He certainly didnt deserve to go to jail, but what responsibility, if any, does he own for participating in this horrifically lopsided relationship?Boy, thats an interesting question. And that never came to pass. Its revealed that she never visited Gary in prison, yet he shows up at her funeral and gives her the special lipstick. HBO's Official 2017 Emmy After Party - Inside. But its that same street fighter that then continues to do all of those other horrible things. What is the feeling in that moment? I was weirdly very satisfied by it because nothing was going to wake Gary out of this abusive cycle but this.. Desperate to find a fall guy for her scandals with the Meyer Fund and illicit ties to the Chinese government (whom she actively courted to meddle in the election), Selina chose the best man(child) for the job: poor, naive Gary. 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. But In the age of reboots, we must ask: Is there any chance that Veep will come back in any form, down the road?At least for the moment, Ive said everything I have to say about these people and this world. In some ways, the lack of her courage to ask him almost makes it worse. I have confidence because of what he has previously worked on, but also because of his relationship with Julia. "Gary and Selina cohabit a dysfunctional not-quite-romance: brutal, abusive, pathetic and unbalanced, but, at the same time, almost in spite . Thats the outcome of living a life like she did. !, Matt Walsh) was about to deliver a heartfelt eulogy about Selina to his viewers, but in the ultimate karmic-cruel joke, he had to cut his report short to cover more important breaking news: the death of Tom Hanks. Everyone roots for her., As for the naysayers, their position was summed up by Jamie Burgess: No. Thats a long time. Not exactly Dan, but Dan-esque. It would have just had less of the footage of The Money Pit and whatnot. Gary Anton Walsh (born August 1978) is an American political aide who served as the special assistant and personal aide, commonly referred to as body man, to President Selina Meyer for two decades. When approaching the end, showrunner David Mandel said he thought about the most horrible thing Selina could do that would have a deep emotional impact, and thats how he landed on the Gary betrayal. The whole team (reluctantly) returns to work for Jonahs campaign. Yes, maybe not specifically worrying about wheres Catherine and not specifically worrying about wheres Kent [Gary Cole], but all of that hits her. But I kinda like the idea of finding out more, so well see what happens., Source: https://www.yahoo.com/tv/veep-showrunner-david-mandel-responds-labor-day-theories-162157120.html. Theres a wonderful moment, Anna just sells the hell out of it. I wish in retrospect, we had managed to put maybe one, or two other clues along the way But there is no answer. "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. Yes, unwitting Gary wound up serving as the fall guy for her scandals involving Chinese government election interference and the corrupted Meyer Fund. I dont know. Teleplay by Kevin Cecil, Roger Drew & Andy Riley Story by Armando Iannucci Directed by Stephanie Laing "I think it's called 'The Man Who Shits Triangles.'" -- Ben. It dawned that that would be the price, that thats the human sacrifice, and we worked backward from that. Thats perfect., Did you reach out to Tom Hanks for his death blessing? 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. And in this case, she didnt even say it, she had the FBI guys come and grab me. Of all the people in the world you could pick, that decision to make Jonah vice president again is also part of the reason thats the title of this episode. But the arbitrary rule all but . It was horrific to film. I pair that with how excited I am to be able to have had a full-circle moment in Veep, to show the beginning and an end and to walk through the whole journey and to have the whole arc of the series completed. MANDEL RESPONDS: I could see that, he says of Mike as an ineffective but well-liked high school teacher. The same-sex marriage [ban], besides being horrible, unto itself is horrible because its Catherine. He just keeps bouncing back to this dysfunction. Well do a big vaudeville act! Shell carry forth, but that moment in the White House is the punishment. "I felt in a sense like I had tight reins on myself, I was trying very hard not to let a certain kind of emotion flow out of me," she says. What is left of Gary 24 years later?Look, at some point, there is a sickness in the character. Selina Meyer and her staff try to take on the White House in this HBO sitcom. "Today the world mourns the loss of this towering and beloved figure," intoned Mike, and as he moved to face the wrong camera, the last words by a character on Veep were spoken: "Let's take a look at the storied career of Tom Hanks, American icon. Julia Louis-Dreyfus., MANDEL RESPONDS: Hearing that last answer, Mandel can only laugh: Have our standards for what a president is dropped so far in the last two years that this is what were saying is good about Selina Meyer? But looking at the big picture I find that [two-thirds number] fascinating, because I think shes a horrible person! "He invested his co-dependent energy in trying to please somebody elsegetting them to like him, not valuing himself," he continues. When he would give her what she needed. Amy (Anna Chlumsky) ended up with Ericsson (Diedrich Bader)! Everything is so normal that when she starts to try and ask him like maybe she was going to ask him to just take the fall flat-out and she never finishes the sentence but, of course, his assumption is: do you need me to run across the street to get some coffee? Forty percent said they were a Rizzoli (Angie Harmons blue-collar detective character) and 10 percent said they were an Isles (Sasha Alexanders more polished medical examiner). If you like TVLine, you'll LOVE our email news alerts! Uh, what? It was a baby challenge to figure out where Dan should be. Its meant to be. ANALYZING THE ANSWERS: Two-thirds of the fans who responded said they believe Selina has redeeming qualities, though they definitely had to reach to name some. 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. She just sent him to jail and knowing Selina, she's not going to get him out. Were you surprised? I dont think Selina saw it as a gift, but in terms of his life, it was probably the biggest gift. A few suggested either watching an interview online in which Anna says it herself (see above), or simply just calling her Anna to be safe. Selina has always hated the limited powers of the vice president. As Sydney wrote, Mother. By a landslide. Then there was that look on Gary's face. Sort of a Biden to his Obama. Again, not through emotional words, but just in his support. I love the idea that he solved it with three states. The sidelining of the vice president, that it happened to Selina, is a great end for Jonah, and that he got some of the power he wanted, but had to learn what she learned, which is it wasnt much of anything. "There was just an enormous amount of restraint. ", It was during that last line that Gary was accosted by two FBI agents on the side of the stage. There was anger in his farewell words, but also a sense of love. ", Hale also had difficulty in keeping his emotions in check as he came to grips with the finality of the moment, both on- and off-camera. "There is a part of Selina that recognizes that Gary is maybe the only one who's ever really loved her, and she's giving that up," says Louis-Dreyfus. 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. All season long and for much of the series Veep has been exploring the question: How far is ex-VP, former POTUS, and forever egotist Selina Meyer willing to go to become president? If I dont go crazily in, then it invalidates the previous decision. She was all in. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Lets start by cutting to an interview with Veep showrunner and finale writer/director David Mandel, who takes you inside Selinas savage send-off. ANALYZING THE ANSWERS: Season 5s Mother in which Selina lost both her mom and, perhaps more importantly, the popular vote got three times the nods of any other episode. "That is the end result.". And she can't really allow herself to question that sacrifice. That's it lol . He got what we were going for at the end there, and was proud to be a part of it, and it just put a huge smile on Julias and my faces. Something serious mustve went down to silence Selina like that. She doesn't have empathy for others. Labor Day represented the "reentry" into city life and the retirement of white summer clothes after a summer of leisure for the upper classes, Steele says. Im game. This is the main character of a TV show, and you relish in her horribleness. she kept it together while holding the nuclear codes, she never grabbed people by the p***y. b). I think hed love to go to restaurants and be able to eat, but Im not quite sure hed have a lot to say. His take? Regret is a part of it, but at the same time, though, I think almost more horror. How many takes did you get to nail Gary and Selinas final scenes, first their goodbye and then their final glance once the FBI comes? It didnt happen. Even her saying the line, I couldnt have done it without you. Or me saying to her, Youre not going to have to. We all care about each other so much and there was a lot of emotion wrapped up in shooting that episode. I started to wonder why Selina Meyer was being punished. He has to be there. So even when shes with people, shes a little bit alone. Weve been gone a year, and were back, and were not taking any prisoners. And that might be his own wake-up because Gary was always, always buttoned up. But Hale says that the ultimate revenge may be Selina's, even from the grave. She Danes-es it up, he says. 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. It was really, really fun to do. But when [the abuse] comes from everyone else,he does see it. I mean, any opportunity I can get to work with any of these folks would be awesome. We even had a [scene], it just didnt quite exactly work, where she was watching the funeral, sort of laughing. He seems goofy enough to pull it off, he simply says, I think he just thinks corduroy is not very tasteful.. I mean, it wasnt a healthy relationship and he was certainly complicit in it in the sense of it takes two to tango. We started talking about a very sort of Selina Meyer-esque ending, which is that she gets bumped off the front page by a better funeral. [Laughs] Thats a recipe for disaster. But I guess I have hope. Thatd be great. In spite of everything she did, you get the sense that if that coffin opened up and she said, Get me a tea, he kind of would. She has a new Amy [in Michelle, played by Rhea Seehorn]. But dont we already have Catherine? Why would she want to be separated from me? So obviously the favor was, Do you want a coffee? Because thats always been the favor. When none of that came to pass, lets do the General thing early in the year and plan her funeral, and then lets jump ahead to the future and see it became the idea. Its so fun to work with somebody whos on the same page. What else could she do that would be even worse than breaking up with Jaffar? I dont think an answer would have been satisfying. "And there's nothing anyone can do to stop me from standing and walking for my country!" If she had asked the question, do you think would Gary have sacrificed himself? Well, a Christmas Carol! "And you are a lifesaver, I couldn't have done it without you," she returned, surprising him with a hug. "He's very angry," says Hale. The 45-minute propulsive finale didnt finish there, though; it jumped 24 years into the future, to Selinas funeral. At turns heartbreaking and hilarious, the showdown expertly acted by Emmy winners Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and Tony Hale dramatically altered the power dynamic between the two characters, while also setting up a doozy of a mystery: What did Selina do on that fateful Labor Day, and how exactly didGary cover (or clean) it up? 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 I feel like the possibility of Jonahs impending death would be just as nerve-racking as all the times Quinn was in danger. Do you haveconfidence in new showrunner, [Curb Your Enthusiasm EP]David Mandel? So I saw that a bunch, and I even saw people thinking he would [be nominated for] president somehow in this convention, that he would somehow emerge from the morass. Garys got a lot of secrets. And to answer Jamies question, Why would Gary wearing corduroy not happen? 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. Among the who's-who . She wasnt completely disconnected. 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). How did you get her to return? After 'Veep's' series finale, Tony Hale speaks to The Hollywood Reporter about the betrayal and flash-forward reveal for his character Gary Walsh. Another sleazy scumbag operator a la Dan. Did you ever consider revealing exactly what happened on Labor Day, or is it one of those things that the answer will never be as satisfying as the speculation and your own imagination?I love that everyone has a theory. Hes done outrageous things for her and nothing has yet snapped him out of it. My story is that Im super bummed its over! It was probably the most heartwarming Youre my hatchet man line ever delivered.Weve played a lot with the notion of this horrific dad she had, over the past three years. 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