Silicon Valley (Season 2) TV Series Details:
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Comedy, Drama |
Season | 2 |
Episodes | 10 |
Release date | April 12, 2015 – June 14, 2015 |
Running time | 28–47 minutes |
Age rating | TV-MA |
Starring | Thomas Middleditch Josh Brener Martin Starr Kumail Nanjiani Amanda Crew Zach Woods Matt Ross |
Created by | John Altschuler Dave Krinsky Mike Judge |
Directed by | Mike Judge Alec Berg |
Written by | Carrie Kemper Lew Morton Mike Judge Sarah Walker Daisy Gardner Ron Weiner Carson Mell Alec Berg |
Produced by | Alonzo Nevarez Jim Kleverweis Alec Berg Mike Judge Carrie Kemper |
Executive Producer | Tom Lassally Lew Morton Michael Rotenberg Clay Tarver Carson Mell |
Cinematography by | Tim Suhrstedt |
Edited by | Tim Roche Brian Merken |
Music by | Jeff Cardoni |
Casting by | Nicole Abellera Jeanne McCarthy Leslie Woo |
Production Designer | Richard Toyon |
Production Company | Alec Berg Inc. Judgemental Films Altschuler Krinsky Works HBO Entertainment 3 Arts Entertainment |
Distributor | HBO |
Silicon Valley (Season 2) TV Series Cast & Character:
- Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendricks
- T.J. Miller as Erlich Bachman
- Martin Starr as Bertram Gilfoyle
- Kumail Nanjiani as Dinesh Chugtai
- Zach Woods as Donald “Jared” Dunn
- Josh Brener as Nelson “Big Head” Bighetti
- Amanda Crew as Monica Hall
- Matt Ross as Gavin Belson
- Suzanne Cryer as Laurie Bream
- Jimmy O. Yang as Jian-Yang
- Chris Diamantopoulos as Russ Hanneman
- Ben Feldman as Ron LaFlamme
- Bernard White as Denpok
- Andy Daly as Doctor
- Alice Wetterlund as Carla Walton
- Patrick Fischler as Dr. Davis Bannercheck
- Ping Wu as Henry
- Matt McCoy as Pete Monahan
- Aly Mawji as Aly Dutta
- Scott Prendergast as Scott
- Jill E. Alexander as Patrice
- Brian Tichnell as Jason
- Anna Khaja as Rachel
Storyline:
In the immediate aftermath of their TechCrunch Disrupt victory, multiple venture capital firms offer to finance Pied Piper’s Series A round. Peter Gregory has died and is replaced by Laurie Bream to run Raviga Capital. Richard finds out that Hooli is suing Pied Piper for copyright infringement, falsely claiming that Richard developed Pied Piper’s compression algorithm on Hooli time using company equipment. As a result, Raviga and all the other VC firms retract their offers. Richard turns down Hooli’s buyout and accepts funding from controversial billionaire Russ Hanneman, though Richard quickly begins questioning his decision after learning about Hanneman’s mercurial reputation and his excessive interference in day-to-day operations. Belson promotes Big Head to Hooli [xyz], to make people think he created the compression algorithm and that Richard stole it to create Pied Piper. Belson agrees to drop the lawsuit in favor of binding arbitration to prevent the press from finding out about how bad Nucleus is. Due to a clause in Richard’s Hooli contract, the lawsuit is ruled in Pied Piper’s favor. Raviga buys out Hanneman’s stake in Pied Piper, securing three of Pied Piper’s five board seats. However, they decide to remove Richard from the CEO position due to previous incidents.
About Silicon Valley (Season 2) TV Series:
In April 2014, HBO renewed the series for a second season.In October 2014, it was reported that Rebecca Creskoff had been cast as a series regular as Laurie Bream; however, in January 2015, it was announced that the role had been recast with Suzanne Cryer.
In November, it was reported that Chris Diamantopoulos had been cast in the recurring role of Russ Hanneman.
Beginning with this season, Jimmy O. Yang and Matt Ross were promoted to series regulars after having recurring roles in the first season.
For the 73rd Golden Globe Awards, the series was nominated for Best Series (Musical or Comedy). The series also received seven nominations at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (Mike Judge for “Sand Hill Shuffle”), and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Alec Berg for “Two Days of the Condor”), Outstanding Production Design, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing, and Outstanding Sound Mixing.
The second season of the American comedy television series Silicon Valley premiered in the United States on HBO on April 12, 2015. The season contained 10 episodes and concluded on June 14, 2015.
The second season was released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 19, 2016; bonus features include six audio commentaries, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and deleted scenes.