HBO's Silicon Valley - First Episode Up on YouTube

[sonoftony]

the jokes on this ep

but seriously, who prints it on paper and brings it to work

 

[had pants]

It could very well be all part of the plan..

'Silicon Valley': 'Meinertzhagen's Haversack' and the Potentially Brilliant Twist Ending Explained
By Dustin Rowles | TV Reviews | May 8, 2016 | Comments (7)

Tonight’s episode of Silicon Valley continues the series’ streak of brilliant episodes, but this one may have come with an as-yet-unexpected twist that warrants explanation because if it means what I think it means, it completely upends the ending we think we saw when Richard dropped his folder and Stephen Tobolowsky’s Jack Barker retrieved the contents and angrily called Richard into his office.
Let’s back up for a moment. The episode involved an attempted ruse that Richard and Co., were planning in order to ensure that their compression engine was not turned into a “box” for enterprise use. Richard, Gilfoyle, Dinesh and Jared conspired to come up with a plan whereby they would continue building their compression engine for platform use while working parallel to convince Jack Barker that they were actually building the box that he wanted the entire time. Basically, they would have to work as a “secret company within the company.” In order to pull it off, Richard would have to generate fake status reports, fake deliverables, etc., to convince Jack Barker they were still working on the box, and they spent countless hours doing so only to have Richard, in the end, drop his folder with all of his plans inside.
The ruse is up, right?
Maybe not.
The episode’s title is “Meinertzhagen’s Haversack,” a term that Jared had to explain during the course of setting up the ruse. “It’s a principal of military deception,” he explained. “Essentially, it means you have to continue to act the part. As far as anyone knows, we’re still building a box that we hate, so we need to act like it.”
That’s not exactly right.
Without getting too deep into the specifics, Meinertzhagen’s Haversack is actually a reference to the Haversack Ruse, employed by British Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen during World War I. In 1917, the British were having a difficult time defeating Turkey and taking Gaza. They’d unsuccessfully mounted two attacks without success. However, before the third attempt, Colonel Meinertzhagen doctored a bunch of fake war plans, put them in his bag, tricked a few Turkish soldiers to chase him on horseback, and during the course of the chase, Meinertzhagen dropped the bag. He’d also gotten horse blood on the bag, to make it seem as though he were injured being chased, and he left a big wad of money inside, to make it seem as though it was a bag he really didn’t want to lose.
The Turkish soldiers found the bag — or haversack — and were so convinced that the documents inside were authentic that they sent them up the chain to Turkish intelligence. Turkish military planners then game planned their war strategy accordingly. They were expecting to be attacked from one side, when in fact they were attacked from another. The ploy worked, and the British took Gaza.
What does this have to do with the “twist” at the end of tonight’s episode of Silicon Valley? Well, the Haversack Ruse involved dropping a bag with fake plans inside and letting the enemy find it. At the end of the episode, Richard dropped his folder, and the enemy found the documents.
Mouse over video for audio
But what if that’s what Richard wanted Jack to find the entire time?
In other words, dropping the bag and having Jack find it was all part of the ruse. In the moment, when Dinish, Jared, and Gilfoyle were expressing anger at Richard for dropping the plans, they were all playing the part. They were, metaphorically speaking, wiping blood on the bag and leaving a big wad of money inside to convince Jack that the plans inside were real. He didn’t trip on the hose by accident — he actually glanced at the hose a second before he turned, looked at nothing in particular, said “What the ****?” and tripped over it.
Jack Barker just got Meinertzhagen’s Haversacked!
Either that, or alternatively (and hilariously), Jared completely misunderstood what Meinertzhagen’s Haversack actually means and ironically Richard dropped the plans into enemy hands just at the real Meinertzhagen had in 1917, which is to say: It was the first step in a brilliant plan within a plan within a plan, or a really, really clever joke.

 

[melo0115]

That could be true. But they did give that chick 20k not to say anything. 

Its a good theory.

 

[nelson999]

Interesting theory.  i believe it.  

 

[three00zeex]

I had a feeling for a split second it was planned, then said nah they just took another L as usual

 

[hennessy]

I had a feeling for a split second it was planned, then said nah they just took another L as usual

I felt the same way. The theme of this show seems to be as soon as things seem like they are getting better they go to complete ****. These guys can't catch a break Hilarious episode though. This season has been phenomenal.

 

[storm2006]

I wished barker hit Richard w the Omar line "You come at the king, you best not miss"

I was waiting for him to say this too. Would have been so epic. Alternatively, I thought he would mess it up like he did with the Google story

I had a feeling for a split second it was planned, then said nah they just took another L as usual

I felt the same way. The theme of this show seems to be as soon as things seem like they are getting better they go to complete ****. These guys can't catch a break Hilarious episode though. This season has been phenomenal.

I Weebey.gif'd at the entire explanation. I really do wonder if they are that advanced.

 

[Master Zik]

It could very well be all part of the plan..

'Silicon Valley': 'Meinertzhagen's Haversack' and the Potentially Brilliant Twist Ending Explained
By Dustin Rowles | TV Reviews | May 8, 2016 | Comments (7)

Tonight’s episode of Silicon Valley continues the series’ streak of brilliant episodes, but this one may have come with an as-yet-unexpected twist that warrants explanation because if it means what I think it means, it completely upends the ending we think we saw when Richard dropped his folder and Stephen Tobolowsky’s Jack Barker retrieved the contents and angrily called Richard into his office.
Let’s back up for a moment. The episode involved an attempted ruse that Richard and Co., were planning in order to ensure that their compression engine was not turned into a “box” for enterprise use. Richard, Gilfoyle, Dinesh and Jared conspired to come up with a plan whereby they would continue building their compression engine for platform use while working parallel to convince Jack Barker that they were actually building the box that he wanted the entire time. Basically, they would have to work as a “secret company within the company.” In order to pull it off, Richard would have to generate fake status reports, fake deliverables, etc., to convince Jack Barker they were still working on the box, and they spent countless hours doing so only to have Richard, in the end, drop his folder with all of his plans inside.
The ruse is up, right?
Maybe not.
The episode’s title is “Meinertzhagen’s Haversack,” a term that Jared had to explain during the course of setting up the ruse. “It’s a principal of military deception,” he explained. “Essentially, it means you have to continue to act the part. As far as anyone knows, we’re still building a box that we hate, so we need to act like it.”
That’s not exactly right.
Without getting too deep into the specifics, Meinertzhagen’s Haversack is actually a reference to the Haversack Ruse, employed by British Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen during World War I. In 1917, the British were having a difficult time defeating Turkey and taking Gaza. They’d unsuccessfully mounted two attacks without success. However, before the third attempt, Colonel Meinertzhagen doctored a bunch of fake war plans, put them in his bag, tricked a few Turkish soldiers to chase him on horseback, and during the course of the chase, Meinertzhagen dropped the bag. He’d also gotten horse blood on the bag, to make it seem as though he were injured being chased, and he left a big wad of money inside, to make it seem as though it was a bag he really didn’t want to lose.
The Turkish soldiers found the bag — or haversack — and were so convinced that the documents inside were authentic that they sent them up the chain to Turkish intelligence. Turkish military planners then game planned their war strategy accordingly. They were expecting to be attacked from one side, when in fact they were attacked from another. The ploy worked, and the British took Gaza.
What does this have to do with the “twist” at the end of tonight’s episode of Silicon Valley? Well, the Haversack Ruse involved dropping a bag with fake plans inside and letting the enemy find it. At the end of the episode, Richard dropped his folder, and the enemy found the documents.
Mouse over video for audio
But what if that’s what Richard wanted Jack to find the entire time?
In other words, dropping the bag and having Jack find it was all part of the ruse. In the moment, when Dinish, Jared, and Gilfoyle were expressing anger at Richard for dropping the plans, they were all playing the part. They were, metaphorically speaking, wiping blood on the bag and leaving a big wad of money inside to convince Jack that the plans inside were real. He didn’t trip on the hose by accident — he actually glanced at the hose a second before he turned, looked at nothing in particular, said “What the ****?” and tripped over it.
Jack Barker just got Meinertzhagen’s Haversacked!
Either that, or alternatively (and hilariously), Jared completely misunderstood what Meinertzhagen’s Haversack actually means and ironically Richard dropped the plans into enemy hands just at the real Meinertzhagen had in 1917, which is to say: It was the first step in a brilliant plan within a plan within a plan, or a really, really clever joke.

It could be true and would be cool but that would mean Jared explained the background of the Haversack Ruse and that they concocted a whole other plan off screen and implemented it after they took those shots

I don't always like when shows or movies do that.

I did think Richard's reaction to Jared's joke was off but that would also mean Jared's last joke was planned

 

[three00zeex]

I just rewatched the last scene and now I think it was all part of the plan. Seemed kinda scripted with how Richard said "those are private documents!" and "well we didn't have a shredder at home" etc.
who knows but i can't wait til next week
These dudes need a W bad!

 

[getback]

@ Gilfoyle: "why so you can go to the car wash and buy more gold chains?"

 

[deleted]

I forgot about Erlich saying "or do we..." and everyone ignoring him

 

[robtoofresco]

That last line shdjsnsjjajsnsnansnsbanshe

 

[girlslovewaffles]

Jared's final burn was so unexpected

 

[mmcmxi]

I think I'm about to go on a vision journey pretty soon.  Just hoping it doesn't result into a bad trip similar to Erlich's 

 

 

 

[cards93]

I think I'm about to go on a vision journey pretty soon.  Just hoping it doesn't result into a bad trip similar to Erlich's     

frank on its always sunny had a similar trip.

 

[Master Zik]

So Richard just gave dude a good bargaining deal

They ain't do any of that Haversack subterfuge.

@ Richard slipping and bloodying his nose.

@ screwing yourself out of doing the platform by making the box better.

Then Jack gets a big head and gets fired for it.

@ Big Head making money and not knowing it.

Erlich's coughing

 

[Mark Antony]

Laurie's personality is annoying.

 

[coolgraymemo]

The whole Erlich laughing/coughing scene had me dying.

 

[slighted]

I watch this show and get frustrated by how overlooked and underrated TJ Miller is.

This show is still flying under the radar, tbh.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

Big Head & Erlich partnership

 

[nelson999]

The bulldog scene

 

[HNL HI]

Laurie's personality is annoying.

yeah, I think they tried to make her similar to Peter Gregory but it's just not working. dude was hilarious in season 1.

 

[sea manup]

a crucial company decision made because one guy didn't get CCed in an email 

 

[sea manup]

the coughing 

how do you even think of this stuff? genius writing 

 

[AZwildcats]

Laurie's personality is annoying.

100% agreed, she hasn't said a funny thing since she joined he show. Big Head annoys me too