President Meyer makes history in Iran.

Here is our review of Veep Season 4 episode 4.

The Simpsonshave Radioactive Man,Veephas Radioactive Dan (Reid Scott).

The former chief counsel was less than ceremoniously dumped last week and hes back to needing a shave.

But Dan retains things.

Gary is one of the most counter-intuitive characters on the show.

Everything he does is the opposite of what was needed, wanted or sometimes plainly requested.

Dans not like that.

Hes razor sharp and cuts through the inconsequential with pinpoint accuracy.

Calling Amy Selinas current campaign manager is like introducing a bride as a future ex-wife.

It may be inevitable, but saying it out loud might be crude and inappropriate in the office.

He has no people skills, hes a robot.

Ericson is Amys nemesis, which made Dan an ally.

But now that Dans an enemy, Amy can turn traitor at the drop of a poll.

Chlumsky is a master of the multi-task, not the character, the actress.

Shes never doing one thing at a time.

Shes a victim of hands on office miscommunication.

Shes on a life support machine and people keep pulling the plug to charge their phones.

Thats necessary sometimes when she needs boring people to pick up the pace.

Ben Caffrey (Kevin Dunn) on Ambien is still shaper than the rest of the staff.

He squanders any goodwill he might have brokered on this goodwill mission.

Of course, he tries to repent by watering down the dry region.

The press are stuck on a plane on the tarmac without booze.

Detoxing so bad the plane is shaking.

The president is making a history.

Selina is forging a winning presidential strategy.

Shes doing it by sheer will.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays everything with thoughtless intelligence and relaxed mania.

Even her exhaustion is invigorating.

Timothy Simons is amazing this week.

He believes even Catherine Meyer (Sarah Sutherland) is laughing at him and for what?

Tehran was brilliantly written, realistically overacted and plays well on repeated views.

It makes me scared to go into the polls alone and even more scared not to.

It may seem that lampooning politicians is like shooting fish in a barrel, butVeepdoes it with pinpoint accuracy.

It is the smartest comedy on TV now.

I heard that Armando Iannucci will not be coming back next season and I am sad.

Im sure the show will still keep up the quality, but I like seeing his name up there.

Tehran was directed by Becky Martin.

Story by Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and Tony Roche.

Teleplay by Ian Martin and Tony Roche.

Rating:

4.5 out of 5