<Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> After he caught the team red - handed trying to develop the platform in secret, Jack threatens to fire them . Richard fires back, stating that without him and his team he won't be able to deliver a working prototype of the box to Maleant before the planned deadline . The team agrees with Jack to create a basic functioning box to meet the requirements of the deal, after which they are free to create the platform . However, due to the team's inability to deliver a lesser product on purpose, the final box ends up being far better than anything else available in the market . Meanwhile, Erlich keeps trying to rent rooms in his incubator . After a prospective tenant rejects his house in favor of another one, Erlich finds out that he moved to a 9 bedroom mansion which belongs to Big Head, who is hosting tenants for free in return of a share of their startups . Initially, he confronts him and leaves in a rage, but when his car doesn't start, he turns back and proposes a partnership, to which an oblivious Big Head agrees . In a board meeting at Pied Piper to vote for Maleant's box deal, Monica notices that the sales agreement includes exclusive rights to use Pied Piper's algorithm for 5 years, which would effectively prevent Richard from creating the platform during that period . Jack admits he never specified a time frame when he made a deal with Richard . He also adds that neither he nor Laurie can do anything about it . Even though Laurie notices Jack's low blow, she stands with him as she doesn't have proof that Richard's platform can be more valuable than the box deal . Monica ends up voting against it, alongside Richard and Erlich, effectively denying the motion, even if it means her job and board seat . Later that night, Gavin Belson phones Richard, triumphantly informing him that he just acquired Endframe's middle out compression platform for $250 million . Unbeknownst to him, by doing this he also set a price point on Pied Piper's platform, valuing it way above (and thus terminating) the box deal, rendering a new vote useless and saving Monica's position . When the team returns to the office the next day, they find out Laurie fired Jack for undermining her at the meeting . She leaves the CEO position open, and gives them permission to start working on the platform . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 23 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "The Empty Chair" </Td> <Td> Eric Appel </Td> <Td> Megan Amram </Td> <Td> May 22, 2016 (2016 - 05 - 22) </Td> <Td> 1.71 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> The team finds out Pied Piper is running out of money, as Raviga is funding them in installments and will only continue to do so when they deliver the finished product, which is now the platform . They take drastic measures and decide to get rid of the office, its equipment and all employees, returning to Erlich's incubator . Meanwhile, Erlich drafts a manipulative partnership agreement with Big Head which gives Erlich complete control over Big Head's assets, even if his Pied Piper shares aren't included in it . Richard confronts Laurie about an article on a tech blog called Code / Rag which mocks Pied Piper's absence of a CEO and Richard himself . Laurie agrees that he should meet with its author, C.J. Cantwell, in order to restore their reputation, but demands that he speaks with their head of PR first . When Richard gets to Raviga to do so, he enters the wrong room and ends up ranting about Laurie's actions in front of Cantwell, mistaking her for the head of PR . At the same time, Laurie confides to Monica that she was wrong to remove Richard as CEO in the first place, but that he shouldn't be perceived as the first choice but rather the correct one, thus her search for lesser prospective candidates (including Big Head). Laurie planned to award Richard the position at the next board meeting, as long as he remained professional . When Richard realizes he's been talking to Cantwell all along, he tries to prevent her from publishing the story . She tells him she will only back away if he feeds her something better . Erlich and Big Head meet at the incubator to sign their partnership deal, as Erlich announces its name: "Bachmanity". Upon hearing of Richard's predicament, Big Head lets slip that Gavin Belson secretly ordered his employees to scrub all negative publicity about Hooli from the internet . Richard immediately seeks Cantwell to publish this story instead of his and ends up finally being repromoted to CEO . Meanwhile, the team reveals that they hired an engineering team composed of outsourced coders working remotely from various places around the globe, at a fraction of the cost of hiring them in Palo Alto . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 24 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "Bachmanity Insanity" </Td> <Td> Eric Appel </Td> <Td> Carson Mell </Td> <Td> May 29, 2016 (2016 - 05 - 29) </Td> <Td> 1.62 </Td> </Tr>

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