Catherine and Marjorie have a fight. Mike prepares for his babies. Selina is interviewed.
Political chaos spirals into 57 jokes in 45 minutes—Veep's densest episode yet.
Directed by David Mandel · Written by Erik Kenward
WAR
60.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Kissing Your Sister” ranks #21 of 65 Veep episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.2 — Elite. The episode packs 57 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 7.0 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
It says, 'I'm so sorry, Bill Ericsson.'
Is my entire presidency about to have its neck snapped by Congressman Lennie here?
Selina Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Yeah, well, this feels like my sister took a shit on my chest.
Selina Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Please, God, deliver Jonah to Congress and then give him any kind of cancer. I don't care.
Selina Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch You know, at night when I dare to close my eyes, I dream about your mother losing and then coming upon her holding a cardboard sign at the bottom of a highway exit ramp.
All Jokes — 57 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Alabama first in the alphabet, last in every other fucking thing.
Selina Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch I believe it's number one in easiest state to get away with murdering a black guy.
Ooh, bam-a-lama ding dong!
Yeah, well, this feels like my sister took a shit on my chest.
Selina Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch I do not give my consent to have my likeness appear in this or any other film.
Gary Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch I'm gonna have to have approval over all of this footage, Catherine, okay?
Selina Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Daddy did a lot of business with Bebe Rebozo.
Selina Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch I went home with a congressional fan girl last night. I don't have my car. I think I'm in Maryland.
Jonah Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Shh! She's got a fucking parrot, and if the parrot wakes up, the parrot's gonna make noise and wake up her mom.
Jonah Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch I don't know how to drop a fucking pin.
Playing catcher is kind of like being the economy czar. There's not a lot of glory, but a lot of squatting. A lot of asses in your face.
Tom James Observational Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Oh, yeah, like one of those movies for people who like to be sad.
You know, at night when I dare to close my eyes, I dream about your mother losing and then coming upon her holding a cardboard sign at the bottom of a highway exit ramp.
It says, 'I'm so sorry, Bill Ericsson.'
When you have those kinds of negative feelings, you just pick them up and you stuff them in your box and you close it down tight and you take that box and you shove it way back here in your... in the corner of your head and swallow that key.
Selina Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Oh. I just think they ran out of money. They should probably just print more. I don't know why it's been such a big issue.
Sue Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Yeah, right after the inauguration, we'll show Mr. McShittock the door.
Amy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy You need to be quick and you need to sort of, uh, I don't even know what the word is.
Mike Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy And Ta-da! We went with a Winnie the Pooh knockoff. It's made in China so Ellen will feel right at home. I think he's called Happy Sun Bear.
Dan Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch the fact that I'm a woman means we will no longer have any women presidents because we've already tried one and she fucking sucked.
Unless afterward she went into a bathroom stall and used the old two-fingered wood chipper.
Amy Dark/Subversive Escalation Wait, is that when you had your nervous breakdown? No, no, I did not... no, I went to a spa, sweetie.
She's on the math team.
Jonah Escalation Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback She already told me she was a senior at Georgetown. Turns out she meant Georgetown Day School.
Jonah Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Plus she taught me how to make sure the camera is on.
You listen to me, all right? You are already dead. What you do now you do for your family.
Selina Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Is my entire presidency about to have its neck snapped by Congressman Lennie here?
Selina Character Comedy ★ Rewatch It's like the best episode of 'Falcon Crest' ever.
I do hope you'll wait till your hair grows to have your portrait painted.
Jesus fucking Christ. You got to tell your sister to stop calling me.
Dan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort It actually cost the same as the kid, so it works out.
Dan Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch I can't wait for Wendy to see it. She is gonna... possibly like it.
Dan Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch How am I doing? Eating so much pussy I'm shitting clit, son.
Jonah Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy I think the problem is that you lack upper body strength.
♪ If you want to know who we are, We are gentlemen of Japan... ♪
I just thank God I didn't hit those schoolchildren. Who gives a fuck about them? Go! Go!
Stalemate his endgame. Shades of Karpov versus Kasparov.
Kent Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Joyce, she took care of me after my third heart attack. My second wife was a nurse as well. I guess I have a thing for nurses, huh?
Ben Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch These Precious Moments figurines are a very good investment.
Joyce Character Comedy Observational Yeah, that's the least reassuring sentence I've heard since 'It's okay, it's just the tip.'
Ben Observational Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch It's looking tighter than Will's own butthole when he's got his finger jammed up there watching 'Bad News Bears' while he jerks off.
All right, I wanted to fuck you! That's right! And now you're trying to fuck me again tonight. No, I am fucking you tonight! No, I'm gonna fuck you! No, no, no, no, no...
This is Catherine Meyer, my, uh, work friend.
Marjorie Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Marjorie is insufferable, okay? There are other... there are other fish in the sapphic sea, babe.
Selina Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch My God, in 12 years, I'm gonna be a shriveled-up can of ass.
Selina Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Seriously, I can't... I mean, my political window just slams shut the second I can't wear sleeveless dresses.
Selina Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch my political window just slams shut the second I can't wear sleeveless dresses.
Selina Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Please, God, deliver Jonah to Congress and then give him any kind of cancer. I don't care.
Selina Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch The gentleman from New Hampshire puts forth onto the floor a do-over, thank you.
Jonah Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Oh, you're clutching your bag like I'm gonna steal it.
Selina Observational Character Comedy Some say a tie is like kissing your sister. But it took an electoral college tie for me to get to kiss the sister I never knew I had.
Truck stop glory hole. Can do a handstand still.
Sometimes, like, in a futuristic... like a sci-fi movie, you'll see, like, a robot that's like the old version of the robot and you kind of feel bad.
What's the best lesbian porn site?