In the Season 1 finale, an Ohio gubernatorial candidate balks at Selina's endorsement due to her current unpopularity, but Mike and Amy try to make the best of the vice president's emotions during their meeting. Meanwhile, Dan can't shake the clean-jobs bill debacle, especially when it could be the subject of a Congressional hearing.
Season finale escalates cringe comedy with 61 jokes across relentless character dysfunction.
Directed by Armando Iannucci · Written by Jesse Armstrong, Jesse Armstrong, Armando Iannucci
WAR
53.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Tears” ranks #47 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.9 — Great. The episode packs 61 scored jokes at 1.7 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Furlong landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
I mean, you've only got four years of this, so... Eight years, I guess, if we got reelected, obviously. 12 if you run for president. 16, two-term.
Gary Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Well, I'm a political leper, and I'm an emotional time bomb. So here's an idea... let's put me onstage.
You know those dreams where your football coach is screaming at you, you look down, you're dressed like Shirley Temple and then all your teeth fall out? That's like a Disney version of a congressional committee.
Larry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch I might as well nail a bunch of puppies to the ground and then start running them over and crush their skulls with my campaign bus.
we are currently polling lower than a side of beef with eyes drawn on it
Amy Absurdist Observational All Jokes — 61 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ The thing about Ohio is the weather is completely schizophrenic.
you're either freezing like a popsicle or you're sweating like a hog. Or a ballerina or modern dancer.
Gary Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Last I heard, he was three over par. Forum's not happening. Potus took a golf day.
Gary Irony/Sarcasm Observational Still up here in Cleveland, huh, will? Just rutting around with the regional swine?
Dan Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Oh, my God. With that provincial sensibility and that girlish figure, you're not gonna last.
Dan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Ah, I recognize you. You're one of Selina's little gay dwarves, aren't you?
Furlong Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort What, are you sappy? Is that it? Preppy?
Furlong Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch She's about as welcome here as a turd in a hot tub.
Furlong Setup/Punchline Observational I'd make more money if I installed will here as a full-time gloryhole greeter at a Georgetown gay bar. Which I'm pretty sure he already does part-time. Right, will?
We're trying to run a fundraiser and she's kind of toxic at the box office, all right? We're having to bump our silver plates up to gold plates, gold plates are going up to platinum plates.
First time I took this kid, one look at Kurt Cobain's shoes, he was bawling like a fucking baby. 'It's too soon! It's too soon!'
'Not great, admittedly'? Yeah, that should be the title of my fucking memoir.
66%. What? Approve. Oh! Sorry, disapprove.
I might as well nail a bunch of puppies to the ground and then start running them over and crush their skulls with my campaign bus.
All right, well, all due respect, cock nugget
Furlong Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy backseat, finger-fucking insider bullshit
Furlong Character Comedy Observational Don't endorse.
Furlong Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch She seems nice.
Dan Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement 66% disapprove. That's everyone in America who's awake right now.
Amy Escalation Observational It's tomato juice. It's the Ohio state beverage.
Gary Absurdist Observational Amy, you're gonna have to start getting everyone to like me.
Selina Character Comedy Absurdist Imagine something small has crawled up a dead cow's ass. And then that small thing actually dies itself. If that dead thing then farted out a sack of eggs, but each individual egg is a smaller, rotting dead thing, that's how toxic she is.
Jonah Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Golf. You know, men walking around with sticks talking about their careers.
Gary Observational Deadpan/Understatement Apologies, ma'am. 'Effed in the b-hole' across all networks.
Will Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort Where is it located, will? The toilet. More accurately, the crapper.
Do you sometimes think about, I don't know, I give you this and you give me that and black is up, but brown is down now? Do you know what I mean?
Selina Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch I mean, in life or even just with love, you know, I mean, at the end of the day, you know, aren't we just all finally just, you know, people?
Selina Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Don't you say it gives you no pleasure. When anybody ever says that, all they mean is that it does give them so much pleasure. I know what that means.
Selina Character Comedy Observational Don't you patronize me with your no jaw. You congressman no jaw.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort You know, my papaw used to say, 'it's always darkest before the storm.' It's always darkest before the dawn. And then he would kiss me.
Mike Character Comedy Misdirection I actually found it slightly erotic, too. That's why it took me so long to split up with Angie. She'd always cry, I'd always get a hard-on.
Dan Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive Then we've just got to tweak the tear nipple.
Dan Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort Chinese daughter torture. It's a good one.
Dan Dark/Subversive Character Comedy we are currently polling lower than a side of beef with eyes drawn on it
Amy Absurdist Observational What is that, a fax? Is that a message to yourself from 1988?
Dan Observational Irony/Sarcasm if I'm tired, imagine how tired the rubber makers are here in Ohio. Making rubber day in and day out. I feel that Ohio is the rubber ball state, if you think about it. Always bouncing back.
Selina Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch She is magnificent.
Amy Reaction Beat Irony/Sarcasm If she mentions my name, if I get the stamp of approval, the midas touch from Jenny shitfinger, I'm coming for you, pal.
Furlong Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun I saw a fucking crazy lady. That's what I saw.
Furlong Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Are they gonna live long enough to make it to election day, right behind me? Probably not. Hello, children who do not vote.
Selina Dark/Subversive Observational Well, there's two types of people. You got grabbers. And then you have the other kind. I don't have a name for that. The ones who don't grab.
The grabbers, right, they take the world by the scrotum, okay? And they make it happen.
I don't know what to say, so I'm just whispering instead.
Selina Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy You know those dreams where your football coach is screaming at you, you look down, you're dressed like Shirley Temple and then all your teeth fall out? That's like a Disney version of a congressional committee.
Larry Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch you might get what we call corpse fucking. That's what it's called where they take your mortal remains and have as much fun with it as they can.
Larry Dark/Subversive Escalation Well, I'm a political leper, and I'm an emotional time bomb. So here's an idea... let's put me onstage.
She can't cry three times in a day. That's three strikes and you're out. How big are her tear ducts? It's like they're fucking tidal.
We used to have a saying in our family. We used to say we're awfully embarrassed by our buckteeth. But we were mighty proud of our buckeyes.
Selina Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Don't forget your booster seat. Oh, shove it up your ass.
I've seen it, I've read it, I've eaten it, I've showered in it. I'm back, my babies.
Selina Escalation Character Comedy Yeah, you are. Like rubber Jesus.
Amy Callback Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback I engineered Selina crying on camera. I'm the puppet master. I'm Pinocchio. Pinocchio wasn't the puppet master, Mike. He was the puppet.
This is all I've ever wanted. This is all I've never wanted.
This is sad. You're like an old panda that's gonna get put down at the zoo. They bring kids in to watch that.
Dan Dark/Subversive Escalation Got played by team veep. They wanted me to make her cry. Hashtag FakeVeepWeep.
Holy Christ. Look at the size of this one. Buddy, I think you're as big as my gay dwarf.
Furlong Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback 'Cause you're gonna get your head shot, your back stabbed, and your nuts danced on.
See, now... now I want to cry. But I can't cry. You know, I mean, this job has fucked me up so bad. Now I don't fucking know if I can cry anymore.
Selina Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch I mean, you've only got four years of this, so... Eight years, I guess, if we got reelected, obviously. 12 if you run for president. 16, two-term.
Gary Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch That's Dan with a capital D and Egan with an open your fucking ears. Yes, E as in ears.
Dan Escalation Character Comedy