Veep only gets better and better with each season, and given that the show was so incredibly good to begin with, that's high praise indeed. This season finds the show hitting the campaign trail with Selina and company as she makes a run for president, giving the show fresh meat to chew on with the same ferocious, take-no-prisoners vicious humor that it's used on all of American politics. More than that, it's shaken up some of the status quo, pushing Jonah into a series of new roles that gives him all new ways to be an idiot and be attacked, rearranging the power structure of the support staff, and pushing Kevin Dunn and Gary Cole more and more into the spotlight. And if all that's not enough, the show's writing is every bit as sharp (and, yes, profane) as it's ever been, delivering a slew of incredible lines that reduce me to tears week in and week out. Whether it's depicting an early campaign debate, following the various ways a piece of gossip can become news, or simply watching people scrabble and fight to attach themselves to the biggest campaign, Veep eviscerates whatever it does with humor, black comedy, and spectacular insight. And the whole season ended on a fairly jaw-dropping note, changing the nature of the show fundamentally into something wholly different, and it's something I'm pretty eager to see. I've argued now for two seasons that Veep is one of the smartest, funniest shows on television, and it's more and more true with each passing year; season 3 was absolutely fantastic, and the season's ending and the possible sea change it promises leaves me eager to see if it can somehow keep getting better.
- Josh Mauthe
- Josh Mauthe
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