The deft, resonant satire that helped make Judge's Office Space a cult hit takes on farcical new dimension in Silicon Valley.

It's a perfect marriage of creative team, channel and subject.

The plot itself isn’t particularly complex.... The satire, on the other hand, is exquisite.

With an appealing cast, a relatively fresh setting and smart jokes ("Every party in Silicon Valley ends up like a Hasidic wedding," i.e., the men and women are always separated), Silicon Valley is definitely worth your time investment.

Silicon Valley is a comedy, certainly, and a very funny one, but it doesn't spend all its time reminding you of the fact.

There’s a lot to like, in a series with genuine laughs.

Silicon Valley has some very solid laughs but traffics in stereotypes that feel outdated.

Silicon Valley in its first season does what few shows can: establish characters, direction and pull within its first couple episodes. Silicon Valley is also a different cut of comedy as it focuses heavily on the tech industry and, as a result, comes with a lot of "nerdisms". The jokes and banter aren't usually too high for most people to follow yet, while the show is somewhat simple in its concept, requires a little bit of higher thought to be fully appreciated. Perhaps my favorite element of Silicon Valley is its balance. Unlike The League, which has a comparable format geared for sports enthusiasts, Silicon Valley doesn't rely on the crude and shocking humor to get its jollies off. Instead, the show swings between jokes, plot and character development interchangeably without any notice to the audience. That means you're constantly being fed important content even though it may not be the funniest thing that could possibly happen. It's this subtle give and take nature that makes Silicon Valley irresistibly funny and masterful in its first ten episodes.

First, a disclaimer: I think Mike Judge is brilliant solely on the basis of his seminal movie "Office Space". So when I watched "Silicon Valley", I WANTED to love it. Oh well. Definitely not terrible, but falls conspicuously short of the high bar Judge has set for himself. As a matter of fact I'd like to contradict what an earlier reviewer said: This show is virtually identical to Amazon's "Betas", but lacks a lot of the humor and virtually ALL the charm of that unassuming but pleasant sitcom. Even the NAME is uninspired. "Silicon Valley" has an interesting if unexceptional premise, geeks trying to strike it rich on tech in NoCal. It has all the same stereotyped characters "Betas" has: Indian geek, chubby wild guy with beard, kooky sidekick, quirky VC complete with attractive female underling, all led, of course, by the Brilliant White Guy. Both struggle to capture the "hip" scene through trendy music and scenes, and while "Betas" seems a little cheesier, more NBC-y, "SV" strips a lot of that and ends up just being comparatively dull. "Betas" may be a "guilty pleasure", but I'll take that over "no pleasure". BTW, if you wondered how Martin Starr would make the leap from "Freaks n Geeks" to adult acting, the answer is: he didn't. His smug presence on "SV" is grating to say the least. I still feel like punching him whenever I see him, but now I feel like he DESERVES it. "Betas" is betta!

Meh, is all I can say. I was expecting more, the story isn't engaging. I mean I kind of feel bad for big head but it's whatever. Nothing especially intriguing.

Although it is basically funny and entertaining Silicon Valley is quite homophobic. It would be appropriate if it was set in the early 90's or 1980's BUT it is now and seems So out of touch.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]