Did he give up because he was defeated and heartbroken, or because he wanted to make this sacrifice for her? And that might be his own wake-up because Gary was always, always buttoned up. By "I remember I was outside the room watching the monitor, hearing her go 'Gary' and I couldn't move. The whole team (reluctantly) returns to work for Jonahs campaign. A tinge. "I wanted to say a word about sacrifice," she said. That scarily driven, win-at-all costs side of Selina is a hideous sight to behold, except when it comes to the brutal, satisfying comeuppance of Tom James (Hugh Laurie). Mike gives a morning press briefing about Selina's first state visit from the Israeli Prime Minister. Veep Showrunner David Mandel Responds to Fans Labor Day Theories. declares Louis-Dreyfus, who emailed Hanks for his blessing. MANDEL RESPONDS: I just make it a policy never to say Annas last name, he says. During her desperate, obsessive drive to return to the White House, Selina (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) betrayed her daughter, Catherine (Sarah Sutherland), the fight for LGBTQ equality, a brave war veteran who was supposed to be her running mate, the nation of Tibet, pristine federal lands, the American educational system, and perhaps most damning to viewers entranced by the relationship at the cold-blooded heart of the show: her over-loyal bagman and one-man hype machine Gary (Tony Hale). Its time to make everybody pay. Labor Day is on Monday, Sept. 5. "Because she's in the casket. "I have this Forrest Gump-ian way of touching something and it becomes a hit!" Given Garys history with Selina that breakup, the Labor Day event, the mysterious garbage bags and so much more was this new level of depravity totally unexpected? "Nah," she said, reversing course. This master-and-servant dynamic gone wrong, between the vainglorious VP-turned-POTUS-turned-legacy chaser-turned-POTUS (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and the bootlicking bag man/dumped-upon doormat who kept her secrets and prepared her snacks (Hale), served as the beating black heart of HBO's shrewd, crude political comedy for seven seasons. I dont know quite what hes doing there, but its kind of wonderful., ANALYZING THE ANSWERS: Mandel admits some of his questions werent necessarily designed to be answered. He is so invested in her, so I knew that going that high in joy would hopefully help that devastation of him being taken away by the FBI. Sort of a Biden to his Obama. You dont ever really get to see Gary angry, but Tony is channeling sort of a little bit of a disgust, if you will. The government shutdown episode. So I think the level of depravity that happened here, I wasnt necessarily surprised. Thats why we have climate deniers, we have anti-vaxxers, and we are seeing what those things wrought. Starting with the most obvious. Thats what was so beautiful about the way Dave [Mandel] wrote and directed the episode. And that sat with me over the time of when Julia had cancer. And then the past four years before she died, he was out. That guy has shown his dark side way too many times (Dans resignation) and has probably done some nasty stuff during his career, Viktor Cegledi reasoned. Welcome to the Quantum Realm. When push comes to shove, shes a scorpion. "It was really emotional because it was the last episode and that was us kind of saying goodbye even though we had other stuff to shoot," he says. Hes got huge rose-colored glasses on. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events People started laughing, and then it just started that kind of rolling laughter, because youd watched nine shows of very clean, normal clips, and then all of a sudden Julia just called down hellfire. Still, a few folks went for it. (Photo: HBO) It's been a well-received season of change for HBO's Veep, but as we found out when we posed showrunner David Mandel . "I mean, we set this up at the beginning of the season with the faith-based initiative, and it was the perfect sacrifice for him to make and what his job wasin her mind. From what I remember, I think we did the scene several times before the balloons. It went on the wish list. In her monomania to become President, she sold out her most loyal servant and the person who loved her the most: Gary. Do you need me to fly back to New York and get a comb you left there? The boat thing was something we had thought a lot about, honestly, when I first got to the show, just the idea that its a boat, not the date, I thought that would be a really fun thing. Its tiny as f, its miniscule as all hell, but its just perfect, seeing this just I dont know, revulsion. Season 2, episode 7. Thats actually kind of the perfect paring, if shes the ventriloquist and Im the dummy. Fr nhere Informationen zur Nutzung Ihrer Daten lesen Sie bitte unsere Datenschutzerklrung und Cookie-Richtlinie. Im game. How did you and Louis-Dreyfus approach how to play the scene? I think he could be a great boss if he somehow liked you, or thought you were like, his guy. Obviously hes got a hair-trigger temper, but I do think the sun can shine from Jonah, he says. Im always surprised with Gary. Thats just a horrific job. She wanted the Dubonnet. ANALYZING THE ANSWERS: Please. PMC Entertainment. And that never came to pass. Except the desired outcome would be the opposite: wed be holding our breath to see if Jonah would escape danger but wed be super upset and disappointed each time he survived, MANDEL RESPONDS: Thatd be very funny, he says of having a Carrie-type crier. 1. (An earlier version of the script had him saying that she looked stunning.) They were putting those two things together and thinking that education is bad, and Im sorry, I think thats wrong. On a personal note, Mandel says the Rizzoli & Isles writers were wonderful neighbors. I think she did feel a tinge of remorse and then she immediately picks up the phone and gets into her facade and hides it away, stuffs all those feelings down and then turns it on again. "It is a decision she's made. And I love how Veep showed that full-circle moment with her. Catherine does go kind of the full Claire Danes. TVLINE | I feel like the first three seasons have been building to thismoment. He quickly shifted gears into paying tribute to the Oscar-winning actor (four times, possibly winning for the sequel-you-never-saw-coming in Philadelphia 2). Before the moment turned into something more shattering, though, she was jolted out of her daze when the Israeli prime minister calls, and she quickly reverted to charm mode. If you like TVLine, you'll LOVE our email news alerts! Minus the now-deceased Ben (Kevin Dunn), the gang was all there, including two-term President Richard Splett (!, Sam Richardson) and ex-con Gary, who placed the Dubonnet lipstick that they had been saving for a special occasion on her casket. "You don't have to worry," he said, pleasantly startled. What did Gary do for Selina on labor day that he referenced to in season 4? I doubt we ever find out. So I think probably the last 15 years of that prison sentence was spent dealing with that and all those feelings. With Gary, the codependency and dysfunction and obsession with her is going so fast that he couldnt stop himself. It was fun to be able to say that kind of stuff, and then just kind of retract and find ways to come off of it. I guess that would be a real problem. I chose my job, and now Ive been given this opportunity. We do spend a lot of time thinking about the fact that shes not 100 percent terrible at her job. You can read that gesture as closure, but not full forgiveness. Michael Ausiello / How does it feel to have Gary and Selinas relationship be the most powerful punch ofVeep? There were a couple of comedies: Atlanta was in there, I think Better Call Saul had a very funny clip, because theyre a comedy-drama kind of a thing. As for the others: I understand the Jonah one, but I think theres an opportunity if youre the right person. I can't imagine the amount of work that that woman had done to her face. I mean, its the most vicious thing youve ever seen. Broken to its bones. In that episode Gary has a private company take Selina's garbage back to her home residence. I think he gets an odd kick out of watching the show. Between Sarah Sutherlands Emmy worthy ugly crying and JLDs Emmy-winning performance, I cry from laughter every time I watch this episode. Other episodes tying for second with numerous shout-outs include Season 2s D.C. and The Vic Allen Dinner (as Eman said, It has everything: Kent being evil, Youre a meme, maam, Selina singing, the line Jolly Green Ji** Face.); Season 4s Election Night; and Season 5s Congressional Ball and Kissing Your Sister (aka Catherines documentary). Labor Day's origins go much deeper than backyard barbecues and picnics. So we were actually in the sound mix of the episode when we were told this. The country is just waking up to how cherished she is. We, I dont want to say padded, because my guess is he could end up with more. But I also sort of agree [with Eman]: With Labor Day, at some point you worry that theres no answer that would satisfy anybody, he says. Yes, I do. The three-day weekend it falls on is called Labor Day Weekend.. Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labor movements grew . Do you haveconfidence in new showrunner, [Curb Your Enthusiasm EP]David Mandel? And then [theres] the ultimate decision to give it to Jonah, which in some ways is almost as bad as the Gary thing, and Im putting it, like, a hair less. She has a new Amy [in Michelle, played by Rhea Seehorn]. WATCH. How does he view her now? The truth is, shed done so many horrible things over the course of [the show], you had to dig deep to make it real. Given that Mike never winds up giving that heartfelt eulogy for Selina, could you finish the job right now?I would personally eulogize her as the most wonderfully complicated character I ever got to write. A lot of these stories go back to when I and the new writers came into the show. Among the who's-who . Ideas? You took over showrunning duties when Armando left after season 4 and kept up the Emmy-winning tradition. He has no clue what is about to happen as they celebrate her nomination. The production of the convention was large in scale: it was filmed at a real arena in Los Angeles and they dropped a conventions-worth of balloons from the ceiling. So why is he there? Whoop 4.0: Which One Is The Best Health Tracker? Ill be vice president! almost reluctantly is one of my absolute favorite jokes, and I think in some weird way very true to the spirit of all seven seasons of the original show, a show about the vice presidency. And I do think in some ways getting away from her mother was the best thing that ever happened to her. The pair even sufferedtwin heart attacks last season. Ethan has it all thought out: Jonah, given his cancer scare and his ability to relate to the American people (because were all Jonahs, really), becomes one of the rising stars within the party and easily wins re-election in the midterms. Selina Meyer and her staff try to take on the White House in this HBO sitcom. I kind of love that. Was the attitude in the writers room this season one of The cruelty, ignorance and hypocrisy in this world needs an equal and opposite force more than ever, or was it Its our last season, so lets adopt a scorched Earth policy, or maybe a bit of both?I go for a little bit of both, and Ill throw a third thing in. Do you agree? On Sunday night, the series finale of HBOs Emmy-winning, cynical-to-its-corroded-core comedy answered: To hell. But its still Catherine. Right before she hit the stage in Charlotte to accept her party's nomination for president, she tried to prepare Gary for what was about to hit him, while he tried to prepare her for the spotlight with a special lipstick. So that's what brought him back to that funeral because everybody else could care less about her, but he had this kernel of authentic love for her. He has to be there. And I think had Sufe not been available, we would have gotten rid of that scene and gone with the other scene. Because Selina doesn't go there very frequently. Lets start by cutting to an interview with Veep showrunner and finale writer/director David Mandel, who takes you inside Selinas savage send-off. So Im really deeply going to miss it, really bad. DAVID MANDEL ASKS: Do you want to know what happened on Labor Day? I compare it to the tinge of remorse she felt while sitting at the desk in the end, when she called Garys name and I wasnt there. 22 TV Characters Who Deserve Their Own Spinoff Series, The Voice Needs to Make This Change in Season 23 and We Mean Immediately, The Voice Needs to Make This Change in Season 23 and We Mean, The Last of Us Director Liza Johnson on Crafting the Perfect Post-Apocalyptic Teen Mall Date in Episode 7, The Last of Us Reveals Ellie's Tender First Love -- and Loss --in Left Behind Flashback Episode: Read Recap, March Streaming Guide: What's New on Netflix, Amazon, Disney+. And were all going to missArmando. Obviously, it affects millions of same-sex couples, and its horrific. The relationship between Selina Meyer and Gary Walsh has always been hilarious, yes, but it's also what are the words? He was ready to do whatever she asked. The joke I always say is, we would sit around trying to think of the stupidest, dumbest thing a president or his staff could do and they kind of outdo that on a daily basis.. Like she instinctively yelled out for Gary and then realizes it. But you saw that tinge of humanity in her that made her sad. The most joy Gary ever had was when he would get the right lipstick; when he would get the right coat. I think its worse than that., Has Mandel decided what happened? As the bagman to the politician, Hales Gary Walsh is in her ear, primping her body and miming her every move always one heartbeat away from the woman he has long served. It was lovely that he came to New York for the premiere, and obviously, hes busy with [upcoming HBO space comedy Avenue 5]. Maybe its all for the best. Andrew popped up on the street in Oslo last week and crossed in front of the group at the funeral. But at the moment where perhaps it most counted, she does have these regrets. They were switching over to the movie side, so the lights came up, and there was no one saying like, And now well go over here. They were taking a pause, and the pause allowed the laughter to keep rolling, and people kind of stared back at us. I think maybe what you were expecting is her almost being dismissive of Kent and ready to jump in. She has been riding that thing, and its brought up a lot though obviously her anger at Selena, and all of those things. Making decisions based on polling with no overall agenda for the country or goals. When we see him, hes not looking so great. She didnt really care about Gary but selfishly, I think she thinks that she cant survive without him around. "That is the end result.". Just like she did with the speech on nomination night. How Marvel went big with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Then obviously they leave and shes there alone, and yeah, I think its full on anger, its full-on recrimination. And what were the alts that didnt make it? What do you imagine happened to him in prison? Those are the favors. and I would also say that it's not easy. Andrew met Selina Eaton in 1988 at the beginning of her senior year at Smith. I think for the rest of her life she will tell herself it was worth it. MANDEL RESPONDS: I think that speaks to whats going on in America, to the anti-intellectualization, he says. Oh, yes. I didnt say it was Tom Hanks specifically but I said I hope he digs it because theres a pretty cool nod to the pilot. In one way, their bond can never be broken, and he will always have some measure of twisted devotion to her. Selina, bitter with Doyle after the debacle in Season 5, begins grooming Jonah to run under the condition that he appoints her Secretary of State, and in return, shell finance his campaign. MANDEL RESPONDS: He was shocked his personal pick, Amy, got no votes. You can tie that into fake news, just the idea that people used to believe scientists, and doctors, and now they dont. It seemed that despite the betrayal, on some level, he will always hold a warped torch for Selina. ANALYZING THE ANSWERS: While multiple fans would enjoy seeing Gary sleep with a Russian spy (Oh lord, Mandel says), Cecille had another idea for him: Gary actually quitting or getting fired from his post? We police that and try to not have that, so that when you do get a chance to say f*** its a very special f***., Does the language make it difficult to choose clips to use at awards shows? Selina Meyer and her staff try to take on the White House in this HBO sitcom. Thats the interesting flaw of her. Number two, I think there was a sense of, this is the final season. Hahahaha, Brazilian fan Luiz Guilherme Romagnoli laughed. The train was moving way to fast Im getting deep now but the train was going so fast of every action and behavior that shes ever done that it was inevitable. I wanted to come out and remind people just what Veep was. It was very satisfying for him. 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