The president is shaken by a dramatic incident at the White House.
Family dynamics episode trades Veep's usual pace for character depth, landing just below excellence.
Directed by Becky Martin · Written by David Quantick, Roger Drew
WAR
68.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Mommy Meyer” ranks #46 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 78.0 — Elite. The episode packs 77 scored jokes at 2.1 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.7 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
You know, those kids have been dead for a while.
Kent Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch He comes here to kill me and he doesn't even know my name?
Selina Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Jesus Christ, Bill, you're shaking like a dog shitting a peach pit.
Ben Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Gary, every room you're in is a panic room.
Ben Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch The Meyer campaign used the health records of dead children to target and appeal to voters who were recently bereaved parents.
Mike Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 77 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ You don't have the cheekbones for depression.
it's falling apart like a punched wedding cake
Gary Wordplay/Pun Observational Take this fork, stab me right here in the carotid.
Selina Dark/Subversive Escalation You are the most influential Mike person in the world.
Gary Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy That's basically a quiz on the entire world.
Selina Observational Character Comedy I'm not sure what a fake car would be exactly.
I should be president or something.
That would have been a mistake. Huge mistake. It was lacrosse players.
Jonah Escalation Misdirection ★ Rewatch Did you all have tattoos?
Gary Observational Character Comedy Did you have to kill a guy? You could pardon yourself now.
Plus we had tits and ass. So we had the whole thing going for us, really.
Selina Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Well, that's fucking not good.
Selina Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Yeah, and that they don't demand more gun control.
Ben Dark/Subversive Character Comedy He's got a thoughts and prayers template.
Sue Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch If I keep going at this rate, I'm gonna have gout of the mouth.
Amy Wordplay/Pun Observational in a way that is deeply feminist... in a way that's deeply capitalist.
Dan Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Are we at war with clay?
Amy Observational Absurdist Oh, I know this. It's candy.
Amy Misdirection Character Comedy This place is like a porn shoot with bunting.
Dan Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch And it's about as doomed as my donut habit.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Just like that Jesus guy.
Mike Deadpan/Understatement put it up on craigslist or something?
Selina Observational Misdirection Well, that's the dream, certainly, but I'm not sure we'll achieve it in this generation.
Selina Irony/Sarcasm Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Well, that sounds like the world's worst Dr. Seuss book.
Ben Observational Character Comedy Jesus Christ, Bill, you're shaking like a dog shitting a peach pit.
Ben Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Gary, every room you're in is a panic room.
Ben Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch What are you going to do with a clock? Tell him he's late?
Ben Observational Deadpan/Understatement He comes here to kill me and he doesn't even know my name?
Selina Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch It's like if dogs could talk.
Mike Observational Character Comedy That's exactly how it was, dumbass.
Jonah Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Sa-shi-mi... Listen to the shus and the mis.
Yeah, help you forget about being molested.
Richard Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Oh, duck 'cause I ducked. Very clever. Very funny.
I'll take all of it.
Selina Character Comedy Observational Ah, to be 20 years younger, right? I would be in diapers.
Amy Setup/Punchline Misdirection My God, where were you born, Lake Homo?
Ben Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Calamity James. And that's just off the top of my head.
Ben Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Just get him off, you fucking mannequin.
Just get him off, you fucking mannequin.
Ben Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Are you trying to hitch a ride? What is that?
Ben Observational Physical/Slapstick Why the fuck did you bring up balloons if we don't have them?
Ben Escalation Character Comedy So I'm in the firing line for the second time today.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy words don't kill people, unlike guns, which can and did. Which is bad. It's so bad.
Mike Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Yeah, he just made an enemy of every stupid person with a gun, and there are a lot of those.
Dan Dark/Subversive Observational You might be the smartest woman I've ever paid for.
Dan Dark/Subversive Character Comedy I don't have a magic car or whatever he had.
Mike Character Comedy Observational You'll tie a ribbon around Elvis's sagging, rotten ball sack if we ask you to, Mike.
Ben Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch It's like they took the word brain tumor and changed it to Selina Cyst.
Selina Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy He's going freestyle. God, that is so fucking gangster.
Ben Character Comedy Observational Sir, awesome and amazing had a baby and it grew up to be you.
Jonah Character Comedy Escalation awesome and amazing had a baby and it grew up to be you.
Jonah Character Comedy Setup/Punchline It's like words are your second language, sir.
Richard Misdirection Character Comedy Don't know why I said T. My middle name is John.
Richard Character Comedy Awkward Silence Surprisingly well. Like vodka and cereal.
Amy Observational Character Comedy Well, construction brings builders. Builders bring sex workers. And sex workers bring STDs. A virtuous circle.
Plus I had my whole face done.
Selina Character Comedy Misdirection I have been sober for 27 hours, so let me take that off your hand while I jump off the wagon.
Selina Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Come on. All I did... I just went... How can anybody not love him? He's like your dad except he's nice.
Jonah Character Comedy Setup/Punchline I like my bourbon like I like my women... 18 years old and wet.
Kent Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline I'm not. I mean, he wasn't gay. He was just an asshole.
Anna Character Comedy Escalation What's for dessert, a tub of ice cream and four spoons?
Friend Observational Character Comedy Fuck my face.
Selina Reaction Beat Character Comedy Thank God, because tax law was never your strength.
What's 15%? What's 15%?
Friend Callback Character Comedy Callback The Meyer campaign used the health records of dead children to target and appeal to voters who were recently bereaved parents.
Mike Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch The Meyer campaign used the health records of dead children to target and appeal to voters who were recently bereaved parents.
Mike Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch You know, those kids have been dead for a while.
Bill Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch You know, those kids have been dead for a while.
Kent Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch I'd like to press his meat.
Friend Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline It's really difficult talking to you now that you're sober.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort No, Gary, it's the same one. He's doing a victory lap.
Selina Observational Dark/Subversive I shook Jack Nicholson's hand and I thought, 'If this hand could talk, it would say 'wash me.''
Gary Observational Character Comedy Well, if the intruder kills you, Mike, then who's gonna announce your death?
Amy Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Your face looks kind of like a sad egg.
Richard Observational Character Comedy The only person who's interested in killing you, Deborah, is here in this room.
Selina Dark/Subversive Character Comedy The only person who's interested in killing you, Deborah, is here in this room.
Selina Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch 