'Veep' Boss on the "Heartbreaking" Breakup Scene and Selina's Defense of Female Genital Mutilation -

‘Veep’ Boss on the “Heartbreaking” Breakup Scene and Selina’s Defense of Female Genital Mutilation

David Mandel delivered yet another game-changing finale this season. The showrunner wrote and directed the episode “Groundbreaking,” earning him two Emmy noms among the HBO political comedy’s total of 17, a record. And now, after a season away from the White House — a fortuitous decision in Trump’s America — Selina Meyer, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, will get back on the campaign trail next year. Despite getting everything an ex-president could want — a memoir, a presidential library and a loving relationship — Selina’s sights are, once again, firmly set on becoming POTUS, an elected one this time around. “She threw away the happy ending,” Mandel told The Hollywood Reporter of Selina being a political addict. The ending brought Mandel’s Veeptenure full circle, after he dashed her hopes during his first season as showrunner last year. Selina was thrilled to have the potential of her dream, but to Mandel the decision was a sad one, and the episode presented two specific challenges in order to get that dichotomy just right.

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