HBO's New Hit Comedy "Silicon Valley"

In the media-driven world we live in today, every technically inclined individual with a computer wants to discover or create the next big thing. Not for the billions of dollars that flow through the market every day but in order to "make the world a better place." Right?

Well the creator of "Office Space" and "Idiocracy," Mike Judge, has decided to team up with HBO to create one of the funniest and most modern shows to date, that accurately depicts the previously mentioned scenario.  

HBO's new hit comedy series "Silicon Valley" is the story of a group of socially awkward computer techs that finally get their break.

This series follows five roommates, Richard (Thomas Middleditch), Erlich (T.J. Miller), Gilfoyle (Martin Starr), Dinesh (Kumail Nanjiani) and Jared ( Zach Woods), as they try to survive in the competitive world of computer programmers and engineers.

Richard, (Thomas Middleditch) while in the process of creating a website called "Pied Piper" to download music, creates an algorithm that compresses files and creates an almost instant download. What he doesn't know is that this algorithm with the right investors can turn into a billion dollar company.

"Right off the bat the show reaches for the low-hanging fruit you's expect, and there's a lot to pick from.

Richard and his friends can't talk to girls. Brogrammers give them a hard time. Twitter and Instagram get egregious name-checks, while Grindr and other apps are used as joke fodder," wrote Bryan Bishop from theverge.com

Richard begins the show working for a company called Hooli, which has a very Google like feel to it.

The completely money-driven CEO Gavin Belson (Matt Ross) finds out about this very lucrative discovery of Richard's, and has to have it.

Gavin offers up $10 million for his algorithm out right, but he isn't the only one who is interested.

Another big-time investor is more interested in making Richard's dream come true rather than exponentially profiting off of someone else's work. 

Peter Gregory (Christopher Evan Welch) is an extremely awkward person, yet he is by far one of the most intelligent investors in the world. After you see his run-in with Burger King and their sesame seeds you will know exactly why I feel that way.

He tells Richard that he will give him $200,000 for just 5 percent equity of "Pied Piper." Richard, as none of us would do, passes on Gavin's $10 million and accepts Peter's investment.

This show offers the best of both worlds, it relates to the tech audience with accurate depictions of the modern-day lifestyle of a computer tech, which includes references to Steve Jobs and TED talks.

"Silicon Valley" also relates to the general public. 

T.J. Miller, who you may remember from the role of Stainer in the movie "She's Out of My League," plays a guy named Erlich who thinks he is the perfect package with his brain and good looks, when in fact he is quite the opposite. Gilfoyle never fails to make you laugh, whether the joke is pertaining to the fact that he is an illegal immigrant from Canada or that he is a satanist. 

"Silicon Valley's strength is in showing how the locus of cultural cred has shifted. The big showbiz dream of Vincent Chase and pals in "Entourage" look puny beside the empire-builiding of Hooli. That is cemented in the opening scene, where Kid Rock entertains a listless crowd at the party for a barely post-pubescent host whose start-up just sold to Google for over $200 million," wrote James Poniewozik of TIME magazine.

This group of actors will have you laughing through every step of their process, never a dull moment.

AT A Glance:
Silicon Valley
Starring: Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Martin Starr.
Creator: Mike Judge
Genre: comedy
Run Time: 30 minutes
Network: HBO
Overall Rating: 4/5