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When you create a new start-up company, dont forget to thank Satan.
Fifty-two recaps ago, I began my journey through the world ofSilicon Valleywith those words.
In fact, the first paragraph ofthat first recapis a shockingly accurate description of the arc of this show.
His demeanor didnt change, nor did his tendency to torment frenemy Dinesh.
Perhaps it has something to do with the Rokos Basilisk situation back in Facial Recognition.
Exit Event brings writer-director Alec Berg back toSilicon Valleyfor the first time this season.
At 47 minutes, this episode is the longest weve spent with the Pied Piper crew in one sitting.
Its also the sole installment to bypass the memorable opening credits sequence.
We begin 10 years in the future, with a slightly aged Richard looking into a camera.
He and the Pied Piper crew are being interviewed for a documentary.
It also provides a where are they now?
style coda before fadeout.
Its our first sign that things are about to go horribly awry.
Suddenly, we jump ten years back in the past, that is, to the present day.
The mood at Pied Piper HQ is festive and full of booze.
Richard has a hard time popping out of the celebratory cake.
My dad lives in Phoenix!
That missing period will be Pied Pipers undoing.
to appease the compiler.
The only way this is possible is if the PiperNet AI compression engine is bypassing the encryption altogether.
Richards hackles are majorly up, but its Gilfoyle who sends him into full-fledged panic.
Then he realized that PiperNet developed a general solution to discrete sign in polynomial time.
In doing so, PiperNet can now lay waste to the strongest encryption methodologies in a number of hours.
This will mean the end of privacy, Gilfoyle intones.
Electrical grids, financial institutions, the launch codes for every single nuclear weapon will be exposed.
The most secure login in the world, replies Dinesh; PiperNet hacked it in just under three hours.
Richard freaks out, but he thinks this error can be fixed.
For what, Richard?
The system is doing exactly what we asked it to do.
What do we do about it?
Youre gonna make me say it, arent you?
We built a monster.
We need to kill it.
They believed they were making a globalized communication methodology, a means of drawing people closer.
You see how that shit turned out, right?
Tech goodness is a naive fantasy, dear readers.
The creations of my brethren and I eventually find a way to go full Dr. Jekyll or Frankensteins Monster.
As Pied Piper 1.0 test user Clark said back in season three, the problem is Terminator.
No matter how much technology wants to change the world, the end result will always be SkyNet.
The documentary footage reveals that Future Gavin has become the next decades answer to Danielle Steel and Jackie Collins.
Hes emerged unscathed from all his villainous tech misdeeds and is now referred to as a philanthropist.
Stanford even has a Gavin Belson Professor of Ethics in Technology position!
(You didnt think I could resist one last swipe at Rosssgodawful movie, did you?)
Upon hearing this plan, Dinesh struggles with giving up potential billions to save the world.
I will use Gmail like a basic bitch!
But what about that requisite mad dash against time, you ask?
Unfortunately, he arrives five minutes before evil PiperNet goes live.
The build is correct, but the result is far from chaotic … for about two minutes.
Suddenly, all hell breaks loose, andSilicon Valleyexecutes the most obvious yet wonderful joke of its tenure.
PiperNets noise frequency is imperceptible to human ears, but it drives rats absolutely batshit.
It would help if you would pretend to be mad at me, says Richard the next day.
They also kept it from blowing up society.
Who else can say they saved the world?
Not us, replies Monica.
Jumping back to the future, we discover the fates of our beloved heroes.
and Monica is working for the NSA.
Professional Badass Laurie Bream is inexplicably in prison and looks great in an orange jumpsuit.
And Russ bounced back from losing all his money in the PiperNet scandal by becoming the nextSy Sperling.
Jian-Yang is dead, says the new owner, shocking everyone.
they chant with reckless abandon.
You dont feel like youve made the world a better place?
the documentarian asks Richard just before the credits.
I think we did okay, he says with a faint smile that broke my heart.
Of course, this show would never end on a note so bittersweet.
If youve been paying attention during this episode, you know exactly where it is.
I still dont know how Zach Woods did what he did.
Matt Ross was a perfect foil and a damn fine villain.
When Richard realized he and Peter wanted the same thing, it inspired him to greatness.
With that sentiment, your humble recapper signs off for good.
Its been a fun journey, and I thank you for joining me on it.
May your Switch Pitch be always blue.
