Warning: This post contains spoilers from Sunday's season premiere of "Silicon Valley"
When Christopher Evan Welch died suddenly in December 2013 after filming five episodes of HBO's "Silicon Valley," his absence in the rest of the season was explained away by having his character out of town for various reasons. But Sunday's Season 2 premiere finally confronted the actor's death by killing off his billionaire investor character, Peter Gregory.
The comedy's explanation for Gregory's death is just as delightfully awkward as the character himself. After Richard (Thomas Middleditch), Erlich (TJ Miller) and the rest of the Pied Piper team get the news that their investor has died, they confront his colleague Monica (Amanda Crew) about how it happened.
Monica: He was in the Serengeti, on safari. He had gone into his tent when a hippo wandered into the camp.
Erlich: He was attacked by a hippo?
Monica: No. The hippo started to charge; when the guide grabbed his rifle and shot at it, his aim was off and —
Richard: And he shot Peter Gregory by accident?
Monica: No. He missed. But I guess the sound of the gun startled Peter, who ran out of his tent and —
Richard: Ran right into the hippo?
Monica: No. The hippo was also startled by the noise and ran off prior to Peter exiting the tent.
Erlich: So what happened to Peter?
Monica: He hadn't run in a long time — maybe ever. You know he just . . . that was it.
Worried that Gregory's company, Raviga, might fold in the wake of his death, Pied Piper continues taking meetings with other venture capital firms, when Erlich hilariously discovers that "there is a linear correlation between how intolerable I was and the height of valuation."
Taking the place of the Gregory character in Season 2 is new Raviga managing partner Laurie Bream (Suzanne Cryer), who brings her own brand of quirk to the role. Desperate to keep the hot startup, she tops all of Pied Piper's other offers with a $20 million investment at a $100 million valuation.
Suzanne Cryer joins the cast as new Raviga managing partner Laurie Bream.Photo: Frank Masi
But it's Monica who replaces the wise guidance of Gregory, warning Richard not to take the overpriced deal because it will set Pied Piper up to fail.
"This is the exact type of thing Peter never did," she cautions.
While bidding farewell to Gregory at a satirically Silicon Valley memorial (his positive impact is quantified in formulas on a PowerPoint slide), Richard opts to take her advice (and by proxy, Gregory's) and agrees to stick with Raviga if they lower their offer to $10 million and a $50 million valuation.
It's a fitting tribute to a formidable character.
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