# VEEP: New HBO series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-new-hbo-series/619809 "2012-04-24T15:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-new-hbo-series/619809/61 "2012-06-10T18:12:59Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I heard an interview on N.P.R. with Armando Iannucci and it made me curious about his prior work. In particular, it was noted that Anna Chlumsky’s character was based on her role in _In the Loop_, so I looked it up on Netflix. It was freaking fantastic, especially Peter Capaldi’s Malcolm Tucker. Freaking fantastic. I loved his foul-mouthed Scottish bully, and his mini-me, played by Paul Higgins. There’s loads of great Armando stuff: _The Day Today_, _Knowing Me Knowing You_, _I’m Alan Partridge_ etc. Veep isn’t on here yet, but you need to see _The Thick of It_ ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-new-hbo-series/619809/62 "2012-06-10T21:54:54Z")
I looked it up and it’s not on Netflix. I understand that Malcolm is the main character in that series. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-new-hbo-series/619809/63 "2012-06-11T21:03:49Z")
I didn’t quite get this episode. What was Dan so worried about? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-new-hbo-series/619809/64 "2012-06-12T03:05:16Z")
The thing they highlighted in the “previously on”, where the VP says she can’t know what he knows. I was never entirely sure what that storyline was about; at some point it was implied that Dan did something offscreen to manipulate a vote, like by making a backroom promise or something. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-new-hbo-series/619809/65 "2012-06-13T14:48:27Z")
After the President killed one of Selina’s pet policies (Clean Jobs, probably, since that’s all they talk about), her bill no longer had a sponsor to bring it to the Senate floor (and presumably would have been vetoed had it passed). Dan hatched a plan to have Sen MacCauley introduce certain portions of the legislation as an amendment to a budget bill. The amendment vote was split 50-50, leaving Selina to break the tie - and left with the choice of supporting what she believed in and campaigned on, or following the President’s wishes. She chose to defeat the amendment. While nothing Dan did was probably illegal, exposing the fact that the VP’s office was involved in re-introducing legislation that the President intended to kill, and attaching it to a budget bill to force his hand on signing it into law, is a political disaster for everyone in the VP’s office. Thus, if called before a hearing, Dan would have to choose between sinking his career (and possibly Selina’s career) or committing perjury and running the risk of sinking his career and being sent to jail. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-new-hbo-series/619809/66 "2012-06-13T18:42:53Z")
I just watched the last episode. Nice to see some scenes set in Cleveland, although other than the skyline establishing shot, none of the views out the hotel windows were of Cleveland (Baltimore, I assume). I was more annoyed than amused by the backbiting and small-mindedness of the Veep’s staff. The candidate for governor of Ohio was also a hateful shit. I guess I’ve realized that I wince more than I laugh when I watch this show. Don’t think I’ll come back for the second season. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-new-hbo-series/619809.md?page=3)