Second in Command: A Veep Rewatch

Welcome back to Second in Command: A Veep Rewatch with Matt and Tim! We’re back with Season 2 and we're kicking it off with Episode 1: “Midterms”.

SYNOPSIS: Selina's party does poorly in the midterm election, though Selina has a successful campaign, which she attempts to leverage into greater influence for herself. A Presidential strategist named Kent Davison, with whom Selina has a troubled history, returns from an absence. Selina is assigned responsibility for foreign relations. 

If you thought there was a lot of behind-the-scenes in the Season 1 rewatch, wait till you see what Matt and Tim have to unpack in Season 2. They talk about changes and improvements they brought onto this season a long with some insane on-set rehearsal processes. 

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Join Matt and Tim as they recap season one finale: “Tears” with Congressman Roger Furlong himself! 

SYNOPSIS: Selina travels to Ohio to support a gubernatorial candidate, Roger Furlong, who no longer wants her endorsement because of her low approval rating; the Clean Jobs bill comes back to haunt Dan which might end up with him and Selina’s office in a congressional hearing; Mike and Amy decide to make use of Selina's emotional state and play up her tears.

Dan Bakkedahl, who played Congressman Roger Furlong, talks about how threatened he was by Matt Walsh during auditions, finding his footing among comedy legends, and how Veep changed his life. Together, Matt, Tim, and Dan walk through the climatic season finale while setting the scene for season two.

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On this week’s Veep rewatch, Matt and Tim are joined by Anna Chlumsky, who played Amy Brookheimer on the show! Matt and Anna battle over whether Mike or Amy was better at their job, Anna talks about her process of finding Amy, and Matt and Tim share more behind-the-scenes as we approach the end of Season 1.

SYNOPSIS: With a pregnancy rumor and the firing of a Secret Service agent causing trouble, Selina decides that portions of all office correspondence will be available to the public. Later, she and Dan sever her connections to the Clean Jobs Bill and Selina threatens to fire someone.

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Thanks for tuning into another episode where Matt and Tim rewatch and recap Episode 6: “Baseball”

SYNOPSIS: Selina hosts a conference to promote healthy eating at Baltimore's Camden Yards baseball park, but her pitch is balked at by some foul-tempered fast-food executives. Meanwhile, Mike holds a press briefing for local reporters; and Amy and Dan do their best to entertain students at an elementary school before the vice president arrives. Selina discovers she is pregnant.

Matt and Tim talk about their experience filming at the Baltimore Orioles’ stadium and a little bit of human drama that followed.

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Reid Scott, who played the ruthless Machiavellian Dan Egan, joins Matt and Tim as they recap Episode 5: “Nicknames” aka “Dan Dates Jonah”.

SYNOPSIS: Selina becomes obsessed with the (many) unflattering nicknames given to her by bloggers, and after a snub by the President, assigns Dan to get White House intel from Jonah. Later, Dan's political maneuvering puts the fate of the Clean Jobs bill on the line. 

Reid talks about developing Dan Egan’s charisma and shares some fun behind the scenes scoop as he recalls his time on Season 1 of Veep.

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Peter Grosz, who played the iconic callous oil lobbyist Sidney Purcell, joins Matt and Tim as they recap Episode 4: “Chung”.

SYNOPSIS: Dan and Amy attend a book launch for Gov. Danny Chung, a charismatic Asian-American war hero, who Selina worries could be a political threat. Following an interview on Meet the Press, a slip of the tongue by Selina is misconstrued as a racist dig at Gov. Chung. The VP and her team go into recovery mode, trying to take the spotlight off Selina by visiting the sick and injured at a local hospital.

Peter talks about how there were a lot of rehearsals despite the show relying heavily on improvisation - the cast had to quickly get used to trying out things on set that ultimately didn’t make the cut. 

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On this week’s episode Matt and Tim go through Episode 3: “Catherine”.

SYNOPSIS: The VP and her team discover that her appointee for the Clean Jobs Commission is unacceptable. As the party in celebration of her 20 years in politics approaches, Meyer worries about gossip that she's a diva, tries to figure out what kind of pet dog she should get, and deals with her daughter Catherine, visiting while on break from college.

The hosts talk about crucial set-ups that become major call-backs throughout the show and even dive into some on-set “drama”. 

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Today we’re joined by the one and only Tony Hale, who played Gary Walsh on Veep! Together, Matt, Tim, and Tony go through Episode 2 of Veep: “Frozen Yoghurt”.

SYNOPSIS: The Veep's office is revived by good news that her task force is likely to be green lit. With the President (conveniently) out of the country, Selina looks to make headway on filibuster reform and meeting with some 'normal' people. A health scare temporarily allows Selina to be commander-in-chief but delays her plan for a media meet-and-greet at the local yoghurt store.

Tony talks about how nervous he was going into the show and that he constantly thought he was about to get fired and replaced. They share how they found comedy in camaraderie even while feeling like they were thrown into the thick of it.

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Welcome to Second in Command: A Veep Rewatch podcast! On today’s episode our hosts Matt Walsh and Tim Simons dive deep into the pilot episode “Fundraiser."

SYNOPSIS: VP Selina Meyer wants to make the implementation of a Clean Jobs Commission her main legacy but a Tweet from a staffer annoys the plastics industry. She later makes an offensive joke at a fundraiser and her chief of staff accidentally signs her own name on a condolence card for the wife of a senator who just died.

Matt and Tim discuss what it was like on their first day on set and how improvisation played a key role in character development and finding comedic beats within the environment.

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Welcome to Second in Command: A Veep Rewatch podcast! Join Matt Walsh and Tim Simons, who played Mike McLintock and Jonah Ryan, as they go through every episode of HBO’s hit series VEEP. In this episode, Matt and Tim discuss everything that led up to shooting the pilot, the casting process, and other behind-the-scenes moments. Later the hosts are joined by memory expert, Ayanna Thomas, to see how reliable their memory actually is.

Join us every week on Tuesday and relive one of the most iconic, hilarious shows that seems more like a sobering documentary than a political satire.

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