Selina celebrates 20 years in Washington, D.C., but tries to keep a low profile after a newspaper article paints her as a diva and rumors float about her feud with the first lady. Meanwhile, Selina’s college-age daughter arrives for a visit, and is surprised that her mother is looking for a dog but appalled by her reaction to “Selina” being on the list of names for hurricanes.
Early season finds its rhythm: 78 jokes in 39 minutes, cringe-led without standouts.
Directed by Tristram Shapeero · Written by Tony Roche, Sean Gray, Tony Roche
WAR
72.1
Wins Above Replacement
“Catherine” ranks #36 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.5 — Elite. The episode packs 78 scored jokes at 2.0 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Selina landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
uh, does it get used in a clumsy and unpleasant analogy by you?
Amy Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch you guys, are we seriously gonna let the guy with the police sketch face of a rapist tell us what to do?
Catherine Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch people won't equate you with a natural disaster, ma'am. really, amy? 'cause i've met some people, okay? real people, and i've got to tell you, a lot of them are fucking idiots.
Amy Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch mom, stop talking to me like a fucking politician.
as opposed to what, the west wing of graceland?
Catherine Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 78 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ "who's the real first lady?" sexist bullshit. can't get drawn into it. comparing our clothing budgets and our stylists-- like that's all we care about?
stupid fucking midget. clearly he hasn't heard you sing.
Selina Gary Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch or should i say canine-didates?
no, you shouldn't say that.
Selina Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement i don't need a ball of yappy hair shitting its body weight every 30 minutes.
Selina Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch four legs good; three legs bad.
Selina Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch simon? what an unbelievable name. i guess he just looked like a simon.
to drink or applied directly to the coat?
ha! leave my fake dog alone.
Mike Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch four legs good; three legs bad.
Selina Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential whassup, as they say in the late '90s?
Jonah Observational Character Comedy although i'm sure he wouldn't miss it for the world if it weren't for the fact that he runs the world.
Jonah Setup/Punchline Character Comedy she'd be a rough fighter, though. she's got big shoulders. those aren't pads.
Selina Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch blink if you understand me, mike.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch be careful your ears don't pop on the way down.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch i was gonna say eva peron. yeah, i prefer that comparison. less of a mustache.
Amy Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch this is not the hoover dam. yeah, it is the hoover dam... filled with shit.
uh, does it get used in a clumsy and unpleasant analogy by you?
Amy Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch i'm like the last guy in a human centipede with this. and there it is.
Selina Amy Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback he was rapey reeves. when was that guy ever respectful?
Mike Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch god, today feels like the perfect storm, doesn't it? yeah, hurricane selina.
and just so you know, this is also what would happen if we were in a lifeboat.
Selina Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch selina is on next year's list of hurricanes. oh, shit! what if it hits and we get headlines saying 'selina causing large-scale devastation'?
people won't equate you with a natural disaster, ma'am. really, amy? 'cause i've met some people, okay? real people, and i've got to tell you, a lot of them are fucking idiots.
Amy Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch did you know old grandpa fumblepants couldn't even swim? he would just hang out in the shallow end and stare. you know what his favorite stroke was? was it dick stroke? it was dick stroke.
f.y.i., ma'am, the president is not calling. f.y.i., gary, no shit.
you are like a... earlobe-- you're just there, just wobbling.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch oh, holy shit. these mushrooms are amazing. what is it, mike? must be ricotta or something in there.
so i imagine that i would mix ape shit with bat shit, raise it to a whole new level of fury, then i'd probably rip your face off and use your eye sockets as a sex toy.
it's just a hypothetical like yours.
Mike Deadpan/Understatement Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch you dumped my daughter by text and didn't even apologize. oh, no, i did. i signed off with colon open brackets.
chuck is a gesture all right. do you know what these oil wise guys call him? they call him 'who the fuck is chuck furnham?'
your husband was a massive player. politically speaking, of course.
Selina Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch i guess all those tears must be dehydrating.
Jonah Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch cock-blocking widow.
Jonah Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch is there even a name for that? how about catch-44?
if you say chuck furnham, i will go into anaphylactic fucking shock.
Sidney Escalation Character Comedy i'm saying chuck furnham. fucking hell!
Amy Sidney Escalation Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback the only thing that chuck is plugged into is his fucking piss bag.
Sidney Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch this in no way will be demeaning. just pretend you're picking him up, you know, and he's blind.
Selina Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch now is it true that the first lady calls you creepy veepy?
as good as announced is not announced. you are as good as dead, but you're not actually dead... not yet.
Amy Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch tell her that i'm cancelling the lunch that was supposed to prove there's nothing more important than catherine because something more important than catherine has come up.
Selina Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch you guys ditched me at a pervert's memorial that's some cold shit.
Dan Character Comedy Observational Callback a rubik's cube is not impossible to solve. i saw a chinese kid do it in like 10 seconds. 10 seconds, mike.
Selina Character Comedy Escalation yeah, it looks astonished. like it's attached to jumper cables or something.
Dan Observational Visual Gag ★ Rewatch yeah, it looks astonished. like it's attached to jumper cables or something
Dan Visual Gag Observational ★ Rewatch what is that skirt? is it a rug?
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch you got to be fucking kidding me. i hate these animals. this thing is... unbelievably cute.
Selina Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch 20 years ago, you had no power, but you had balls. now look at you. yeah, now look at me. i have a dick and balls, okay?
no, please. don't stop because of me. this is really interesting
Catherine Deadpan/Understatement Cringe/Discomfort you could have said, 'don't blow it.' no, i'm not gonna say that.
Gary Selina Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch he's like a human teleprompter for small talk. he calls this gary-oke.
Selina Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch as opposed to what, the west wing of graceland?
Catherine Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch it's kind of an open secret in washington that mike has an imaginary dog. we call it his bullshit-tzu.
Dan Callback Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback that's kind of genius. thanks, todd
last two on the deck of the titanic, huh? yeah, i think i might jump.
dilka. what? dilka? dilka? i think her dad's iranian. iranian?
you are not fucking thor, mom.
Catherine Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch mom, stop talking to me like a fucking politician.
Catherine Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch mom, stop talking to me like a fucking politician.
when you say it out loud, you know, it does sound-- kind of idiotic.
Doyle Meta/Self-Referential Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch catch-44, he caught it. pow!
Gary Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback ma'am, you need to kill the dog. not literally, but-- i mean, yeah, if it comes to it, then literally.
Jonah Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch you guys, are we seriously gonna let the guy with the police sketch face of a rapist tell us what to do?
Catherine Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch oh, this rapist face gets eights. consensually, i might throw in.
Jonah Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch you are getting this little rat-faced, repulsive, yappy, crepit-looking terrier.
Selina Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback it's called a shitbull terrier. it's a bullshit-tzu.
there's not enough alcohol in the world, jonah.
Sue Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch you got a convenient opening i can slide into? open up a slot for jonah? there's not enough alcohol in the world, jonah.
let's go mingle the shit out of 'em.
Selina Character Comedy Observational let's go mingle the shit out of 'em.
that must have hurt... unless you had a c-section.
su casa es mi casa. mi casa. mi casa es su casa.
oh, christ has risen.
Gary Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy tell your brother i love his music. no, he's not.