S03E08 - Debate
No: 26 |
Season: 3
Episode: |
Air Date: 1-Jun-14
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Summary
The staff prepares for the debate between Selina and her rivals; Dan returns to the office after his panic attack; Gary inadvertently tells Wendy that Ray collaborated with Selina to make decisions.
Director and Writers
Director: Armando Iannucci
Story by: Armando Iannucci & David Quantick & Tony Roche
Teleplay by: David Quantick & Tony Roche
Quotes
Furlong: Here's my favorite part, where they all pretend like they like each other. F**k Broadway, this is real acting.
Amy: If Thornhill strayed once, there may be others. Maybe a crack whore if we're lucky.
Catherine: Call me naive, but isn't that unethical?
Amy: You're naive. Welcome to politics.
Gary: What do you think of the new cut, huh? Do you like it?
Mike: Of course I don't f**king like it! It's the worst use of scissors since my failed vasectomy!
Gary: The elven look is in right now, I was reading about it.
Mike: People don't elect elves, okay. They put them to work in grottos or get them drunk at frat parties so they can toss them.
Gary: That's dwarves.
(Selina's eye continues to twitch visibly on camera)
Doyle: I can't watch this.
Furlong: Neither can she 'cause her f**king eyes don't work!
Amy: If there is any dirty trick I cannot stand, it is honesty.
Doyle: Now Maddox's daughter's gonna give her the bad news!
Furlong: "Daddy, you f**king blew it!"
Doyle: "Daddy, I've never been less proud of you!"
Amy: Okay, let's rehearse the debate. Congressman Furlong, can you be Joe Thornhill?
Furlong: Let's see. I don't know anything about NAFTA, but I do know about baseball. Baseball, baseball, baseball, look at my muscly chest, vote for me.
Amy: Ben, you're Owen Pierce.
Ben: Well I'm a baby-faced, know-nothing Congressman from Shitstain, Nevada, who's got the newly dropped balls enough to think that I can run for President.
Amy: Kent, you are former SecDef Maddox.
Furlong: Don't do the voice, though.
Kent: I've only ever used this voice, even as a young child.
Amy: Okay. SecDef Maddox, where do you stand on crime?
Kent: Well right now I'm coming across pretty hardline, so I'll go soft to outflank Mr. Chung.
Mike: Oh, well, I'm the hip hop governor of Minnesota, and I'm coming off as too soft, so I'll try to outhard SecDef Maddox.
Moderator: Governor Chung, we live in a time when young people find in increasingly hard to find work. How would you address this issue?
Ben: Ten bucks he says, "bring back the draft."
(regarding Selina promising to "repel" immigrants)
Doyle: I think I've endorsed a Nazi!
Furlong: It'd explain the Hitler haircut!
Gary: She's coming... she's coming...
Mike: I think Gary's about to come.
Notes and Trivia
None
Goofs
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Cast
Starring | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Selina Meyer |
Starring | Anna Chlumsky | Amy Brookheimer |
Starring | Tony Hale | Gary Walsh |
Starring | Reid Scott | Dan Egan |
Starring | Timothy Simons | Jonah Ryan |
Starring | Matt Walsh | Mike McLintock |
Starring | Kevin Dunn | Ben Cafferty |
Starring | Sufe Bradshaw | Sue Wilson |
Guest Starring | Gary Cole | Kent Davison |
Guest Starring | Dan Bakkedahl | Roger Furlong |
Guest Starring | Kathy Najimy | Wendy Keegan |
Guest Starring | Randall Park | Danny Chung |
Guest Starring | Isiah Whitlock Jr. | George Maddox |
Guest Starring | Paul Fitzgerald | Owen Pierce |
Guest Starring | Phil Reeves | Andrew Doyle |
Guest Starring | Sarah Sutherland | Catherine Meyer |
Guest Starring | Glenn Wrage | Joe Thornhill |
Co-Starring | Shari Elliker | Andrea Tandy |
Co-Starring | James Kinstle | (as Jimi Kinstle) |
Co-Starring | Andrew Leeds | Jackson |
Co-Starring | Jonathan Lee Taylor | |
Co-Starring | Desiree Marie Velez | |
Co-Starring | Marybeth Wise | Janet |