Julia Louis-Dreyfuscalls it the perfect bookend to the series.Tony Halewarns ominously: You reap what you sow.
A few days ago,Veepshowrunner David Mandel dropped seven hints about the finale.
How could we map out season 7 and then season 8?, it felt incorrect.
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It felt like we were stretching story for the sake of doing another season.
The storytelling dictated the end of the show.
So I had to separate those two a little bit.
So, every renewed year just felt like such a blessing.
And I think it did feel like it was the right time.
Like a two-term president.
So that was my first [reaction]: Oh, I thought we were going to do eight.
But the thing is to go out on the highest note.
And I think seven does that, really.
All the stories just converge, and this is the right way.
In truth, I would do the showforever.
That rarely happens that you have both a good show and passion for it.
But I also understand that very rarely do you get to step out on your own terms.
So, its bittersweet… You never want to overstay your welcome.
It tarnishes a bit the work you did before that.
But you want the show to be remembered for the edge and the tone it had.
This the right thing to do.
Weve created something so beautiful.
On the pressure to cement the shows impressive legacy
Louis-Dreyfus: There was enormous pressure.
We had to stick this landing on every level.
Because everyone knew this was it.
And I think everyone everyone across all departments felt fiercely protective of the work wed done to this point.
We had to demonstrate with this finale that the show was worthy of this protection.
Its always in the eleventh hour.
Thats just the nature ofVeep.
But they always deliver.
Can we pull that off?
That would be so fing cool if we can actually do that.
But can we actually pull that off?
Everybody was in that zone of wanting to see to it that everything stayed true to the show itself.
Whats going to be satisfying is: Did the show stay true all the way through?
They just kept writing until the last scene was finished.
She allowed us all to just let launch the floodgates.
I still have dreams at least four times a week about those days.
Clea Duvall (Marjorie): I was scared to read it.
I couldnt look at Tim Simons or Tony the entire week without crying.
Simons: Its like a very joyous firing squad.
Hale: I didnt expect to be as emotional as I was.
Then being on set and laughing and eating together and just catching up on each others lives.
Youre just remembering all of that and then youre thinking, Oh, right.
Now that chapter is closed.
Louis-Dreyfus: We all hung out in Selinas office for a long time afterward.
I felt like we, as a group, had just given birth to this wonderful, ginormous baby.
We were exhausted, physically and emotionally spent, but incredibly happy.
It was a happy depletion and… letting go.
I feel like Im going to cry just thinking about it.
Its very appropriate, and I think it will be very satisfying in the dark way thatVeepis satisfying.
Louis-Dreyfus: Its a lovely match to the full run, a lovely match to the very beginning.
It makes sense on so many levels for every single character.
A lot of attention was paid to every single character in the show.
A lot of though was put into, Where do we want them to end up?
And Im very proud of them.
I think Dave and all of our writers did an absolutely magnificent job in terms of attention to detail.
A lot of tender loving care was put in.
But its incredibly dark.
Chlumsky: I didnt expect what we did….
I looked at Dave and I was just crying.
It was really cool.
Richardson: I think people will walk away feeling satisfied.
So satisfied, and surprised….. People get what they deserve.
And a lot of people maybe get to be who theyve always been.
And you just didnt realize it.
It really does have a grand ending.
Sutherland: It is veryVeep-y.
It is an atypical structure of an episode but its something that is so funny… Walsh: Its an epic ending.
Its not happy for everybody, I can say that.
Dunn: It was very surprising.
I didnt see how they were going to wrap it up, first of all.
I think it was a pretty brilliant way of what they did to put the cap on it.
It dialsVeepall the way up, so its a fitting end for the series in thatVeephas never pulled punches.
This episode is no different.Veephas always been irreverent.
This episode is no different.Veephas always pushed the envelope.
We always bend it without breaking it.
This episode is no different.
It doesnt even fit in with the rest of the series for some reason.
And its very satisfying.
Cole: It satisfied me.
Simons: It stays true to itself….
It will probably fit into that thing of, This really made laugh.
I loved spending time all those people.
Andholy s, they are the worst group of people who Ive ever seen.
