Amy, Dan, Jonah and Richard try to win the Presidency for the President. Back in D.C., Selina brings in respected Washington fixture Bob Bradley, aka "The Eagle," and, after nudging out Tom James on the newly created Banking Task Force, meets billionaire banker Charlie Baird. Meanwhile, Mike tries to get healthy before his baby arrives; Kent investigates Sue's age; and Amy and Dan share a charged moment.
Nevada campaign leg plants 81 jokes in 37 minutes, surviving political chaos on character comedy alone.
Directed by Chris Addison · Written by Lew Morton
WAR
61.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Nev-AD-a” ranks #48 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.6 — Great. The episode packs 81 scored jokes at 2.2 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.7 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
So it doesn't say 'Fuck Selina Meyer.' It says, you know, 'Fuck, Selina Meyer!' That's a testament to this voter's earthy but unambiguous enthusiasm for President Meyer.
Richard Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Little known fact about the Nazis... their polling numbers within Germany, through the roof. Unbelievable numbers. Though also tragic.
Kent Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Why did Tom James just wrap up his balls in butcher paper and put them in my purse?
Selina Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Or you could email me at splett2@splettnet.net. Splett1 is my father. It'll be sad to see him go, but it'll be nice to get my hands on that handle, you know?
Richard Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Were you fantasizing I had some sort of a goatee and was on the wait list for a liver?
Selina Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 81 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ I'm having reservations about the reservations.
I'm meeting troops and shaking God only knows what.
Selina Observational Cringe/Discomfort She's changed her mind more times than a frickin' child molester at Disneyland.
Amy Dark/Subversive Absurdist find a rattlesnake and shove that up your dick hole 'cause it's a lot more fun than what I'll do to you.
Amy Dark/Subversive Escalation Maddox is probably going to study the effects of legalized prostitution on his dick.
Ben Character Comedy Observational maybe we can get some six-year-old Asian kid to fix it.
Selina Observational Character Comedy We're gonna name her Ellen after Wendy's mom. Actually, her stepmom. She has a difficult relation...
Mike Awkward Silence Character Comedy misunderstood your level of interest, sorry.
Mike Deadpan/Understatement Awkward Silence ★ Rewatch Seriously, I'm more Hispanic than she is. You know? Where's she from, Santo Connecticut?
Selina Observational Character Comedy She summers in Vinyardo Del Martha.
Ben Callback Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback She's from El New Hampshire.
Amy Callback Wordplay/Pun Callback Harpo, Chico, and Shito.
Selina Observational Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Maybe they can find out what some of these people are doing.
Selina Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch This Olympic-size swimming pool of shit that I'm doing the backstroke in right now?
Selina Observational Escalation ★ Rewatch You are looking at a guy on the master cleanse. I feel amazing.
Mike Character Comedy Setup/Punchline What in the lunatic fuck is the master cleanse? Sounds like Nazi domestic policy.
Ben Dark/Subversive Observational Little known fact about the Nazis... their polling numbers within Germany, through the roof. Unbelievable numbers. Though also tragic.
Kent Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch The Jewish demo couldn't have been that good.
Kent Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Callback Not exactly take.
Mike Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback Or you could email me at splett2@splettnet.net. Splett1 is my father. It'll be sad to see him go, but it'll be nice to get my hands on that handle, you know?
Richard Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch What is wrong with you, you Paddington Bear-looking fuck?
Amy Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch You guys have Michael Jordan sitting on the bench here, but you're starting Hakeem Olajutwat.
Jonah Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch You are a seven-foot-seven goony-looking Lithuanian who's gonna drop dead of Marfan syndrome.
Amy Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Plus I would never miss the opportunity to dry fuck Jim Whitman up the ass.
Bradley Character Comedy Dark/Subversive All right, let's hear it, Affirmative Action Jackson.
Bradley Character Comedy Observational Well, Madam President, I've got big balls, but neither one of them are crystal.
Bradley Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Henry, you son of a bitch. I can lead a horse to water, but I can't milk it.
Bradley Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Can't milk it! I don't even know what that means.
Selina Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback We called him Fatty Dicksuckle and B-B-Benny and the Jizz. Buttfucker.
Bradley Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Buttfucker, that's me. I can't believe you remembered my nickname.
Ben Cringe/Discomfort Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback It says 'Fuck Selina Meyer.' If anything, that one should count for us.
Amy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch So it doesn't say 'Fuck Selina Meyer.' It says, you know, 'Fuck, Selina Meyer!' That's a testament to this voter's earthy but unambiguous enthusiasm for President Meyer.
Richard Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback I'm sure the Dow is rocketing skywards as we speak.
Tom Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy I'm gonna be pulling down Clint Eastwood cowboy movie style pussy in these things. Except I'm not the man with no name. I'm the man with mo' game.
Jonah Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Afternoon, sir. We're here because your ballot was disqualified because your signature didn't match... okay, well, fooled me with that one.
Amy Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Can Paul McCartney teach Kid Rock how to be a good songwriter? I mean, that's a bad example. Kid Rock rules, but...
Richard Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch A bit of an asshat? Actually, I was gonna say a champion for the middle class, but I kind of like your thing better to tell you the truth.
Selina Character Comedy Misdirection Two grand? Where'd you find that? In your sofa seat cushion?
Selina Character Comedy Observational I think it was in my other pants, Madam President.
Charlie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Callback Not in jail for what she did to you.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Brooks Brothers sews prenups into all our suits.
Banker Observational Deadpan/Understatement some of your economic policies are what my friend Katie Gross likes to call fakakta.
Yeah, so did I. 'Cause I was at Smith. No, it's a Smith joke.
Sorry. You should read C.S. Lewis's book on grief. It's not as fun as 'The Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe' series, but it's still pretty good.
Richard Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Alav hashalom. Hebrew.
Jonah Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Well, I just came out West to play a little Cowboys and Injuns with Big Chief Suckum Choad here.
Furlong Character Comedy Observational How. Me suck pee pee in teepee.
Richard Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback The other person in the room who looks exactly like Grimace.
Furlong Character Comedy Observational All right? It's got nothing to do with your body shape or your... the way your head goes into your shoulders so smoothly.
Furlong Character Comedy Escalation Callback I don't care for movies.
Kent Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch It's bronze. Oh. Oh, bronze medal.
Fuck am I supposed to do with this?
Selina Reaction Beat Observational I just sometimes need a little banking task force.
Selina Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Well, ma'am, if you want, I can arrange a more discreet banking task force.
Gary Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback I don't want that kind of banking task force. I want the banking task force that I want.
Selina Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback We got... votes.
Amy Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Oh, my God, this is my house. This is my house.
Selina Character Comedy Escalation I'm feeling light-headed. That bottle's my only source of blood sugar.
Mike Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Stop with the Kabuki show and eat a fucking cookie.
Ben Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Callback Can you go tell him to fuck a bag of glass or something?
Selina Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch So, economy czar, kids' birthday parties, reflecting pool boy.
Why did Tom James just wrap up his balls in butcher paper and put them in my purse?
Selina Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch We used to call that a Jimmy Carter.
Ben Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Come on, that's like saying that the cat doesn't like you or that table doesn't like you.
Selina Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch In another person it would be bragging, but with you it's something different.
Selina Character Comedy Misdirection Oh, that was a fuck, comma, today, yes!
Richard Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback You didn't tell me faggy hair was here.
Sophie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort I thought that Carson City was, like, part of Las Vegas. Vegas is 432 miles away.
Sorry I'm not a 'where everything is' nerd.
Sophie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement You know, I hardly ever did that with President Hughes. And even when we did, I was just kind of going through the motions.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort They call it the Pittsburgh of the South.
Charlie Deadpan/Understatement Observational It's actually just me. I'm an only child.
Gary Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Well, what you have here is a classic two fires, one glove situation. And you need to know which hand to put the glove on.
Bradley Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch No, oh, wait a minute. You mean Nevada. Nevada. What did I say? You said Nebraska.
You know, I was over in the East Wing and I saw a painting of Sue holding George Washington's horse.
Ben Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch He fucked me and then he fucked me? What, is he trying to fuck me?
Selina Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Were you fantasizing I had some sort of a goatee and was on the wait list for a liver?
Selina Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Over? I didn't even know it was a thing. Absolutely not a thing. And if it was a thing, it's over.
Uh, he's a Charlie Baird.
Mike Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Really? CBS? I would love to work at CBS.
Dan Character Comedy Misdirection