“Silicon Valley,” one of HBO’s most popular and acclaimed comedies is getting set to launch its fifth season later this month. And it will be the first season without T.J. Miller, whose role as the dimwitted, weed-smoking tech investor Erlich Bachman, made him a breakout star.
Miller’s departure from the show was announced soon after the conclusion of Season 4, and apparently it was not a smooth, hugs-and-kisses exit. Miller trashed the series as a “one-note” show and called Alec Berg, one of the producers on “Silicon Valley” an “(expletive) idiot.”
This week, “The Hollywood Reporter” caught up with Miller and the Silicon Valley creators to get further intel on how it all went wrong.