“Veep” (HBO)
When the Season 7 ending first premiered, many critics complained that it was too brutal and reminiscent of the 2016 election to enjoy. But that was always the point of this toxic take on American politics. Directed and written by David Mandel, “Veep” left no room for sympathy or doubt as it showed the full extent of Selina Meyer’s (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) monstrous need for power. In the end, Selina’s ambition costs her everything – whatever love was left of her daughter, her morality, whatever respect her army of minions had left, her party, her reputation, her Gary (Tony Hale). Knowing what he has given up is not the ghostly part. No, in our current political climate, it’s worth knowing that all this pain and stabbing in the back was worth it. , How