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Season 4, Episode 3 — Intellectual Property

TMDB episode metadata

Show: Silicon Valley

Episode title: Intellectual Property

Air date: May 07, 2017

Director: Jamie Babbit

Top billed cast: Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Amanda Crew

An overtired Richard pushes himself to the brink of sanity while trying to move ahead with his next big idea. Eyeing a comeback, Erlich pressures an uncooperative Jian-Yang. Monica sets a trap at Raviga to improve her standing with Laurie. Dinesh goes on a date. Big Head enters the world of academia. Gavin faces an unknown future.

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Are these my favorite nail beds I've ever seen?

beds favorite nail seen

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No, but they're fine.

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Okay. You know, I... I wasn't actually gonna come here.

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But then, I thought, "You know what? I could... I could use a walk."

walk

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And, um, well, I've just been working on

working

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this peer-to-peer Internet thing,

internet peer

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and well, I... I think better when I walk.

walk

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Mm-hmm.

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If I'm gonna be thinking and walking,

thinking walking

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I might as well walk somewhere specific.

might specific walk

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Hey, when was the last time you slept?

slept

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Um... I don't know.

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Well, I know I... I was gonna sleep last night,

night sleep

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but, uh... I thought I had this solve

solve

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for this computational trust issue I've been working on,

issue trust working

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but it turns out, I didn't have a solve.

solve turns

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But it was too late. I had already drank the whole pot of coffee.

coffee drank late whole

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Okay. Well, I'm busy. I've got to see patients all the time.

busy patients

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- Sorry. I don't want to interrupt you. - What are you doing?

interrupt

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Sorry, just... just one second. I just had a quick thought.

quick second

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Why are you writing it on there?

writing

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Well, I mean, you change these between every patient, right?

change patient

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I guess I'm going to have to now.

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You know, all the guys at the house, they think I'm nuts,

house nuts

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but I'm not nuts.

nuts

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Hey, you know, they say that after Alan Turing

alan

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was chemically castrated, he got a lot less annoying.

annoying less

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- What was that? - Hmm?

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Nothing. Just... that's just something to think about.

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Okay. Sure, yeah.

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Pen, please.

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Right, yeah.

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Go ahead and pay the lady out front.

ahead front go-ahead lady

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Cash is always appreciated. Hmm.

appreciated cash

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How the hell does this thing work?

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Question for you.

question

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What's better than octopus recipe?

octopus recipe

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Answer for you.

answer

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Eight recipes for octopus.

eight octopus

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My grandmother gave me a family recipe

family grandmother recipe

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before she died in a horrible way.

died horrible

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Wait. What?

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Sorry. We knew Jian-Yang's app was in the food space,

food space

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but we assumed that it was camera-based.

assumed based camera

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Like, you take a photo of food,

food photo

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the app returns nutritional information, or recipes,

information returns

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or how it was sourced.

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Yeah, like Shazam for food.

food

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Exactly. But this, I mean, this is...

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Shazam... for food.

food

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No, Shazam's not my vision.

vision

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Of course they know that you're not pitching Shazam.

course pitching

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That already exists.

exists

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This would be a Shazam... for food.

food

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- No. - Sorry. Language barrier.

language

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Do you speak Mandarin? Anybody? No?

anybody mandarin speak

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- That's not Mandarin. - He's a stickler for the accent.

accent mandarin

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No, my app is seafood, like food...

food seafood

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- ... in the sea. - ... That you can see.

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Oh, "see food."

food

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- S-E-E food. - Oh.

food

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- SeeFood. - Now, that we like.

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Seafood. It's like food in the sea.

food seafood

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Fuck.

fuck

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Oh, Gavin. Gavin.

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I heard about your PiperChat issue.

heard issue

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Those COPPA fines are no joke, could be billions.

billions joke

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I'm acutely aware, Jack.

aware jack

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Listen, after all you've done for me...

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bringing me into the Hooli sandbox, letting me play here...

bringing letting

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what if, hypothetically,

hypothetically

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I had a way to delete the underage accounts

accounts delete underage

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and the chat data in question?

chat data question

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Hypothetically, I could blame it on a malfunction

blame hypothetically malfunction

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of my Endframe/Box servers.

servers

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The board would have nothing to blame you for.

blame board

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Jack, I'm speechless. I'm embarrassed to say it,

embarrassed jack

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but I was beginning to question your loyalty.

beginning loyalty question

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Yeah.

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Well, you should've. I said it was hypothetical.

hypothetical shouldve

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Didn't say I'd do it.

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Why don't you go ahead and take a seat, Gavin?

ahead go-ahead seat

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Uh, you guys? Gavin Belson just got fired!

fired

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- Richard. - Wait. What?

richard

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Shit, that's huge.

huge

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"There are unconfirmed reports that Belson violated Hooli protocol

protocol reports violated

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"in the acquisition of a company that contained toxic assets."

acquisition assets company toxic

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- Oh, that's us! - Oh, my God.

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Gavin's been fired?

fired

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Did you fall in the pool?

fall pool

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Oh, no. No, I didn't.

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I was, um... I was dangling my feet in,

feet

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'cause it was cool and refreshing and just helping me think,

cool helping refreshing

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and then, since I was wet anyway,

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I purposefully started to wade around in the pool.

pool started wade

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Uh... But don't worry. No, I didn't fall in.

fall worry

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I, uh... I am not a spaz.

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"Belson will be succeeded by 'Action' Jack Barker.

action jack

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"A veteran tech CEO, Barker commented,

tech veteran

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"'We at Hooli pledge to work

pledge

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"with the Federal Trade Commission

commission federal trade

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"to resolve this matter and commit ourselves

commit matter resolve

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"to earning back the public trust.'"

earning public trust

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Wow, Dinesh, you really stuck it to him.

stuck

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Now they're pinning it all on Gavin.

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- Holy shit. - Dude, you're moist.

holy moist

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Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, I'll go and get a towel.

towel

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I mean, Dinesh, you're a... a giant slayer.

giant

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As long as he's the one taking the fall for these underage users.

fall underage users

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I thought I'd have to, like, answer to Congress or something.

answer congress

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Yeah, that makes sense. You were worried sick about the wrath

makes makes-sense sense sick worried worried-sick wrath

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of a bloated and inept bureaucracy,

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but feel totally comfortable having crossed

comfortable crossed having

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a spiteful and vindictive megalomaniac with unlimited funds.

funds unlimited

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Shut up. Gavin wouldn't come after me personally.

personally

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I think you might be the first Pakistani man

might

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to be killed by a drone inside the United States.

killed states united united-states

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People don't have people killed in the Valley.

killed valley

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Not even Gavin Belson. Okay?

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Right, Jared?

jared

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I... I once saw him throw a sloth

sloth throw

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down a flight of stairs after a presentation,

flight presentation stairs

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and he said it was an accident, but he had this look in his eyes.

accident eyes

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I... I can't rule it out.

rule

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"A legacy lost.

legacy lost

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"CEO and chief innovator Gavin Belson

chief

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"exits Hooli."

exits

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The end of the Gavin Belson era.

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And if all goes well, it is the beginning of the era

beginning

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of Erlich Bachman and his funky Asian dude friend,

asian friend funky

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Jian...

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Jian? Jian-Yang!

yang

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Coleman Blair and Associates just offered us

associates blair coleman offered

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a seed investment of $200,000

investment seed

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for the Shazam of food.

food

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All we have to do is dazzle them with a demo on Monday,

demo monday

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and, uh, the check will...

check

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- What the fuck? - Huh?

fuck

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Is that my vintage Corona Club beach towel?

beach club towel vintage

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Yes. I was in the pool, but I got out.

pool

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That's a beach towel, not a pool... and it...

beach pool towel

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Where were you? I was referring to you as my funky Asian friend.

asian friend funky referring

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The passenger door's all fucked up!

doors fucked passenger

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I told you, there's no demo.

demo

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I'm making my recipe app.

recipe

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You're gonna walk away from $200,000?

walk

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You know who walks away from that kind of money, Jian-Yang?

money walks yang

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Richard, a crazy person.

crazy crazy-person person richard

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Crazy? No. Opposite.

crazy opposite

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He walked away from $10 million. Now look at him...

million walked

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wet pants, stealing towels,

pants stealing towels

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babbling about technical issues that he can't solve.

babbling issues solve technical

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I am one computational trust issue away from solving this thing.

issue solving trust

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Is this how you wanna end up?

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No. He's a cautionary tale.

tale

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Nope, not true. Not a cautionary tale.

nope tale

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Got a lot of work to do. I'll be in the pool. Not crazy.

crazy pool

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- I mean, it's like, wow. - Richard...

richard

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Hey, Erlich.

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Just FYI.

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I actually did some image recognition stuff on Nip Alert,

alert image recognition stuff

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so maybe you could hire me to help on the demo,

demo hire

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'cause my dad's been, like, kinda on me lately

dads kinda lately

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to, like, get a job or go to school 'cause...

school

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'cause he's upset that I lost all that money on... on PiperChat.

lost money upset

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And then also, you helped me lose that 20 million on Bachmanity.

helped lose million

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Big Head, um...

head

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Jian-Yang's culture...

culture

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he's... Chinese...

chinese

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won't allow him to accept outside help.

accept allow

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Oh, right, 'cause of Chinese.

chinese

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Okay, well, that makes sense.

makes makes-sense sense

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If either of you could aid

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in the construction of this image recognition software,

construction image recognition software

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I can pay you handsomely.

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Huh. Five years at ASU, then you dropped out? No degree?

degree dropped five five-years years

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Mm-hmm.

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Pretty solid "C's" in all of your CS classes.

classes solid

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Right.

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But really more incompletes than anything.

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Yeah, a lot of those classes were at 11:00 a.m., so...

classes

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I'm sorry, but I... I don't think

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you're Stanford CS material, Mr. Bighetti.

material stanford

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Yeah, that's totally fair. Thanks so much.

fair thanks

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Have a nice day.

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Oh, hey, did you get this at a party on Alcatraz?

party

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- Yes. - Oh, cool. I got one there, too.

cool

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Or, I mean, I guess, technically, I bought one there.

bought technically

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I bought everything there.

bought

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Excuse me?

excuse

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Oh, Bachmanity was my VC fund.

fund

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What?

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- It stands for Venture Capital. - I know. Umm...

capital stands venture

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Wh...

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Wait. Nelson Bighetti.

nelson

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Were you on the cover of WIRED magazine?

cover magazine wired

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Yeah, and actually inside, too.

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Can I get you some coffee?

coffee

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The last 24 hours have been very painful.

hours painful

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But in the days to come, what I will be thinking of most is all of you,

days thinking

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the good people of Hooli, and what we've built together.

built

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And, yes, we built great products here. Great products.

built products

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But I like to think we built an even greater connection.

built connection greater

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So, in the spirit of that connection,

connection spirit

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if any of you would like to say something to me...

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positive or negative... this is the time.

negative positive

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I encourage you to be completely honest.

completely completely-honest encourage honest

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Don't be shy.

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This is most likely the last chance we have to talk.

chance likely

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Anything at all.

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Ah. Here we go.

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Todd, our senior systems engineer.

engineer senior systems todd

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I'm sorry, but it's my official duty to...

duty official

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escort you off the property...

escort property

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I understand.

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- Thank you for your dedication... - ... and relieve you of your badge.

badge dedication relieve

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Yes.

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I guess this is it then.

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Goodbye, Hoover.

goodbye hoover

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Your parking hang tag.

hang parking

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I mean, do you think I'm crazy for chasing this thing?

chasing crazy

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Don't ask me. I'm hardly in a position to judge.

hardly judge position

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I mean, you do realize I'm literally the only person

person realize

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in this entire grocery store

entire grocery grocery-store store

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who's actually buying stuff for myself.

buying stuff

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I don't know. Maybe these people are right.

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Maybe I just drop this one, move on,

drop

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and become some pathetic fucking TaskRabbit, you know?

become fucking pathetic

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Hey, I have a family, asshole.

asshole family

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Oh. Sorry. Not you, the other ones.

ones

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Look, if you can't crack this idea, there's no shame.

crack idea shame

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I mean, a lot of really smart people have gotten stuck on it.

gotten smart stuck

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Please. Like who?

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Peter Gregory for one.

gregory peter

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Peter was thinking about a fully decentralized Internet?

fully internet peter thinking

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Why wouldn't you mention this to me?

mention

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Well, because he walked away from it,

walked

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and you seemed so excited about it, I thought you had a new angle.

angle excited seemed

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I didn't want to discourage you.

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Oh, what, 'cause I'm some delicate little flower? I couldn't handle it?

delicate flower handle

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The thing is, Peter tended to cling to things,

peter

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and he gave up on this. I mean, he must've had a reason.

mustve reason

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Wait. Peter was a compulsive note-taker. Right?

note peter

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What about his journals? I mean, do you guys still have them?

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Richard, I am on thin ice as it is at Raviga.

richard thin

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No. Monica, listen to me, okay? I haven't slept in days.

days slept

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I'm walking into pools fully clothed.

fully pools walking

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This is all I think about. Please.

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Fine, but just this once.

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Yes. Thank you.

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- Fuck. It's Erlich. He... - What?

fuck

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He wants me to help spin up this demo

demo spin wants

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for Jian-Yang's bullshit Shazam-for-food app.

bullshit food

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Wait, the thing that Coleman Blair just bought? That was them?

blair bought coleman

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Yeah, but they haven't bought it yet.

bought

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I mean, they sign the deal on Monday,

deal monday sign

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but it's all contingent on a working demo,

demo working

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which they do not and will not have.

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Interesting.

interesting

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You're doing great work by the way.

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- Fuck you. - Definitely. Thank you.

fuck

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I'll have those forms to you by 11.

forms

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Yeah, so it's called SeeFood,

called

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but it's S-E-E Food, get it?

food

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Yes, Erlich Bachman showed me a demo,

demo showed

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and this thing is incredible.

incredible

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Yeah, and Coleman Blair is gonna get the whole deal for only 200K.

blair coleman deal whole

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But here's the thing, they don't close until Monday.

close monday

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I mean, if I had Laurie's ear, I would tell her

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that we should pay them today and close the deal,

close deal today

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and Bachman would jump on it in a second.

jump second

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Go choke on that, broham.

choke

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Very funny.

funny

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- What's funny? - This message.

funny message

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"Hey, I'm a big fan of what you did to Gavin Belson.

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"I've seen your photo and think you're cute.

cute photo seen

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"Would love to meet up. Mia."

love meet

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- Fuck you. - I didn't send that.

fuck send

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- Oh, you didn't? - My hand to Satan.

hand satan

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But before you go ahead and get a little brown boner in your pants,

ahead boner brown go-ahead pants

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you might wanna consider that it's not a woman.

consider might woman

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I bet you're being catfished by Gavin himself.

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Oh, fuck.

fuck

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- But... - But what?

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On the off chance that this is an actual real woman,

actual chance real real-woman woman

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getting murdered seems like an acceptable risk.

acceptable murdered risk seems

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- Oh, hey. - Hey.

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Let me ask you something. Do you think

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wearing the name of the college you're going to to class

class college name wearing

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is like the same thing as wearing the name of the band

band name wearing

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you're going to to a concert?

concert

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- What? - Did you get into Stanford?

stanford

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Yeah, and this is totally going to get my dad off my back,

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and they said they liked my story,

liked story

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so I'm gonna take a CS class there.

class

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And they're so nice. I was asking if it was gonna be pass/fail,

asking fail pass

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and they were like, "It's up to you."

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And then I said, "Is there gonna be homework?"

homework

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And they were like, "Only if you want it."

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And so then, I guess I have to decide if I want it,

decide

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which kinda already feels like homework,

feels homework kinda

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but do you think I...

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Holy shit.

holy

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It's like we just walked right into Peter Gregory's brain.

brain peter walked

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Actually, I think Peter's brain is in a cryo-locker in Menlo Park.

brain locker park peters

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Oh, hey, I, uh... I remember this photo from Peter's office.

office peters photo remember

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It's still so weird to me that he and Gavin Belson were ever friends.

friends weird

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Select destination.

destination select

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- No. No, no. No, thank you. - Optimizing route to Arallon.

route

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on.

whoa

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Wait. Are all these Peter Gregory's notebooks?

peter

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Um...

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- Are they? Are they in this box? - Richard.

richard

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Remember, you promised you were gonna get some sleep tonight.

promised remember sleep tonight

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Yeah, I will.

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All right, I'm, uh... I'm gonna leave you guys to it.

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Oh, Erlich didn't get a call from Ed Chen today, did he?

today

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Yeah. I heard them on speakerphone,

heard speakerphone

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'cause Erlich was neti-potting.

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I think, uh... I think they're meeting tonight.

meeting tonight

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Good to know.

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- What? - Sesame seeds.

seeds sesame

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- To SeeFood. - To SeeFood...

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and to a full-expensed meal on Raviga's tab,

full meal

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and to you, Ed Chen,

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who pulled the wool over Laurie Bream's eyes

eyes laurie pulled wool

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and got us two-hundo-thou sight unseen.

sight thou

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Well, she had some concerns about getting into business with you again,

business concerns

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but I can pretty much talk that broad into anything.

broad

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Ha! Cheers to that.

cheers

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You're a con man, like Erlich!

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What does that mean?

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It... it's a little term of endearment we have around the house.

endearment house term

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Uh, a confident man.

confident

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He sees me as a confident man, and he looks up to me.

confident sees

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You know, you have to be patient with him,

patient

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- 'cause he's a bit of a moron. - Moron?

moron

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No, no, no. I mean, he's... Not in tech.

tech

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And how about this palapa? Are we in the islands or what?

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Sorry. I...

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This app isn't gonna suck, right?

suck

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If it sucks, it's my ass.

sucks

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You guys have a working demo... right?

demo working

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Uh, we're gonna slow down

slow

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on the, uh... the-the... the servings for the little one.

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So, he's from China, a small town,

china town

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not used to our big city liquor, and... No, no, no, no, no.

city liquor used

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Jian-Yang.

yang

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Boys, boys. Let's speak in English. It's the law.

boys english speak

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"I'm a big fat fucking asshole."

asshole fucking fucking-asshole

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Okay, now. That's... that's me.

↓

Why would I call myself a big fat asshole?

asshole

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The liquor's gotten to the little fellow,

fellow gotten liquors

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and I wouldn't listen to a word he has to say.

word

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Oh, hey, Gilfoyle. This is Mia.

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Are you gonna murder Dinesh?

murder

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- No. - Bummer.

bummer

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Wait. Gilfoyle?

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Are you the Gilfoyle from Bovine Dawn?

dawn

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Maybe.

↓

I'm MI4.

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No shit.

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I always thought you were a fat, bald weirdo.

bald weirdo

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Well, she's not. She's a thin, hairy regular.

hairy regular thin

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You know, you were totally wrong about the dump

dump

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of all the hacking team's best exploits.

best exploits hacking teams

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No, if you look at what happened with the Equation Group,

group happened

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it was basically the same thing.

↓

She's right, you're wrong.

↓

Um, shall we head out?

head

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Don't wait up.

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Oh, my God.

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- Oh, my fucking God! - Richard, what is it?

fucking richard

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Jared, look. It's all here.

jared

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Peter Gregory knew the value of a completely decentralized Internet.

completely gregory internet peter value

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I mean, Look, look. "The Internet we deserve."

deserve internet

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I mean, look, even back then,

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Peter was worried that the Internet would become

become internet peter worried

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this shitty corporate-controlled thing

controlled corporate shitty

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that... that Hooli and all these other companies manipulate today.

companies manipulate today

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But the idea is real.

idea real

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It's just that Peter didn't think it was feasible

peter

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unless compression surpassed the theoretical limit

limit

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of a 2.9 Weissman Score.

score

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We shattered that limit at TechCrunch Disrupt.

limit shattered

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- Yeah, baby. Exactly. - Ha!

baby

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I mean, goddammit. I always knew there was

goddammit

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a perfect application for my algorithm.

algorithm application perfect

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These notes, all this... this is going to save me months.

months notes save

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This is it. I mean, I was right all along. I was right!

along

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Can I just... can I try something?

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Yeah.

↓

Woo!

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- Okay. - I don't know.

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- Woo! - Woo!

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Woo! Woo!

↓

Woo!

↓

- Sorry. - That's okay.

↓

So... do you like movies?

movies

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Depends on the movie.

depends movie

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I'm the exact same way.

exact

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It being a movie doesn't mean I'm gonna like it.

movie

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Would you care for some wine or a cocktail tonight?

care cocktail tonight wine

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Uh, just water, please.

water

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Just water, please.

water

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I love water.

love water

↓

I do.

↓

Oceans, rivers...

oceans

↓

lakes.

↓

When does a pond...

pond

↓

become a lake?

become lake

↓

I wonder if it's depth.

depth wonder

↓

Where are those waters? Felt like we ordered waters a while ago.

ordered waters

↓

And... What?

↓

Fucking prick.

fucking prick

↓

- What? - Oh, nothing.

↓

It was just a text from Gilfoyle.

text

↓

Gilfoyle isn't a prick.

prick

↓

- Yeah, I'm sorry. - He's a motherfucking prick.

motherfucking prick

↓

- What? - That guy sucks.

sucks

↓

Everyone hates him on the message boards.

boards hates message

↓

You know, putting a face to the name made so much sense.

face name putting sense

↓

Right, 'cause his face sucks, too.

face sucks

↓

- Totally! - Yeah.

↓

I have to find this one post of his. It was insane.

insane post

↓

You know, he has no friends.

friends

↓

He pretends like he's all dry and witty,

pretends

↓

but he's just a monotone piece of shit.

piece

↓

And being a Satanist just means you're ugly,

ugly

↓

and you're leaning into it.

leaning

↓

That's right.

↓

You know what? Can I get a glass of Malbec?

glass

↓

Unless... Do you want to get a bottle?

bottle

↓

Yeah. Let's get a bottle of Malbec.

bottle

↓

- Fucking Gilfoyle. - Right?

fucking

↓

Mr. Bighetti.

↓

When you're ready.

ready

↓

Uh, ready for what?

ready

↓

I'm like the class clown already.

class clown

↓

Why is my name on the board?

board name

↓

_

↓

Oh, no.

↓

Laurie, you wanted to see me?

laurie wanted

↓

Oh. Yes, Monica, sit.

↓

Are you pregnant?

pregnant

↓

- Yes. - Congratulations.

congratulations

↓

- On? - On being pregnant.

pregnant

↓

Oh. Yes.

↓

Friday afternoon, Ed Chen convinced me

afternoon convinced friday

↓

to bid against Coleman Blair on an app entitled SeeFood.

blair coleman entitled

↓

It's run by Bachman and the one who smoked in the offices.

offices smoked

↓

Well, I... Ed is very persuasive.

persuasive

↓

This morning, he made the case

case morning

↓

that since you have a long-standing relationship with Bachman,

relationship standing

↓

and since you are a talented VC who deserves a second chance...

chance deserves second second-chance talented

↓

his words...

words

↓

you should take lead.

lead

↓

What?

↓

I mean, look at this drawing.

drawing

↓

I drew the exact same thing on my doctor's butt paper.

butt doctors drew exact paper

↓

I mean, Peter had the exact same idea.

exact idea peter

↓

He was just waiting for compression to catch up,

catch waiting

↓

which it did, thanks to me.

thanks

↓

Cheer up, Richard.

cheer richard

↓

Yes, but here's the best part, okay?

best best-part part

↓

Peter never foresaw the ubiquity

peter

↓

of Internet connected computing devices. Right?

connected devices internet

↓

Camera, refrigerators, TVs, baby monitors,

baby camera monitors

↓

not to mention the billions-plus smartphones

billions mention plus

↓

that are floating around the world.

floating world

↓

I mean, who here has a smartphone, right?

↓

You, you, me, Jian-Yang, Dinesh, Monica...

yang

↓

Richard, you don't have to name everyone you know.

name richard

↓

Point is... you all thought I was crazy

crazy point

↓

when I walked into the swimming pool with my clothes on,

clothes pool swimming swimming-pool walked

↓

but it turns out I was fucking right.

fucking turns

↓

Okay. So, not crazy. Opposite. You poor idiots.

crazy idiots opposite poor

↓

How was school, Timmy?

school timmy

↓

Oh, not great. They made me teach.

teach

↓

- Teach what? - Stanford.

stanford teach

↓

You're a professor at Stanford now, Big Head?

head professor stanford

↓

No, that would be crazy.

crazy

↓

I'm a guest lecturer.

guest

↓

What are you doing?

↓

It was open, and you have the keys.

keys open

↓

Huh.

↓

Strange. Did you change the locks?

change locks strange

↓

'Cause the keys were working last night when I went for my date.

date keys night working

↓

'Cause I haven't come back to the house since my date, so...

date house

↓

I did sex on her.

↓

- Good. - Cool. Yeah, that's great.

cool

↓

Nice, man. Who is she?

↓

Her name is Mia, and she is a-Mia-zing.

name zing

↓

She hates Gilfoyle almost as much as I do, so...

hates

↓

Huh! Jumping headlong

jumping

↓

into a sexual relationship with MI4.

relationship sexual

↓

Ballsy.

↓

But I'm sure you've thought through the consequences.

consequences

↓

Well, we weren't really doing a lot of thinking. You know what I mean?

thinking

↓

- Oh, wow. - Mia is a legit hacker.

hacker legit

↓

People say that she's taken on the Chinese government,

chinese government taken

↓

and here you are, after one meal, in an intimate relationship.

intimate meal relationship

↓

So?

↓

So what do you think she'll do if you try to break up with her?

break shell

↓

Or disagree with her? Or disappoint her in any way,

disagree disappoint

↓

like by confessing that your badass takedown

badass

↓

of Gavin Belson was a total accident?

accident total

↓

Unless, you've already told her.

↓

It didn't come up.

↓

Well, I'm sure that when she finds out

finds

↓

that your entire relationship is based

based entire relationship

↓

on a lie of omission, she'll be very understanding.

omission shell understanding

↓

So what? We just won't breakup.

breakup

↓

Ever?

↓

Ever.

↓

Erlich.

↓

Do you know how badly Ed Chen just fucked me with Laurie?

badly fucked laurie

↓

Let me tell you something.

↓

A threesome is always awkward, especially the first one.

awkward especially threesome

↓

Laurie being a little bit older...

laurie older

↓

I'm talking about SeeFood.

↓

What do you and Jian-Yang have?

yang

↓

Oh. A whole lot of nothing.

whole

↓

Are you...

↓

No! No, no, no, no, no.

↓

SeeFood has to be great. My job depends on it.

depends

↓

Ed Chen bailed and dumped the whole thing on me.

bailed dumped whole

↓

Richard, can I speak with you in the kitchen for a moment?

kitchen moment richard speak

↓

Yup. Sure.

↓

So, what's up?

↓

Well, here's the thing.

↓

Remember that phone number you were curious about in here?

curious number phone phone-number remember

↓

Well, it's not a phone number. It's a patent number.

number patent phone phone-number

↓

A patent for exactly what you were planning to build.

build patent planning

↓

So Peter patented it.

peter

↓

No, I, um...

↓

- I spoke to Brian Fong. - Who?

brian spoke

↓

- Brian Fong. - Oh.

brian

↓

And he told me that Peter was very excited about the idea,

excited idea peter

↓

but there was some resentment

↓

that he wasn't focused more on what the team was working on,

focused team working

↓

so one of them went out and got a patent on it.

patent

↓

Why didn't this guy pursue it?

pursue

↓

Well, the patent was just a roadblock

patent

↓

to keep Peter focused on the company they were starting...

company focused peter starting

↓

a company that...

company

↓

went on to be known as Hooli.

known

↓

Wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait. Sst!

↓

So you're telling me that the perfect application of my algorithm

algorithm application perfect telling

↓

belongs to Gavin fucking Belson?

belongs fucking

↓

I'm afraid so.

afraid

↓

Richard, are... you okay?

richard

↓

Uh, yes. Just putting something away.

putting

↓

Yep.

↓

Not crazy.

crazy

↓

Opposite.

opposite

↓

Richard, you gotta let me in. I have your shoe.

richard shoe

↓

All right, I'm... I'm sorry to barge in here,

barge

↓

but you have to eat something or you'll...

↓

Hello?

↓

Uh, hi, it's Richard...

richard

↓

Hendricks. Richard Hendricks.

richard

↓

I'm here for Gavin Belson, and we really need to talk.

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