‘Silicon Valley’ season 2, episode 9 preview: Hooli vs. Pied Piper heats up

This second season of “Silicon Valley” really began with us learning that Gavin was looking to sue Pied Piper over their compression technology, and given the lengths that Richard was forced to go in order to ensure that the business could pay for its attorneys, we knew that sooner or later we were actually going to get to the two companies battling it out. That could happen on Sunday night’s new episode entitled “Binding Arbitration,” as we will fully start to get a sense as to whether or not the company has a real shot of actually losing out to the technology giant.

The synopsis below gives you a small sense of what will be happening in the episode … at least in terms of facts. It cannot really quantify laughs in any real measure:

“When Pied Piper and Hooli enter binding arbitration, Erlich (T.J. Miller) demands to be put on the stand. Meanwhile, Big Head (Josh Brener) finds himself propped up, and Richard (Thomas Middleditch) worries Hooli’s claim could have legs. Meanwhile, back at the Hacker Hostel, Jared (Zach Woods), Dinesh (Kumail Nanjiani) and Gilfoyle (Martin Starr) question a philosophical theory and its relation to their livestream.”

The promo below should make you laugh in a number of places, whether it be listening to another Erlich speech about how self-important and amazing he is, or getting a chance to see Richard once again over-share with his attorney when it comes to his dating life. The future of Pied Piper relies on whether or not these people can keep it together … and also strangely how Big Head handles his role in all of this.

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