god, julia louis-dreyfus is amazing.
I didn't know Iannuci was leaving after this season, hope the team after will be able to keep the quality up.
― Roz, Monday, 15 June 2015 23:03 (eight years ago) link
Just binge-watched this. It's gotten so good. otm re Richard, he's a delight
― kinder, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:29 (eight years ago) link
I had forgotten how many characters this thing has until last night's premiere, when they kept showing up. So funny.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 25 April 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
There's a bunch of really good characters on this, but honestly I'm mainly watching for Richard T. Splett at this point. And he didn't disappoint!
― Frederik B, Monday, 25 April 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
lol I don't know why I said T, my middle name is John.
― franny glasshole (franny glass), Monday, 25 April 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link
can we get a strikethrough in the thread title
― glandular lansbury (sic), Monday, 25 April 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
Robert Slattery is great. Martin Mull is great. But the best addition to the roster this season is Clea DuVall. It's never not funny to have her hovering in the background. Along with Catherine and her camera. They've been on point with sightgags this season, behind Amy in the election office was a posters saying 'Meyer for President' and 'Latinos for Selina', which I found cynically funny.
― Frederik B, Monday, 9 May 2016 10:27 (seven years ago) link
i don't like this show any more? based on 1st ep of new season? am i crazy?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 9 May 2016 10:44 (seven years ago) link
I was getting similar vibes, sometimes the unrelenting zings start to seem a bit stale. You are probably wrong or crazy if I'm agreeing with you, I also went the same way with the original series at the last season.
― calzino, Monday, 9 May 2016 10:50 (seven years ago) link
1st ep was so stilted that I was poised to bail - really felt like the new American writers struggling to capture the style of the show, but with zings that you could see coming two lines away instead of twisting and startling you.
Second one was really good and third one is okay though - it's not as good as with the S1-4/Thick Of It writers, but it's still a funny show in this cynical, fast paced* style. Or it might suck hard for the rest of the season, who knows.
An oddity, given that the new guy only kept a couple of minor (as these things go**) writers on as consultants, is that Chris Addison has directed every episode so far.
*Was the scene of Lennon Parham coming out of the campaign jet the longest single shot in the series' history?
** Georg1a Pr1tchett, who joined TTOI for one ep seven years after it started and joined Veep in its third year, and Wi11 Smith, who started writing on TTOI years after he started acting on it. Not to diminish their contributions to either show, but it looks like Curb/Clerks The Animated Series blokey didn't want to use any of the, lets say, foundational writers.
― glandular lansbury (sic), Monday, 9 May 2016 13:18 (seven years ago) link
huh, turns out he moved production from Maryland to LA, too, with one week's location shoot in MA/DC for some exteriors.
― glandular lansbury (sic), Monday, 9 May 2016 13:21 (seven years ago) link
I'm enjoying this season, which has a real "No Exit" vibe to it. No one gets fired, everyone comes back, they all hate each other, they hate the people they are working for, they hate the ideas they are working for, they hate the goal they are working for, they're just so cynical and jaded they can't even do much more than insult each other anymore. Even the great Tom James has gone sour. But not Richard Splett, whose guileless optimism is such a contrast.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 May 2016 14:35 (seven years ago) link
Ooh didnt realise this was a new series
― kinder, Monday, 9 May 2016 16:17 (seven years ago) link
"This is like that famous scene from the movie Heat. You know, DeNiro and Brenneman."
― Yung Chella (Eazy), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 19:54 (seven years ago) link
lol yes
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 10 May 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
ok that was the most deeply weird and dark and uncomfortable thing
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 02:51 (seven years ago) link
like it made me feel the way i felt when i watched funny games
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 02:52 (seven years ago) link
The most recent episode was an all-time classic.
Gary's face when he learns what the c-word actually is...
― a poon shaped mule (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 13:08 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link
https://www.jonahryanforcongress.com
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
https://www.jonahryanforcongress.com/app/uploads/2016/05/TeenageJonah-uai-516x516.jpeg
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 20:56 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link
This show has held up better than I expected without Iannucci at the helm.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 21:25 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link
i was interleaving Veep and Borgen for awhile. good times
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 June 2016 19:19 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link
Gary's whole Washington's 50 Hottest, too.
― King Nagl (Eazy), Monday, 6 June 2016 17:56 (seven 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 (seven years ago) link