On election night, Selina and her staff find their nerves growing frayed as each state result is called.
Season finale delivers 73 jokes in 33 minutes but falls shy of elite status at 79.
Directed by Chris Addison · Written by Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
WAR
66.1
Wins Above Replacement
“Election Night” ranks #41 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.0 — Elite. The episode packs 73 scored jokes at 2.2 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
Time to turn that noose back into a necktie, buddy.
Dan Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch I only really know Amy as the woman who rushed everywhere clutching her phone like it contained her frozen embryos.
Karen Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Amy Brookheimer who so successfully ran my campaign until she became unwell.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Okay, settle down. A bowl of hair could win those states.
Selina Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Off air I'm telling the Nazis that she's hiding in the attic.
Dan Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 73 analyzed
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Gary Setup/Punchline Observational Amy, if he wins, our lobbying stock is gonna droop like a chimp's tits.
Dan Setup/Punchline Absurdist Off air I'm telling the Nazis that she's hiding in the attic.
Dan Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Hey, wait, it's the testicle man. Guilty as charged. Check 'em, don't neglect 'em.
You're the face of workplace bullying and genital health.
Oh, man, election nights are my cocaine. It used to be election nights and cocaine were my cocaine, but...
Mike Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Then again, they said the Rapture was close.
Unknown Setup/Punchline Observational Okay, settle down. A bowl of hair could win those states.
Selina Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch What was that? I got, like, four seconds. Well, most people get just two.
I'm saving that for when I go to prison. Even money they give you the chair.
Bill Ben Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive I'll be thinking about that while I'm with whichever guy makes me his prison fiancé.
Bill Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort That was transcendent bullshitting.
Dan Setup/Punchline Meta/Self-Referential You're gonna win in a slide. You know, marginally.
Gary Setup/Punchline Misdirection Ah! These damn hotel carpets. I keep getting that static electric shock. You need one of those ionic bracelets that grounds you.
It's the prison toilet situation which preys on one's mind. Defecating in full view of another man is unthinkable.
Bill Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline Yeah, Bill, put a cork in it, will you? You know, that actually may help.
He's like a Native American tracker. He can hear it in the wind.
I could pardon you? That wouldn't look good. You'd be the first person to say that. I'm not entirely sure I would in this circumstance.
Hey, Bill, I got a lot on the line with my presidency right now, so I don't really have time to be thinking about your whatever the fuck it is. Probable imprisonment. Exactly.
Set up an office with Selina at the Betty Ford Clinic?
Dan Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Politics bores me. It bores the living hell out of me. God, it's boring.
Dan Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm I only really know Amy as the woman who rushed everywhere clutching her phone like it contained her frozen embryos.
Karen Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Works frantically to avoid dealing with her weird mix of lack of self-worth and narcissism. I really like her.
Karen Setup/Punchline Character Comedy That was the bad news, which in the end I didn't bear.
Kent Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement The bigness. Mm-hmm.
Dan Amy Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement O'Brien can't be president. He's still contracted to be the KFC logo.
Unknown Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch About something specific, or...? Should the president and I have swapped roles? For? For the election. This election. There's an election going on.
Call me when you get this. Get someone else to dial if you're in a straightjacket.
Dan Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Some of our viewers were complaining that you're shrill anyway, so... Oh, shrill? No, no, I'm never shrill.
Greg Amy Setup/Punchline Irony/Sarcasm Hey, could someone check the parking lot? I think all the alarms are going off.
Unknown Setup/Punchline Meta/Self-Referential Screw this whole sloppy, backseat blowjob of a night anyway. I don't give a shit.
Amy Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch This is a 360-degree turn. It's 180.
Rescinded is my new favorite word!
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Look, look. Mom, CNN has it, too. It appears that Matty's domino is standing up straight again.
Oh, yeah, you better unpack it. 'Let's see if we can unpack this now.' 'Oh, I've got pubic hair on my head.'
Go back to the Shire, you fucking moonfaced hobbit.
I mean, you know, everyone's like, 'Oh, Tom James. Ooh, it's Tom James. He's so dreamy. Sign my tits, Tom James.'
Tom Setup/Punchline Character Comedy I don't want to be impotent. In your administration. Oh, right!
You want to run my economy? Bank of Tom James.
I used six rolls of Magic Tape to stick it back together.
Tom Setup/Punchline Absurdist Want your face on money or something? Want that TV? Take it.
Selina Setup/Punchline Escalation They supply 90% of the country's paprika. Yep, we lobbied for them, so my hands are dirty with paprika money.
Dan Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun I've known sailors less likely to go either way than this. I... pardon my ribaldry.
Bill Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Fuck Iowa. I'd say nuke it, but I think someone already did.
Unknown Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive I could crack a walnut in my ass.
Selina Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Just remember, check 'em, don't neglect 'em. Nice. You guys remember the A-Team, right? A-Team? 'I'm the A-Team.'
Jonah Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Callback they were supposed to be on the run, but, you know, they were in a really distinctive van. Yeah, what was up... What was up with that?
Jonah Setup/Punchline Observational I know that my job can be hard on you and that was a bit of a bummer, huh? Yeah, just a little bit.
Yeah, and he was, like, 60. He was 35.
men are horrible. Okay? I mean, I have to just tell it to you like it is, honey. But all men are awful. Really. And the key is to just find a man who's the least horrible.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Horrible.
Selina Callback Deadpan/Understatement Callback God, it always seems longer with Catherine.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Just something with real sugar. No sweeteners or I'll shit my pants.
Sue Setup/Punchline Character Comedy They're ghosts. You can't... you can't concede.
Amy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy This fucking job sucks anyway.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Time to turn that noose back into a necktie, buddy.
Dan Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch I'm taking the White House. Please leave the hot tub on.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch We need to give them a hit of political meth.
Jonah Setup/Punchline Absurdist Way ahead of you. Shit, I'm just getting how to tie a tie.
Gary Setup/Punchline Character Comedy You do your best. You try to serve the people and then they just fuck you over. And you know why? Because they're ignorant and they're dumb as shit. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is democracy.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch So you mean that I might lose this election to my fucking vice president?
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy At least it'd be somebody from our team, ma'am. I mean, that's good, right? I didn't mean to make her cry.
With all due respect, you need to get your shit together now, lady. Ma'am up. You're still the leader of the free world.
Ben Setup/Punchline Character Comedy With all due respect, you need to get your shit together now, lady. Ma'am up. You're still the leader of the free world.
Ben Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun A tie is unprecedented. So is becoming the first lady president. So is that jackoff becoming president through the back door.
Selina Setup/Punchline Escalation The rule book's been torn up now and America is wiping its nasty ass with it.
Selina Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch That fucking guy with his fucking charm and his fucking son and his fucking wheelchair with his spine all fucked up.
Selina Setup/Punchline Escalation Amy Brookheimer who so successfully ran my campaign until she became unwell.
Selina Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ma'am, I seriously overstepped the mark going out onstage. That was a fuck-up. Yeah, I'll say. You might want to watch that if you become president.
Ma'am, I seriously overstepped the mark going out onstage. That was a fuck-up. / Yeah, I'll say.
Tom Selina Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement