joining me today, "silicon valley" creator mike judge and executive producer alec berg.hank you so much for joining us. very excited to have you. mike: thank you. emily: i am a big fan. i have seen every episode. i know you have both written, produced, and directed several different episodes. so what is different about season two? mike: alec? alec: well, the biggest thing we have had to deal with is the loss of christopher evan welch, who played peter gregory. and he was kind of the cornerstone of season one. and he was the guy richard ended up going with, financing-wise. and that was a huge, huge hole sort of to fill. and just writing-wise, a challenge to try and 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. well -- 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 kind of -- we did not really think of it as you can replace him with anybody. but we had