Catherine's 21st birthday party becomes a forum for Selina's budget negotiation with the majority leader, but Amy and Gary are more worried how Selina will handle seeing her ex-husband. Meanwhile, Mike discusses Selina's role in the Uzbek hostage crisis with the press.
Sexual dysfunction plot escalates faster than Selina's composure crumbles.
Directed by Chris Morris · Written by Tony Roche
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Wins Above Replacement
“Andrew” ranks #55 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.9 — Great. The episode packs 60 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.6 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
Yeah, yeah. He's like a belly dancer with a hammer.
Jonah, you're not even a man. You're like an early draft of a man where they just sketched out a giant mangled skeleton, but they didn't have time to add details like pigment or self-respect. You're Frankenstein's monster if his monster was made entirely of dead dicks.
Amy Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Well, my mom doesn't live in Rome, but she's still a fucking Catholic.
Dan Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ugh, just because my last name rhymes with liar. How lucky am I that I'm not Selina Mapist or Selina Medophile?
Selina Wordplay/Pun Escalation ★ Rewatch I'm gonna be the sexiest woman to ever exude fiscal prudence. And you know what? That's a very fucking tough look to pull off.
Selina Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 60 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ She wasn't mocking Europeans. I would say the song was jesty.
Mike Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Okay, slow down, Leon. Is your blood sugar off? Have a pastry or some herring, okay?
Mike Character Comedy ★ Rewatch This isn't 'Meyer the Liar' again. Well, it is now.
Mike Irony/Sarcasm Escalation ★ Rewatch How's Catherine? She's 21. That's great. Yeah, we're having her party tonight.
And stay out of Middle East politics. So two out of three ain't bad.
Selina Dark/Subversive Callback ★ Rewatch I'm amazed you can laugh about that. Yes, that's what I do. I'm laughing about it.
Mary Selina Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch It's like waiting for a biopsy result.
Amy Dark/Subversive Observational She did own Brian Earl in negotiations by pretending to faint.
Amy Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Well, my mom doesn't live in Rome, but she's still a fucking Catholic.
Dan Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Oh, what do you want, a fucking cake? Look, I can be happy. See? There you go.
Dan Character Comedy ★ Rewatch I think it's over. Sneezes always come in threes. Have you ever noticed that? Really? Is that so? Oh, well, that was a fourth. So maybe I need to tell you about how counting works, right?
Gary, deflower the room. There's a sentence I bet you thought you'd never hear.
Selina Gary Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch I'm not good for another four hours.
Ugh, just because my last name rhymes with liar. How lucky am I that I'm not Selina Mapist or Selina Medophile?
Selina Wordplay/Pun Escalation ★ Rewatch Jesus. You know, if we don't get this done by midnight, we're all gonna turn into ugly sisters and get eaten by wolves or whatever the fuck happens at the end of that story.
Ben Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Either way, just blur the fuck out of it.
Ben Character Comedy ★ Rewatch I think he's nervous. His voice sounded clammy.
It's good that you'll have sex soon.
Selina Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Version two-- Mary King steals peace pipe, breaks it in half, shits all over it.
I mean, he just fluffs ya, and then he fucks ya. Yeah. Well, speaking of... Oh, yeah, that's a perfect example.
Yeah, they had crazy intercourse.
Gary Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Yeah, yeah. He's like a belly dancer with a hammer.
She's calling him Andy instead of Andrew. It's starting.
Dan Amy Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch It's so weird. It's like a cat on a hot tin dog.
Gary Wordplay/Pun Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch I'm gonna be the sexiest woman to ever exude fiscal prudence. And you know what? That's a very fucking tough look to pull off.
Selina Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Um, fair warning, I party pretty hard. You should see me dance. I can't be controlled. I do a lot of pelvic thrusts. Just very localized dancing. Very small orbits.
Ed Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch I was like the Hunter S. Thompson of bar mitzvahs.
We-- we-- we-- we-- we met in... in Bumfuck, Idaho, I think it was. DC. Yes, yes. That's what I like to call DC as a joke.
Selina Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Hey, buddy, don't worry that she didn't remember you, okay? It's only 'cause you're a nonentity.
Dan Character Comedy ★ Rewatch I mean, don't you think that you and your friends would call this whole thing an epic succeed?
Selina Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Remember that one time when you said you were way into 'Twilight' and I thought you meant the time of day? It really is the most dangerous time for traffic, though.
Mom, you've invited the House Majority Leader to my birthday party? Yeah, sweetheart, it's the 100 billion cutoff. You've heard about that? Of course I've heard about that.
Don't you think that you and your friends would call this whole thing an epic succeed?
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Thank you, Rahim. You drink alcohol? Yes, ma'am. Oh, you Iranians are full of surprises.
Some gibberish. I can't understand him.
You plus 10'd yourself here? Number crunchers to help you finish the deal. Yeah. And one of them is a designated driver because I am going to get fucked up.
You look so good, you're like a work of art. You make this stuff look like shit. Compared to you, that Monet is a piece of shit.
Feeling up all the mermaids. They should cover up if they don't want it. If they don't want action, they shouldn't advertise.
What are you doing? Are you gonna propose? What would your answer be? My answer would be Jesus fucking Christ.
Well, technically, ma'am, he had the palm of your hand in his hand.
Gary Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Gary, you just called me sweetie. Oh, my God! I'm sorry. That's what I call Dana. Did you ever call Dana ma'am? I did once and it was awful.
If I were drunk right now, would you kiss me? Yeah. No, Gary, I'm kidding. Right. Yeah.
Something sex my dick trick? Did you say dick? Sex your dick trick. I don't understand what you just said.
You know, you look great in an art gallery 'cause you kind of are a work of art. I mean, I know I'd like to nail you up against a wall. No, that was knowing. I was being knowing.
Andrew Character Comedy ★ Rewatch I cannot stand teenage girls. Were you ever one? Never. Me neither.
I wonder how much vodka we'd need to have to have a little Mrs. Robinson moment. That is extremely disrespectful. What are you talking about? That's like the highest compliment you can give somebody.
Yeah, antibiotics. Just keeping fresh. I'm not mentally ill if that's what you're implying.
Jonah Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch And I think sometimes we need to just take time. Not long at all. I mean, maybe 10 minutes or-- okay, or maybe 15 is also good. I'm gonna suggest that we have a little constructive talking time.
Selina Character Comedy ★ Rewatch So do you have any sort of chillaxing kind of music?
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Monsters. It's like first Princess Diana, now this.
Mike Character Comedy ★ Rewatch You know, as people say, if it rhymes, it chimes. Who says that? No one says that. I'm pretty sure I heard someone say that.
Yeah, tell me about it. And I'm swimming in it and I'm breathing it in through my snorkel.
Kind of like sitting next to my mother after Thanksgiving dinner.
This is not flirting. This is like as subtle as putting a nude photo on Facebook.
I heard whining and I assumed I needed to apologize.
Amy Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jonah, you're not even a man. You're like an early draft of a man where they just sketched out a giant mangled skeleton, but they didn't have time to add details like pigment or self-respect. You're Frankenstein's monster if his monster was made entirely of dead dicks.
Amy Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Smile, you stupid asshole. Make it bigger. There you go.
Selina Character Comedy ★ Rewatch You're a stupid fucking prick. Right? You say it. I'm not gonna say that.
Fuck POTUS. Right? And fuck Kent. They're just a bunch of fuckers.
Jesus fucking Christ. Here. Take that. Carrot cake's good. You want to try it? Nope. It's all yours. I can use my phone to cut it.