Ask HN: Was the free 1st episode of Silicon Valley an elaborate Googlebomb?

I was looking for a way to watch ep2+ of Silicon Valley and I realized that most searches I would normally use to find places to watch it led to an interminable amount of blog posts and news stories about SV episode 1 being available on youtube. If they didn't intend to wipe out all links to pirate sites then it's a hell of a bonus.