I wanted to give this episode a standing ovation. It was just so good and hilarious. Veep is one of the best shows on tv.
This show is " aaahhmazing" as Gary would say...
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I don't mind the swearing at all. Like "The Thick of It," the writers are masterful (almost virtuosic) in deploying swear words to either comedic, cutting or devastating effect. This was hands down the best episode in the entire run of the show (and anything I've seen this year). HBO: please give Richard Splett a spinoff show!
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I must be the only person in the world who feels totally let down by this season. The loss of Iannucci is, for this viewer at least, unfortunately palpable. Every aspect of the show seems off to me. It's less funny, more forced, and less carefully edited. I think it's too bad, also, the show moved to LA, as the change has affected the texture of the filming in a hard to pin-point way. The sex scene between Selina and Tom this week felt like a jump-the-shark moment. All around, less sharp. I realize I'm in the minority here, and I keep watching in the hope that the "off-ness" will fade away. Alas...
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I agree that the beginning of this season was off: more forced and less careful, absolutely. But I think things have turned around in the last two episodes. It's still not the same animal as before - less subtle eloquence, more exultant savagery - but it's still very much worth watching.
I can't believe I never bothered to check out this show until this past week, during which I binge-watched the entire series in a neuron-bending overdose of glibness and hilarity. What an antidote to Election Year 2016! The writers, that ensemble, Julia L-D! I'm so happy to live in America and have HBO!
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Still the funniest show around. But Selena's foul mouthed bursts are becoming too frequent, almost predicatable. Liked it better when she was fairly normal most of the time and suddenly jolted us with something awful.
it is the best cast on TV, let the show have equal opportunty offensiveness.
it is the best cast on TV, let the show have equal opportunty offensiveness.
The moment that made me laugh out loud was Gary's response when he walked in on Selina and Tom James In her office. His face and incoherent muttering as he backed out of the room was comedy gold.
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I didn't think it was possible to laugh harder while watching an episode of Veep, but this one takes the cake. Maybe it's because the clueless x mean scale was tipped, and Selina was mostly mean this time around. And, maybe this sound fetish-y, but Ms. Louis-Dreyfus is even sexier when she's spouting venom all over the place, all the while keeping that gorgeous smile on her seemingly ageless face. Reminded me of Elaine, when she was at her best, i.e., being meaner than Jerry and George put together. Just heaven!
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I loved this episode but for me the best take down was the venom she spewed to that congresswoman. It was brilliant- bravo to the writers.
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Well said/written, Noel. And yes, JLD is stunning in every way.
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I found tonight's show more caustic than last week's, and I was really disappointed by the Selena-Tom hook up. Is this seriously the ultimate power play between a man and a woman? She is the president and he's the presumptive veep who has a good chance to steal her job: sex was a lazy place to go.
Thank God for Richard Splett. He ought to be #1 on the hot list, or at least the awesome list.
Thank God for Richard Splett. He ought to be #1 on the hot list, or at least the awesome list.
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"Make no mistake: Selena is not a good person" Whoa...does any viewer think that she is? I would have thought not, yet in her (remarkably talented) past incarnation as self-absorbed Elaine the actress herself has commented with dismay on the number of viewers that admired the clueless twit, some even bragging that they were just like her.
The matter of Selena's character is so very relevant to our current election cycle in which we perhaps should distill down all of the ideological claims, policy positions, public performance and fluff to ask ourselves the thing that at the end of the day matters most. Is the candidate a good person?
The matter of Selena's character is so very relevant to our current election cycle in which we perhaps should distill down all of the ideological claims, policy positions, public performance and fluff to ask ourselves the thing that at the end of the day matters most. Is the candidate a good person?
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Although I wish the language wasn't so vulgar, I haven't laughed so hard as I did with this episode in a long, long time. A replay is in order.
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The language is INCREDIBLY vulgar, but that's the point. These people are raging ids who have to carefully watch every word they say in public, so of course it foams out in private, like steam off a pressure cooker. What's so enjoyable about the vulgarity is how witty and original it is. "Sentient enema" is brilliant.
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Sentient enema is possibly the funniest insult to ever come out of someone's mouth (hurled at Jonah). I loved seeing the viper fully released in this episode. Go Veep go!
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@JH: I couldn't agree more about "sentient enema." We had to hit the pause button and wait a full minute before we could stop howling with glee and continue watching.
I'd give a lot to be a fly on the wall during a Veep writer brain-storming session.
I'd give a lot to be a fly on the wall during a Veep writer brain-storming session.
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Jonah '20!!
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At the end of the episode, there are outtakes with the actors trying different lines(I'm guessing the show is heavily ad-libbed around basic plot points), and Jonah's uncle tries several wild insults.
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This episode of Veep reminded me of some of the supercharged episodes of Homeland-so much happened so quickly that I was gasping at show's end. I couldn't help but admire Selina's very effective viciousness in dealing with some pretty repulsive House members-especially the guy from Racine and his "staff member." And Jonah's campaign foibles-comedy gold. Must watch this at least twice more to take it all in. Bravo Veep and all hail JLD!
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I love Veep, but I thought last night's episode was more mean than funny.
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I agree totally. After last week I found it a let down. Like two complete different teams were responsible. The tone just felt off.
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Vice may well go down as the funniest show ever.
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The bowling alley employee was not mentally ill. She appeared to have Downs Syndrome.
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We changed it, thanks.
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And kudos to the writers. There are so many great lines that I have to watch the episodes twice because I miss so much laughing.
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Yes, still recovering from the "6th floor book depository-grassy knoll" comparison.
IMHO, "Veep" is devastating because it mirrors WashDC base nature so well -- Biden, McConnell, Schumer, Durbin, and the families Dingell (75 years), Conyers (50 years), and Clinton (40 years).
As to the claim that the fault lies with the voters -- IMHO, that HRC hasn't been able to put-away a 74 y/o lifelong Socialist, that speaks volumes. Ditto, Mr. Trump putting-away the Bush family (75 years) in a few weeks, despite $100 million in oppo-dollars.
Voters aren't perfect, but they are getting better.
IMHO, "Veep" is devastating because it mirrors WashDC base nature so well -- Biden, McConnell, Schumer, Durbin, and the families Dingell (75 years), Conyers (50 years), and Clinton (40 years).
As to the claim that the fault lies with the voters -- IMHO, that HRC hasn't been able to put-away a 74 y/o lifelong Socialist, that speaks volumes. Ditto, Mr. Trump putting-away the Bush family (75 years) in a few weeks, despite $100 million in oppo-dollars.
Voters aren't perfect, but they are getting better.
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