S02E10 - Two Days of the Condor
No: 18 | Season: 2 Episode: 10 | Air Date: 14-Jun-15 | Ratings: 2.11
Summary
Expecting to lose Pied Piper to Gavin Belson, Richard ponders whether they should delete all the Pied Piper software. Meanwhile, the video feed of the injured technician goes viral, forcing Gilfoyle, Dinesh, and Jared to scramble to keep their servers online. Erlich receives an offer to buy his house, and considers it, before he decides to help out the guys helping to adjust the code instead. At the arbitration hearing, the judge is about to rule in favor of Hooli, however at the last minute he shifts gears by deciding Richard's employment contract was null and void, therefore he technically wasn't an employee of Hooli when he used the computer. Unfortunately, Richard had already sent a text to the Pied Piper team telling them to delete the software, and when he tried to send another text to cancel his directive his phone is out of power. Richard rushes home to stop the guys from deleting Pied Piper. Luckily, he makes it in time, only because they wasted time drinking beer and Dinesh's "delete" software failed when it was executed. The guys are elated that Pied Piper is saved, however Richard soon finds out that Raviga has bought Russ Hanneman's share of the company, and with a majority on the board has removed Richard from CEO from his own company.
Director and Writers
Director: Alec Berg
Written by: Alec Berg
Quotes
Jared: I've always wanted to be part of a suicide pact.
Dinesh: What? That's not what we're doing.
Dinesh: Wait, is this a wheat beer? I can't drink this without a lemon.
Russ: Question. What's got two thumbs and three commas? (points his thumbs at himself) This guy.
Music
"Stretch Your Face" by Tobacco (Opening title music)
"Changing of the Guards" by Pusha T feat. Diddy (End-credits music.)
Notes and Trivia
The episode's title is a reference to the film "Three Days of the Condor", a 1975 political thriller.
The interior of the "Hacker Hostel" is shot in studio. The exterior is shot on the site of the real house. In the scene where the real estate agent is at the door speaking to Erlich, every shot looking out the door was shot at the actual house. Every shot looking into the house was shot in studio. It took two days to shoot the entire sequence.
Gilfoyle named the servers "Anton" after Anton LaVey, a well-known satanist.
The street scene where Richard loses his keys, and then later begs a stranger to use his cell phone was shot on South San Fernando Blvd, just east of E. Olive Avenue, in Burbank, CA. In fact, the sign for the Burbank Bar and Grill can be seen in the background, however the word "Burbank" was removed digitally.
In the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015) Silicon Valley was nominated for "Outstanding Comedy Series".
In the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015), Alec Berg was nominated for "Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series" for the episode "Two Days of the Condor".
In the 73rd Golden Globe Awards (2016), SIlicon Valley was nomimated for "Best Television Series
Goofs
When Richard texted Jared from court his phone battery level is high. However, a short time later when he tries to use his phone his battery is drained.
Locations
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Cast
Starring | Thomas Middleditch | Richard Hendricks |
Starring | T.J. Miller | Erlich Bachman |
Starring | Josh Brener | Nelson 'Big Head' Bighetti |
Starring | Martin Starr | Bertram Gilfoyle |
Starring | Kumail Nanjiani | Dinesh Chugtai |
Starring | Amanda Crew | Monica Hall |
Starring | Zach Woods | Donald 'Jared' Dunn |
Starring | Matt Ross | Gavin Belson |
Starring | Suzanne Cryer | Laurie Bream |
Starring | Jimmy O. Yang | Jian Yang (credit only) |
Guest Starring | Frank Collison | Noah |
Guest Starring | Patrick Daniel | Tech Guy |
Guest Starring | Chris Diamantopoulos | Russ Hanneman |
Guest Starring | Matt McCoy | Pete Monahan |
Guest Starring | Alyson Reed | Real Estate Agent |
Guest Starring | Karen Strassman | Hooli Lead Counsel |
Guest Starring | Bernard White | Denpok (Spiritual Advisor) |
Co-Starring | Joseph Auger | Bus Driver (as Joe Auger) |
Co-Starring | Diane Chernansky | Heidi Evans |
Co-Starring | Taylor Coffman | Marketing Executive |
Co-Starring | Dustyn Gulledge | Evan |
Co-Starring | Jules Hartley | Hooli Assistant Counsel |
Co-Starring | Anna Khaja | Rachel |
Co-Starring | Bart McCarthy | Judge Underwood |
Co-Starring | Stephanie Rose Feldman | |
Co-Starring | Brigitte Valdez | Barista |
Co-Starring | Ping Wu | Henry |