Jonah on the campaign trail is so great I want the series to leave Washington and just follow the Splett / Ryan / Peter McNicol axis for the rest of the year
― glandular lansbury (sic), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 13:56 (eight years ago) link
I've found it encouraging that lately my wife has been more interested in watching Veep than catching up on Game of Thrones.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:02 (eight years ago) link
noticed this ep was directed by JLD's husband - first one not by Chris Addison this year?
― glandular lansbury (sic), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:03 (eight years ago) link
https://www.jonahryanforcongress.com
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
https://www.jonahryanforcongress.com/app/uploads/2016/05/TeenageJonah-uai-516x516.jpeg
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:56 (eight years ago) link
Man that is hilarious. I love how all the helpful links are about New Hampshire, except for a link to Tom Petty.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:12 (eight years ago) link
This show has held up better than I expected without Iannucci at the helm.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:25 (eight years ago) link
In a way it is broadening really quickly and becoming more sitcommy by the episode. But the world is so deep and welldrawn that it holds up beautifully, and is in fact pretty amazing. I can see a lot of the characters becoming caricatures of themselves pretty quickly if it goes on like this. But that's a problem for a later day.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:37 (eight years ago) link
my one complaint is that it seems out of step w/ the current political moment in the US. genius jl-d is doing incredible work but the election plotline itself feels more like a 2000 electoral tie retread than this actual moment w/ the buffoonery and clusterfuckedness of american politics disappearing into the psychotic screaming void. aka real life much stranger + funnier (and also scarier) than the world of veep. but show is still wonderful don't get me wrong.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link
they said at the outset in the press that they are actively avoiding trump topix; i think that's wise considering how unpredictable the primary process became.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:50 (eight years ago) link
probably the more prudent choice but the alternative that grappled w/ this moment obv much higher stakes + potential resonance / payoff.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:52 (eight years ago) link
They couldn't be addressing what's happening in May 2016 with a show that was shot in December 2015 though, it's not Drop The Dead Donkey
― glandular lansbury (sic), Thursday, 2 June 2016 01:13 (eight years ago) link
Been watching this and House of Cards almost simultaneously, and it's funny how much the plots overlap. A good exercise for a TV writing class would be to show scenes side by side with the same situation and completely different tone (e.g., the President meeting with his/her ousted, ineffectual Vice President).
― King Nagl (Eazy), Thursday, 2 June 2016 05:05 (eight years ago) link
lol it got to the point for me where i couldn't remember which characters/plot details happened on which show
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:37 (eight years ago) link
also sometimes i daydream abt like one of those corny awards show pretaped sketch segments where like Claire and Selena hang out
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:38 (eight years ago) link
with Olivia Pope of course
highlights of the season so far imo: jonah campaign ad and learning that kent davison's cat is named fibonacci
― Star Wars ate shiitake (latebloomer), Thursday, 2 June 2016 14:23 (eight years ago) link
I love that Jonah's opponent isn't just a second grade teacher, but was in fact Jonah's second grade teacher.
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 June 2016 15:18 (eight years ago) link
i was interleaving Veep and Borgen for awhile. good times
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 June 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link
Focus group bit I was slightly confusing with similar in an ep of Silicon Valley
― kinder, Thursday, 2 June 2016 20:50 (eight years ago) link
Any comment on the Catherine & Margaret plot twist? Seemed very "stunty" but I still lolled at "I can't stop grinning" and "I'm giddy" from Margaret.
― nickn, Friday, 3 June 2016 01:00 (eight years ago) link
i thought dan boning amy's sister was a little dumb and then jerry gergich knowing about it was even dumber but otherwise i'm down with this season.
― dynamicinterface, Friday, 3 June 2016 01:11 (eight years ago) link
I buy Jerry knowing about it because it seems like something Amy and her sister would have screamed at each other about at some point
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Friday, 3 June 2016 03:04 (eight years ago) link
or he could have just read the situation during the dinner we didn't see, knowing what the relationship between his daughters is like
― glandular lansbury (sic), Friday, 3 June 2016 05:56 (eight years ago) link
The Catherine & Margaret thing was a really broad twist. I've loved both characters this season, though, and hope to see much more of them.
― Frederik B, Friday, 3 June 2016 10:10 (eight years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/hbo-actually-took-out-full-page-jonah-ryan-ad-new--237713
― Mordy, Friday, 3 June 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
What the hell is going to happen with Catherine's documentary
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 4 June 2016 12:39 (eight years ago) link
I have a feeling it will be bad for her mother. Just a hunch.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 June 2016 13:52 (eight years ago) link
This episode was on fire. Everything about the Jonah Ryan campaign. Dan + Jonah + Richard + Jonahs uncle. Genius.
― Frederik B, Monday, 6 June 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
this was maybe the funniest episode of the show ive ever seen tbh
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 6 June 2016 17:04 (eight years ago) link
Gary's whole Washington's 50 Hottest, too.
― King Nagl (Eazy), Monday, 6 June 2016 17:56 (eight years ago) link
the take when he walks in on them fucking
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Monday, 6 June 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
the tirade to nickerson wa so good
"If I do win, I will have my administration come to your shitty little district and shake it to death like a Guatemalan nanny. And then I'm gonna have the IRS crawl so far up your husband's colon he's going to wish the only thing they find is more cancer. So, can I count on your vote, or do I need to shove a box of White House M&Ms up your stretched-out, six-baby vag?"
― germane geir hongro (s.clover), Monday, 6 June 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
again, hale's take when she gets to the "more cancer" line is priceless.
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Monday, 6 June 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
so good. had to rewind and watch again.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
is this the best season? better w/o IannuccI? the humor is pitch black, but I can't remember laughing this hard, this consistently, at anything in a while
― it me, Thursday, 9 June 2016 03:12 (eight years ago) link
i was thinking the exact same thing. finally caught up to the most recent episode + holy shit so funny.
― Mordy, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
I thought this season started off badly but it has massively improved. Is Iannucci fully wrapped up in his Stalin project now?
― calzino, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:34 (eight years ago) link
oh shit i had not heard he was working on a stalin project but sign me up i am v v interested
― Mordy, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4686844/
― calzino, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:41 (eight years ago) link
Jeffrey Tambor as Malenkov, Palin as Molotov, Paul Whitehouse as Mikoyan
some casting there!
― calzino, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:43 (eight years ago) link
buscemi as krushchev!!!!
― Mordy, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:44 (eight years ago) link
you couldn't really find an actor who looks more completely unlike Krushchev, but I'm sure there must some logic to it.
― calzino, Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
I'm guessing historical verisimilitude is not the goal here
― it me, Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:50 (eight years ago) link
hopefully it'll be a bunch of commies calling each other cocksuckers
― Mordy, Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:51 (eight years ago) link
apparently based on a comic book that is darkly humorous and drawn from historical research. seems to cover the couple days immediately after stalin's death, the frenzied maneuverings of the prominent party members
― the unbearable jimmy smits (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:54 (eight years ago) link
I would be surprised if it's completely in a veep/thick of it vein, but no idea why I think that.
there is plenty good dark humour to be mined from that era. I bet Simon Russell Beale will be an awesome Beria, that much is guaranteed.
― calzino, Thursday, 9 June 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
God, this show is great
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 04:20 (eight years ago) link
Kent is in a biker gang!