Why Silicon Valley Couldn’t Survive Without Erlich Bachman
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- Silicon Valley was a beloved show, that had an all-star cast, and a unique take on the ever changing world of tech. The chemistry between the cast on Silicon Valley is a major component to the overall success HBO saw during the shows 6 season run. But when TJ Miller's Erlich Bachman was written off the show, Silicon Valley took a drastic turn in quality. When the chemistry holding a show together is broken, the show rarely survives.
#SiliconValley #TJMiller #Nerdstalgic
Written by Chris Teregis
Edited by David Sadvari 
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Who is the most important character on Silicon Valley?
All of them together TBH
If someone can choose, props
Basically me with this question 7:33
Obviously jian-yang
Jared.
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First one to say "middle out" while jerking motion, thus giving Richard the idea.
His contract with Hooli was void and went against his rights, thus voiding the entire lawsuit.
Jared would have closed the door on the back of the uhaul truck.
Jared came up with the condor egg plan and also was the one calling that nothing was happening, which caused the injury and trapping of the worker.
The list really goes on.
@@trieshardgaming 100% agree. Without Jared the deal with Peter Gregory wouldn’t have happened and Richard would have likely had to sell to Gavin Belson.
I really enjoyed Silicon Valley but my biggest issue with it is how predictable it got, every season ended with things suddenly going to shit in order to create a cliffhanger no matter how well they might have been going before
Yeah it reminded me of Brooklyn 99 in that regard
Or kinda how in Parks and Rec the characters are constantly getting shit on from every angle. In the last couple seasons it just felt so tiring. Like how everyone around them in an antagonist to their goals
I stopped watching it after S2, which I shouldn't have but I had already gone through that with Modern Family and I didn't want to waste time on something like that again.
i blame the richard hendricks character for that, he kept constantly making bad choices, it was stressing me out
It was like that every season, pretty much every episode. The real catch of the show for me was how accurate it was, not to mention prescient. Kind of like Idiocracy keeps becoming more relevant the further away from its release we get.
ErLich was the man who pushed everyone’s buttons. So critical to have him there as a foil to everyone
Although I understand he was crucial to the structure of the show, I never got past how childish and immature he was. I had to stop watching the show because he was too irritating to tolerate.
He was barely onscreen with any of the main cast after a while. Gilfoyle, Dinesh, Russ, and far more did more than enough button pushing.
Not really. I thought the character was a d*ck and wondered why the others associated with him. They would have been more successful had they ditched him when they formed their business. As for TJ Miller himself, evidently he is a d*ck in real life.
It would of been like writing Jim Parsons off of big bang theory.
Like Socrates, he stirred the people so they do not become lethargic. Personally I did not miss Erlich in later seasons, but he was definitely fundamental character of the show.
I actually thought the ending was awesome. I agree that things weren’t the same after Eric left, but they way the story ended was great and the documentary ending was a fantastic wrap up that left little to no questions.
Same here
Yeah, wtf kind of person mourns the loss of this character
Where's that Flashdrive though
@@sewerface people who enjoy the Character? Tf kind of question is that.
@@georgepolites1996 think we saw it (or one that looks very similar) plugged into Gilfoyle or Dinesh's computers. It's no confirmation but the idea could be that they're still tinkering with the tech...
For what it’s worth, Mike Judge said the original plan was for Erlich’s character to end his run on the show 3 episodes into season 5. TJ Miller refused to come back for that, according to Judge, which makes sense as his character had run its course. With the plan for Pied Piper to grow into a larger company in the final two seasons, having a character like Erlich around wouldn’t have made much sense. I really liked the final seasons, it didn’t have the same vibe that seasons 1-4 had, but I like that they decided to actually have the company grow instead of constantly fighting to actually become a company like seasons 1-4.
Tbh last 2 seasons are the worst of the series. I couldn't even finish watching the fifth season because of how repellent it was
I disagree I feel they needed erlich the whole time cause he’s the other half of Richard’s brain 🧠 that is also a genius in his own right and could handle the things Richard wasn’t used to as we see in the first season episode where they talk about them being two halves of a bigger brain Erlich was my favorite character on the show without him the vibes were indeed off but at least I can always go back and watch the other 4 great seasons
Going in blind. Is this thing worth absorbing?!
@@rectalimplosion yes the first four seasons comedy wise is gold the other two season story wise is still good comedy is subjective so it may be funny to you I didn’t laugh but I loved the ending to the show
There was plenty to do with Bachman. Every company has some annoying early stakeholder. And the show did fall apart after he left.
I don't think it was THAT bad without him. Erlich was amazing, obviously, and it wasn't as good without him, but there's a lot of really amazing episodes there without him. He was outstanding but his absence wasn't soulless or stupid.
It def wasnt the same it went from 8 to a 4
@@Juan_deep More like from a 9.5 to an 8.
I would have to re-watch but just from looking at this video and remembering the storyline, i think it became much more woke around the time that Erlich left. Gavin became a joke, the two investor chicks were like a pair of Rachel Starks of tech and $$$ and badass things... and the guys never accomplished anything, it was like everytime they were going to make it, everything came apart.
@@keepcalmandenjoythedecline sounds like you’re using the term “woke” very loosely 😂
I think it got better.
I thought they removed Erlich from the show very, very neatly. Like he actually wasn't necessary at all after that point. Seasons 3 and 4 were showing how lost Erlich was and how he drifted away from the main gang because he was just becoming irrelevant.
He was great in the show, without a doubt. But because of the way they ended his character, I didn't miss him, because I got everything I could want from him already. Now I just want to see the Pied Piper gang make it big through more trial and error and battle Gavin Belson. Silicon Valley could not have had a better final season. It was frustrating, interesting, thrilling, and fun all at once.
The 5 years in Tibet 😆
i disagree. He was the Kramer of the show. Seinfeld would have been bad without him. SV lost their Kramer.
Honestly, I didn't notice any huge difference in the show after Bachman left. The show still worked and funny to me
Agreed, I thought Bachman was one of the weaker characters on the show and was actually relieved to see him written off.
@@CarsonHunter I wished they lent more into Bachman's character being a great coder who was lazy or possibly making a great CEO, maybe getting closer or learning more from Jared about the business side and growing. In the episode where they keep the live stream going was a great example of them showing some of his coder prowess. I liked his character, I just felt they decided to go too far down the path of insulting the character for cheap laughs and didn't grow him.
@@technicalthug that's a solid point. He did have some moments but you're right, almost little to none character growth.
Bad character, good performance.
I mean, definitely not a terribly written character, but I don't think the show suffered loss of a character as much as it lost presence of a good actor, not implying that other performances were bad.
They could've left Erlic in the incubator, doing his own thing, leeching off someone, or whatever the alternative they could've came up with, and I doubt audience would've complained. Really speaks lengths about the quality of the individual performance.
Bachman was missed in the last seasons.
Thank goodness Jared (Donald) Dunn was basically the only reason pied piper succeeded.
Show also came up with one of the best insults ever. Kiss my piss. 💁♂️🤷♂️💁♂️🤷♂️💁♂️🤷♂️
Pied Piper was saved countless times from the hero that is Donald "Jared" Dunn.
He was missed but it wasn’t a huge ‘miss’. Show was still great without him.
T.J. Miller messed up big time , he was getting movie roles and his star was rising, he had a small part in Deadpool , and ready player one and his last semi big blockbuster was in Underwater. He has load of talent to become a lead in a movie but the combination of rockn roll attitude and not being professional and not keeping his mouth shut is what kills carreers early.
Story wise yes but comedic wise no I don’t remember laughing once at any of the jokes and that’s not saying that Erlich was the primary reasons for my laughter but having him around shaped the vibes of the group even when not being there so we’d get hilarious events
That's a debatable opinion
@@mechajay3358 ok
Hard disagree
Is it me or did this guy just repeat the problem like 50 times
yeah I thought this video was pretty stupid. first of all, nobody ever thought the show didn't work without Erlich, the general opinion is that it worked surprisingly well actually. and people generally liked the ending. and the analogies he is using are off, why the heck would you compare one character leaving with a baseball bat completely destroying your lego construction. did the writers have to destroy the whole plot? rebuild it? change directions? not even friggin' close. It just changed some dynamics with the characters, and the type of humor.
I liked the last season a lot and I didn’t mind the absence of TJ
Yep, as a matter of fact, all the most contrived story lines in the show were center around Bachman.
I liked it better without Turdlick Cockman. It also allowed Jian Yang’s character to be the comic relief, and in my opinion, Jimmy O Yang is a lot funnier guy than TJ Miller.
@@5urg3x You just say that because of his personal life. Once again the people who enjoy art can't decipher between fiction and reality.
@@Mcnutty924 Actually, no. Jimmy O Yang was always funnier, even his stand up material, and other things he has done separate from SV were far better than Miller’s material. The cast of the show also hated Miller, prior to him getting “cancelled” and mentally braking down. He was always late and just not a good guy to work with.
@@5urg3x what'd he get cancelled for?
Honestly I thought it was time for him to go story wise. Felt like they were trying to come up with reasons for his character to still be around.
FACTS. He didn't add much to the story any more
For real, he is a good character, but I disagree with the quality of the show declining , because of his departure. Lol
Agreed, though Nerdstalgic’s point is that they didn’t replace him or add anyone new to rebalance the dynamic, partly because they likely didn’t have enough follow through to hewn out another character
Honestly love everything about this show. But honestly have to agree with this. I was wondering what the purpose of keeping his character around was by the time season 3 rolled around
Totally disagree. He was the best character in the show and it felt lonely once he disappeared...
It was never implied that Jin Yiang murdered Erlich, it was obvious he was faking Erlich’s death to seize his assets
Go back and listen again.
6:06 _"In handling Erlich Bachman's exit from Silicon Valley's story, the writers _*_mulled a few ideas around in their heads,_*_ one of which was alluding to the fact Jin Yang may or may not have murdered Erlich Bachman."_
The video never suggests that the "Jin Yang murdered Bachman" idea was actually the one they used, moreover they go on to explain why that particular idea _wasn't_ used.
6:17 _"This idea, funny as it may have been, was a little darker than the show's creators intended."_
And if there is any doubt remaining...
6:22 _"But at least this _*_imagined_*_ end-off _*_would have_*_ resulted in a satisfying amount of closure for the viewer. _*_Instead,_*_ the writers decided to leave the door open for a potential return..."_
Yes it was. Jin Yang heard from Richard Elrich was last seen in Tibet. JY wanted the 10% share. Then later JY has his license.
Gonna have to disagree. Erlich was there to cause problems essentially, after he left they just allowed the problems to come from other sources.
I think they replaced erlich in the way that they made jin yang (opportunistic side of erlich) and Russ (crazy selfish psycho) and the traits that make up both of these characters are what make up erlich as a whole
Erlich leaving is when I started to tune out of the show. He was my favorite character and bounced off perfectly with the others.
Really can't agree on this one. I felt the tone wasn't lost at all. Richard was the beating heart. If HE had left, you might have something. I also don't agree that Dinesh and Guilfoyle were at the bottom of some narrative pyramid. I also never felt the show "struggled to get across the finish line", either. I thought the ending was extremely satisfying. Lastly, it would really help to make your case if you had included some "during Bachmann" and "after bachmann" scene comparisons to make your point. Crack open the show to show me! All I heard was how often you kept repeating how different the show was without him...with no examples. You didn't prove your case.
I disagree something was lost. And it basically destroyed Jin yangs storyline.
How did you get in my head? 100% agree.
was going to post this exact thing. The show ran out of gas because the narrative loop had run its course (1. Things are going great! 2. Oh no there's a problem! 3. We miraculously solved the problem against all odds! 4. Repeat)
I felt there were enough great characters that I didn't miss Bachman, really at all.
as we got to the final episodes i thought there was no way to wrap up the story with the amount of time left, but i was pleasantly surprised with how they managed to wrap up the loose ends while still leaving a few open questions
I loved Silicon Valley so much. It was one of those shows I was really sad about when it went off air.
Each character kind of saves the day in their own way at different points in time. Literally, everybody has their moment even Urlich.
HBO announced Miller wasn’t returning almost a full year before the Amtrak bomb threat thing. Also not sure why you didn’t mention the accusations of on set bullying or the sexual assault allegations against Miller. He wasn’t just showing up late, he was causing a lot of emotional harm.
Yeah this part…. Bothered me a bit too.
Dang wtf Miller was literally Erlich in real life
Emotional damage
Right?! He was such a terror on set that they had no choice to let him go
@@bethromelus6172 that's all speculation, and Miller has said multiple times he wanted to leave. The only one who complained about him and the cast was Alice Wetturlund, who has had "issues" with multiple people.
The only choice for how to replace Ehrlich correctly would have been to have the show's other extroverted, vain, selfish character (Russ Hanneman) lose everything and move into the house with them.
This never occurred to me, but now I wish they *had* gone this route, because I think it would have actually made things a lot more entertaining
@@Hakumeiun S5E1: "No Commas"
AHAHAHAHHAHh this would have been fucking awesome hahahhahahh
@@madprophetus AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
This guy fucks! I thoroughly agree.
TJ Miller's personal life aside he was perfect for that role and really stole every scene he was in. The other characters were great but I agree with this evaluation that he was kind of the perfect 5th point of the star. Those first 4 seasons were pretty great despite the predictable disastrous ending every time. Got a little old. But it also seemed like Richard's character became much more unlikeable with each progressive season and the plots became a little thinner as things went on. Not the best thing for the protagonist of the series. I do like how it ended but Bachman was sorely missed in those last few seasons.
Richard was a selfish-little whiney bitch. Snot nosed nerd, with no people skills or management abilities.
I'm so glad that this video exists, just a few days ago I was watching video essays and I realized that virtually no video essayist talks about Silicon Valley. To see this appear in my recommendations a few days later, in fact _posted_ on the day when I had that realization, I feel much better knowing my favourite show is getting some recognition :)
Silicon Valley was so accurate. I’ve been thru every situation in the first three seasons in all of the startups I’ve been. The only thing questionable was hooli and Gavin belson, but I had several Gavin belsons in my consulting career, so his character definitely passes.
Once he left the show, I couldn't want it anymore and this is one of my all-time favorite comedies on TV.
You're really doing yourself a disservice if you haven't seen it through. I think it's hands down the best TV series ending I've ever seen.
LOVE Silicon Valley so much ❤️ It always surprised me and the humor was so weird, funny, and outrageous. I loved the character dynamics and the strange scenarios that popped up every season.
I like everything I've seen with T.J. Miller (Cloverfield, Office Christmas Party, Underwater, etc.) so I hope he is doing better.
Don't forget the emoji movie (or maybe do...)
Not sure I agree that The Office ran so smoothly. They shoved Andy into the Michael Scott role and he did basically the same thing but was infinitely more annoying. It never recovered after Steve Carell left. It was already getting a bit long in the tooth and probably should've been cancelled at the end of season 7 but it limped along for those last two seasons.
This show was the cornerstone of my favorite trilogy of tech shows that aired in the mid 2010's (Silicon Valley, Mr. Robot, Halt and Catch Fire). Each one filled a perfect niche of comedy, drama, well written characters and story telling, and were able to weave interesting elements of the tech industry into the stories. It sucks that TJ Miller tanked his own career and IMO ruined the 5th season of SV, but I feel like the show was able to finish strong enough in the 6th season to not completely ruin the entire series for me.
Sadly, those golden days seem to be over. The closest thing I've found is Mythic Quest, which I had hoped would be a mix of Sunny and Community, with a Silicon Valley feel, but after the first 2 seasons, it just doesn't hit the way any of those other shows did. Hoping they find their niche in season 3.
I couldn't stand how generic Mythic Quest felt right from then start.
Fuck, those were some good ass shows. I wish I could find something in the same vein as them, but still haven't found anything that comes close to the quality of those three shows, at least in relation to tech.
@@vomo8322 check out severance!!
I always hated the character of Erlich but when he left I understood why he was necessary. You almost need someone like that as a foil to the other characters to make them compelling.
You're heartless and inhumane
Thank you for saying this. He was the exact reason I couldn't finish Season 1. I understand he was crucial to the structure of the show, but I never got past how childish and immature he was. I had to stop watching it because he was too irritating to tolerate.
Thats funny, he was one of my favorite characters from the start. Such a brilliantly designed parasitic piece of shit narcissist lol. I was howling laughing at the end of season 1 when he looked like a discount Steve Jobs
Contrarian writing to keep viewers subverted past stagnation; "oh, of course...he's dumb..."
Same with Chevy Chase as Pierce on Community
honestly didn't mind bachman leaving, my favorite was always jared. he reminds me of characters like jonah on veep or greg on succession. although that might just be their similar size. anyway, i might have to rewatch silicon vallely now
Jared was always a highlight for myself.
I'v heard Zach Woods say in a interview that he has never sat and watched any episodes. out of the anxiety of seeing himself on screen and finding it to cringe for him to watch. From fear that he would rate his own performance as sub-par. Kinda broke my heart hearing him say it, as I always rated him as a top tier character and actor.
Jared really was a gem. Starting out I was like "okay, okay, yeah, okay, this guy is pretty funny". But then once he got into his stride I legit almost died laughing at some of those jokes. The Dinesh choking his mom with the chain one caught me so off guard I actually spit my drink out, can't remember the last time a show evoked a physical reaction like that outta me!
Jared's character development made the final seasons! It was nice to see him be a bad ass
"You think I'm afraid to catch a case, on some bullshit??"
Erlich isn't critical to the show. The character played a role in the show's formula-- a role quickly filled by jian yang (and worthily so, might I add?)
PERFECT TIMING, I just finished rewatching it (first time seeing last season) a couple days ago and was wondering about it lmfao
Rewatching now as we speak. Haven’t watched this show since it ending love this show
He was funny, but far from one of my favorite characters. Probably a personal thing, it's just that those "crude/asshole/idiot" archetypes are rarely the most memorable to me. I'm not saying the show was better for losing him, but it wasn't a huge deal for me and I definitely enjoyed the last two seasons. Maybe not quite as much as the early seasons, but I don't really think that was due to the lack of Erlich so much as the show just didn't feel quite as fresh as it used to. The only area I really felt his absence was when it came to Jian-Yang's character. I'd also say the ending was pretty good, the story being told was properly concluded in the second to last episode while the finale served as an "epilogue" to show where everyone ended up, and for the most part the time jump and "missing information" was actually pretty funny.
Probably just a matter of personal taste here. Still a great video, but I don't really agree with it as much as I typically do with videos from this channel.
Bruh, the show has so much rewatch value start to finish.
All of the characters continued to play off each other and they managed to shoot themselves in the foot time and time again. I see Erlich as the Dionysian character that no one else was, reveling in the energy of Silicon Valley’s tech culture. He was missed but the show continued to be hilarious and wrapped up beautifully and in a timely way. After six seasons watching them fail over and over, I was happy to see a conclusion to their plight. I thought it was very fitting.
This is easily one of my favourite shows :D
A fantastic show. But so disappointing that they didn't bring him back in that final episode 😔
Great video. Very intriguing.
Oh yeah I'm rewatching the show. Thanks for this great analysis :)
As Much As I Love Tj Miller On Screen.....it Would Make Sense Someone That Fun Couldn't Possibly Be Professional .
How you not gonna mention the late Christopher Evan Welch as Peter Gregory when you bring up the great acting performances from this show?
This is a bad video essay. You state that the show fell apart yet you never show any evidence of it. I agree that it fell apart Erlich, but you didn’t convince me.
That's some great stuff, Sam! Unfortunately, nobody asked!! Hope this helps
@@raph6931 it helped greatly!
@@samuelwerner-wilson1162 good to hear
@@raph6931 so what’s your mothers maiden name?
@@raph6931that’s kind of a brain dead response to a valid criticism he made. A response to you could be that no one asked for your opinion on his statement
This is really interesting to hear your perspective, because I really didn’t even notice that he was gone the last season it seemed natural that they moved beyond the incubator at this point
God I love Silicon Valley. Thank you for reminded me of it so I can go back and watch it all over again.
For no reason from me, my feed has been inundated for the past 2 weeks with TJ Miller vids. I think with Deadpool 3 soon approaching that it brought him back to the forefront of people's minds and they've been searching about him.
Silicon valley is one of those series which you can watch many times and still find it entertaining.... Who's with me?
I personally think ending was done good, tht said Erlic Bachmann was a great character
Homeboy actually arguing that Silicon Valley missed Miller more than The Office missed Carrel? Come on, man.
It fell off a little bit, and Richard became what his nickname would be, but I still respect the ending so much. I miss this show, and I hope it can come back 😭
Suzanne Cryer was good but the show lost an amazing character when Christopher Evan Welch passed away. Also his name is Donald Dunn. Not Jared.
He was the "regular guy" who the audience could relate with
They had such a strong cast and writing, I didn't miss Bachman. The writers and cast all stepped up to fill the gap. Season 6 was excellent. Fantastic show.
This was already put the best way, by Erlich himself. "You need an asshole. When there's no asshole, it creates a kind of asshole vacuum"
Gilfoil was an asshole tho
Great video
The finale was both inventive and satisfying. It was a bold move and was an absolute win-win. It showed the middle-out algorithm has become too intelligent for its own good and it was time to pull the plug.
one of the best series i had ever watched!!!!
All shows need a wildcard. Erlich is the wrecking ball that can make transitions without it seeming jarring.
Thanks to this video I just binged Silicon Valley, he’s right great shoe
I'm binging the show and I just got to season 5 and I was wondering... when is Erlich coming back... oh no... he might not come back. I had to Google it and now I know not to expect him to come back :^\ his boastful extroverted personality was such a huge contrast to the quiet introverted characters. I'm a little bored watching season 5, but I agree with a lot of people that they seemed to be running out of ideas what to do with him.
He wouldn't show up on time or at all to table readings. Called in a bomb threat when he had a psychotic break down and the show wrote him as a main character. Long story short.
Erlich was hilarious but the show did just fine without him. His absence wasn't even that noticeable to me 🤷🏻♀️
Finally a nerdstalgic silicon valley episode
The ending of the show was amazing!
I loved the first few seasons of Silicon Valley. Jared is one of my favorite TV characters ever. I always hated Erlich, but you're right, the show changed in a negative way after he left.
Most perfect explanation for this show
Wow I couldn't disagree more. This show is so good you forget Ehrlich isn't there after the first episode of S5
Hugely disagree, it felt like a different show entirely
@@tc2241in a good way
I honestly didn't even realize that TJ Miller was written off, I thought he was going to come back! (Probably doesn't help that I never finished season 5 😅)
Funny started watching this video went binged the whole series in the last 2 days and now rewatching on the bus ride home lol
I thought the whole show was superb. I loved Erlich but my favourite character was Jared/Donald and it is tough to just pick one. Every character had their moments for me and I enjoyed watching everybody on the show. Though I would have happily watched another season or two, I feel it wrapped up nicely, leaving you wanting more which is a good way to go out. Could I elaborate? Yes.
Far out I forgot how stacked this show was. Not just the main guys, but Gavin, Ross, etc. Like 10 main characters.
I didn't even know about the whole skirmish with the actor. This was my first time hearing about it.
Erlich was the guy who was wrong about a a lot of things but when he was right he was right and they needed his help
*I love everything Mike judge does*
There are just some shows that were perfectly cast and can't survive without a critical cast member. Another show where this happened was Shameless. Emmy Rossum was the centerpiece of that show, and while the rest of the cast was also very important and had good story arcs in their own right, I watched Shameless from the perspective of Fiona's "try-fail-try" arc while she tries to break free of the shackles of poverty and a dead end existence, always hitting the ground running, but then getting in her own way and spiraling out of control (something I can identify with in my younger years). As a character, I think it can be presumed that she did escape Chicago and must have landed on her feet somewhere, but from a show quality perspective, after she left it felt like Shameless was a parody of its original self in the last two seasons, made even worse by shoe horning in an insane plot for Deb as the show came to a close (sex offender? Really?). With Rossum's departure, I feel like the writers decided to turn every other character up to eleven, making their character traits cartoonish and over the top at times. They also seem to have tried to introduce a new "Fiona" in Tami, but without much of the baggage and trauma that Fiona had to deal with while she tried to make something of herself other than just being a Gallagher (Plus Tami was insufferably annoying and stubborn).
I think you're overstating his importance to the show TBH. The show didn't really suffer from his absence, even if it wasn't as consistent. The finale definitely wouldn't have been better if Erlich had been there.
one more thing, he's no fucking Steve Carrell, that's a horrible comparison
It's almost as if good writing could make a character extremely central and enjoyable, or totally useless overnight if needed.
1:16 - There was never enough Russ Hanneman.😆
I'd love to see you cover how a show ends perfectly like The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
The first 2 seasons are up there are some of the funniest episodes of TV ever! I have rewatched them both so many times. I've never rewatched the seasons without TJ Miller, who I hate
Well written! And I tend to agree. I think I know why the writers left Erlich's character kinda open...just in case TJ Miller got his shit together, he would have been welcome back. Unfortunately that never happened. But kudos to the writers and producers for at least attempting it.
I love this show. I watch it a dozen times a year. I just imagine season 6 never happened at all. Idk wtf that final seasons purpose was honestly
Yessss lets talk about TJ Miller!
Sad that he wasn't at least in the final episode, I wanted to see what had happened to him. Similar to how Eric in That 70's Show came back for the final episode, just gives much needed closure. Also, Jared is the best character in the show, don't even try to change my mind.
4:20 Based Bachman looking out for the crew's bottom line, getting them extra money by pulling a Diesel.
I just started season 5, and boy it feels.
What music did you use in this vid? Great choices!
I had no idea Mike Judge made this show. Now i definitely have to watch it 😆
I really loved this show. At the time, I think it was my favourite show and I looked forward to it, each week.
Thank you! Erlich was the reason i watched the show to begin with. im a tech head and an engineer but i didnt find the other characters funny without him.
it's not that nobody noticed, it's that at least for me I appreciated that the writers knew the show had to end and gave it a good send off. It could've been worse.. I do agree the last 2 seasons weren't as good as the first 4 but they were nowhere near bad. How many time's have we seen a show go to shit because the writers want to keep milking it for as long as possible. I'm sure HBO didn't mind having it go into a season 7 and 8. I'm glad they didn't try to replace him that would've been a dumb decision and if they had gone in that direction this video would've been titled "why erlich's replacement didn't work"
Erlich Bachman wasn't relevant to Sillicon Valley past season 1. He was often shoved off into side-plots that had nothing to do with Pied Piper for this reason. He was occassionally used well, like when salesmanship was involved, but mostly he was not only irrelvant but often not even onscreen with the main story. He was often just off with Bighead or other characters, being irrelevant.
Sillicon Valley couldn't survive longer than 6 seasons because it refused to let Pied Piper succeed, and eventually they ran out of ways to prevent a company with world-changing commercially viable technology from succeeding. 6 seasons is still a lot of seasons.
Gilfoyle, Dinesh, Russ Hanneman, and more all filled Erlich's roles as button-presser and instigator far more effectively than Erlich did outside of season 1. Heck, Russ Hanneman is just Erlich but moreso. The show didn't need Erlich at all after a while, it graduated to better versions of him. The show has no shortage of cringey narcissitic assholes to draw on for comedy, Erlich just happened to be one of the first.
ACTUALLY Tj Miller decided he wasnt coming back either, you missed that part, he said he was tired of the character not growing like everyone else, and didnt want to lose and be the idiot anymore, VERY important part of he didnt return, he was not fired
I forgot about this, which is a perfect reason to rewatch! It was excellent until all this you explained, basically! I recommend people give it a try!
My take was apparently in the minority. Erlich's story felt essentially done once the Piper crew left the incubator house. Sure, as a 10% owner, he would have always been on the board of directors, but boards of companies the size Pied Piper eventually grew into have a way of marginalizing board members who are essentially boat anchors for the company.
It didn't help that Erlich never personally worked for me as the Dot Boomer character who basically just got lucky once, which was echoed, only much louder with Russ Hanneman.
Man that was a great series.
For me the last episode was really satisfying and a perfect ending ❤
Silicon valley's structure pairs up one character with another. While the characters do interact with everyone, they are often paired together. Richard has Jared, Danesh has Gilfoyle and Erlich has Jinyang. The only character without a buddy was Big Head, who spent his screen time wandering around the set mindlessly. Erlich was a sad character to lose but Jinyang was the only person TRULY affected by it
Kinda disagree with the Michael Scott comment; on paper The Office was an ensemble cast show, in reality it was the Michael Scott show; when he left that thing was done; producers knew it, they simply milked it as much as they could but were very aware it was all downhill from there.
I have no idea that Peter Gregory’s character passed away Lori was a great replacement however, I never viewed her as such without this information. Now, in hindsight, she did an amazing job. I always thought she was good, but I had no idea.