I gotta admit, I always forget that the Emmys don’t go down in the usual awards season of January-March, so the announcement of nominees always catches me somewhat by surprise. I’m bad at my...
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Veep review: “Crate”
So it turns out I was wrong about Veep‘s third season: it wasn’t trying to copy the pattern of Parks and Recreation‘s fourth season, which stretched a campaign out over twenty-two episodes. Rather, like...
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Veep review: “Debate”
(First off, let me apologize for the banner pic; I know it’s lame, but you try Googling “veep debate” and finding anything other than a million billion pictures of Joe Biden and fucking Paul...
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Veep review: “Detroit”
Between Veep, Silicon Valley, and Game of Thrones, HBO had a busy block of programming last night. “Detroit” was an interesting episode of Veep; it acted almost as a bottle episode and narratively it...
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Veep review: “Clovis”
I’m gonna go ahead and say that Dan Egan is the MVP of Veep tonight. “Clovis” was a good episode, delivering a healthy dose of the scathing humor that viewers expect from the show....
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HBO Renews Veep and Silicon Valley
HBO RENEWS VEEP FOR A FOURTH SEASON AND SILICON VALLEY FOR A SECOND SEASON LOS ANGELES, April 21, 2014 – HBO has renewed the comedy series VEEP for a fourth season and SILICON VALLEY for a second season,...
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Veep review: “The Choice”
It’s hard to tell what the titular choice is on Veep – on the surface, it’s whether Selina should posit herself as a pro-life or pro-choice candidate, but I think it might also refer...
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Veep review: “Some New Beginnings”
This is my first time reviewing Veep, and I find myself presented with a quandary. It would be so easy to list the best jokes of “Some New Beginnings” and call it a day...
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