Season five will be Silicon Valley?s first without T.J. Miller's character, Erlich Bachman. So why did Miller leave the show? Creator Mike Judge said, "There are a lot of different ways you can find out somebody doesn?t want to do the show anymore." He went on to say, "It?s not fun to work with someone who doesn?t want to be there...It just wasn?t working.? Miller was offered three send off episodes for season five, but he declined. Miller claims he wasn't getting enough sleep with his stand-up schedule and that he was pushing himself "to do too much."