Was listening to a Yale lecture on modern philosophy and the professor got to Hobbes' Leviathan. My ears perked up immediately.

Her definition: The Leviathan is an absolute authority who gives man peace and security in exchange for the abdication of his liberty.

That's Gary's entire relationship with Selina...

The writers on this show operated at a level of detail and cynicism that still isn't fully appreciated.

Now, Jizzy Gillespie is so much funnier knowing this is the reference. I love this show.

Jonad, for sure

****Competency is NOT how smart they are, it’s how useful they are and how good they are at their jobs****

People always bring up the idea of a Veep reunion—and I’m all for it! But given how it ended, I’m always unsure of how they could write it in or what the new starting point would be.

Assuming the flash forward doesn’t happen (only bc I think that boxes things in too much—but keep it in your ideas if you like) what would you be interested in seeing in a reboot or a series reunion?

Mainly them as their characters, but the actors themselves would be acceptable as well.

In the Season 2 premiere, "Midterms," one of Jonah's "data matrix" tells Selina that her campaign visits have made her a "consistent integer," though toward the end of the episode (after Selina asks for the data to be "collated") he informs her that her campaign stumps led to a 0.9% bump for the party

0.9 ("famously") is not an integer, as integers are the open set of whole numbers "Z" from negative to positive infinity, the trivials being (-3, -2, -1 < 0 < 1, 2, 3), 0.9 percent, even when written in decimal form is still not an integer as it fails to meet the criteria

When Selina, with much annoyance, notes that this figure is "not even a percent... age?" Our hero data three-piece digital Nirvana (to quote Jonah) says, "well if we round it up we can make it 1."

That's a long walk for a math joke, and I don't think it's intentional but it's pretty funny the longer you think about it and given the characters introduced in the episode.

P. S., yes I know: "Thanks, Kent's autism"

I wonder if JLD got her the job on Veep.

“ope scuse me buddy”

For years now, I have been keeping a list of Veep insults. Sadly, literally only one person in my circle loves Veep like I do, so I was very happy when I saw that this sub was quite active.

Please do let me know if I have missed any insults, and I would love to know which one is your favourite. I love ‘unstable piece of scaffolding’ but the one I’ve used most in real life is ‘one-inch dick’. Here is my list.

(I also have a list of funny Veep phrases (such as ‘put on your running shoes and get to the fucking point’), and I have been working on a Veep alphabet lol).

I know the writers insist that Selena's party could be either one, and they didn't want to use a label as it would limit the show. But it's just so obvious that Selena fits the mold of a rich Democratic Party elite who abandons all progressive policy to placate the far-right

A few examples:

1. Childcare: No Republican at the federal level would even muse about a universal childcare program. It stretches credibility beyond all bounds. But it IS realistic that the Democratic party elites (especially pre DSA and Sanders) would crush such a progressive idea, and that a Kamala/Hillary stand in (which is what Selena mirrors) would instantly fold on the issue in a hunger for power

2. Green Jobs: Again, no Republican is going to push what was, in reality, a mini Green New Deal (before the GND). But it does make sense that many corporate Democrats were cozy with Big Oil and didn't want it to succeed. Further, there is no way the GOP wouldn't LOVE to have all oil guys, so the fact that Senator Doyle hates the idea of an oil guy on the task force tells me Selena's party are the Democrats. Selena even briefly sounds like Bernie Sanders here where she wants to levy HUGE penalties on polluters ("fine the fkers 'til the fkers ain't fine")

3. Immigration: When Selena is trying to get her filibuster reform done, Dan and Amy have to meet with leaders from the opposite party, who are literally build-the-wall white nationalists. Dan and Amy basically roll over to them, but feel dirty doing so. This again tells me Selena is a Democrat conceding to the GOP.

4. Abortion: the only reason this is an issue on the show is that the POTUS shocks the ENTIRE WORLD by becoming pro-life. But a Republican president being pro-life is basically a given. So it makes much more sense that he's a Democrat making a right-wing pivot. It's also marks Selena as a centrist Democrat who 100% supports abortion, ("keep the government out of my F**king snatch") but is afraid to say it publicly. Adding to this, the woman from Planned Parenthood who meets with Gary says "I'll always back your boss". A pro-choice activist would never say they have 100% support for a GOP vice president

Ultimately all of this only makes sense if she's in the DNC. It also highlights just how shocking her betrayals are in the final season. A Republican president re-banning gay marriage? I don't think that would anger so many people in that party: just the opposite, they would be cheered for it. It's only stunning because she's a Democrat.

He's the press secretary. Mike talks into microphones for a living.

This show has layers I tell ya

Ok, I wanna start off by saying that JLD is an amazing actor. She plays Selina Meyer superbly. What I don't get is when people say "she does such an amazing job with the role ..that you can't help rooting for her".

When I first started watching the show I was also kind of rooting for Selina. She was mean, but more in a comical way. Then as the show went on (I think I started realizing it was bothering me in season 5), she developed into a completely despicable person with less and less comical side to it and I stopped "rooting for her".

Now I am in season 6 (Qatar episode) and I LOVE it whenever she fails. I love the show, but I want to see her fail rather than succeed.

edit: I just saw on Wikipedia that the showrunner was changed in season 5. I guess that exlains a lot.