So far this is, if not the best, one of the best episodes of VEEP. I enjoyed this episode so much. I couldn't help myself from cracking. I was drinking water and I spilled water watching this episode just like Pierce did throughout the debate. I frickin' loved this episode.
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Surprisingly couldn't even finish this one
yavermbizi2 March 2021
My overall rating of "Veep"'s Season 3: 5/10
This is the episode that really contributed to sinking this season's score for me - it is awful. I think the format works very poorly to start off with: I've skimmed through my fair share of US presidential debates, had a lot of laughs at /r/PresidentialRaceMemes (even though it's progressively become a subreddit of Sanders fanatics), immensely enjoyed SNL's biting debates satire etc, but this episode just didn't do it for me. I think at least some of it is that inventing gaffes is just boring humour: gaffes are the more fun the more bizarre and unexpected they are, and in this episode you just expect all sorts of things to go wrong, and they do, so comedic value is lost. Additionally, appearance-related humour is boring and unpleasant; Catherine is likewise; people blurting secrets out is run-of-the-mill sitcom level (although a recurring problem in the series); and Wendy's plotline makes next to no sense.
This is the episode that really contributed to sinking this season's score for me - it is awful. I think the format works very poorly to start off with: I've skimmed through my fair share of US presidential debates, had a lot of laughs at /r/PresidentialRaceMemes (even though it's progressively become a subreddit of Sanders fanatics), immensely enjoyed SNL's biting debates satire etc, but this episode just didn't do it for me. I think at least some of it is that inventing gaffes is just boring humour: gaffes are the more fun the more bizarre and unexpected they are, and in this episode you just expect all sorts of things to go wrong, and they do, so comedic value is lost. Additionally, appearance-related humour is boring and unpleasant; Catherine is likewise; people blurting secrets out is run-of-the-mill sitcom level (although a recurring problem in the series); and Wendy's plotline makes next to no sense.
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