Veep: Season 2

VEEP is a hilarious show . . . with really foul language; so, the kids shouldn't be in the room when you watch this! I'm not a Julia Louis-Dreyfus fan (my least favorite of the four in Seinfeld), but she's fantastic in this! "Buster" (Tony Hale) from "Arrested Development" is her assistant, and is hilarious. His part was funnier in Season One, though. This shows is a satire of Washington, its waste, the crassness of its people, and the nature of raw politics, with its instantaneously shifting loyalties, based on "who's in the position of power this instant." The show is filled with characters insulting one another constantly. I've never heard such funny and creative insults; and they're delivered matter-of-fact and seriously. Too funny.

In case you are wondering why one might buy the Blu-ray version of Veep, here's 3 reasons:[1] Extra/Bonus/Special Features: There are extensive deleted scenes for each episode, a few of them fairly long.[2] Veep is the type of show that I will want to watch more than once. A year from now I may remember the storylines, but likely not the zingers that will make laugh again.[3] Why did I spend extra $ for crisp picture quality when it's only a sitcom? Well, because Anna Chlumsky (Amy, the Vice President's Chief of Staff) is so damn cute and I want to see her face in high resolution. (Is that creepy?)As for why you'd want to watch Veep at all: there are already 86 five-star reviews written, so don't just take my word for it.🙌

This is a consistently funny spot-on comedy/satire that hits all the right notes on the absurdity of American politics. The cast is excellent and particularly Julia-Louis Dreyfus who can alternately show the befuddlement of our elected officials when faced with difficult decisions and the desire to maintain some semblance of sanity in an insane environment. The language is coarse and the jokes are sometimes borderline offensive, but this show consistently packs a punch that is humorous without being hackneyed. Highly recommended.

I really like the cast of this show... Even the characters who you can't stand (almost all of them are self centered backstabbers) are great just because the actors are all perfect for the roles they play. They can make you laugh just by a look or gesture. The writing is funny (sometimes a bit juvenile but thats par for a lot of comedy shows). We just started watching this show a couple of weeks ago and have been binge watching every chance we get. The only thing I dont like is the Veep's relationship with her daughter. I feel so sorry for her that it's hard to see the humor in any scenes where she is interacting with Selena. If it weren't for that heartbreaking relationship maybe I would rate the show a 5.

Well written and acted convincingly. The verbal barbs are nothing short of lethal. VEEP's staff is shown to be the mix of insanity, incompetence, and selfishness that we expect to find in any mixed group of employees, although we futilely hope not in high levels of our government.This show points out what we all suspect is true, that the people who lead and represent us are the same kind of morons that we have to deal with daily in our own lives. If you believe the show's premise, then you will see that it explains a lot of what we read in the daily news.I think that reality is more like this than any of us really want to admit.

Politics is no laughing matter these days but this show really does a humorous job of depicting some really strange people in politics so much so that one has to wonder if some of the material is based on fact. Julia has become a treasure of the american comedic scene. She is the show and watching her is nothing if not a pleasure and i know of no better way of closing out a hard day with plenty of laughs. I am not a fan of the cussing and could use a lot less of it but the show is great fun and i do the best i can to ignore it. The show has my vote which is more then i can say about some politicians running these days.

Season 1 was a great introduction to Selina Meyer and her team of misfits, but season 2 was just more of the same. My main complaint about season 1 was how incompetent her team was over and over again, and season 2 didn't stray far from this. I still enjoyed watching JLD as the VP struggling to make her mark, but I would have enjoyed more character development with the supporting cast. You see the writers attempt to do this with the introduction of Amy's family and Gary's girlfriend and even the plotline about Mike's debt, but none of these really further any of the supporting characters.

I'd actually give this a 4-1/2 if it was available. Take West Wing, make it about a neurotic, utterly insensitive and completely self-involved presidential wannabe VP, add a good measure of off-color language and subtract the loyalty and professionalism of the West Wing's staff, and you have VEEP! Great casting and wickedly witty writing! The back rooms of DC have never been so raunchily protrayed in a tv series! This show is a great way to spend a half hour or several hours if you like to binge watch, like I do! Can't wait for season 3 to come to prime!

The second season is consistent with the first one, both very well written for a quick pace providing zany humour.All episodes for both seasons worth watching twice over time especially the "Helsinki" one in season two.Reminds one of the old expression about the good ol' US of A - "Love the people, but hate the politics", however,With the manner Veep writers portray American politics, it is a double-edged sword.

Nous avions laissé Selina Meyer et sa bande d’incompétents (qui s’était agrandie en cours de saison). Nous la retrouvons au beau milieu des midterms, ces élections couperet de mi-mandat qui s’annoncent mal pour son parti... mais peut etre bien pour elle? car elle essaye désespérément de se forger une image de présidentiable, pour etre prete le jour ou... ca ne se passe pas sans une maladresse d’un membre du staff, de sa fille ou de son ex-mari - on dirait qu’ils se donnent le mot! Louis-Dreyfus est FANTASTIQUE a tel point que je ne peux pas imaginer une autre femme présidente qu’elle IRL!A voir en anglais pour profiter de toutes les joyeusetés de langage et parce que les voix originales sont quand meme beaucoup mieux!

Lots of fun.

Excellent.

Love it