硅谷 第六季

Jing Yang英语水平级别的小作文，自娱自乐，求轻拍... 文末有Jared写的信，摘自HBO官网

I can't be Richard, an incredible technological visionary which is wanted in every century. He developed a music app in high school. What was I doing in high school? Well, I was sucking at mathmatics. He invented the genius compression algorithm and beat tech giant Hooli when I was busy wondering whether I should quit the tech industry due to the incapacity of getting used to my duty as product manager.

I can't be Gilfoyle, the tech jenius who built a kick-ass server for Pied Piper, the one who saved everyone's ass by his brilliant brain. He's just not something I can become by working hard.

I probably could be like Dinesh . But I don't want to be.

It's hard for me to be Monica, an attractivive women who has great social skills, giving out this decent, charming and successful VC vibe all the time. She's not the kind of person I wanna be. She's too much like a textbook as a beautiful and intellectual woman in a high-class industry. Her smile is too standard, lacking a sense of vibrancy.

Of course I don't wanna be Laurie, a robot-like lady. I'd rather hang out with the real robot Fiona than with her.

So, the only one I can be and want to be is Jared, or Donald, his original name. With all the unbelievable difficulties he has encountered in his earlier life, he demonstrates an optimistic, spirited, selfless and caring characteristic that all be said through his gentle eyes and his warm actions.

Anyone who has been loved by Jared would understand what true love is. He will stand with you even if the rest of the gang decides to abandon you. And he respects your will if you want him to leave. He will be honest with himself and you when you achieve huge success untethically by telling you success doesn't justify your action. He is firm about his values, only based on that does he fall in love with someone. He is dedicated to his job, winning everyone with the perfect professionality at work. He's an idealistic just like me, and I love that he also writes letters to himeself! Isn't that the cutest thing to do?

As he says in his letter to his 40-year-old self, "Your life has been a checkered quilt, and some of its patches have been rougher than others. But whether a coarse swatch best forgotten or a velvet one to be cherished for all time, they have stitched together the man you’ve become. A man who sees adversity as opportunity, melancholy as but a brief minor key in life’s longer song." That is true. He's tougher than anyone I've known. His ability to love after all those shit happened to him is a gift from god.

Jared, as you say to yourself, you are a star shooting across the Great Plains, a manta ray swimming in the sundrenched, shallow waters of the Caribbean, a single hair that raises on the back of a child’s neck after he hears his first violin solo.

Your eyes are like the clear water of a lake warmed by sunshine in Spring. You remind me of my teddy bear, my best huggable friend in childhood. May you be free, be able to love and not be blinded by your affection, be needed and appreciated.

附1: Jared给自己的40岁的信

It’s incredible how much life can be compressed into just a few dozen hours, isn’t it? Since I last posted, I have resigned, been fired from, and successfully rejoined Pied Piper. And while this whirlwind meant I used up my “tears budget” a bit earlier than usual this month, it also reminded me of how lucky I am to work for Richard Hendricks, a true technological visionary. In that forward-looking spirit, I thought I’d share my letter to my 40-year-old self. I revise this missive to the future each time I begin a new professional venture, but with any luck, I will have this job — and this letter — until the day I die. Enjoy, dear readers, and take care!

Lordy, lordy, look who’s forty!

Who would have thought Donald Dunn would make it to forty-years-old? After swimming through the piranha-infested waters of the Amazon, running with the bulls in Pamplona, finding love in Paris — and losing it in Malta —you’ve seen big things, Donald

Your life has been a checkered quilt, and some of its patches have been rougher than others. But whether a coarse swatch best forgotten or a velvet one to be cherished for all time, they have stitched together the man you’ve become. A man who sees adversity as opportunity, melancholy as but a brief minor key in life’s longer song. Not to mention, you threw one hell of a fortieth birthday bash on that yacht. Good on you, Donald!

You can be hard on yourself, but it is the lofty bar you’ve set that makes you such an exemplary friend, spouse, and father. To think, you were worried about raising one little scamp, and now triplets! It seems the chemical traces in that shipping container all those years ago didn’t cause lasting medical damage, after all. Four is a nice round number for a brood, too, and you should be glad that you went with the maroon minivan. It was the right choice.

Donald, you’ve kept so many of the promises you made to yourself. To give all of your heart, mind, and physical well being to each and every company to which you’ve pledged your faith. To treat each friendship like a hummingbird: vibrant, yet delicate. And, of course, to always wear your retainer at night to protect against stress-related grinding. Your teeth are the sparkling Christmas lights for your face, Donald, and they must shine year-round!

You are a star shooting across the Great Plains, a manta ray swimming in the sundrenched, shallow waters of the Caribbean, a single hair that raises on the back of a child’s neck after he hears his first violin solo. Never forget that you are truly something, Donald. You are tougher than anyone I have ever met, but also a gentle soul that never ceases to give first, and ask questions later.

Looking back on your life, you wish you could tell your younger self to relax, and sure, have that second glass of sparkling cider. Your soul has always been older than your body, and one day they’ll have a name for that condition. In the meantime, savor your youth and this, your fortieth birthday (give or take, depending on which of those certificates was actually legitimate). Next up: nifty fifty!

You’re the best, Donald. Richard is proud of you.

Love always,

Jared

附2: Jared写的A Piper’s Last Song

Dear readers, a COO never hopes to write a goodbye like this. I always thought Pied Piper would outlive me by centuries, lasting at least until Richard’s great-great granddaughter steps down as CEO when she, like King Edward VIII, finds true love. I have given over three dozen eulogies in my life and this one is the hardest yet. Watching our great company close its doors feels like how it must have felt to witness the papyrus scrolls in the Library of Alexandria slowly curl up among the flames. Richard’s vision was well on its way to changing the future of technology, but now all we have are charred remains and sweet memories.

I want to take a moment to address those who are sharpening their pitchforks and pulling out their joke books to try to kick Richard while he’s down. I’ve read what some of you jerks have said on the internet and you ought to wash your mouths out with lighter fluid. It’s been the greatest gift of my life to watch Richard grow from a boy into a man, and a noble one at that. Richard was our Churchill, our Charlemagne, our Odysseus, and he tied himself to the mast as we all went mad with the Sirens’ songs echoing around us.

I wonder if Richard remembers the night I knew our friendship would be eternal – it was truly one of the best nights of my life. Richard needed a place to stay, and he graciously offered to stay at my condo. I gave him my room, and then in the middle of the night, he kicked his sock foot out from under the covers. Luckily, I had I tiptoed into the room to refill the humidifier with the Brita, and I spotted his cold, lost little foot, and I tucked it back in. Because that’s all I could ever do– support our noble leader in the simplest, smallest way possible, knowing in my heart that it was making a difference. Now I must support him from afar as our company beaches itself on the shores of history.

I wish the Academy would get back to me about screening the Pied Piper In Memoriam slideshow I’ve made for this year’s awards show. All I want is a little closure in a public forum – surely they understand that. I’ll miss walking in the doors at Pied Piper every morning, turning on the lights, giving the bullpen a quick Swiffer, and emptying all the recycle bins so the custodial staff wouldn’t strain their backs. I’ll miss turning on my laptop and checking my emails, and adding the party parrot reaction to all the previous night’s Slack messages, and writing this blog for you, dear readers. But most of all, I’ll miss working every day with the best and smartest people in the world. Pied Piper Forever.

附3: Jared扮演者在采访中谈及第六季Jared的心理 （个人乱听译了一下）

The Arc between Jared and Richard is kind of a I can't quit you I can't quit you. I'm going to try and quit you a million different ways. I'm gonna literally quit the company. I'm going to assault you. I'm going to wear sunglasses and be aloof. I'm gonna find somebody else. and none of it works. he keeps trying to create distance ultimately to protect Richard and the company from his own overwhelming sort of disorienting affection for them and it doesn't work.

Jared和Richard的故事框架是那种“我无法放弃你，我尝试了所有方式想要放弃你，我试过辞掉工作，我试过攻击你，我试过戴上太阳镜对你冷脸相待，我试过去找别人，但我还是做不到”。Jared一直在试图保持距离来让Richard和公司不会因为他无法自控的感情而受影响，然而还是没有奏效。

and so I think that was sort of the over-arching idea. and then I always like I know it's a half-hour comedy so I don't want to start talking about it like it's King Lear or something. but this is the thing that really made me interested about Jared's arc in this season.

所以这是我觉得他俩关系的一个整体的方向。我也知道《硅谷》只是一个每集半小时的喜剧片，所以我也不想搞的和《李尔王》一样那么沉重和复杂，但这确实是让我对这一季Jared的叙事框架感兴趣的原因。

I think one of the difficult parts of loving another person is subjecting them to your own inadequacies and your own imperfections. and the ways in which you know you're limited and watching them have to deal with your mess and your broken parts and all that stuff. I think that's a very very very difficult thing to do and a lot of times when people talk about love stories it's like oh is that a deal breaker, is that a deal breaker in the other person? but I think equally difficult is just being like, this is the best I got, it's me. here I am. is it enough? I don't know. probably not. I found it sort of moving in a bizarro world way that Jared is having to learn how to subject the people he loves, namely Richard to his own imperfections and to accept that in order to love somebody you have to be willing to be inperfect next to them and in response to them.

因为我觉得爱一个人最难的一点是让对方受制于你自己的欠缺和不完美，你知道你是有不足的，然后你还要看着你爱的人去面对你的一团糟，你破碎的一部分……我觉得这是一个非常非常非常难的事情。大部分时候，当人们谈论爱情故事，大家关心的是两方各自有什么“劝退”的特点，然而我认为同样重要的是，在爱情中给出自己能给的最好的一切，“这就是我，我把自己交给你了，这样够不够，好像还不够...” 一个与常规不一样的感人的地方是，Jared必须要学会如何让他爱的Richard受制于他的不足，然后也得学会去接受这一点：为了爱一个人，你愿意不完美地待在他身边和回应他。

（主持人问：为什么Jared会那么爱Richard？）

I think and I just get so insufferable when we're talking about Jared cause I would get so earnest talking about him.

我觉得一提到Jared我可能会变得招人烦了哈哈哈哈，因为我实在是太热忱于谈论他了。

I think with Jared, he was in this sort of grey world working at Hooli as Gavin Belson's henchmen. and then he saw Richard Hendricks come in with this idea that he was really passionate about and not take the big money. and I think for him, that was like, oh, it can be like this? It's like a whole new world became available. you know And I think he imprinted it on him like a duckling on a mother duck. It was just like, this is my guy. and he represents beyond just the charms of the individual. He represents a whole type of sort of idealistic, conviction, and passion and determination and so I think he loves him for all those reasons

我认为，Jared像Gavin Belson的仆从一样在Hooli工作，这是一个灰暗的世界。然后，他看见了Richard带着这个想法闯了进来，而且他是那么有激情，拒绝了一笔巨款。对于Jared而言，他意识到，原来还可以这样活着？这是一个全新的世界的可能性。我觉得他就像一个小鸭子找到妈妈一样信任了Richard，就好像“这是我的人”。而且Richard代表的不仅仅是他作为个体的魅力，他还代表了一种理想主义、信念、激情和决心。所以我认为，Jared爱Richard是出于所有这些原因。

啊，最终季了！超级舍不得！

爱他们每一个人，

暖心温柔无条件包容男主的Jared

骚浪贱的Dinesh

腹黑悲观但其实超正的Gilfoyle

还有jingyang、这季不再出现的房主

一直相伴左右的小姐姐，甚至是hooli的老板

都如此可爱

以及，可以算是网络世界里的超人男主Richard

互联网大规模使用不过才20年的时间

人类的交流沟通、技术发展、甚至是结构体制

都因为这张网发生了翻天覆地的变化

就像男主在本季开篇所说：谷歌、脸书，已经是这个世界的王，统治的领土远超历史上所有的君王

每一个个体，还有所谓的自由吗？男主心目中的去中心化，真的可能吗？

Gilfoyle说得没错，人类逊爆了！

硅谷是我心中目前排名第二的美剧

（第一名火线the wire)

硅谷和火线，虽然风格完全不同，但都是对一个群体和一个社会的全景描绘，用众生相的形式，把每个角色塑造得光彩照人。

追了这么久的硅谷，刚开始当情景喜剧看，慢慢的发现——事情没那么简单

这个剧，能把互联网的那点事用巧妙的编剧和精彩的表演说得那么入木三分，是一部非常高级的喜剧。

在互联网时代，世界从来没有这样平过，任何新闻在互联网上都用不了一天就从南半球传到北半球，文化越来越趋同——中国网友竟然能全部get硅谷里的梗

因为我们的互联网行业一样经历着居民楼创业，浮夸风投，PPT创业，恶性竞争，并购。。。

硅谷里的互联网世界，不止在美国，在中国也一样发生着。所以他们的玩笑，我们感同身受。

硅谷后来几季的走向经常出乎我的意料，让我感叹编剧为什么这么能编，每一季我感觉 这真的编不下去了吧，要崩了吧，他又能给我绕回来。

我心服口服。

当我看到预告片里【本剧最后一集】提示的时候，我心想：

哈哈，终于还是编不下去了吧，再往下编技术再上一个等级就该让AI成精了

果然，技术成精了

a monster

他们亲手毁了它，我也跟着难过。

但又觉得很高兴，觉得故事本该如此。

这帮人骨子里都是非常善良的人。

不管再怎么损，他们有真正的友情。

创业过程再怎么波澜壮阔，最后还是失败的多。

PP死了，u盘消失了，互联网时刻隐藏着巨大的隐患，谁也不知道技术带来的是好事还是坏事。

但善良的人知道

技术不能用来作恶，不能让技术作恶。

谁敢说这样的结局不深刻呢

硅谷是一出互联网伦理剧。

我喜欢我不懂的 喜欢我想做又做不到的 我喜欢我没有的 但也不是这些的全部 而硅谷刚好落在“我爱死了”的这个区间内 我喜欢Richard又冷又烂的双关梗 每一个富有个性 现实中难得一见的角色 喜欢它不讲没完没了的感情纠葛 却也在商场上展现人性 第六季将近尾声时Russ的全息投影在沙漠上升起 那一刻我竟然想起的是曼哈顿博士 去年是因为打比赛才真正关注隐私权 后来看了第四公民 读了斯诺登的自传 就是...最后的发布会上突然流淌着《月光》 然后是一首不知名又忧伤的钢琴曲 不知道说什么好 突然感觉好累 今年最喜欢的电视剧 感谢silicon valley的主创们 在2020年愿意煲一锅温情的鸡汤 我们至少还相信底线 对吗

这不是什么剧评，只是我看完了还是想写点什么。

经历了第四五两季越来越缺少创意的情况下，在最终季里所有编剧再次满血复活，在最后的结尾打造了令所有观众叹为观止的升华。魔笛团队在充满欺骗的硅谷中用事了拂衣去的侠客风范为整个故事画上了完美的句号。

这个始于孵化器的故事成功地同时展现了程序员琐碎的日常细节和硅谷大环境里科技巨头间的相互争斗。当然同时也近乎指明道姓地批评了脸书谷歌优步这些硅谷王者级企业。六年时间，《硅谷》给所有观众全方位展示了科技的变化-不再是to make world a better place,而是再那些被‘黑化’的coder的带领下向利益更大化的道路上越走越远。

在整个六季中，pp始终还是pp，Richard，Gilf，Dinesh等等所有人的特点也从来没有改变，或许也早已暗示了这个结局，但是能将其拍出一种有着侠客风范的悲壮感绝对是一个让人意想不到的最恰当的处理方式。

还是那句经典的罗曼罗兰—‘世上只有一种英雄主义，就是在认清生活真相之后依然热爱生活’pp团队最后又玩起了always blue的时候再次诠释了它（只是如果有erlich的惊喜回归就更好了，我个人还是非常喜欢这个角色的设定—嘴皮子厉害，但是关键时刻永远靠得住），而斯坦福学生对于pp团队的不屑一顾也算是一个点睛之笔。

在可以遇见的未来里，硅谷都会是我最爱的剧集，没有之一。

一间茅舍，万行代码，投老村家。 山中何事？松花酿酒，春水煎茶。

全剧的最后一集我争取来了校对的机会，深爱且追了五年的剧的结尾，一定要亲自校对才算给它一个完美的结局。当看到Richard在发布会上展示出Peter的照片时，却想不起来第二季就过世的他究竟干了什么，于是带着最后一集的感动回头重温，S06E07的前20分钟早在几个月前就看过了，但却一直不舍得把整集全部看完，今天终于还是完成了二刷，看着六个人再一次围坐在大桌子前玩起了always blue，感慨万千，眼角不禁湿润。

Gilfoyle和Dinesh这对永远不停互掐的冤家的友情才是最坚实的，Dinesh需要Gilfoyle的暗黑痛骂，Gilfoyle也对Dinesh的烦人陪伴乐在其中哈哈。

Richard最终走上了发布会的讲台，在经过这万分坎坷的六年后，最终能够见证他们的努力与成功，目睹他们艰难的抉择，感动万分，也无比骄傲。

Jared对Richard的真爱虽然一直未得到回应，我却也不免为之动容，真的真的很想让可怜又可爱的Jared得到他渴求的一切。

Monica作为六人中唯一，也基本上整部剧中女性角色的颜值担当，她的标志性笑容能让我一直看到最后，我已经非常满足了。结尾被国安局招安，去偷Richard的U盘也很真实了。

大头这个全剧中将全部幸运加之于一身的吉祥物般的人物，真是傻人有傻福的极致写照哈哈哈，这个没有丝毫存在感没有丝毫威胁感却异常可爱的家伙，真是太讨喜了。

最后还是心疼Richard，为了责任而放弃为之拼搏了六年的梦想，最终落魄到再次被Gavin f*cking Belson喂屎，而且唯一记录着一切辉煌的收藏也被偷走了......

最让我心疼的一刻是最后的发布会上，Richard用颤抖的声音宣布，他的团队耗费六年的心血，终于完成了Peter Gregory所谓”The internet we deserve”的时候。联想到之前形容这魔笛手是一个“完美的怪物”，我才明白魔笛手不是怪物，AI做的一切都是为了更高效的完成任务，实现那个“民治、民有、民享”的网络，它不能理解为什么有的密码是绝对不能泄露的，为什么有些事情是宁可不计一切代价也不能让大多数人了解的，为什么人类要把恐怖的炸弹埋在脚底下从而威慑彼此，为什么要有秘密，为什么信任就那么难。所以，当Richard眺望写着那句话的广告牌时，我相信编剧的意思是，人类配不上Pied Piper。

最后想吐槽一下剧组这“投机取巧”的工作方法，硅谷这帮编剧，前面六集写得稀烂，最后一集一下把档次提高几个次元，搞一个完美收官。关键我还真吃这套，这是不是告诉创作者，要是没时间写好整个剧本，你就把有限的功夫放在开头和结尾上，好像也行。