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Russ Hanneman is back!
I lost $1 billion but gained $2 billion in wisdom, says Russ.
Somehow, he made it back into the three commas club of billionaires.
Tethics opens with aMad Maxparody featuring Russ in a souped-up jalopy battling other tricked-out trucks for dominance.
Director Pete Chatmon pivots fromFury RoadtoZabriskie Pointby having each car detonate in woozy slow motion.
As the word RussFest appears onscreen, the scene cuts to Richard and company looking puzzled as hell.
Its great, isnt it?
yells an enthusiastic Russ.
You see the chick in the racism car?
I banged her in the famine truck!
And what is RussFest?
Russ compares his festival to Burning Man, but it sounds more likeFyre Festival.
No matter, Russ wants Wi-Fi coverage for RussFest.
And he wants it for free.
Their meeting goes so well that Richard bumps into walls with excitement.
I dont know what to do when things are going well, Richard tells Monica.
Dont worry, the show will fix that momentarily.
Richard walks past a giant TV where Gavin is appearing on a morning show.
This turd is not gonna ruin my day, says a beaming Richard.
Not so fast, Hendricks!
He calls his new religion Tethics, a combination of tech and ethics that is admittedly catchy.
Knowing that its complete bullshit, Richard refuses to sign.
Hes the only tech company CEO holdout, which makes him look hypocritical to the public.
Gavin uses this as a cudgel to batter Richard into submission.
Worse yet, AT&T wont sign with Pied Piper until Richard becomes Tethical.
Back in medieval times, ones word carried a lot more weight.
How can we continuously fall for this malarkey?
While Gavin asks the musical question Are you Tethical?
Tracy the HR manager calls Gilfoyle into her office yet again.
But you dont even know what she wants, argues Monica.
What Tracy wants is for Gilfoyle to get his Piper Pulse numbers up.
As you might expect, Gilfoyles acumen rating is spectacular 9.9 out of 10!
Monica is all but going nyaah!
in Gilfoyles face until Tracy lowers the boom on her schadenfreude: Monicas interpersonal skills suck too!
Shes barely at a 2 out of 10.
Another mansplains definitions to her.
Gilfoyle challenges Monica to a friendly game of who can get their interpersonal numbers up to ten first.
He bets he can do it in two days.
Keep reading for the results!
Gabe is stillwearing his K shirtand pestering Dinesh with inept questions.
While Gabe goes scuba diving, Dinesh seethes in the office.
Back at Pied Piper HQ, Richard is bombarded by Tethics.
His employees wear Obama-inspired shirts with Gavins face on them and badger him about signing the oath.
Leave it to Jared to once again save the day.
This is odd, because Gavin is this shows master of bullshit phrases.
This is the guy whoonce said, We can only achieve greatness if first we achieve goodness.
Now he resorts to stealing subpar material?
Nonetheless, Richard plots blackmail at the groundbreaking.
(Thank goodness she didnt dress as Rey!)
But everybody loves them some Gilfoyle!
She gives up, but Gilfoyle has an explanation: Gaining someones confidence is easy.
Appear open and interested by mimicking their body language and repeating what they say back to them.
Can you do that for me?
Because I dont want them to like me.
I fucking hate them!
Gilfoyle has a better idea: He changes Tracys Piper Pulse numbers to pure crap.
A panicked Tracy cancels the entire Piper Pulse metrics project, and Gilfoyle and Monica toast to their treachery!
Speaking of treachery, Richard confronts Gavin at the ceremony.
What do you want?
All Ive ever wanted was for you to go away, begins Richard.
You could run for president or buy a basketball team.
Richard at first thinks this is noble, but Gavins confession is purely malevolent.
Pied Piper faces financial ruin yet again.
Its Russ to the rescue!
The show ends with Richards crew in the desert, with nothing around for miles.
I seriously doubt the results will be Tethical.
