The fourth season seems to be full of strong events, with Selena and her team scrambling to avoid a major internal crisis that could change things, and Amy seems to be still angry at a newly appointed adviser. On the other hand, Selena is upset by the reaction of the press, which has had a big impact on her.
These characters don't inhabit a great system that happens to be full of terrible people. They inhabit a system that provides perverse incentives that perpetuate dysfunction. It's a braver way to cut into political culture.
So much of the comedy in previous series has come from her constantly thwarted ambitions. Now she's got where she wanted - can they keep up the funny? It was clear from episode one that they can.
Nothing is funnier than President Mayer, with her circus clown car crammed with aides. ... Veep's humor seems more politically astute this season, although there are still plenty of broad laughs.
There's simply nothing sharper or funnier on television - something that's particularly true this year, as Julia Louis-Dreyfus's grinning Selina Meyer has somehow stumbled her way into the Oval Office.