Wow, look at you. "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley" is closing in on its final episodes and, while many viewers have fled, you're still bravely hanging in there. So what? Did someone promise you a free iPad if you make it to the bitter end? Or at least a Purple Heart?

Tonight's episode, "Last-Pitch Effort," picks up the action (or inaction) at The Villa, where siblings Ben and Hermione are dealing with the fallout from her decision to strap one on at her birthday party and play pokey with the guests.

Ben thinks it's time for his sister to grow up. Hermy wonders if they can really keep working together. She also thinks it's hypocritical of Ben to criticize her life choices when Ben is (Spoiler alert!) messing around with two girls.

SILICON VALLEY -- &quot;General Coverage&quot; -- Pictured: (l-r) Kim Taylor, Dwight Crow -- (Photo by: BravoAirdate:Mondays on Bravo (10-11 p.m. ET)© NBC
SILICON VALLEY -- "General Coverage" -- Pictured: (l-r) Kim Taylor, Dwight Crow -- (Photo by: Bravo Airdate: Mondays on Bravo (10-11 p.m. ET) © NBC Universal, Inc.

Say what? Yes, not only does he have a thing for Sarah, but he apparently has been dating a model named Ashley, who is about to visit from New York.

But Ben dismisses this two-timer talk. For one thing, Sarah isn't going to work out, he says, because she's a "nice girl, but a little crazy." For another, Ashley is just an occasional little something-something on the side.

"We hook up, we have fun, then we leave again," he says. "It's perfect."

Meanwhile, Kim and Dwight have met for lunch in San Francisco and they're doing what our "Start-Ups" pals seem to do best: Talk behind each others' backs.

Kim is telling Dwight all about the horrific sex-toy incident, at the party calling it "ridiculous and uncomfortable."

Then the pettiness shifts to Sarah. Kim can't believe how Sarah doesn't make much money, yet still finds a way to live high on the hog.

"The tech world is like her sugar daddy," she sneers, pointing out that she's a cute blonde girl in a community largely bereft of cute blonde girls. So she gets away with things.

Kim, by the way, seems to be showing the first signs of her sad, no-income, jobless existence: There are holes in her sweater.

Next, we move on to Rocketspace. Ben and Hermione are about to pitch their fitness app, Ignite, for what seems like the 500th time. Their audience today is made up of a group of venture capitalists, including Esther, who apparently spent some time in space -- far, far away from the nerds of Silicon Valley.

At one point, Esther seems to be falling asleep, but it turns out that she and her posse are actually interested in Ignite. They just want to lay their eyes on the physical app, if that can be worked out.

From there, we spend a mercifully short time at David's condo, where he's getting ready (and applying Rogaine) for his first day at the Appcelerator office. He's excited to be working there on Goal Sponsors because he'll have no "naughty things on the Internet" to distract him. But the pressure is on because he's got to beta in 30 days.

But enough of David. Turns out, Ashley has arrived and she and Ben are going to dine out at Circa. Ashley is a top-heavy, long-legged beauty who is easy on the eyes. She and Ben calculate that they've known each other for, oh, about four years and have spent a total of three days in bed.

Ben tells us that Ashley is the perfect booty call (or "snuggles") and, around her, he tends to think with a body part other than his head. Ashley, it turns out, knows about Sarah, but Ben swears that it's only a case of casual flirting and that he's never slept with her.

Naturally, that's Ashley's signal to move to Ben's side of the table and start playing tonsil hockey.

After a commercial break, we shoot over to Lunar Designs, where Ben and Hermy are showing some of their unfinished product to the VCs. There's a lot of talk about practicality, and usage and sperms going into eggs (the app logo), but will an investment be made?

Later, Michael and Amy (our key VCs) drop by The Villa and they've brought some sparkling wine, which seems like a good sign. They plop down on the couch and Michael talks about what a big risk Ignite is and how it would be a giant "leap of faith" to pour $500,000 into a product that isn't quite finished.

That doesn't sound good, but wait ... they're going to do it. Finally, Ben and Hermy have their money! Corks are popped and the siblings erupt in jubilation.

But you know that happiness just can't last on this show. No way. Ben and Hermy are all set to hold a victory party at The Villa and they make the humongous mistake of inviting Sarah, the gorgeous villain of our piece.

In an earlier segment, Sarah revealed to David that she knows Ashley is in town and that she's not cool with it. She thinks it's a "total dick move" on the part of Ben, who is "trying to have his cake and eat it too." Naturally, she's going to bring the drama.

Sarah shows up at the party looking fabulous in a shiny red dress. She quickly heads over to an area where Hermy and Ashley are hanging out (Was this whole thing set up?) Things get immediately awkward when Hermy mentions that Ben recently went on a date with Sarah (Lucky for us, Ms. Way just can't keep her mouth shut).

This little revelation offends Ashley, who tells Sarah that she's "stepping on toes."

"Are you trying to get with him?" she asks. "If you are, you need to stop."

Oh, you don't challenge our Sarah that way! She's from the mean hoods of Marin and she will bring it, post haste.

"Ben told me you were stalking him," Sarah says, without batting an eye. It's the equivalent of a vicious sucker punch right to the gut. You do not mess with this chick!

Sarah, who could clearly use some people skills, calls Ban over to confirm that he indeed, deemed Ashley a stalker. Ben looks like the proverbial deer in the headlights. He hems and haws and delivers a very convincing "Huh?"

By now Ashley is crying and Sarah is telling Ben to "man up." It has taken forever, but "Start-Ups" has finally given us a "Real Housewives"-worthy moment.

Hermy, now outraged, asks Sarah: "Why are you even here?" and then Ben says its time for her to leave. He doesn't want her "negative energy" around here.

So Sarah high tails it out of there with her cousin Glen. Sadly, no table is overturned. No eyes are clawed out. But Ben makes it very clear that he is done with Sarah, so he severs the relationship by using a very trendy, 21st century method:

A deletes her from his cell-phone contact list.