Game Of Thrones is done and dusted for this year and there's a void to fill. The Wildcard was kind enough to compile a bit of a guide on how to deal with a lack of GoT, listing a bunch of shows that currently exist in our big bad world which share similarities with GoT. I'm a free spirited being however and I've never really been one to listen to The Wildcard so I'm going on my own television journey.

To kick things off, I'm going to be running through season two of Silicon Valley. Season one was good, good enough to get me excited for season two and each week I'll watch a new episode which will then be translated into some written words. The whole idea is to get you watching the show so I won't bore you with too much plot synopsis.

Let's be honest, it's pretty obvious what Silicon Valley is based on so I'll save catering to you dummies for someone else, let's get down to business (because you can quite easily go watch season one, we both know how easy it is). You can however get the low down without watching season one, this isn't a complex storyline with potholes and tangents all over the show, it's just a 30 minute comedy.

Richard Hendricks, top dog of Pied Piper is an odd little being. So awkward but rather funny and the season starts off in typical Silicon Valley fashion with those venture capitalists pandering to Richard and his crew, trying to woo them into agreeing to terms. My knowledge of venture capitalist and tech start ups isn't too good, it's pretty much based on what Silicon Valley has given me...

"Would you just relax, take it in for a second? We're getting our dicks sucked at AT&T park"

That's Erlich, his job is basically to be the cool guy. In season one he was the guy with the weed and the mushrooms, essentials in Silicon Valley/everyday life. Don't sleep on how important this guy is despite his ever changing beard-trim-patterns, I was delighted to see him play an integral role in Pied Piper's success at the negotiating table.

Pied Piper have to hit the negotiating table because the dude they were relying on for their first round of funding, Peter Gregory head of Raviga Capital actually ends up dying in episode one. It would be a bummer if it didn't lead to some Silicon Valley gold as he apparently died while in Africa as he tried to run away from a hippo.

Gregory's death leads Erlich to hatch a brilliant plan to set up meetings with a bunch of other VC's to see what they may offer as understandably, Gregory's death could throw a spanner in to their close-to-done deal. Things go pretty shit in their first meeting with the same dudes who were 'sucking dicks at AT&T park' but the crew soon learn about the art of negging aka being a dick. Apparently being a dick goes down quite well in negotiations.

"And your logo looks like a sideways vagina"

Erlich does a great job for the team, but he can't stop their arch rival and all round dickhead Gavin Belson showing his knobbly face. Belson's the top dog of Hooli, a semi-Google/Apple tech giant type of company and Belson's manages to wield his power stick with a damaging play at the end of the episode; legal action.

Talk about cliff-hangers, but the beauty in this is the way in which Pied Piper found out that Belson would be taking them to court; at Gregory's funeral. Ah, it's easy to hate Belson.

Tech Start Up Learnings

Apparently data-geddon is coming, courtesy of Belson.

The moral of this episode is to not get greedy and take the big money, always settle for the lesser offer because there's going to be less pressure. Or else you'll probably end up like this guy with no job and not much else...

"Why the fuck didn't anyone tell me I could take less!?"

Always leave the smooth talking/negging to those who are good at it. Those people who, when things get real awkward in a meeting say "should we leave, or should you". It's a rare ability to look awkwardness in the eye and not even flinch, if you're not one of those people you're a Richard and Richard wasn't very good at this.

Team Pied Piper Performance Ratings

Richard: B. Richard deals with the death of Gregory and then makes the smart play taking the smaller offer. He does however perform poorly in the boardroom as he tries miserably to neg.

Erlich: A. Masterful display from Erlrich, combining stupidity with courage to come out on top.

Monica: A. Monica works for Raviga but also has shares in Pied Piper, which led her to make a power play by encouraging Richard to take a smaller deal. Team player, plus there was some cheeky chemistry with Richard in one scene.

Jared: B-. He did his core role nicely of being the team bitch, but offering Richard protein was hilariously horrible.

Dinesh: C. A quiet episode for Dinesh, he and Bertram had a pretty funny argument though.

Bertram: C. See above.

Jian-Yang: A+. Not actually a member of Pied Piper but he lives in their house/office and raised the alarm about Gregory's death. Top bloke.