What I’m Watching: Veep (Season Finale)

Veep: Season 3, Episodes 9 and 10 “Crate” and “New Hampshire” (B+)

This was a great pair of episodes to finish off a very funny season, catapulting events in the most unexpected and predictably satirical of ways. I loved Kent’s deadpan introduction of the crate on which Selina was to stand, pointing out that it was reinforced with concrete so that he wouldn’t fall through. As if the cost of the box wasn’t enough, the accidental recording was pretty bad news, and Selina looked seriously ready to throw in the towel, getting truly mean and insulting her staffers. The news that POTUS was going to resign to spend more time with FLOTUS presented such an unbelievable opportunity that Selina laughing on the floor with Gary and his bloody nose was really the only appropriate reaction. It’s a shame that Gary got left behind to be the face of the campaign, but it wasn’t like things went much better for those in Washington. After bringing down the house initially, Mike tanked pretty quickly, and Dan had to agree to hire Jonah a Jonah of his own in order to keep his job. Though she was able to intimidate Ben into accepting the job of chief of staff by threatening to bring back prohibition, Selina is not doing well at all in her new position, and her squeaky shoes were terribly unfortunate. Coming in third in the presidential election as a sitting president is bad news, and I’m hopeful that being unseated so quickly ends up being comedy gold for what is sure to be a fabulous fourth season of this extremely funny and clever show.

Season grade: A-
Season MVP: Kevin Dunn as Ben and Gary Cole as Kent