#uhh at the time of writing this we are on s7 (on rewatch) so if anything changes ill lyk . lolsies

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id like to thank ninjago episode snake jaguar for everything but nothing all at the same time

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veep rewatch 2.02

Season Two, Episode Two - Signals

aka - The One with the Dying-Dad Card

It’s interesting that Amy is seen waiting for/escorting Selina in so many opening morning scenes at the VP’s residence, rather than meeting her wherever they are going. I wonder how accurate this is for the VP. 

“And what about poor Mee-maw?! Who’s guaranteed to be dead by March! With any luck…”

Selina in a very…unique leopard print top with a pussy-bow neck.

Dan: I think I might have found a way to get to Kent Davison. Amy: If you kill his mother and then dress in her skin, that’s technically illegal. Dan: Technically. 

Selina shoving the newspaper into Mike’s face. 

Selina: What about this? *taps teeth* Gary: Uhh… Mike: You don’t look pretty Selina: Oh, forget it. 

Amy: No, this needs to be top-notch, this needs to be the Gettysburg Address of tight-rope walking-say-nothing bullshit.  Dan: My time has come. (Writer!Dan is my favorite Dan, maybe.) 

“If this were the sixties, we’d just have the National Guard shoot the daughter.” 

Furlong: This whole being pleasant thing is fucking exhausting Will: Yes sir, it’s very tiring. 

The camera lingers on Dan a bit after Amy interrupts his angry retort to Furlong…he has a very specific “legitimately pissed off” expression that he gets sometimes, and it appears here in relation to Furlong. (It’s distinct from his more petulant “angry with Amy” face.) 

I always thought Air Force 2 on Veep looked surprisingly...bare? Air Force 2 on the West Wing looks a lot more comfortable than this plane.

Obviously I have watched this episode a lot while writing Bring Me to Light and I have so many feelings about it. Dan in the hospital with Amy is maybe the most uncomfortable and truly human we ever see Dan in the entire show, and by far his most empathetic moment. He just has no fucking idea what to do with the idea of Amy’s dad being seriously ill, and yet his attention to how Amy is affected is so evident. It’s also the first time we see him around her family, and he is visibly torn between not giving a fuck about them and feeling awkward on Amy’s behalf, because she clearly feels so trapped in that little room. Even when he hears Mrs. Brookheimer talk about Amy’s broken heart (information we see him do literally nothing with, besides reacting in the moment), he’s still on her side. And Reid Scott’s facial reaction when he looks at Amy across the room as she denies being hurt by him is fascinatingly complex…simultaneously chagrined, wary, and annoyed all at once. They’re framed together in opposition to Amy’s family, whom Amy is clearly deeply attached to even if she has nothing in common with them, and Dan gives her a way to escape when she desperately needs one.

And OF COURSE, the best moment, Dan’s oh-my-god-I-love-you face when Amy talks about using the dying-dad card. He is SO into her and yet it’s still appropriately evil for Dan. It’s his version of heart-eyes and it is perfect. Am I writing an entire fic inspired by their scenes in this episode? It’s possible. 

“Excuse me, Miss America?! I’ve been scratching my eyebrows for three and a half fucking hours!”

Amy in another very dark, almost entirely one-note outfit. At first I thought it was all black again, but now I think this is a very very dark brown suit, and her top seems like a very dark burgundy or maybe plum…is this dark theme in relation to her dad? Anna Chlumsky’s pregnancy? She doesn’t seem to be showing yet, although she will by the end of the season.

“I haven’t even been able to see that wonderful movie with the blue people in it!”

“Why don’t you guys go see Mamma Mia again for the tenth fucking time?!” Maybe Catherine’s best line ever. 

Costume department not exactly playing subtle with Catherine’s leather jacket…there are literally spikes on the shoulders. 

Gary: Ma’am, General Mercer is on the phone… Selina: I don’t need to talk to General Mercer Gary: He’s very insistent… Selina: I don’t need a General Mercer phone call right now… Gary: Okay, he’s actually on the phone— Selina: Oh, General Mercer is on the phone!

Jonah: I’m having the best day! This is such a great time! We’re on Air Force 2! Guys, we saved the Florida vote! You guys wanna play iPad Scrabble? Mike: Jonah, please shut up.  Jonah: Hey, Mike, you wanna suck some of the pork fat out of my jacket? It’s a free meal. 

See, S7 Dan would have been actively hitting on the lady who works at the gym, or they would have been shown, like, tumbling out of a closet together.