Satisfying the final of 'Veep', Selina gets what she wanted – and the final indignity she deserved

Spoiler Alert: This article discusses the finale of the "Veep" series.

A friendly and bitter farewell, then, with the beautifully shriveled heart of the satire "Veep" of Washington, perfect for HBO, which ended Sunday night with the greatest possible symphony of f-bombs, c-words and maneuvers Maniacs, like her anti-heroin Selina Meyer (the incomparable Julia Louis-Dreyfus) finally got what she'd always wanted – the US presidency – only to have live coverage of her National funeral (24 years later) interrupted by the news of the actor Tom Hanks was dead.

Selina's victory was not easy, because nothing in Selina's unseemly career as an official has ever been. You will be delighted to know that she has never found happiness.

But viewers have certainly done. In a satisfying and conclusive supersized episode (written and directed by the director of "Veep" David Mandel, who succeeded his creator, Armando Iannucci, a few seasons ago), "Veep" experienced one last time his fate in the world. # 39; history. , echoing the bizarre events that had previously brought Selina to the Oval Office for such a short term, that's why they invented the asterisks.

This time, Selina's party (the show was always timid) was split between contestants, leading to the first convention in the impasse for nearly 70 years. Selina had to make her way to the nomination of her party at the Charlotte Convention 2020. The more she tried to win more delegates and the more she lost, which foreshadowed the frightening prospect that Jonah Ryan (Timothy Simons), idiot and who was failing on the rise, could get the nomination.

Jonas' unlikely increase in voters this season was the only sign of "Veep" to true American politics and the Trump administration. The more reprehensible he became, the more he looked like a safe bet. Even poor Amy Brookheimer (Anna Chlumsky), who spent many years as Selina's Chief of Staff, then discovered a new type of political salvation in Jonah's campaign. Instead of fighting stupidity, she mocked her hair and went on TV to argue, in a very kananne way, that the facts were just opinions.

Over the last two seasons, some viewers (and certainly a large number of journalists and critics) have asked how "Veep" could possibly compete with the real headlines of the day. The program's response was, in general, to tell inventive stories, absurd and even more fun than anything that was ridiculed in Saturday Night Live or in late-night monologues. It was a little disappointing to see "Veep" subtly acquiescing, in his later episodes, to the idea that he must somehow take into account the actual events, aligning his subplots with l & rsquo; Intervention of foreign governments in the elections (China, in the case of Selina) of a candidate who subverts everything we knew about the traditional campaign and leadership.

Fortunately, the finale was based much more on "Veep's forces" as fiction. More than anything, viewers will miss Selina's disgusting dialogue in grand dudgeon – this is the heart of the series, the reason why Louis-Dreyfus won six Emmys for the role.

When his rival and former lover, Tom James (Hugh Laurie), tried to jump into the race as a savior / last-minute solution to the deadlock in the convention's vote, Selina handed Michelle York the chance to win. one of the most deliciously hot diatribes of the convention. ("Better call Saul" Rhea Seehorn).

Can I repeat it here? Not much, except: "I just hate seeing smart women giving up their political career to men who only see them [slur for a body part] of least resistance. "

It worked. The next day, Michelle appeared in the news, accusing James of sexual harassment. And just like that, Selina's last obstacles are starting to disappear. Against all those who plead, she makes Jonas his Veep, because no one knows better than Selina to what purgatory insignificant this work can be. It is an appropriate punishment.

Selina made other painful but necessary decisions. One has definitely moved away from her emotionally fragile daughter, Catherine (Sarah Sutherland), and the other has taken away her faithful bagman, Gary Walsh (Tony Hale, who has provided so many of the funniest moments in the series), in a federal prison.

Either way, Gary, aged and conditionally released, went to Selina's funeral. "You hate flowers," he murmured in his coffin, leaving a tube of his favorite lipstick on top.

The feeling and real emotion was almost never the strength of Veep, but it was hard not to feel a little regret when he died. Mandel and his exceptional cast have ensured that everyone gets more or less what they deserve. Fortunately, most of them left the politics, with the exception of Richard Splett (Sam Richardson), a very kind and enigmatic man, who became a popular two-term president and Nobel laureate Peace. It was as if "Veep" was telling us that the future of the nation could be in better hands.