Shes about to become president again and that is the biggest joy of Garys life. For this scene they just bring up the day in which something happened. Early in the season, you gave us a tantalizing and terrifying clue about Labor Day, one in which we learned that it was not a day but a boat, which sends the brain to awful places, along the lines of Natalie Wood or Chappaquiddick. Andrew met Selina Eaton in 1988 at the beginning of her senior year at Smith. She couldnt even face Gary to do it, thats how much of a coward she was. It just was so stunning to hear the language in this giant ballroom at the Four Seasons. Whatever happened earlier in the day where she made the push and obviously it didnt go, she was all in. "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. TVLINE | Were you told what happened on Labor Day to help with the subtext? But near the end of Sunday's series finale, it all came crashing down in the show's darkest moment. MANDEL RESPONDS: "I didn't know the . Mike McLintock anchored coverage of Selina's funeral as her coffin entered the vagina-shaped crypt. Speaking of emotional moments, Selina had an unconventional father-figure moment with Ben [Kevin Dunn] after his heart attack. Hell hath no fury like a perpetually under-appreciated, eternally . I mean, its all new people. And were going to see him again. Do you need me to fly back to New York and get a comb you left there? Starting with the most obvious. Get your hands off of him. Yes. We then tried to jam that into the last year, season 6, and then finally got it into season 7. Votes were also cast for notoriously incompetent Mike, groper Teddy, vicious Roger Furlong, war hero Danny Chung, stoic Kent (Hard to read and even harder to please, Jamie insisted), and puppet master Ben. I dont believe he could have stopped us from saying his name. And so, Julia e-mailed him, and then we got back this very quick auto-response, that was like, Im traveling. Maybe that will be the next Veep spin well do a Christmas Carol thing with Selina and shell be visited by all the ghosts and the ghost of Christmas past will show her what shes done to Gary. Hes the same guy just a little grayer here and there, maybe a little tanner. The whole team (reluctantly) returns to work for Jonahs campaign. Disturbing. I always catered it to Gary just treating what she was saying as an everyday request and never considering what she was really asking. Copyright 2023 Meredith Corporation. Before the moment turned into something more shattering, though, she was jolted out of her daze when the Israeli prime minister calls, and she quickly reverted to charm mode. We trade him for the sadly now deceased Peter Quinn. That being said, hes a simple soul. "For twentysomething years, he had lived in this fantasy and it shook him, and hopefully it woke him out of that to where he can begin living his life. Did he give up because he was defeated and heartbroken, or because he wanted to make this sacrifice for her? Yes, the person she had appointed to take charge of her faith-based initiativethe person who had the most faith in her, the person who did god-knows-what for her on the good ship Labor Daywould be the one to pay for all of her corruption. Is there any world where you do a spinoff or movie or continue this character in some way? So yeah, there was just a lot of joy. On Sunday night, the series finale of HBOs Emmy-winning, cynical-to-its-corroded-core comedy answered: To hell. During her desperate, obsessive drive to return to the White House, Selina (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) betrayed her daughter, Catherine (Sarah Sutherland), the fight for LGBTQ equality, a brave war veteran who was supposed to be her running mate, the nation of Tibet, pristine federal lands, the American educational system, and perhaps most damning to viewers entranced by the relationship at the cold-blooded heart of the show: her over-loyal bagman and one-man hype machine Gary (Tony Hale). But near the end of Sunday's series finale, it all came crashing down in the show's darkest moment. A Dan thats been to prison. Anytime someone leaves the room, as far as Im concerned, those ghosts of Christmas past will be there. ", Hale had dropped a hint about the finale before it aired, "You reap what you sow," and he seems to apply that to Gary almost as much as Selina. Given that Mike never winds up giving that heartfelt eulogy for Selina, could you finish the job right now?I would personally eulogize her as the most wonderfully complicated character I ever got to write. Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States. (At least Sufe Bradshaws Sue was still guarding the Oval Office, doing MVP work to block VP Jonah, played by Timothy Simons, from any executive privilege.) Gary and Selina were Jonah was going to stall and take too long, and along with the demands, in that stall, Tom James [Hugh Laurie] was going to make his move and swoop in and get the nomination, then win the presidency. Shell carry forth, but that moment in the White House is the punishment. Those are the favors. But I think for Amy, who was all in on Jonah for a variety of reasons some of which were the decisions shed made in her life in the sense of she chose work over possibly a family and then when you make a decision like that, she had to double down with Jonah. ", Filming that pivotal sell-out scenein which Selina knows that the end is nigh for Garywas challenging for both actors, given the weight of the moment (and the fact that this would be the last scene in which Louis-Dreyfus and Hale shared the screen). He knows all the secrets. But I kinda like the idea of finding out more, so well see what happens., ANALYZING THE ANSWERS/MANDEL RESPONDS: We read him a list of popular theories. The gut-punch of a betrayal played out in the present-day ending of Sundays series finale, which then jumped ahead 24 years to former President Meyers funeral. The country is just waking up to how cherished she is. As for that Jonah scenario, Maybe Jonah could get tortured. This was a really [important] scene, and we wanted to make sure it gelled, so we worked on it in for a while to find the flow of it. Michael Ausiello / She really respects him, shes worked with him [on Seinfeld]. That is a really sharp turn for the character in that day. But you saw that tinge of humanity in her that made her sad. How long had you been sitting on that idea as the ending?There was always this idea of jumping ahead to the funeral. But keep in mind, as far as Garys concerned, she shouldve been president years ago. What do you think was in the bag (s)? Gary disposed of a body for her. I wanted to come out and remind people just what Veep was. Veep Showrunner David Mandel Responds to Fans Labor Day Theories. 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). Veep Season 7, episode 7 photo: Colleen Hayes/HBO. "His devotion to her was so evident in those final moments, with the lipstick," she says. We settle all family business. So its such an interesting scene because its so emotional, but it is emotional about sending her off to steel herself to do some really bad s. CBS Evening News anchor Mike McLintock (! ", The flash-forward to the funeral gave glimpses of how everyone in Selina's orbit turned out: Jonah (Timothy Simons) was impeached! The Ericsson thing it was funny, it was actually Annas idea, and I thought it was very enjoyable. I always will leave open the door to a great idea, because a great idea is a great idea. Labor Day vs. May Day . But it was nice to see Veeps international fanbase come out to play: Im European, and Europe has a wonderful history regarding our attitude towards Jews, wrote Viktor, whos from Croatia. And in some ways, perhaps even some of the postpartum depression was ultimately all really connected to Selina To me, the day they walked out of that convention, in the cab to the airport, she probably surprised Marjorie by laughing at something. Pam Grier reflects on her most iconic roles, from. He wouldve been her type. Its completely void of any joy. Ive said this before, but its like a dog returning to his vomit. But let me tell you, when youre President of the United States, Gary Walsh is not the guy you want around you. How did you get her to return? That, to me, is the absolute saddest picture of her legacy. I feel like the possibility of Jonahs impending death would be just as nerve-racking as all the times Quinn was in danger. From what I remember, I think we did the scene several times before the balloons. Was Catherines cutting of ties with Selina the healthiest decision she made?Her realization that she was interested in members of the same sex and ultimately her happiness with Marjorie and the family they built I think theres a three-year story there of her becoming a more and better-fulfilled person. Thatd be great. TVLINE | Did you and Julia spend a lot of time working on the scene to get it just right? You dont ever really get to see Gary angry, but Tony is channeling sort of a little bit of a disgust, if you will. And its not easy for her, but its not as hard as it probably should be, either. When Kent is basically bellowing at Selina and kind of losing it a little bit, the camera finds Amy there. 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. Offers may be subject to change without notice. That was a nuclear bomb. With your scenes on Veep, not everything is written on the page and you all try alternate versions. There was a sense of, we are going to shine a comic light on this stuff, and were going to do it fast and furiously, so thats number one. Hopefully there was a support group within that prison that helped him process. He really did deeply, deeply care for her. Read on to see how fans answered Mandels queries, as well as his reactions to the most popular responses (including the Labor Day theories he shot down). Oh, that sucks! And what that says to me is, again, another picture of her weakness and her cowardice. If she had asked the question, do you think would Gary have sacrificed himself? And at one point, we even talked about in the episode where you would meet the General and he plans her funeral, the credits of that episode would be the funeral. And that sat with me over the time of when Julia had cancer. Thats perfect., Did you reach out to Tom Hanks for his death blessing? I think in some ways she found herself a sort of Dan-esque guy. I think even when shes nice, theres usually ulterior motives or things that will get her to throw it away in a second., And as for the assessment of Selinas sexual prowess: I think she would take a lot of pride in knowing that people think shes good in bed, he says. I dont want to say it was hard, but trying to exactly figure out: was it real estate or what for him? But the arbitrary rule all but . This cast is so close, they were all together in Baltimore [where the show was filmed for the first four seasons] for so long. As the bagman to the politician, Hales Gary Walsh is in her ear, primping her body and miming her every move always one heartbeat away from the woman he has long served. Not the way they talked about it, no., Its related to Selinas off-camera miscarriage, revealed in Season 1s Full Disclosure. Its hard to imagine it being something that they had already talked about. I think it was hard not to infuse that scene of saying goodbye to him in the wings with too much emotion that was coming from me, personally. They sent us something when we won the Emmy. "It was like you've got a 10,000-piece puzzle and it's that one last tiny piece and it fits in perfectly. Ethan Hart gave a vague response: Im not sure, but I would love to see a Veep character cry like Carrie on Homeland. Sonia Murray, however, was very specific (Homeland spoiler alert! "I have this Forrest Gump-ian way of touching something and it becomes a hit!" Like Gary, she was in this toxic relationship with Selina. And I think Mother fits into that world. If he had to single out a personal favorite, it would be Kissing Your Sister, just because he had so much fun directing it. She just sent him to jail and knowing Selina, she's not going to get him out. Veep deliberately feints, more than once, toward real, textual tragedySelina's horrible, accidental execution of her ex-husband, Andrew ( David Pasquesi ), or Amy's suspicion that . And that was in contrast to how he saw himself the entire time, which was as her first lady. Then he just lost it. We should also point out that as shes kicking these people out of the office, were ending in a White House where, yes, Sue is outside, but in her inner circle, theres nobody there from the old show. The holiday falls on the first Monday of . I just want to determine who really is the human crutch in their relationship. Another popular suggestion: Jonah ends up running for president either opposing Selina or with her help. And the realization that this mom and dad is obviously what made this sort of creature, but also that her dad explains a little bit of why shes with Andrew [David Pasquesi]. And it really plays with your emotions, because you start to realize, But I was clapping earlier, but now Im sad that shes doing this to Gary. And that is the conundrum of her, and I love that it puts the viewer in knots in a really hopefully good way. As he prepared to personally sing her praises with his "own heartfelt eulogy" of the "underrated" president, he received breaking news in his earpiece that beloved actor Tom Hanks had passed at the age of 88. Im just not sure its feasible for either of them to leave each other. And while Selina has already expressed interest in running for president again (an idea that Ben, mercifully, shot down in the Season 6 premiere), is Mandel rushing to get her back to Washington? Can you talk about that choice? He legitimately was there to say goodbye. She has to just let it happen and then turn a blind eye. Im a huge fan. But it really is impossible, he says. So I like that thats the way he heard it. Thats the byproduct. Because Selina doesn't go there very frequently. "You don't have to worry," he said, pleasantly startled. Thats the interesting flaw of her. Im always surprised with Gary. And yeah, anybody who thought she should be president wasnt maybe paying attention the way they should have been. Hell hath no fury like a perpetually under-appreciated, eternally abused and currently . As a whole, I was really satisfied by where they were taking the end because Selina was so awful, so bitter, so narcissistic and so selfish without any empathy. Just like she did with the speech on nomination night. And I think had Sufe not been available, we would have gotten rid of that scene and gone with the other scene. She wants him to pick up coffee or go get those shoes that she bought. In many places, workers toiled for at least 12 hours a day . So much for Labor Day loyalty. The fact that I saw Selina do nothing was immediate evidence that she was a part of this. Klicken Sie auf Einstellungen verwalten um weitere Informationen zu erhalten und Ihre Einstellungen zu verwalten. TVLine is a part of Penske Media Corporation. So that was tricky. What makes it more horrific certainly on Garys part is how innocent and Gary-esque he is right until the end. She later explained to . You dont really want Selina to be president, you kind of want Julia to be president. Veep Post Mortem: Tony Hale Talks Gary and Selina's Epic Clash, Sheds Light on 'Labor Day' Mystery. But at the moment where perhaps it most counted, she does have these regrets. "I thought it was really interesting that everybody is in old-age makeup, everybody's looking rough, we're all really old, and the only one that is not in old-age makeup is Selina," says Hale. Yes, I do. And it's just like, of course she's not going to put herself in that. It was right after she finished her speech that the balloons came down, so I think we did that scene over and over just to make sure we got everything we needed before they did. He wasnt there to make some deal. In many other countries May Day serves a similar purpose. They bring up that something happened to the point where Gary will never speak of it and it stops Selina's rage mid-sentence. Amy (Anna Chlumsky) ended up with Ericsson (Diedrich Bader)! WATCH. What is the feeling in that moment? So for him to lay the lipstick on the casket? "I'm not going anywhere. Thats hard to say goodbye to. Theres no rule that says she has to, but at the end of the day, thats who she is. ): I think Jonah would be great on Homeland. That could be enjoyable. She had given into that much of her selfishness and narcissism. Because its almost like the same thing with Selina, where the train was moving so fast with every bad choice and horrible action that she couldnt stop herself. I dont have the secret answer of what Labor Day was, I just liked the idea of a lot of clues that kept changing what you thought about it. Your legacy lives on in your children and that is a prime example, where her daughter is celebrating her demise and her death. Im hoping that well get it in this year, but Im not sure we will. Catherine does go kind of the full Claire Danes. But Hale says that the ultimate revenge may be Selina's, even from the grave. I kind of love that. He does do more than fetch my hand lotion. And then I told him that there was a callback to the pilot. Dan (Reid Scott) is selling real estate in Laguna Beach! Whats not in Garys bag. ", 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. Warning: This story contains plot details from Sundays series finale of Veep. She was such a coward that she didnt want to go to someone and say, I dont want to date you anymore. And she had me do it. I mean, it wasnt a healthy relationship and he was certainly complicit in it in the sense of it takes two to tango. She cant even say it to him. As Sydney wrote, Mother. By a landslide. And you got to us, and it was the clip of Selina yelling at Penny Nickerson from Congressional Ball, and she just tears into her and her dress, and how shes gonna shake her district like a nanny from South America, and up her husbands ass with cancer, all this stuff. MANDEL RESPONDS: He was shocked his personal pick, Amy, got no votes. Right before she hit the stage in Charlotte to accept her party's nomination for president, she tried to prepare Gary for what was about to hit him, while he tried to prepare her for the spotlight with a special lipstick. If I dont go crazily in, then it invalidates the previous decision. She was all in. 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. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Connected to that, having ended up taking the year off, our plans for production were going to probably be later, so we might not have aired until the summer, had we shot pre-cancer. Sie knnen Ihre Einstellungen jederzeit ndern. Shes a scientist. 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. MANDEL RESPONDS: I could see that, he says of Mike as an ineffective but well-liked high school teacher. I think we cried the entire way shooting through the last episode. Goddammit. I mean, the fact that he says, Im fing everything to you is just Gary would never in his wildest dreams have thought to talk to his queen that way. The way that I was surprised, actually, is that even though Selina would never admit it, I do feel like she subconsciously thought she needed Gary around her at all times. TVLINE | What was your reaction when you got the script and read the fight scene? ", It was a playful and ideal wink to the very first episode, in which Mike attempted to console Selina about a gaffe by absurdly suggesting that maybe bigger breaking news could overshadow it: "What if Tom Hanks dies? As for the other options: He owned a boat in the past and then had trouble getting rid of said boat, so I think he would be very happy in the boat world, although I dont think theres a lot of money in boat rental, he says. We do spend a lot of time thinking about the fact that shes not 100 percent terrible at her job. It was so satisfying on so many levels. ], This is Daddys Youve had the evil inside you the whole time, its time to embrace your dark side speech.You didnt need these shoes or me. The 15 percent who said no to a Labor Day reveal feel as Eman does: "Some things are more beautiful when left unexplained.". Thats the outcome of living a life like she did. She has a new Amy [in Michelle, played by Rhea Seehorn]. "Nah," she said, reversing course. Both Labor Day and May Day, the two worker holidays, grew out of violent clashes between labor and police in the American Midwest.What is known as the Haymarket Riot (or . Look at how Catherine [Meyer, played by Sarah Sutherland] responded to her mothers death she brought in margaritas! There was anger in his farewell words, but also a sense of love. Lets just take no prisoners. What Selina did was the biggest gift to Gary, because thats the only thing that would have broken the cycle for him, Hale now tells The Hollywood Reporter. And then the past four years before she died, he was out. At some point or another, I think I whispered that she won. Labor Day is on Monday, Sept. 5. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. "You realize when something like that happens, you're like, 'Oh yeah, this relationship is done. In August 2016, Gomez cancelled the last legs of her Revival world tour to reportedly deal with complications from lupus, including anxiety, panic attacks, and depression. 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? It just suddenly washed over her what a terrible idea this was, and what she hath wrought?Yeah. ], Obviously, Kevin is just wonderful and devastating and so vulnerable and so caring. The boat thing was something we had thought a lot about, honestly, when I first got to the show, just the idea that its a boat, not the date, I thought that would be a really fun thing. This master-and-servant dynamic gone wrong, between the vainglorious VP-turned-POTUS-turned-legacy chaser-turned-POTUS (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and the bootlicking bag man/dumped-upon doormat who kept her secrets and prepared her snacks (Hale), served as the beating black heart of HBO's shrewd, crude political comedy for seven seasons. (Laughs.) TVLINE | Were you surprised by Garys outburst? Its the darkest moment for Selina and for the show. How did you arrive at that outcome? Sufe Bradshaw returned as Sue to the White House, which was a feel-good surprise in a brutal episode. . The coming to terms with what youve done and what you did is somewhat horrific. Maybe its all for the best. Maybe, just maybe obviously with all the people from the measles, maybe people will start to go, Well, wait a second, if they were right about vaccines, maybe they were right about the climate.. Did she ever find out that he was alive, and did he close out any shady deals at her funeral?Id like to think at some point, they had contact, or she probably had to give him some more money at some point. I didnt say it was Tom Hanks specifically but I said I hope he digs it because theres a pretty cool nod to the pilot. It was a baby challenge to figure out where Dan should be. 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. Its so many things. And as we started doing this season, we werent trying to be greedy, but I wrote down this idea that wed end up back in the Oval and Sue would be there. I mean, any opportunity I can get to work with any of these folks would be awesome. To read what Louis-Dreyfus and Hale thought of Selinas betrayal of Gary, head over here. How did you and Louis-Dreyfus approach how to play the scene? Mike gives a morning press briefing about Selina's first state visit from the Israeli Prime Minister. I know people have been waiting for it. This is not exactly an answer, but Id kind of love to see a sit-down between Ben and Saul. AmyBrookheimer(Anna Chlumsky) tells viewers that Selina never visited him. And yet, two-and-a-half decades later, Gary still showed up at Selina's funeral, looking haggard and war-torn. I dont remember whose idea that was, but It was a really nice distraction from the weight of what was going on. The takedown of Tom James is three years in the making. It's an absolutely ruthless, soulless decision, and one that leaves you in the moment wondering how much she will come to regret that. I started to wonder why Selina Meyer was being punished. 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The gut-punch of a betrayal played out in the present-day ending of Sunday's series finale, which then jumped ahead 24 years to former President Meyer's funeral. Its been a process of first when her mom dies, little bits about her father. I think maybe what you were expecting is her almost being dismissive of Kent and ready to jump in. The woman named Yolanda Saldivar became a fan of Tejano music during the mid-1980s . Louis-Dreyfus uses the words "pretty intense" to describe that moment. So again, it wouldve been Jonahs fault that she didnt get what she wanted. Its just always been there., Amy (Anna Chlumsky) is so beyond driven to get Jonah elected, and shes relishing in her return to power, but then she reverses course. 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. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. 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