Hed love to be a food critic. That it wasnt just like a movie, that we could license the clips, that it was going to land on his desk. Maybe at that moment she sticks her toe in that regret pond, but then quickly pulls it out, and moves forward with her miserable selfalone, and without anyone or anything in her life of meaning. This is not exactly an answer, but Id kind of love to see a sit-down between Ben and Saul. What did Gary do for Selina on labor day that he referenced to in season 4? Another sleazy scumbag operator a la Dan. I think even when shes nice, theres usually ulterior motives or things that will get her to throw it away in a second., And as for the assessment of Selinas sexual prowess: I think she would take a lot of pride in knowing that people think shes good in bed, he says. In the United States, Peter J. McGuire, a union leader who had founded the United Brotherhood of Carpenters in 1881, is generally given credit for the idea of Labor Day. Pam Grier reflects on her most iconic roles, from. declares Louis-Dreyfus, who emailed Hanks for his blessing. But I think for Amy, who was all in on Jonah for a variety of reasons some of which were the decisions shed made in her life in the sense of she chose work over possibly a family and then when you make a decision like that, she had to double down with Jonah. Gary disposed of a body for her. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. CBS Evening News anchor Mike McLintock (! ", "It was just f---ing fabulous!" MANDEL RESPONDS: I just make it a policy never to say Annas last name, he says. And I know some people were thinking, like, Oh, is he the one thats going to bring her down, or anything like that? I guess I enjoyed the idea that the threat was in the air. Veep is an HBO satirical dark comedy about the various dysfunctional staffers in the office of ineffectual Vice President of the United States Selina Meyer, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus (of Seinfeld and The New Adventures of Old Christine fame). Catherine, Gary, Tibet, and pristine federal lands are just some of the collateral damage in this mad dash to the Oval Office. And theres no coming back. I dont believe he could have stopped us from saying his name. "I felt in a sense like I had tight reins on myself, I was trying very hard not to let a certain kind of emotion flow out of me," she says. He knows all the secrets. and when I look back on my 52 years with almost 30 of them spent in public service there is no one who has sacrificed more than me. How are you doing with your feelings of Veep being over? So I saw that a bunch, and I even saw people thinking he would [be nominated for] president somehow in this convention, that he would somehow emerge from the morass. Chung asks Jonah to be his running mate, and he accepts. And so we planted some seeds early on, about them getting drinks. And did he have any say on his old-age look?At some point or another, we found out that he had to approve everything. And then he puts a blindfold on, plays the tape, and just starts reaching in the bag for the items. In this hilarious clip from HBO's "Veep " Selina (Julia Louis Dreyfus) and Gary (Tony Hale) finally have a blowout and essentially reset their relationship. Broken to its bones. What high or low crime was Jonah impeached for? DAVID MANDEL ASKS: Do you want to know what happened on Labor Day? HBO's Official 2017 Emmy After Party - Inside. Those are the favors. But in a career of amoral political moves, and especially in a recent tornado of decisions that saw her cravenly crave a return to the Oval Office at all costsselling out her daughter Catherine (Sarah Sutherland) by outlawing same-sex marriage, selling out Tibet by secretly okaying a Chinese invasion, selling out America by choosing dangerous dolt Jonah (Timothy Simons) as her VPit definitively answered the question that was thematically draped over the season: How far will Selina go to get what she wants? And it's kind of also not fair." When Gary is being taken away by the FBI, he fights it until he sees that shes aware of whats happening. In the mornings before they come to get her, she will be up and dressed and waiting to get out of those family quarters and to get back to the Oval and business. Selina, bitter with Doyle after the debacle in Season 5, begins grooming Jonah to run under the condition that he appoints her Secretary of State, and in return, shell finance his campaign. In terms of looks, I will say that the idea of Dan really not aging is one of my all-time favorite ideas. Not really, he says. The very first Labor Day in the country was celebrated in 1882, and it became an official federal holiday in 1894. That's it lol . That became the jumping-off point, and she had done so many terrible things, that party platform issues were just never going to be enough. TVLINE | Do you think she backs down out of fear that Gary might use this information to hurt her? Maybe that will be the next Veep spin well do a Christmas Carol thing with Selina and shell be visited by all the ghosts and the ghost of Christmas past will show her what shes done to Gary. The people she banned are now there. Veep. During her desperate, obsessive drive to return to . It was horrific to film. Im sad because I love my friends and when you spend eight years with people, you really become a family. Season 2, episode 7. In spite of everything she did, you get the sense that if that coffin opened up and she said, Get me a tea, he kind of would. Speaking of emotional moments, Selina had an unconventional father-figure moment with Ben [Kevin Dunn] after his heart attack. Given that Mike never winds up giving that heartfelt eulogy for Selina, could you finish the job right now?I would personally eulogize her as the most wonderfully complicated character I ever got to write. I think we cried the entire way shooting through the last episode. Shes about to become president again and that is the biggest joy of Garys life. Im always surprised with Gary. Did she ever find out that he was alive, and did he close out any shady deals at her funeral?Id like to think at some point, they had contact, or she probably had to give him some more money at some point. About half of those people, without provocation, also added that they'd like to know what was in the trash bag that Selina made Gary retrieve in Season 2's "Shutdown.". Thats the interesting flaw of her. Labor Day, in the United States and Canada, holiday (first Monday in September) honouring workers and recognizing their contributions to society. ", Hale also had difficulty in keeping his emotions in check as he came to grips with the finality of the moment, both on- and off-camera. I think he definitely saw her in a different light and I think Selinas legacy is a trail of sadness. Gary and Selina were So I think the level of depravity that happened here, I wasnt necessarily surprised. After this [fight], theyre close again. Theres no rule that says she has to, but at the end of the day, thats who she is. All Rights Reserved. It was fantastic. Can you talk about that choice? And it makes me laugh to no end. But one cant be surprised by everything horrific and morally bankrupt that she does after seeing her in action like that.Were taking advantage of something that Ive talked a lot about, which is people sometimes say to themselves, Oh, I want Selina to be president. And its always like, Well, no. Louis-Dreyfus uses the words "pretty intense" to describe that moment. Sie knnen Ihre Einstellungen jederzeit ndern. I loved it, because it was obviously a salute to the show, but by the way, was also proving my point, Mandel says. And by the way, on the face of Megan Murphy, [Veeps co-producer in postproduction]. Oh, thats interesting. In the end, shes sitting at the Oval desk and shes totally alone, miserable and isolated. I looked at this as, Well, maybe this will snap him out of it. Maybe hell wake up to the abuse. She just got to a place in her life where she couldnt help herself. This core in him that really cared about her, and really loved her and saw something else that other people didn't see. Shell never allow herself to sit in those feelings, but she does feel them and then stuffs them down and turns it back on. If you did your job and stayed quiet, I think Ben would be harsh, but he would be relatively fair. I wanted to come out and remind people just what Veep was. To read what Louis-Dreyfus and Hale thought of Selinas betrayal of Gary, head over here. I started to wonder why Selina Meyer was being punished. A tinge. Yes, the person she had appointed to take charge of her faith-based initiativethe person who had the most faith in her, the person who did god-knows-what for her on the good ship Labor Daywould be the one to pay for all of her corruption. Quotes like, Thats the least reassuring sentence since Its OK, its just the tip! Ming Nguyen said, She showed a hint of being a good person in [the abortion episode] The Choice in Season 3. Whoop 4.0: Which One Is The Best Health Tracker? "He invested his co-dependent energy in trying to please somebody elsegetting them to like him, not valuing himself," he continues. Developed by Armando Iannucci, it is a long-awaited (five years!) (Luckily Im not American, then I dont have to live under Trump direction.). With your scenes on Veep, not everything is written on the page and you all try alternate versions. Andrew owns a large company, which is revealed to have funded both sides of the 2012 presidential election. If I dont go crazily in, then it invalidates the previous decision. She was all in. Among the who's-who . And so Selina Joker-ed her way out of brokered convention and wound up back in the Oval Office, but at great cost: She was now the most powerful person in the world, but also the loneliest, having sold out those nearest to her. As Sydney wrote, Mother. By a landslide. In August 2016, Gomez cancelled the last legs of her Revival world tour to reportedly deal with complications from lupus, including anxiety, panic attacks, and depression. "I have this Forrest Gump-ian way of touching something and it becomes a hit!" And in this case, she didnt even say it, she had the FBI guys come and grab me. Its revealed that she never visited Gary in prison, yet he shows up at her funeral and gives her the special lipstick. That scarily driven, win-at-all costs side of Selina is a hideous sight to behold, except when it comes to the brutal, satisfying comeuppance of Tom James (Hugh Laurie). Selina snapped back at him in anger, and when he and Michelle (Rhea Seehorn) exited the room, she was left with her darker thoughts (the betrayal of Gary, of Catherine, of so much) and started to tear up. We both agreed that it held a tremendous amount of weight [if we didnt know]. Then he resigns. Im just gonna simply say too easy. Even when we got together and watched the last episode [on Sunday night], just swapping stories and talking about our time in Baltimore. MANDEL RESPONDS: It doesnt surprise me that people like Mother. I love Mother. I guess it surprises me that it was such a clear winner, just because its that typical sort of thing its hard to pick among your children, as they say. April 28, 2017, 12:21 PM. Yes. In your mind, was that one of the last times they spoke?My assumption is, because Selina is Selina, Im sure she occasionally tried via Little Richard, or they bumped into each other. Mandel has stated many times how grateful he is that the writers decided Selina would lose the election and not be in the White House in Season 6. Read on to see how fans answered Mandels queries, as well as his reactions to the most popular responses (including the Labor Day theories he shot down). Hes got huge rose-colored glasses on. Something serious mustve went down to silence Selina like that. Theres a wonderful moment, Anna just sells the hell out of it. During her desperate, obsessive drive to return to the White House, Selina (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) betrayed her daughter, Catherine (Sarah Sutherland), the fight for LGBTQ equality, a brave war veteran who was supposed to be her running mate, the nation of Tibet, pristine federal lands, the American educational system, and perhaps most damning to viewers entranced by the relationship at the cold-blooded heart of the show: her over-loyal bagman and one-man hype machine Gary (Tony Hale). They sent us something when we won the Emmy. In some interesting, weird way, Im almost curious as to what he wouldve done had she actually asked him. WATCH. The joke I always say is, we would sit around trying to think of the stupidest, dumbest thing a president or his staff could do and they kind of outdo that on a daily basis.. Is there any world where you do a spinoff or movie or continue this character in some way? But I so respect his decision. It was nice to be able to let loose. The MCUs tiniest heroes are kicking off its biggest phase yet, setting up the next several years of storytelling. I think it was hard not to infuse that scene of saying goodbye to him in the wings with too much emotion that was coming from me, personally. Furlong, I think would be up there with Amy. MANDEL RESPONDS: He was shocked his personal pick, Amy, got no votes. Shes a scientist. That would have been the running joke, that everybody else got scanned but shes the only actual competent one. Its fun to go over memories. It is horrific. At some point or another, I think I whispered that she won. And I do think in some ways getting away from her mother was the best thing that ever happened to her. He does like the intellectual exercise of imagining how the show could be done without TV-MA language. ANALYZING THE ANSWERS: The majority got it right (K-lumsky). What is left of Gary 24 years later?Look, at some point, there is a sickness in the character. I really do love Mike becoming the Walter Cronkite, the most trusted man in America. It was very satisfying for him. [This story contains spoilers from the series finale of HBOs Veep, titled Veep.]. TVLine is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Do you believe Selina felt remorse? Selina Meyer and Gary Walsh, as dysfunctional as their relationship may be, are a beloved duo onVeep. The gut-punch of a betrayal played out in the present-day ending of Sundays series finale, which then jumped ahead 24 years to former President Meyers funeral. Banijay Asia CEO Deepak Dhar On 'The Night Manager', Remaking, Wall Street Wary of Man United, WWE Deals as Sports StocksSlump, 'The Mandalorian' Seasons 1 and 2 Take Place Over 'Many Years,', 'Doctor Who' Showrunner Russell T Davies Boards BBC Viagra Drama. And on top of that, Gary is supposed to be very happy in the scene. The fact that I saw Selina do nothing was immediate evidence that she was a part of this. But Hale says that the ultimate revenge may be Selina's, even from the grave. The boat thing was something we had thought a lot about, honestly, when I first got to the show, just the idea that its a boat, not the date, I thought that would be a really fun thing. The international opinion on Trump is quite clear, so I think they are fascinated by [whats happening], and horrified, much like a lot of Americans. While the titular role in Selena: The Series will be taken on by . And there's no coming back. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. And in some ways, thats what makes him her father. But I kinda like the idea of finding out more, so well see what happens., ANALYZING THE ANSWERS/MANDEL RESPONDS: We read him a list of popular theories. He really did deeply, deeply care for her. 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