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[title]Premieres Sunday, April 6 at 9:30pm on HBO.
Dramas like Scandal and House of Cards go big by painting D.C. as a cesspool of backstabbing murderers who corrupt their morals to get ahead. HBO's Veep may play for laughs instead of horrified gasps, but it is an equally disturbing depiction of an elected official on TV. Its portrait of a shallow politician speaks to our greatest fears regarding our representatives.
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While Veep's first two seasons saw Vice President Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) struggling to make an impression while living in the shadow of the man that bested her the presidential election, this year she finally has a chance to seize the spotlight. With the knowledge that the President will not be seeking re-election, Selina and her team are quietly preparing their campaign for the next term. This new lease on her political future adds a helping of fresh energy to the show.
As she begins to fundraise and plan her election strategy, Selina finds herself in unfamiliar territory. Book tour visits with Iowa caucus voters, meetings with young and eccentric Silicon Valley billionaires—they're all good for laughs. Veep has always avoided defining its heroine's political party, but as she enters the early stages of battle with fellow candidates, Selina is finally pressed to define her views on wedge issues like abortion. It's moments like this, when she flounders due to fear of alienating voters, that Veep becomes funny and insightful.
While Selina Meyer's road to the Oval Office may be treacherous, it's the making of Veep's best season yet.