Silicon Valley

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Season 5
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 6, 2014
Season #: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 56
  3. Negative: 11 out of 56
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  1. kjhkjhk
    Mar 26, 2018
    2
    What the hell happened?!!!! This show was so on track to be my favorite and now its just pure ****
  2. OlivierPiel
    Mar 29, 2018
    3
    Episode 1 was so bad it looked like an episode of Big Bang Theory. Or is this to be taken as an ironic metaphor of Facebook: Mediocrity and then rot takes over at the end?
  3. Fedi
    Mar 27, 2018
    0
    Gulpfest with no bite to it.

    TJ was an a-hole but at least he was facking FUNNY. It is kinda sad that Jin yang is the best part of the show now... Jared is overplayed and feels forced as a character. The Gavin arc is lame and completely uninteresting. Thomas Middleditch does his best but with such a hacky script there is nothing to salvage. It really is sad how a good unique show    Gulpfest with no bite to it.

    TJ was an a-hole but at least he was facking FUNNY.
    It is kinda sad that Jin yang is the best part of the show now... Jared is overplayed and feels forced as a character. The Gavin arc is lame and completely uninteresting. Thomas Middleditch does his best but with such a hacky script there is nothing to salvage.

    It really is sad how a good unique show like this could could end up like this way. Yes, everyone who is not indulging in wishful delusions can guess this will be the last season by watching this wet firework excuse of a premiere.

    I guess everybody will move on to better projects next year but it still does not make the disappointment OK. WHY MIKE JUDGE WHY. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THIS IS 1st GRADE MANURE AND WE WILL WATCH IT OUT OF FIDELITY, BUT YOU RICH HOLLYWOOD **** RUINED WHAT WAS GOING TO BE A CULT CLASSIC WITH YOUR INANE INFANTILE BEEFS.    … Expand
  4. Rmiles801
    Apr 13, 2018
    2
    As a huge fan of silicon valley in the past, like many others, I've been disappointed as well, thankfully I set expectations pretty low because it's pretty obvious they're just milking the franchise for everything they can and hte majority of material is something that's been re-hashed from previous seasons. The NEW stuff they've put in is REALLY on the "not" funny side of being stupid, asAs a huge fan of silicon valley in the past, like many others, I've been disappointed as well, thankfully I set expectations pretty low because it's pretty obvious they're just milking the franchise for everything they can and hte majority of material is something that's been re-hashed from previous seasons. The NEW stuff they've put in is REALLY on the "not" funny side of being stupid, as opposed to it being stupid, but in a funny way, there's a distinct difference. I'm not going to blame the decline on no erlich though, the show is just bad all the way around, rating this 2 is probably a reach to be honest, not sure why/how people are giving this over an 5, no way.… Expand
  5. voidisme
    Apr 30, 2018
    0
    I really tried to like it, but it looks like along with TJ Miller, they also lost all the good ideas. New season is so boring, they can't succeed since then the show ends, so they do this weird circlejerk thing which was fine until a point, but now theres no room left. Most of the "supposed to be funny" situations are just unfunny and sad. Like they are trying too hard now and failing.I really tried to like it, but it looks like along with TJ Miller, they also lost all the good ideas. New season is so boring, they can't succeed since then the show ends, so they do this weird circlejerk thing which was fine until a point, but now theres no room left. Most of the "supposed to be funny" situations are just unfunny and sad. Like they are trying too hard now and failing. Like the 9th season of scrubs and the office.… Expand
  6. rRondo
    Nov 28, 2018
    1
    If you like this show, DO NOT WATCH season 5. I stopped watching this after episode two. Screenwriters of this season should be fired and added to sort of «black list».

    From 8.5 (last 4 seasons) to 6.5. Epic fail.

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: David Sims
    Mar 26, 2018
    80
    Erlich’s absence lets Richard’s emerging dark side become more of a central focus for the series. For years, Silicon Valley seemed almost afraid of having Richard succeed, throwing narrative roadblocks in his way to stop him from becoming an all-powerful CEO and to perhaps maintain dramatic tension. The blundering Erlich helped the series in that regard, but now Richard gets to be his own worst enemy. If Season 5’s first episode is any indication, Silicon Valley will be more exciting--and painfully realistic--this way.
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  2. UPROXX
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Mar 26, 2018
    60
    The side characters remain terrific--my favorite joke in the premiere may be Laurie’s utter bafflement at Monica complimenting her for the birth of her fourth child only hours earlier--and the show still has a gift for constructing comic set pieces like the black site-style office Richard tried to show the guys in the premiere’s opening. But the series was already reaching the point of diminishing returns last year, and appears to have arrived there now.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Mar 22, 2018
    67
    A lot of what’s happening in Season 5 feels like old hat.
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