Veep 1.6 - Baseball

The Veep's at a health food event with industry reps in Maryland at the stadium of the baseball team the Baltimore Orioles. Nobody's having a particularly good time: Gary reveals to Jonah that his father would rather he worked for the Orioles; the industry reps think the food is awful and Selina thinks the whole thing is beneath her. Everyone's stuck in one of the corporate hospitality rooms, waiting for a group photo with the Orioles team and staff. Things aren't helped by the presence of overly-touchy photographer Ken (Patrick Fischler). Selina takes Amy aside and tells her that she had unprotected sex with Ted and needs a pregnancy test. Amy calls Mike with the news, who is at press briefing at a hotel next to the stadium. His reaction is as measured as usual, suggesting that it if it were true, it would be better if the Veep were assassinated before she started showing. Amy and Dan then go to a pharmacy and she covers for the Veep by telling him that the pregnancy test is for her. About to head off for the photo with the Orioles and then go on to an elementary school for a photo op, the Veep is grounded by a gas leak.

Dan and Amy arrive at the elementary school and stall things. Mike is taking questions from the press. Leon West (Brian Huskey) asks if the Veep fired at secret service agent for smiling but Mike successfully dodges it. Back in the stadium, Selina finds out that Ken can lip read and worries that he saw her talking to Amy about her possible pregnancy. Mike then calls Amy to tell her that the secret service story has broken but in a miscommunication, she thinks that the pregnancy story has broken. She calls the Veep to let her know and then calls Gary, who she sends to pick up more pregnancy tests. Selina goes down to the pitch for the photo with the Orioles, interrupting it to take a call from Ted (Andy Buckley). Telling him that she might be pregnant, she tells him that he proposed six weeks ago and that he needs to buy a ring.

At the school, Amy and Dan are still stalling. Leon notes that the Veep hates punctuality almost as much as she hates good government and Dan leads the children in song, trying to kill time. Finally on her way to the school, the Veep calls Sue and they look for a date where Ted might have proposed to her. Finally arriving at the school, the Veep ducks out to go to the bathroom and use a pregnancy test. Mike arrives just as the Veep joins them with a cup of her urine and he tells them that the secret service story is out, not the pregnancy story. As the Veep sits through the children singing "If You're Happy and You Know It", Gary tells her that she is pregnant.

A fairly good episode. Nowhere near as good as last week's and no outstandingly funny lines, but it was still enjoyable nonetheless. The best moments came from the mix-up over which story was out but things did take a while to get going.

6 out of 10.