The new HBO show “Silicon Valley” in its first season followed the lives of four people living under one roof in an incubator suburban house in the valley. Season one followed Richard, the inventor of the compression algorithm, his compatriot coders Guilfoyle and Dinesh, and their self-nominated representative, Erlich, through the ins and outs of getting a good idea off the ground.

Season one ends with the guys of Pied Piper wowing the crowd at the biggest conference in Silicon Valley, Tech Crunch. Did I mention it’s a comedy? The characters range from classic geek to extrovert on steroids, and the clash of big money, big ideas, and the need to “make the world a better place” made “Silicon Valley” season one really enjoyable. It was simple show reminiscent of co-creator Mike Judge’s “Office Space” in pacing and humor that made good use of the easily lampooned characters that inhabit the real Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley is at its best when it exposes the conflicts between innovation and the pretension of elite Californians who inhabit Silicon Valley. That premise is what makes it the most fun and subversive conservative show on television.