…and back again cuz television, y’know?
by Tim Moynihan
When SILICON VALLEY is at its best, it rings true. The characters, the plot lines, and the dialogue are ridiculous and realistic all at once. You couldn’t make this stuff up, and thanks to the absurdity of tech culture, the show’s writers often don’t need to.
In comparison, the plot twists in the past year of Dan Lyons’ life seem far-fetched. It’s as if Pied Piper could compress time: Lyons’ year has contained about a decade’s worth of drama. He went from a marketing job to a screenwriting gig back to a marketing job to an editorial stint to having no full-time job. He lived on two coasts, landed a book deal, had his body rebel against him, and elicited the ire of e-detractors. He helped write season two of Silicon Valley, and then he learned he won’t be back for season three.