Opinion: 'Veep' was TV’s finest tragedy — and a horrifying story about the pursuit of power
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in HBO's"Veep." By Sonny Bunch Sonny Bunch Bio Follow May 15 at 9:00 AM This post contains spoilers for the series finale of “Veep,” so please proceed with caution.
Indeed, one wonders whether the show’s writers weren’t predicting just this eclipse when, after flashing forward 24 years to Selina’s funeral, coverage of her burial is interrupted by news that America’s Sweetheart, Tom Hanks, has died at the age of 88. It’s a comic, bittersweet capstone to a life that was consumed by the pursuit of power for its own sake.
Gary is just one of the many to have fallen at Selina’s feet. To obtain an endorsement from an evangelical Democrat , she came out against same-sex marriage, costing her the love of her lesbian daughter, Catherine . Her husband, Andrew , faked his own death to avoid prison time for shenanigans related to her charitable foundation. Loyal hatchet man Ben Cafferty has quit the great game because Selina’s demands gave him a heart attack.
But it’s the president’s pollster — Kent Davison , the perfectly groomed, utterly unflappable, apolitical numbers guy who seems to care about nothing but his models — who drives home the magnitude of Selina’s immorality here. “F — k the numbers!” Kent screams after Selina makes her case. “I will not be part of a campaign, let alone an administration, that includes Jonah Ryan as vice president! That is an entirely unacceptable outcome.
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