硅谷第六季

如果你希望PiedPipers最终像前五季那样，在绝望面前靠信念+努力+运气成功逆袭，实现梦想，那么你可以只看到E06。毕竟按E06的末尾来看，成功已经是顺理成章了，片尾的下集预告也在告诉你这是一场成功。

但是编剧似乎想搞点猛的。在pipernet发布前几天，突然间ai开始破解各种密码和权限，PiedPiper们发现自己制造出了互联网恶魔，无奈最终选择葬送掉六年的心血。这其中无数次让人燃起一丝逆袭的希望，Richard面对着广告板沉默的时候，我以为他又有了什么灵感；加入了噪音的手机通信居然能正常使用，我以为这一操作又是无形中找到了解决方案。甚至到最后十几分钟，镜头不再切回十年前的时候，我还在想，时间还有，会不会团队解散后Richard又想出了什么奇怪点子，毕竟他开头讲的是“I am the founder and CEO of PiedPiper”啊。直到最后Richard终于对着镜头说自己进斯坦福当教授了，我才知道，不会再有反转了，this is the end.

尽管很难受，但我也不打算完全将其归为失败的结局。我相信这个结局会引发争议，但好的结局不一定要是happy ending，只要它符合剧情发展逻辑，能够深化主题，就是成功的。你也许会说这部剧讲的是努力与信念，这样的结局太过负面。但其实这部剧想表达的更重要一点是“Tethics”（前面的情节正是为了这一点而服务），他们所有的努力都是为了一个更安全可靠的network，甚至赚钱也只是次要的，这一点连最想变富有的Dinesh最终也做出了让步。最终他们失败了，公司价值消失于一夜之间，但他们无愧于自己的良心与信念，他们的确make the world a better place，只可惜以一种不可言说的方式。他们失败了，但他们是可敬的，他们没有在金钱面前丢失自己的本心。

不过编剧最终给每个人都安排了一个不错的归宿，让他们重聚在最初的那个incubator，玩起always blue，也算是惋惜中尚存的一点温情吧。对我来说，这已经是足够优秀的结局了。

另外很感激一点，编剧最终还是没有写感情线，毕竟Monica大美女跟三个单身汉混这么久，估计80%的编剧会让这群人擦出点火花。而且你会发现这剧极少涉及爱情和亲情，六季看下来居然完全没有谈及男主父母...这一点放在美剧圈里实在少见，编剧对于创业主题的讲述还是很专一的，这点实在值得尊敬。

当然这是一篇第六季的剧评，如果要对前几集也做一个评价的话，我会说前几集并没有拍出前面几季的风格，甚至觉得水准有所下降。不过我觉得这很大程度上是因为PiedPiper的故事已经不再是创业故事，他们有了自己的办公楼，拿了很多投资，所以看起来更像是办公室剧。所以我有时候觉得，如果这部剧最终停留在S05结尾那个超大的办公楼，镜头逐渐拉远，一层又一层的办公室展现在面前，剧集完结在Richard的呕吐声中，也会是个不错的结局。

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。

如果硬要给《硅谷》这部电视剧做个普通的happyending，我觉得到第五季结束是最好的，作为一个现代年轻人创业的励志故事，如果将一项事业划为五个阶段，最幸福的时刻也许就定格在第三个节点，毕竟回望过去而有所得，展望未来还有无限希望与可能。

实话说，如果只看S6的正片，即到第六集的结局，感觉是把过去几季的一贯套路又炒了一遍，当然也有不少优秀的搞笑段子，但单从故事的完整性来讲，这个作为结尾，甚至比上一季结局挖出了更大的坑。

而故事的真结局，以纪录片形式拍摄的第七集，绝对是为本剧划上了一个圆满的句号。而这集的精妙之处在于，它给出了两个结局，让观众选择。

（以下是正文，含剧透）

为什么这么说呢？首先我们先来看这部剧的核心——也就是Piedpiper。

从这部剧一开始，我就很诧异，为什么编剧选了这么名字作为Richard的公司名字，看完全片，才发现其实有可能当时已经隐约种下了结局的种子。

首先让我们看看这个名字，piedpiper，翻译成中文就是花衣魔笛手。这是一个源自德国的民间故事，讲得是一个村庄老鼠成灾，于是村人找来了魔笛手，他吹响魔笛，于是所有老鼠都跟随着他，离开了村庄（传说是集体跳进大海）。

但是，故事还未结束。由于村民背信弃义，不想支付给魔笛手报酬，所以得到了报复，村里所有的130个孩子都被魔笛手的笛声牵引，从此也消失匿迹。

故事结束。不知大伙发现没有，其实魔笛手的本来象征就不是一个善良的童话，而是饱受争议的角色。而这就引发了故事的第一个结局。

如果说故事中的村民，是因为私欲，导致了失去了未来（孩子），那么《硅谷》最后一集，richard们就是为了未来，而把老鼠放了回来，这是巧妙之处。因为在西方，很多人认为老鼠是死亡的象征，因为它们带来了瘟疫、疾病、饥饿。但本剧的编剧却精妙的把老鼠作为未来的双关象征，即老鼠和孩子（未来）是共同存在的。

当然，如果到了这里，肯定是大家都希望看到的，具有一定升华意义的happyending了，但是导演的野心更大，那就是richard最终丢失的优盘。

因为影片没有详细介绍，对优盘的去除，这里大胆做几点猜测：

第一个是当时编码并没有替换成功，有可能只替换成功了一部分代码。但是Ai还不够强大，但它已经感觉到危机，觉得可能不造成一些故障的假象，那么自己可能就面临被消灭的命运，所以就假装故障。因为当时 Bertram 的设定，明明是网络和蓝牙故障，而最终ai通过对故事的探索，引出了人们最讨厌的老鼠。于是，沉浸后的ai，通过多年努力，终于成功引导现实中的人偷走了自己的“完全体”。当然，听起来有点玄幻，但这也是科学界很多人支持的扮猪吃老虎，即第一批有自我意识并有能力威胁人类的ai，是绝对不会让人类感觉到威胁的存在的。

第二个是被Yang带走，剧中最终yang替换了埃利悉的角色，“独霸一方”。我个人认为，这个结局可能性很大，毕竟有过前车之鉴。而从剧目中可以看出，richard的代码丢失时间并不长，所以说，yang可能也是刚刚拿到代码，这也是为什么ai还没有对世界造成毁坏的原因。最终也看到，yang甚至动用了恐怖武力，所以说这个结局，细思极恐。，而且yang这个角色，似乎反映了很多编剧的个人倾向，至于具体细节，这里不做详解。

第三个是被身边的人拿走，个人觉得，意义不大。虽然现实上是有可能的。

但不管如何，我认为本剧的最终，可能是大家都不想看到的bad ending。为什么，因为richard并没有消灭piedpiper的所有代码，而是留着一个备份，而这也是私欲的一个显现。大伙都知道，一个影片bad ending最有可能发生的剧情，就是给罪恶和反派留最终残喘的机会，而剧中的richard显然这么做了。

最后，比较有意思的是，关于piepiper的民间故事，竟然还有一个happy ending的剧本，感兴趣的人可以去自行搜索。所以很多人谈起这个传说，都是有两个版本的结局。

而本剧最后一集，也恰恰塑造了两个结局，但和故事不同的是，隐藏在背后的那个，却并不圆满。

很久之前看的第五季了，逛腾讯视频的时候突然刷到第六季的预告片，来豆瓣一搜居然都更新到第五集了，一口气看了4集，非常nice，在第四集richard前上司拿richard以前写的代码嘲笑他时，特地暂停仔细看了下这段代码，这段代码还是挺简单的(对于学过编程的同学来说)，这个情节可能有人看不懂或者没仔细看，特地发到豆瓣上分享一下(●—●)

这情节大致意思是，richard需要实现一个函数，这个函数可以返回某元素在排序列表中的索引位置。

然而richard用的是暴力搜索，即从列表的第一个元素依次往后找，该方法在未排序列表用还行，但排序后的列表还这样用就有点蠢了，更好的方法可以用二分查找(具体方法可以百度)。

继续看第五集去了～(￣▽￣～)~

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！

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。