Great Craft Beer Creative Pub Food Only State College craft brewery open after 11pm. Sat at the upstairs bar late on a Friday night after a wedding. Club. Theres an interesting meta component that runs through the events of Success Failure, the fourth season premiere of Silicon Valley. Our erstwhile hero Richard, having managed to stumble back into a position of strength, finds himself dissatisfied and constantly trying to tweak something to its detriment. After some soul searching, he decides that what he wants to do is to something completely different, identifying a new grand goal thats admirable in theory but problematic in execution. And to achieve that goal, he scatters his previously identified support network and elects to start from scratch. Its a direction that feels meta largely because Richard doing so has all the signs of Silicon Valley trying to do the same thing. Season three was a season where, despite comedic highs, the prevailing mood was an inability to commit to the new stakes of the show, pivoting from Pied Pipers newfound success and ritzy offices to once again making the team impoverished in the confines of Erlichs living room. Watch Dorm Daze 2 Online Fandango. And when the finale ended at exactly the same place that the show had been twice beforethe team around the table and excited to be in control of their own destiniesit was impossible to shake the feeling of returning to the comfort zone. Now, theres a feeling that Mike Judge and Alec Berg are as bored with this as Richard and want to try something new, damn the consequences. Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr Image HBOThose consequences will apply heavily to the rise of Piper. Chat, Dineshs application of Richards algorithm to video chatting thats nurturing a growing user base. 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Once again, the team is in the position of having a great product that no one wants to pay for, arsenic back in the venture capitalist well after Jareds click farming scheme became public knowledge. Dinesh and Gilfoyle are forming an uncustomary united front against Richard, fighting to keep the platform functional whereas he keeps trying to add his own tweaks. And while Erlich and Big Head are the company owners, Erlich is largely kneecapped by the fact that Big Head signed his board seat over to his father, Nelson Baghetti Sr., who considers this a doomed endeavor that at least lets him punish Erlich for squandering his sons windfall. Things are in a stable position, but its a fragile stability, one thats only maintained by hard work. Small wonder that Richards dissatisfied with the way things are going and that hed be open to new ideas, even when those ideas come from non respectable source Russ Hanneman. Seeing Chris Diamantopoulos return with doors up is definitely a highlight moment of the episode, and his new role as dispenser of obscene yet useful observations established in Bachmans Earnings Over Ride continues to be the right deployment of his potentially overwhelming douchiness. Happy Valley Season 4' title='Happy Valley Season 4' />Russ does what he does best, pushing through with assertive gay sex metaphors to coax Richard to a revelation, and then barreling out of an elementary school parking lot once hes made his point. And of course it gets a sad underline when Jared barges in the front door, his efforts to break this mess up failing on three different levels. Its Silicon Valley in a nutshell, grand plans that keep getting laid low by something as rudimentary as going in the back door. Setting Richard off on his own path like this is a ballsy move for Silicon Valley. Its sister sitcom Veep, which similarly lives and dies on the interactions of its ensemble, is off to something of a muted start in its newest season with its team scattered to the winds. Even with Richard still in the same house and licensing his algorithm to Piper. Chat and Erlich claiming 1. Watch Cliffhanger Online Forbes. Piper. Chat like a pesca pescatarian dinner. If Richards not herding the passive aggressive cats of Dinesh and Gilfoyle, warring for control with Erlich, or managing Jareds devotion, its a tall order for Silicon Valley to generate something in its place. There are some promising seeds planted in the new move though, chiefly when Richard hands his position as CEO over to Dinesh as the creator of the video chat. Rather than go through the motions of once again setting up Big Head as a puppet president, or having Erlich concoct his latest coup, writer Alec Berg zigs and gives Dinesh an acknowledgment that for once he deserves. Moving Dinesh front and center is ripe with potential, between Kumail Nanjiani getting meatier material to play and the fact that its a proven fact Dinesh is a bad person who manages power very poorly. Gilfoyles deadpan excitement about how this could fail is contagious in that moment. And while hes passing over the power, theres a thread running through Success Failure that makes it feel like a fraught transition. Richards description of a brand new Internet is full of lofty aspirations, but theres a possessiveness to everything he does this episode that betrays other motives. He uses the phrase my algorithm over and over when describing his plans, acts like the team following him to see his latest brilliant coding move is a certainty it is not, and makes ownership of the Pied Piper name a deal breaker that no one even tries to fight for. It feels less like a fresh start than it does the newest and darkest incarnation of his character, years of swimming with sharks like Gavin Belson and Jack Barker twisting his attentions into something ugly. And escalating his intentions to something this lofty and farfetched makes the newest incarnation of Pied Piper only makes the next breakdown all the more feasible. The premiere also breeds some interesting conflict outside of Erlichs home, with cracks emerging between the aforementioned sharks. While their partnership remains mutually beneficiala lucrative End. Frame manufacturing contract in China the latest feather in the capGavins pettiness doesnt let him share the spotlight for long. One rerouted flight is all it takes for Gavin to deliver some vintage muffled obscenities and order his hatchet man fly to and from Shanghai a dozen times to get a statistically viable sample for winning an argument, a move that even for him is astronomically expensive pettiness. Matt Ross is always best in an adversarial role, and Stephen Tobolowsky was such a tremendous addition last season that placing the two in opposition is a smart move for Silicon Valley, especially if they remain cut off from the main action. Success Failure doesnt reach the heights of previous season premieres, where Peter Gregorys death or Jack Barkers introduction created instant seismic changes to the way the show would operate. In contrast, its an episode thats all about moving on from preexisting stakes, showing how the existing stakes arent the best way to spend your time. Its still peppered with funny beats and character moments, but it lacks the verve and energy of Silicon Valley at its peak, going through the motions at some points and uncertainly trying to find new motions to adapt. Hopefully as Richard and Piper. Chat embark on their new adventures, theyll rediscover the right spark of triumph and turmoil. Stray observations Welcome to version 4. Silicon Valley reviews As always, Im happy to be the beta tester for series various tweaks and conflicts, and Im looking forward to your user feedback as well. This Weeks Closing Track Shazam and Google gave me no results, so if anyone in the comments can fill us in, its welcome. Terrifying Jared Facts Jared knows how to help Richard take care of his badly chewed nails. Toss up for best moment is Jared admitting the click farm scandal was his fault and Dinesh accidentally revealing hes on the toilet. Unfortunately this decision also has real world parallels, Amanda Crew once again sidelined from the majority of the action. Hard to tell which moment was sadder Dinesh asking Gilfoyle if he can be the CEO of Pied Piper or Richard having to shoo Jared away like a forlorn puppy. Amusing detail the footage Richard uses to test his updates to Piper. Happy Valley Trailer BBC One. A new drama for BBC One, starring Sarah Lancashire as police sergeant Catherine Cawood.