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Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:47 am to
Posted by blueboy
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:47 am to
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Like how they used Christianity as a taboo subject was hilarious.

And apparently, no one noticed because no one commented, but while Richard is out of the meeting room talking to the gay guy, the rest of the OctoPipers were sitting there spouting some pseudo-religious tech conspiracy talk, thereby exposing their own "religious" leanings.

"The singularity will then seek and destroy all who didn't believe in it before it existed."

Posted by lionward2014
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:51 am to
Gavin's Animals

Gavin with the different animals are some of the best scenes.
Posted by Ash Williams
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:15 am to
i loved that

I was actually waiting for that to cause the Octopipers to all turn on each other and quit
Posted by TigerLunatik
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:38 am to
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The show is still great and good for several laughs.

I agree. It hardly ever gave me any huge laughs even when Erlich was there. I probably "died laughing" once or twice a season so far. Granted, it was usually at something Erlich did like saying "why bring sand to the beach when there's already pussy there."

But, it's still the same show to me with the witty writing and I still have the "ha" laugh out loud moments all throughout the show.
Posted by BlackPawnMartyr
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:28 am to
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I don't know what people are bitching about.


I doubt anyone is bitching after that funny and clever ep. Nice to see them back on track. Hopefully they use this momentum to finish strong.
Posted by musick
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:53 am to
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Octopipers





Also a funny moment, Richard and Jared doing a nerd dance and Lauri hearing it over speaker phone and saying:

"Stop whatever it is your doing:
Posted by supatigah
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 11:55 am to
Lori suffering from severe post partum depression was pretty funny
Posted by nes2010
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 12:19 pm to
And taking MDMA for it. She had some great lines in that episode.
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 1:10 pm to
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I loved it when he was talking about male prostitutes showing their junk because undercover cops can't do that, one of the last things he says kind of as the scene is cutting away is something along the lines of "... worst case, the john walks away with a free peek"


The little "throwaway" lines from Jared that give you a peek into the rough life he's obviously lived.
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 1:38 pm to
Lori and Jared have stepped it up some this season in Erlich's absence. Richard isn't going to be as entertaining the more effective and dynamic he becomes. The show seems lost on what to do with the Dinesh/Gilfoyle tandem, although this last episode was a good step.

Being Christian as the worst vice in the valley was a classic King of the Hill type satire on the current political state.

Jin Yiang, looking back, was always one step ahead of the rest of the incubator. He got one over on Bachman first (free rent). He got his app funded and a fairly generous acquisition offer (hotdog/not hotdog). Now, he's one step ahead of them again, off to China.
Posted by TennesseeFan25
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 2:56 pm to
I am still wondering though, if there is maybe a 5% chance that Jin Yiang hadn't written that letter to Richard and left for China.

Richard talking about Jared finding someone to bash in Jin Yiang's head earlier in the episode, then the toss in I love you, in the letter that was written to Richard seems a lot more Jared than Jin Yiang.
Posted by musick
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 3:27 pm to
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Richard talking about Jared finding someone to bash in Jin Yiang's head earlier in the episode, then the toss in I love you, in the letter that was written to Richard seems a lot more Jared than Jin Yiang.


This is a great point. I noted it in my mind when Richard asked Jared to hire someone to bash Jin Yang's head in, and Jared looked disturbed and said "I'll work on it" and nothing else was said, nothing taken back. Richard never told him it was a joke and Jared's facial expression was like something he had to do but didn't want to.

Very good chance Jared, as dark as he really is inside, called that hit. More than 5% IMO
This post was edited on 4/17/18 at 3:50 pm
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 3:55 pm to
The only hole in the “Jared offed Jian Yang” theory is that the Gay Christian guy agreed to be apart of Jian Yang’s New new internet.

If anyone could explain that away, I’d believe Jared “took care of” Jian Yang.
Posted by Ash Williams
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 4:26 pm to
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The only hole in the “Jared offed Jian Yang” theory is that the Gay Christian guy agreed to be apart of Jian Yang’s New new internet.

If anyone could explain that away, I’d believe Jared “took care of” Jian Yang.



I thought Richard asked Jared to bash Jian Yang's head in AFTER the Christian Gay guy told Richard he was joining the new new internet
Posted by TennesseeFan25
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 5:32 pm to
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The only hole in the “Jared offed Jian Yang” theory is that the Gay Christian guy agreed to be apart of Jian Yang’s New new internet. If anyone could explain that away, I’d believe Jared “took care of” Jian Yang.


Richard asking jared was definitely before the Christian Mingle guy left them. Because Richard and Jared's seen in the car garage drove several other plot points, towing company to big head, big head still having a partnership with Ehrlich. That took several scenes to develop so it was very early on in the episode. Christian mingle was like the second to the last thing.

Well, the Christian Mingle guy said he was joining one of Richard's competitors, I know the show danced around Jian Yang being a competitor, with new new internet, but Christian mingle joining one of Richards competitors could have been a lot of different things, and another thing they didn't tie down directly by naming it and leaving it ambiguous.
This post was edited on 4/17/18 at 5:36 pm
Posted by Ash Williams
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 6:10 pm to
Yea he asked Jared to find someone to smash his head in after Jian Yang walked away from the corvette
Posted by JohnnyBgood
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 6:13 pm to
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The little "throwaway" lines from Jared that give you a peek into the rough life he's obviously lived.


I would almost want to see an entire episode dedicated to exploring Jared’s dark past.
Posted by lionward2014
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2015
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 6:46 pm to
There was that and he told Jared to “deal with him.” Those two combined give some credence to the idea that Jared took a hit out on him.
Posted by The Truth 34
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:18 pm to
What do we have to do to get Monica more screen time?

Posted by TigerLunatik
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Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:23 pm to
Preach!
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