as it pivots to begin marketing the software creation of its founder Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch), a programming genius with poor social skills and little business savvy. What was originally envisioned as a music app has by now been transformed into a video-chat app using the same sophisticated compression algorithm, but after one too many missteps, Richard steps aside and nominates Dinesh (Kumail Nanjiani) to take over as company CEO while he goes in search of his next project…which inevitably brings him back to his old crew. Everything nearly crashes and burns when Richard crosses ethical and legal lines in his desperation, but blind luck (and a little bit of leftover karma) saves the team once again, setting up a fifth season. Created by Mike Judge (King of the Hill) and executive-produced by Alec Berg (Curb Your Enthusiasm), the show satirizes stereotypes of the nerdy culture of computer coders as well as the egos of tech millionaires and start-up investors as it contrasts the conflicts and challenges of the scrappy start-up with the power struggles at a Google-like behemoth also ousting its founder (Matt Ross). Along the way, it delves into the unintended consequences of applications in the real world and the legal weeds of software copyright. Compiling all 10 episodes from the 2017 fourth season (and final one for T.J. Miller, who plays the stoner landlord of the "incubator" homebase), extras include deleted scenes. Recommended. (S. Axmaker)
Silicon Valley: The Complete Fourth Season
HBO, 300 min., TV-MA, DVD: $14.99, Blu-ray: $18.99 Volume 33, Issue 1
Silicon Valley: The Complete Fourth Season
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