On a fundraising trip in Silicon Valley, Selina is challenged by an anti-fracking mom and visits the campus of Clovis, a tech company with an ambitious young CEO. In D.C., Jonah makes a crude viral video of the Selina-mom encounter, and Dan, with Ben's help, gets an idea for a rumor he can spread against Chung.
Escalation-driven cringe hits 81 points with 82 jokes compressed into 35 minutes.
Directed by Armando Iannucci · Written by Andy Riley, Roger Drew, Kevin Cecil
WAR
76.3
Wins Above Replacement
“Clovis” ranks #29 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.1 — Elite. The episode packs 82 scored jokes at 2.4 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Selina landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Jonah with money. God Almighty. It's like if Hitler could fly.
Amy Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch the words 'Danny Chung' and 'torture'... they don't belong in the same sentence. They don't. 'Danny Chung'? 'Torture'? Come on.
Selina Irony/Sarcasm Escalation ★ Rewatch like you're C-3PO with a big, brass, shiny erection
Selina Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Because unlike your boss, his day-to-fuck-up ratio isn't one to one.
Ben Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch My brain feels like it's being fucking circumcised.
Dan Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 82 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Very inspirational speech, ma'am. Come on, you wrote it, you can't review it.
Aide Selina Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch This is what DC must have been like under Jefferson... except that would have been a horse, right?
Aide Absurdist Observational She might have a 'great sense of density' for this nation
Staff Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort 20,000 and Selina sits on your lap. - What did you just say? - No, not really.
Dan Selina Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Gary, what are you doing? You look like a newborn giraffe.
I was just fanning myself with my arm.
Gary Deadpan/Understatement Physical/Slapstick I call that an 'ussy.'
Selina Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch - She's nine months. - Okay, she's rounding up.
They've been fracking in our area.
Cassie Setup/Punchline Absurdist We need to make that woman go away. - And I don't mean kill her. - Kill her.
Oh, my God, I've got the baby!
Selina Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch She was like a beached whale with one flipper fucking around in the air, and you were nowhere to push her back in the sea.
Dan Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch That baby had a mean look in its eyes, like its mama.
Dan Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch I'm calling this 'Pacific Trim.' - You know what 'trim' is? - Yeah? - It's twat.
Remember, while you're there, do not use 'Google' as a verb. They 'Yahoo' things there.
Amy Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch I lose women and what am I left with? I'm left with gay Latinos and Jews at college, I guess.
Selina Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch I have to succeed where the Republican Guard failed.
Selina Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch You know, they say all babies are cute, but whoever 'they' are should be stuck in a stroller and pushed into traffic.
Amy Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch So, the Veep's gone to Silicon Valley of the Dolls. And instead of California dreaming, she's got 'em California screaming.
Jonah Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline 'But I've been drinking that frack water, and look what it's gone done to my titty milk!' 'My baby, oh, my baby!'
Jonah Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Sue. Sue-ster. Sue of steel. Sue-Sue-Sue-dio.
Jonah Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jonah, get off the line. And then the planet.
Sue Escalation Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dan-zibar, what's happening?
Kent Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch He just swallowed his phone in fear.
I haven't seen my penis since the first Gulf War, and I kinda miss the little guy.
Ben Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Well, seems his unit in Iraq did that to some poor slob with a drill.
Ben Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement It's still Tuesday for another six minutes.
Ben Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Mike, I am balls deep in this omelet.
Mike Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch No, you shouldn't make your first million until you're in your 30s. That's what Andrew and I did. It kept us completely grounded.
Selina Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Poor kids, they don't realize they're all gonna be executed by the time they turn 30.
Selina Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch I am the oldest person at Clovis by five years. I feel ancient. - You must be 12 years old, then.
Absolutely, although it is pronounced 'Cray-eeg.' - 'Creg.' - 'Cray-eeg.' - 'Cray-eeg.' Very close. - 'Cray-eeg.' - That's it. Well done, Amy.
Oh. You got it right, 'Ah-mee.'
Melissa Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback We could 'build' a consensus.
Kent Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort My brain feels like it's being fucking circumcised.
Dan Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Get me a cheeseburger made of aspirin.
Dan Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch You're gonna sit there and piss your pants like a man while I take your money.
Ben Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch I got a hangover worse than the film they made after 'The Hangover.'
Craig's coding hour is sacred. It happens every day. but you don't know when.
Melissa Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch No, ma'am, that's Ron Jeremy. - I know, he's a great actor. He was Scar in 'The Lion King.' - That was Jeremy Irons. Ron Jeremy is a porn legend.
What are you doing? - It's like a rollaway. But there's no wheels.
Three pretty ladies, like Saturday night at Chez Jonah.
Because unlike your boss, his day-to-fuck-up ratio isn't one to one.
Ben Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Our withdrawal from Afghanistan has been more 'momentarily' than this.
Kent Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch I shouldn't say this because I majored in math, but you have my 1000% attention.
Craig Character Comedy Absurdist She's our 'financy Nancy,' but she's cool, sometimes. - I can be cool sometimes.
So pretty. The museums are too big. They could be smaller.
Craig Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch If it's a phone and watch, just call it a 'Fotch.' Or a 'Wone.'
Selina Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy If you wanted it to bomb.
Craig Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement I feel like we're sawing a tree or something. Now we're milking a cow.
Selina Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch We have a saying here at Clovis... 'Dare to fail.' - Then that's a job well done.
We have a saying here at Clovis... 'Dare to fail.' - Then that's a job well done.
Hey, do you think I should go with this? I'm probably going to, but if you think I shouldn't go with it, just call me back. Okay? Call me back if I shouldn't go with it.
Jonah Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch The Smartch learns quickly. It's like it has an Asian mother.
Gary Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Now I'm getting fucked harder that way.
Selina Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Technically, becoming vice president could count as making it.
Amy Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Yeah, I can't take it from them, too. You know? A girl gets tired.
Selina Character Comedy ★ Rewatch We see ourselves as very much post-tax. You don't follow politics, I thought. Or you do now follow politics?
People want to work with us more than they want to be paid. That's a given.
Craig Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch If that plan works, you've changed humanity.
Amy Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Fair enough. Four to six. He said he's a popular guy, so... - I didn't say that. - Yes, he definitely said that.
Oh, my God. You see these brains? See why I'm pattin' 'em? Because they are made of solid platinum.
Jonah Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Jonah with money. God Almighty. It's like if Hitler could fly.
Amy Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Fuck you, Kent Davison. Fuck you, Mrs. Gravestock from the third grade. Fuck you, stepdad one and stepdad three.
Jonah Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch I think I just had a money-gasm.
Jonah Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort It's like if Hitler could fly.
Amy Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch After taxes, it's like 500,000. It's nothing. What are you gonna do with that?
Dan Character Comedy Escalation 'Cause when you do that to the vice president, this is what happens!
Selina Physical/Slapstick Escalation like you're C-3PO with a big, brass, shiny erection
Selina Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch They have a bathroom here, or do they put their turds up in the cloud?
Selina Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch I'm flattered, but the sheer positivity of this place would break me.
Amy Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Go fuck yourself. Sorry, that's the opposite of what I meant to say.
Amy Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch It was a masseuse. - That makes total sense now. - Who did you think it was?
Not to split hairs or anything, but it was a man. So, technically, it's a masseur, not a masseuse.
some people call me 'Madam Vice President.' But you can call me whatever you want, Craig. - 'Cray-eeg.'
the words 'Danny Chung' and 'torture'... they don't belong in the same sentence. They don't. 'Danny Chung'? 'Torture'? Come on.
Selina Irony/Sarcasm Escalation ★ Rewatch And I wonder what magician got that little story out there?
Craig Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential I can buy a thousand Amys.
Craig Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch You take that chicken soup and you shove it up your soul.
Jonah Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch I got some meat you can put in your mouth. You fuckin' asshole! Hey, you want a complimentary soda?
Jonah Character Comedy Escalation You fucked me, Dan. You fucked me with your face.
Jonah Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch In the ladies' restroom, they have some sort of an Internet toilet. I couldn't figure out how to flush it. It's got all these buttons that freak me out
Selina Character Comedy Observational