Summaries, Spoilers, and Clips For Every Episode of Silicon Valley (Season 1)
Silicon Valley is a great show on HBO. If you want to figure out exactly what episode something happened in, when a certain episode aired, watch the highlights of the season, or refresh your memory of what happened in past seasons of Silicon Valley before the new one airs. If you want the total experience, there are also links to watch the full episodes on either Amazon or iTunes. Enjoy reviewing Season 1 of Silicon Valley!
Season 1
Silicon Valley Episode 1: Minimum Viable Product
Episode 1 Summary
Richard is a computer programmer. He has to choose between a $10 million deal with Gavin Belson and a $200,000 deal with Peter Gregory, in exchange for his cooperation to make the idea of a super compressing algorithm change the world.
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Richard chooses to secure funding from Peter Gregory so he can build his empire.
Season 1: Episode 1 "Minimum Viable Product" originally aired April 6th, 2014
Silicon Valley Episode 2: Cap Table
Episode 2 Summary
Richard hires Jared to design a business plan. Big Head is asked to work for Gavin Belson, where he discovers that Hooli has stolen the Pied Piper algorithm and calls it Nucleus. Meanwhile Richard struggles to get his money from Gregory.
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Big Head takes a $600,000/year offer from Gavin, which Richard sees as betrayal. Hooli is starting to reverse engineer Pied Piper.
Season 1: Episode 2 "The Cap Table" originally aired April 13th, 2014
Silicon Valley Episode 3: Articles of Incorporation
Episode 3 Summary
The guys find themselves in trouble with their company name when they find out it's already taken. So whilst Richard tries to find a solution, Erlich searches for a new name in another dimension of his consciousness.
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Richard purchases the company name for $1,000, Peter Gregory makes a projected $68 million off sesame seeds, Gilfoyle gets a visa, and Erlich kidnaps himself reincarnated in a hispanic boy.
Season 1: Episode 3 "Articles of Incorporation" originally aired April 20th, 2014
Silicon Valley Episode 4: Fiduciary Duties
Episode 4 Summary
Richard drunkenly promises to make Erlich a board member, which he regrets the next morning. Big Head finds others at Hooli, who like him, have made careers out of doing nothing. Richard struggles to put Pied Piper's vision into words.
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Erlich becomes the Jobs to Richard's Wozniak, impressing at their meeting with Peter Gregory and remaining a board member.
Season 1: Episode 4 "Fiduciary Duties" originally aired April 27th, 2014
Silicon Valley Episode 5: Signaling Risk
Episode 5 Summary
Now that Pied Piper is the official company name, Erlich wants a logotype to go with it so he hires a very unexpected artist in for the job. Meanwhile Richard gets a tighter deadline for the project after a simple mistake.
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Pied Piper is accepted into Tech Crunch Disrupt where they and Nucleus will debut in 2 months. Jared institutes some corporate changes. Chuy Ramirez designs Pied Piper's logo and sells a mural to Hooli for $500,000.
Season 1: Episode 5 "Signaling Risk" originally aired May 4th, 2014
Silicon Valley Episode 6: Third Party Insourcing
Episode 6 Summary
Richard comes across a problem in the code writing and hires Kevin, a young kid, to write the code for him.
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Gilfoyle brings home a hot new lady, Tara, the Carver overwrites the data schema, and Jared is transported to a fully automate island in the middle of the ocean.
Season 1: Episode 6 "Third Party Insourcing" originally aired May 11th, 2014
Silicon Valley Episode 7: Proof of Concept
Episode 7 Summary
Richard has trouble getting Pied Piper ready in time for the TechCrunch Disrupt, while Erlich realizes he slept with the wife of one of the judges of the contest.
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Jared clears things up for Sherry Caldwell (who Richard is NOT obsessed with) after getting back from the island and Erlich sleeps with the judge's new wife, who beats him up on stage.
Season 1: Episode 7 "Proof of Concept" originally aired May 18th, 2014
Silicon Valley Episode 8: Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency
Episode 8 Summary
Pied Piper makes it to the next stage of Disrupt but runs into trouble with Hooli's presentation. The guys break out into a ridiculous argument and Richard tries to pull Pied Piper together before the big presentation.
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Gavin presents Nucleus and Pied Piper seems dead in the water, Monica asks out Richard, and season 1 ends with Pied Piper destroying the previous Weisman score limit and winning Tech Crunch Disrupt.
Season 1: Episode 8 "Optimal Tip-To-Tip Efficiency" originally aired June 1st, 2014
Published: August 1st, 2015