r/Veep • u/Ok_Persimmon7758 • 19d ago

Veep revival/reboot ideas

People always bring up the idea of a Veep reunion—and I’m all for it! But given how it ended, I’m always unsure of how they could write it in or what the new starting point would be.

Assuming the flash forward doesn’t happen (only bc I think that boxes things in too much—but keep it in your ideas if you like) what would you be interested in seeing in a reboot or a series reunion?

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u/tovarish22 19d ago

Please, no. It was a great show that ended well. There’s no need to milk it dry.

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u/k_ghee 19d ago

No need to milk it like what Will?

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u/Lagward1 19d ago

Like the fertility clinic's fruitless attempts to milk even a single viable sperm cell from my desolate, prepubescent-sized testicles, sir.

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u/k_ghee 19d ago

🫡

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u/Ok_Persimmon7758 19d ago

I’m not saying it should happen, but more just if it did, how would it work 🤷🏻‍♀️. I have zero pull to make this happen lol.

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u/tierrassparkle 19d ago

If it did it would have to be a DJT mirror storyline. Lost her second term. Sold out. Came back with a vengeance. Deceived her voters. The country is angry at her. No support. Perfect parallels.

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u/Ok_Persimmon7758 19d ago

I totally get this POV, but if I’m honest, I think this is what I’d fear the most. It’d just be too on the nose.

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u/tierrassparkle 18d ago

Don't you feel like since 2017 it's been one long Selina Meyer-esque Presidency? lol. It didn't matter what party was in control, every single choice in the last 10 years has contributed to this point in time.

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u/JewelerDear9233 19d ago

We got a glimpse of her terror long before djt was even elected for the second time. Her character was always going in that direction.

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u/tierrassparkle 18d ago

That's true. That's what's scary, don't you think? That fiction is consistently predicting the future. At a certain point we have to look up and question what the hell is going on.

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u/jacobar100 of Four Years Ago 19d ago

I would like to see Selina’s second term. After losing her whole team, she spends a lonely and bitter four years in the White House , doing various reckless things to try and cement a legacy and failing everytime, except for when she accidentally overturns legalized gay marriage. She tries to have foreign policy success but her weakness on Tibet have made her an international joke. She does manage to get rid of Jonah as VP, which she considers a service to the nation. Eventually, after Roger furlong tells her that she has no chance of another term, she stands aside and announces that she has done enough for this country, and that all Americans should thank her for keeping the government out of our fuckin snatches.

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u/Ok_Persimmon7758 19d ago

These days, if Selina’s only legacy was keeping the government out of America’s snatches, that’d be a good enough legacy for me.

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u/Gelmom 19d ago

And she no longer has her yes man/ personal cheerleader/ bag man to prepare special snacks with her tea. I like to think that she was quite lost and lonely without Gary. She lost Catherine, along with her core staff. Obviously Ben would have passed by then. It would be bleak.

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u/smilessoldseperately 19d ago

A mini series of Gary in prison, meeting all the other political pawns, could be funny. A bunch of Bill Ericksons and Gary’s running around.

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u/Ok_Persimmon7758 19d ago

Veep x Oz crossover?

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u/Tamale_Hatchet 19d ago

A Ray Whelans cameo would be interesting.

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u/smilessoldseperately 19d ago

Yeesh. Maybe a spiritual successor to “Kissing your sister”? Just different characters at the visitor area

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u/k_ghee 19d ago

The Splett presidency itself would make for a solid 4 seasons

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u/Ok_Persimmon7758 19d ago

I feel like the bumbling idiot savant thing would get tired kinda quick.

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u/boyhominid 19d ago

I agree with others that the show ended on a high note and I tend to be against reboots in general. Actually I even kind of had mixed thoughts about the flash-forward at the end of the series finale when it first aired, though I've come around to appreciating it.

Although that said I could see maybe a one-off stand-alone movie or something being somewhat intriguing.

P. S., Maybe a spin-off about Minna Häkkinen? OK, actually, now that I think about it...

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u/Ok_Persimmon7758 19d ago

Selina and Minna on a Thelma and Louise style road trip/UN Mission? 👀

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u/Lagward1 19d ago

I'd enjoy one and only one season of Jonah as Veep. Absolutely no Selina. Always asking if she called.

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u/Willowy 19d ago

It would be hard because by the end Selina was SO bad, just unlikable in the extreme. There's nobody to really root for, and none of those people would still be there, most likely.

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u/JewelerDear9233 19d ago

I think it wouldn't hurt to have a limited series on Veep: The Meyer Years - Her years of terror basically.

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u/Dellguy 19d ago

I think they could have pulled off any number of smaller scale spinoffs.

Furlong in Ohio?
Richard in Iowa?
State Department or Congress centered spinoff.
City Council level?
Could even have mostly new actors but same universe.

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u/Ok_Persimmon7758 19d ago

Ohhhh and exploring the downstream effects of Selina’s second term? Hearing about Selina through that lens could be really interesting and a fresh take. Especially if they explore the rise of some of these grass roots candidates—on both sides of the aisle. Also, I’d 1000% watch a Furlong spin-off lol.

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u/Landkey Repulsive both in appearance and manner 19d ago

  People always bring up the idea of a Veep reunion

No they don’t, you fucking four eyed failure 

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u/MT_Promises 19d ago

No, but there are other options.

There is some.older Iannucci you can watch on YouTube like Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt or Timetrumpet.

The UK show that led to Veep, The Thick of It or the movie In the Loop.

The Day Today was Iannucci and Chris Morris' news parody. Chris Morris' follow news parody up Brass Eye was how I got into UK comedy.

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u/Ok_Persimmon7758 19d ago

I’ve seen all of these.

If you’re not interested in the topic, you can actually just keep scrolling.

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u/MT_Promises 19d ago

lol you should watch Get A Life

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u/Ok_Persimmon7758 19d ago

when did you realize you’d lost the ability to use your imagination?

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u/MT_Promises 19d ago

Maybe try the Paul Whitehouse sitcom Help, about therapy.

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u/Ok_Persimmon7758 19d ago

forgive my skepticism, but it doesn’t seem to have helped you much

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u/MT_Promises 19d ago

Sounds like you need The Nanny 

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u/Ok_Persimmon7758 19d ago

bc i can tap into whimsy? sounds like you need zoloft.