Veep

[GORDON]

HBO Max

Elaine from Seinfeld is the VP of the USA. This show is sort of like that show, without the laugh track. Just a weird sort of awkward, ridiculous situations that seem sort of realistic.

And there's a callback to a famous Seinfeld gag Elaine got in, in season 1.

I'm only in s1. At least 7. It might be done already.

[GORDON]

I'm somewhere in seasons 4 or 5, out of 7.

Interesting observations:

- Takes place in fictional universe. No real political people mentioned or featured.
- This show is about politics, but it's all of them snarking through politics.
- These characters are 1% trying to do a good job, and 99% trying to keep their jobs, every episode.
- I don't think they've said the words "republican" or "democrat" a single time.

So, worth watching for something light. I stand by my "seinfeld" style humor, without the laugh track. This chick could almost be "What happened if Elaine Benis became VP."

[GORDON]

Holy shit, they depicted college kids as... needing to be taken out back and shot.

Person goes to a college where they're being protested against, unfairly. Steps out of the car this person gets shouted down by everyone. Person tries to get a word in edgewise... college girl shrieks, "HOW DARE YOU TALK OVER ME! I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HEARD."

Holy shit.

[GORDON]

The show is getting tedious by the last season, you can only see a person get screwed over and over until you get the point. But I'll say this much... I've never seen a show that went full in on making fun of

Season 7 spoiler:

Making fun of abortion with a woman literally still laying in bed bleeding from the crotch.

[GORDON]

Well that didn't go the way I expected.

I expected she'd be the lovable underdog, but by the last couple seasons she was clearly full-on evil.