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"OK, guys, I know that a certain other HBO show already crashed the GO app and is coming for Twitter next. But for that contingent of us who can&amp;#x27;t get into Game of Thrones (I&amp;#x27;m sorry, I truly am) and who love Veep, there was a gem of a surprise sandwiched between the two shows on HBO&amp;#x27;s new Sunday-night lineup last night: the newbie Silicon Valley. And I loved it. It was one of those airy, intriguing pilots that reminds you how easy HBO makes sharp TV look. If you missed it, I recommend on-demanding immediately, especially for these six things that got me all excited: First off, will you just look at these cute nerds? Nerds are generally trendy these days, but we don&amp;#x27;t currently have a great one to root for on TV. (Dwight Schrute left a bit of a vacuum behind.) Enter Thomas Middleditch (center), the stammery hero of Silicon Valley, whose algorithm is about to make him one of the tech world&amp;#x27;s most powerful players. Then we have, from left to right: the doe-eyed Kumail Nanjiani, Apatow disciple Martin Starr, The Office&amp;#x27;s Zach Woods, and comedian TJ Miller. And speaking of TJ Miller... TJ Miller is great. I love his comedy and was happy to see him show up on The Goodwin Games (cheers to the other six people who watched), but I feel like this is his masterpiece. And, yes, by &amp;quot;this,&amp;quot; I mean both his egomaniacal dork character and his inexplicable goatee situation. I have literally seen that look only on V for Vendetta masks. There&amp;#x27;s so much tech-world fun. I flipped over The Circle, the Dave Eggers novel set at a Google-esque complex. So you can imagine my delight at this pilot&amp;#x27;s over-the-top party and Epcot-like offices. Of course, every tech empire must have its deity/CEO, and guess who runs Silicon Valley&amp;#x27;s Hooli. Only Alby effing Grant (Matt Ross) from Big Love! OMG, I&amp;#x27;ve never missed a psychotic villain so much. And to see him resurface as a software guru wearing those sock-shoes with the toes ickily delineated? A true TV gift. Wonky industry stuff. OK, it probably helps that my husband writes software&amp;amp;#8212;but no matter the subject, I love when shows set in a certain business world don&amp;#x27;t shy away from the particulars of that world. Silicon Valley keeps the coding terminology in but still makes sure we get what&amp;#x27;s going on. If you thought Justin Timberlake&amp;#x27;s schtick in The Social Network was convincing, you&amp;#x27;re about to get your mind blown by a new level of authenticity. Last but not least: A gal with potential. Yes, Amanda Crew&amp;#x27;s start-up deputy is the only regular female character on this show. But what I love is that right from her first couple of scenes, you can feel that big things are in the works for her down the line. She may be someone&amp;#x27;s number-two right now, but her boys-club-busting capability is totally tangible. Bottom line&amp;amp;#8212;I definitely think you GoT fans should dragon-detox with this one every week. It&amp;#x27;s officially getting my season pass."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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