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

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Cast