TV: HBO's Veep

[seventieslord]

"Your mom doesn't think you're pretty but I think you're stunning."

 

[SniperHF]

I've only seen the first two episodes but so far I've found this season by far the least funny and interesting. All the cast is split a few different ways so you lose the opportunity for certain mixes.

Also quite a lot of what I liked about the show was the Vice/President situation comedy aspects which are now almost entirely gone save for a few moments with Jonah as a congressman. Selena as former president doesn't give enough to work with in that area.

Throw in some extra hit/miss sex jokes, which were always there but are now the main bit in a lot of cases instead of just a side joke.

 

[TP]

I've only seen the first two episodes but so far I've found this season by far the least funny and interesting. All the cast is split a few different ways so you lose the opportunity for certain mixes.

Also quite a lot of what I liked about the show was the Vice/President situation comedy aspects which are now almost entirely gone save for a few moments with Jonah as a congressman. Selena as former president doesn't give enough to work with in that area.

Throw in some extra hit/miss sex jokes, which were always there but are now the main bit in a lot of cases instead of just a side joke.

Yea, I agree. This show usually has me dying laughing, but I think they are running out of ideas. Unless some major turn around happens, I don't think this one will last much longer.

 

[les Habs]

"I thought it was Craig T Nelson."

"Well my Dad and I both hate eating butterscotch, but love to say it. Butterscotch."

"Puberty at 19. When it hit, it hit like a ****ing thunderbolt."

"How will I know when I'm done?"

 

[Emperoreddy]

I ****ing loved this episode.

 

[seventieslord]

I love how Mike & Gary are Selina's *****es. It's just getting extreme now.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

I've only seen the first two episodes but so far I've found this season by far the least funny and interesting. All the cast is split a few different ways so you lose the opportunity for certain mixes.

Also quite a lot of what I liked about the show was the Vice/President situation comedy aspects which are now almost entirely gone save for a few moments with Jonah as a congressman. Selena as former president doesn't give enough to work with in that area.

Throw in some extra hit/miss sex jokes, which were always there but are now the main bit in a lot of cases instead of just a side joke.

Veep is slowly turning into non-appointment viewing for me. I miss the show when they were all working together but everyone is now split apart and I think I lost the storyline of what is going on. Everything seems all over the place and last week's episode was not funny. I still have last night's on the DVR and will watch it, but the deeper we get into this season the more I wish last year's finale had actually been the series finale.

 

[Hasbro]

This season feels like an extend epilogue.

"To be honest it was one less thing for me to worry about."

"This is a cemetery that sells gum!"

 

[seventieslord]

"To be honest it was one less thing for me to worry about."

- I had forgotten about that line!

 

[TP]

Better this week. Some great lines.

Print is dead... Though its not original.

Selina had some great ones that I can't type out though

 

[Hasbro]

Jonah's going to become president.

 

[TP]

This episode was hilarious. I was dying.

 

[wej20]

This episode was hilarious. I was dying.

Swearing was incredible. Pretty amazing to enjoy a show where pretty much ever character is an absolutely awful person.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

Read on the news that Veep has been renewed for a 7th season.

I wonder if the reason this show is still going is because Dreyfus is winning Emmy Awards. I'm having difficulty really getting into this season and while there are funny bits still, it feels less focused than it used to. Also, last season felt like the perfect series finale that this season feels tacked on.

 

[RayP]

Read on the news that Veep has been renewed for a 7th season.

I wonder if the reason this show is still going is because Dreyfus is winning Emmy Awards. I'm having difficulty really getting into this season and while there are funny bits still, it feels less focused than it used to. Also, last season felt like the perfect series finale that this season feels tacked on.

I've had no issues getting into this season, and it's been hilarious from the get-go for me. Just been getting better and better by the episode the season, IMO.

 

[seventieslord]

I thought the glimpse into Furlong's home life was just outstanding.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

I thought the glimpse into Furlong's home life was just outstanding.

That was the best part of this last episode.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I still love this show.

 

[StrangeVision]

Jonah's going to become president.

This would be perfect.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Jonah becoming president seems even more likely.

This episode had me laughing a lot

 

[Virtanen18]

With Selena as his veep. Perfection.

I'm not crazy about how this season has been story-wise, but its humour is as good as ever.

 

[RayP]

The Turducken line and how Richard said it was the hardest I've laughed in a long time.

 

[seventieslord]

"Does anyone even care about two average looking lesbians?"

 

[SniperHF]

I was really down on the first two episodes but the next 4 were much better. Still has the situation issues I mentioned in my last post; I'm just not that interested in post-politics (for now) Meyer. But it's been a lot smarter and funnier the last 4 episodes.

 

[Hasbro]

I'm leery of another season, but I can put up with the disjointed nature for an epilogue and great insults like "You look like the world's least ****ed geisha."