<Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Richard meets with the sales team at Pied Piper . During the meeting, Richard finds out the plans for platform are business - facing, instead of consumer - facing . Referring to his experience of the Dot - com bubble, Jack explains to Richard that they need to make profit fast, and promises that he would never compromise the product, explaining later that by "product" he means in fact the company's stock value . Richard tells the sales team what he wants the platform to be, but they want to remove every feature that Richard wants, so it's easier to sell it to businesses . Later, the sales team show Richard a commercial for the product, and it's exactly what Richard does not want it to be . Meanwhile, Jared plans to move back into his condo, but the tenant refuses to leave or pay rent; as Erlich explains how difficult it is to evict a tenant, Jian - Yang decides not to accept the end of his own lease . At Hooli, Gavin suggests to the engineers to alter the company's search algorithm so it doesn't display any more negative Nucleus stories about him or his company . The Nucleus team crack the middle - out compression shortly before their contracts expire, and decide to take this knowledge with them . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 21 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Meinertzhagen's Haversack" </Td> <Td> Charlie McDowell </Td> <Td> Adam Countee </Td> <Td> May 8, 2016 (2016 - 05 - 08) </Td> <Td> 1.69 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> The team visit the data center where Pied Piper box would be stored, along with one engineer on site for 24 / 7 support . Further appalled by this prospect, Richard continues to push his idea of Pied Piper as a platform versus the box appliance, but Jack refuses . Upon learning this, Gilfoyle quits and begins to receive several job offers and gifts from recruiters . In an attempt to have Jack's decision reverted, Richard meets with Laurie who turns out to agree with Richard's vision that Pied Piper should be a platform . However, Laurie's influence is limited as firing a recently appointed senior CEO would make the company look bad . In one of his job interviews Gilfoyle finds himself at Endframe, now employing two of the coders from Hooli, and Gilfoyle learns that they have cracked Richard's middle - out algorithm . Gilfoyle reports back to his old team at Pied Piper and they decide on what they call a Skunkworks project: to secretly pursue the original vision for Pied Piper alongside working on the box appliance, seemingly complying with Jack's order . Jared refers to Meinertzhagen's Haversack, cautioning everyone to act inconspicuously, and to destroy all traces of their conspiracy . However, upon entering their office space the next morning, Richard trips, and incriminating documents which he had meant to shred are spread all over the floor and brought to Jack's attention . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 22 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Maleant Data Systems Solutions" </Td> <Td> Charlie McDowell </Td> <Td> Donick Cary </Td> <Td> May 15, 2016 (2016 - 05 - 15) </Td> <Td> 1.89 </Td> </Tr>

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