joining me today, "silicon valley" creator mike judge and executive producer alec berg. thank you so much for joining us. very excited to have you. i am a big fan. i have seen every episode. i know you have both written, produced, and directed several different episodes. what is different about season two? mike: alec? alec: the biggest thing we have had to deal with is the loss of christopher evan welch, who played peter gregory. he was kind of the cornerstone of season one. he was the guy richard ended up going with, financing-wise. that was a huge, huge hole to fill. and writing-wise, a challenge to figure out what the hell we're going to do with him. emily: he was terrific and i understand he is being replaced by a woman? mike: not necessarily replaced. his firm, she becomes the lead partner, this new character that was not in season one. played by suzanne cryer. but he is -- it is not necessarily one for one. we did not really think of it as you can replace them with anybody. but we had to write around that. this is -- second season is the story about what happens to

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mike judge of "office space" and "beavis and butthead" fame, and alec berg, a top writer on "seinfeldng me today, "silicon valley" creator mike judge and

mike judge of "office space" and "beavis and butthead," and alec berg, writer on "seinfeld."e today, silicon valley creator mike judge and executive