Selina sends a tweet and Mike must deal with the consequences. Amy feels usurped by Bob, and begins to be troubled by his behavior. At a museum gala, Gary finds himself the belle of the ball.
Veep's sharpest political satire: 78 jokes in 35 minutes at peak density.
Directed by Chris Addison · Written by Steve Koren
WAR
83.9
Wins Above Replacement
“The Eagle” ranks #15 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 83.4 — Elite. The episode packs 78 scored jokes at 2.2 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.0 on impact, with Unknown landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Funny thing about elections, historically there've always been leftover ballots. Sometimes up to 16% end up missing or thrown out
Richard Observational Misdirection ★ Rewatch Dan, Sophie doesn't work for CBS. She works for CVS. You sold your dick for bulk iced tea and off-brand cough syrup.
Unknown Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Oh, come on, please, Bob, I would never stay at Caesar's.
Selina Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Whose side were you on?
Selina Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch which is not a newspaper, it's a legal brothel. But she did seem excited to help the campaign in whichever way she could.
Jonah Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 78 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Oh, loving it. Want another one? - Yeah, I do. - I'm really sorry. - I'm really, really, really sorry. - Now sing it.
Even Wall Street's got a boner for you guys. - Really? The market's up? - No, it's flat. But not down is straight up for us at this point.
I got a great idea. Why don't we give the Chinese their own log-ins and passwords? Okay? Save everybody a lot of time.
- Got a few fowl questions. - What?
Charlie says O'Brien won't go down on his wife without biscuits and gravy.
Selina Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch I mean, seriously, do we have any reason to think that we're not as fucked as a Senate page here?
Unknown Dark/Subversive Observational Christ, Kent, know your audience.
Unknown Reaction Beat Character Comedy Hey, Garfield, we're right in the middle of talking about Nevada, okay?
Unknown Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm What Alan Turing is trying to say is if there are missing votes, he needs time to find them.
Unknown Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch And after I'm done dick slapping him, he will have agreed to delay certification.
Bob Dark/Subversive Character Comedy - Amy, set it up. - The injunction or the dick slapping?
Selina Amy Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch I just... I feel trapped like a Saudi housekeeper.
Selina Dark/Subversive Observational Oh, come on, please, Bob, I would never stay at Caesar's.
Selina Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Catherine, do not use any of the vulgar parts. - Yeah, but that's like all of it, Mom.
Dan, Sophie doesn't work for CBS. She works for CVS. You sold your dick for bulk iced tea and off-brand cough syrup.
Unknown Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Don't worry. You're gonna look really cute in a blue vest.
Unknown Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback I am not having a good year.
Dan Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Because they're a sneaky bunch of fucks.
Selina Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Sorry, Kent, Salt and Moon, new restaurant.
Mike Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Well, Sue uses my name for POTUS reservations, so when I call, I get an amazing table.
Mike Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Please, Marjorie, please. I have to talk to the president. - Please take a step back.
Hi, ma'am. If you hear this, do not tweet. - Mike, what are you doing?
Hi, ma'am. If you hear this, do not tweet. / Please, stop... ma'am?
Gary Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch I just direct messaged Charlie. - No, it was public. Everybody saw it on Twitter.
I pushed that feather button. - I know, you tweet... that's a tweet.
Selina Mike Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Gary, I did it the way you showed me to do it. - But that's not the way I showed you to do... - That's exactly the way that you showed me to do it.
You better not.
Selina Escalation Character Comedy Well, what the FOL are we supposed to do about this?
Selina Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Phones are hacked all the time to steal pictures of celebrities' penises and whatnot.
Kent Deadpan/Understatement Observational Maybe the firewalls have more holes in them than a gold digger's diaphragm.
Unknown Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive My God, I hated those things.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Oh, no, ma'am, no. You have no idea what happened. And neither does Mike, who would be outraged by this.
Unknown Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Actually, ma'am, I have a better idea. - No, you don't, Mike. History has proven that.
It's been the cornerstone of American foreign policy since the Spanish American War.
Unknown Observational Dark/Subversive You're the one who suggested we all live in the Matrix. - Ma'am, nobody chose to live in the Matrix.
Whose side were you on?
Selina Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Have them what? Have them help us park in front of a fire hydrant?
Selina Setup/Punchline Observational I don't know why. My only jobs seem to be asking Bob and finding out what Bob thinks.
Amy Character Comedy Observational Oh, but on your way, would you mind stopping at ABC News and picking up some Advil? Oh, did I say ABC News? I meant Rite Aid.
Unknown Setup/Punchline Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Good night, have a pleasant evening, and I had sex with your sister.
Dan Escalation Character Comedy You might actually want to go to Rite Aid. Get some Valtrex.
Amy Setup/Punchline Escalation You might actually want to go to Rite Aid. Get some Valtrex.
Amy Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch No, no, that's impossible 'cause he's Mike McLintock
Unknown Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch did you shave it off of Freddie Mercury's corpse?
Will Dark/Subversive Escalation This is my fat johnson and you can suck it as long as you promise not to put your dirty gay mustache on it.
Unknown Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Jesus, you think I married that?
Will Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Christ, she looks like a Batman villain.
Unknown Observational Character Comedy Does a bear piss in the shower?
Bob Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Yes! This is better than phone sex. - Well, I just came.
One heck of a job, Amy.
Ben Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Those things cause cancer, you know
Unknown Observational Deadpan/Understatement What we have here is a classic thumb in the apple pie situation and Grandma is mad as hell. She spent all day cooking...
Bob Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch We all know you're as folksy as a butter churn lamp, but let me cut to the chase.
Whitman Setup/Punchline Observational there's never been a Whitman's Sampler I couldn't take apart piece by piece and shit out, Madam President.
Bob Character Comedy Dark/Subversive there's never been a Whitman's Sampler I couldn't take apart piece by piece and shit out
Bob Wordplay/Pun Escalation ★ Rewatch A lady president? Yeah, maybe in the year 2000.
Bob Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Ned Mitchell died in 2006. And the 'Las Vegas Gazette' stopped publishing in 2007.
Jonah Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort which is not a newspaper, it's a legal brothel. But she did seem excited to help the campaign in whichever way she could.
Jonah Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch which is not a newspaper, it's a legal brothel. But she did seem excited to help the campaign in whichever way she could
Jonah Misdirection Escalation ★ Rewatch Ma'am, at his age, if he can take a shit whenever he wants, that's a major victory.
Unknown Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive this meeting cannot make it past the School Book Depository. I'm loading my gun and heading to the sixth floor.
Amy Dark/Subversive Observational Alzheimer's or no, I image-searched Susan Bailey and she is legit fuckable.
Jonah Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback This is like that famous scene from the movie 'Heat.' You know, with De Niro and Brenneman. Just thinking about that scene gives me goose bumps
Richard Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch This is like that famous scene from the movie 'Heat.' You know, with De Niro and Brenneman. Just thinking about that scene gives me goose bumps.
Richard Character Comedy Observational Well, hopefully she arrives before we all turn into fossils.
Charlie Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm Yeah, turns out he's nuttier than a squirrel's diaper.
Sometimes up to 16% end up missing or thrown out. - Is that what this is about? - The missing ballots in Washoe County.
Funny thing about elections, historically there've always been leftover ballots. Sometimes up to 16% end up missing or thrown out
Richard Observational Misdirection ★ Rewatch Holy bacon double Asperger's.
And you can't say 'Meet the Parents' 'cause that's automatically number one.
Unknown Observational Character Comedy She's a fucking cunt. - You didn't hear it from me.
In many cultures, the word vote can mean a myriad of things. It can mean a celebration. It can mean a dance around a fire. It can mean a silent nod.
What kind of soup do you have today? - Um, what kind of soup is on your mind? - Well, what is today? - Um... it's Thursday. - Thursday? - Yup. - Navy bean. So delicious.
Bob Unknown Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Bob Bradley. Nice to meet you, sir.
Bob Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Otlow had grown more erratic following post office closures last year by the Meyer Postal Commission.
Can I not have just one minute to enjoy this? / I'll ask the Chinese
Thanks, buttfucker.
Bob Character Comedy Dark/Subversive