T.J. Miller’s final “Silicon Valley” episode aired on Sunday, but co-star Thomas Middleditch told TheWrap in an interview conducted before the finale aired that he doesn’t expect this to change the show in a major way.
The HBO comedy wrapped up its fourth season with Richard Hendricks (Middleditch) learning that entrepreneur Erlich Bachman (Miller) was stranded in Tibet. Miller, who announced in May that he is not returning to show, previously told TheWrap that reading the Season 4 finale was “an a-ha moment” that made him realize the timing was right to walk away.
Although the Pied Piper guys have been based out of Erlich’s incubator since the show’s inception, Middleditch told TheWrap that the character’s departure is unlucky to lead to a sudden burst of success for Richard’s perpetually struggling startup.