Veep Recap: season 6 episode 4 “Justice”

Season six of Veep has focused on rebuilding its characters now that Selina is out of the White House.

Veep, season 6, episode 4, “Justice,” once again explores what Selina’s next move is since her charity hasn’t exactly taken off yet and her hopes of running for President have been squashed. With a new ambition in reach, Selina spends the episode hoping her post-Presidency legacy can be as a member of the Supreme Court rather than as just a failed President.

The best thing about, “Justice,”  is that Amy finally returns to the fold after a dead-end “fish out of water” storyline. Now, Selina is completely over-staffed for someone who isn’t really accomplishing anyone.

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Dan is the only former member of Team Meyer who hasn’t returned to either Selina or Jonah but at least he’s finally making headway on winning over his co-host. Sadly he won’t be able to be the father Catherine and Marjorie’s daughter. It’s a shame that he wouldn’t get to join the Meyer family but Dan is at least ecstatic to know that he won’t need to pay for Plan B anymore.

Catherine and Marjorie get pulled into the main storyline as well after Selina is stricken by a heart attack. Easily one of the best comedic moments of “Justice,” is when Catherine bursts out laughing after learning about her mother’s hospital visit. Selina is delighted to not be suffering from menopause and instead of a small heart attack. Unfortunately, the news that his boss suffered such a health scare is enough for Gary to collapse on the floor and get rushed to the hospital.

Selina doesn’t really have the time to deal with her assistant’s hospital visit because a blunder by Mike accidentally sets her up as a potential Supreme Court nominee. As it becomes more and more likely that Selina has a true shot at making it as a judge.

True to form, she becomes confident and narcissistic, choosing to ignore paying Mike for writing her memoirs as well as Sherman Tanz, her benefactor. It also has her be exceedingly cruel to poor Gary by continuing to boss him around despite his serious health issues.

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While she initially does not want him staying at her house while he heals, Catherine demands it so she eventually gives in. By the end of the episode, she brings Gary down dinner (albeit a disgusting one) and makes a half-hearted attempt at being kind. He’s so touched by the act of sympathy that he even forces himself to eat the moldy chicken sandwich with pasta that she gives him.

The two end up falling asleep in the bed together and have an awkward morning after where Gary wraps his arm around her before Selina scurries back upstairs. “Justice,” captures the relationship between Gary, and by extension Catherine, perfectly as the two people Selina cares about but will always put her own ambitions/wants ahead of them. Despite her incredibly selfish nature, she does recognize that they are hers to care for as well as a peek into the childhood Catherine must have had.

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Throughout the entire series, Catherine and Gary have been the two people who will stand by Selina’s side no ma and makes even small but misguided attempts to be a caring figure. Her sense of obligation to care for the two of them is there even though it is often trumped by her other aspirations. Considering Catherine’s reaction to her heart attack, it seems like her daughter may be fulfilling her own obligations to Selina as well at this point.

This is Veep, of course, so Selina’s newest dream of being a judge is destroyed by the end of “Justice”. She’s immediately on the offensive again, trying to woo back Sherman Tanz to pay for her Presidential library.

Slight hiccup, Amy sent Tanz to Jonah early on in the episode in order to help the wealthy billionaire keep the prison system privatized. While most characters on Veep despite Jonah, Tanz sees a young idiot who he can manipulate for political gain. He hops off the Selina Meyer train and leaves the team stranded while they try to figure out their next move.