History Heartwarming / Veep

* In "Cricklets", the revelation that Selina's mother loved her after all, and that she allowed herself to take the blame for her husband's failings as a father if it meant Selina could preserve her fond memories of him.

* Selina tries to comfort Catherine when she breaks up with Marjorie. Key word being 'tries', but it's the thought that counts.
* The beginning of Catherine and Marjorie's relationship is incredibly sweet, with Marjorie hesitantly asking her out with her face offscreen. The next we see is them in bed together, Marjorie showing by far the most emotion we've ever seen from her as she playfully calls Catherine "Lesbo."
* Selina is rocked by the House vote ending in a tie. She takes time out to recover in a room when a tour group enters, surprised to find her there. Selina puts on a smile to do some photos and clearly moved when the group applaud her. For just one moment, she truly feels loved.

* Meta: After Julia Louis-Dreyfus was diagnosed with breast cancer, many cast and crew members accompanied her to her chemotherapy treatments and kept her spirits up.

** In a sick and twisted way, an elderly Congressman Furlong caring for his assistant Will (despite years of insults and abuse), who has aged horribly and has become so senile that all he can say is "I like jizz." Furlong even laments that Will's mind is mush now and his forcing Will to say insulting things about himself has lost its magic.

** Not to mention that Jonah seems to still be HappilyMarried to his step-sister. ThrowTheDogABone?

** Even Jonah gets one. As a condition of him accepting Selina's offer of Vice President, he makes sure that Richard gets a job in the future administration as Secretary of Agriculture. Ultimately, this seems to help lead to Richard becoming president a few years down the line.

** Despite ending on bad terms with all of them and not seeing most of them since she was elected, Selina's team and other co-workers still attend her funeral, not necessarily for PR. Even ''Andrew'', who has revealed to been faking his death for the past two decades and a half, shows up. Undercut when they learn that Tom Hanks died during the procession, so they leave partway through.

* When Catherine [[spoiler:comes out as a lesbian]], Selina manages to tear herself away from all the other big things she's dealing with to say she's happy for her.

* In "Inauguration", when news breaks that [[spoiler:Montez will be President instead of Tom, denying Selina even the Vice-Presidency]], Gary proves that his [[UndyingLoyalty first and only loyalty]] is to Selina, as he roundly chews out the rest of the staff both for only caring how the news affects them, and for how awful they've been at supporting her over the years.

** Selina thanking Gary for everything he's done for her. [[spoiler:Which makes it all the more heartbreaking when she frames him for the Meyer Fund. At least she can't bear to look him in the eye when he gets arrested...]]
*** [[spoiler: Despite this, Gary's appearance at Selina's funeral makes it clear that [[UndyingLoyalty that he holds no grudge against her for it]].]]
** When Ben [[spoiler:gets hospitalized due to a heart attack, Selina tearfully confesses to him that she needs him because she doesn't know what to do. Considering [[MoralEventHorizon what happens next]], it really does show that Ben was her MoralityChain.]]
** Despite [[spoiler:ending on bad terms with all of them and not seeing most of them since she was elected, Selina's team and other co-workers still attend her funeral, not necessarily for PR. Even ''Andrew'', who has revealed to been faking his death for the past two decades and a half, shows up. Undercut when they learn that Tom Hanks died during the procession, so they leave partway through.]]
** Kent is implied to [[spoiler:have gotten married after the TimeSkip, as he now has a grown-up daughter who works at NASA. Considering what happened to him and [[ShipSinking Sue]] and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Julia]], that's good for him.]]
** Even Jonah gets one. [[spoiler:As a condition of him accepting Selina's offer of Vice President, he makes sure that Richard gets a job in the future administration as Secretary of Agriculture. Ultimately, this seems to help lead to Richard becoming president a few years down the line.]]
** Not to mention that Jonah [[spoiler:seems to still be HappilyMarried to his step-sister. ThrowTheDogABone?]]

** When Ben [[spoiler:gets hospitalized due to a heart attack, Selina confesses to him that she needs him because she doesn't know what to do. Considering [[MoralEventHorizon what happens next]], it really does show that Ben was her MoralityChain.]]
** Despite [[spoiler:ending on bad terms with all them and not seeing most of them since she was elected, Selina's team and other co-workers still attend her funeral, not necessarily for PR. Even ''Andrew'', who has been faking the dead for the past two decades and a half, shows up. Undercut when they learn that Tom Hanks died during the procession, so they leave partway through.]]

** Even Jonah gets one. [[spoiler: As a condition of him accepting Selina's offer of Vice President, he makes sure that Richard gets a job in the future administration as Secretary of Agriculture.]]

** Kent is implied to [[spoiler:have gotten married after the TimeSkip, as he now has a grown-up daughter who works at NASA. Considering what happened to him and [[ShipSinking Sue]] and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Julia]], that's good for him.]]

* In "Inauguration", when news breaks that [[spoiler: Montez will be President instead of Tom, denying Selina even the Vice-Presidency]], Gary proves that his [[UndyingLoyalty first and only loyalty]] is to Selina, as he roundly chews out the rest of the staff both for only caring how the news affects them, and for how awful they've been at supporting her over the years.

* Marjorie asking Selina and Andrew for their blessing to marry Catherine, bluntly saying that despite being two of the worst people she’s ever met, they somehow created a perfect person.

* Meta: After Julia Louis-Dreyfus was diagnosed with breast cancer, many cast and crew members accompanied her to her chemotherapy treatments and kept her spirits up.

** Later, Selina [[DrowningMySorrows drowning her sorrows]] with Richard, admitting that he was the best person on her staff and that she wished she's had more of him.

* In "East Wing," Selina has a brief MamaBear moment when Kent informs her that he's been polling Catherine's popularity among the American public. Turns straight into a crowning moment of funny towards the end.
-->'''Selina:''' How. Dare. You. How could you have the audacity to- (''takes a quick peak at the polling data'') Oh. Oh, these are not good.

* The beginning of Catherine and Marjorie's relationship is incredibly sweet, with Marjorie hesitantly asking her out with her face offscreen. The next we see is them in bed together, Marjorie showing by far the most emotion we've ever seen from her as she playfully calls Catherine "Lesbo."

* Selina tries to comfort Catherine when she breaks up with Marjorie. Key word being 'tries', but it's the thought that counts.

* When Catherine [[spoiler:comes out as a lesbian]], Selina manages to tear herself away from all the other big things she's dealing with to say she's happy for her.

* After everyone else's tacit disapproval of Selina refusing to forgive her horrible mother on her deathbed, Tom James finally tells her exactly what she needs to hear: "I hated my father."

* After everyone else's tacit disapproval of Selina refusing to forgive her horrible mother on her deathbed, Tom James finally tells exactly what she needs to hear: "I hated my father."

-->'''Selina:''' How. Dare. You. How could you have the audacity to- (''takes a quick peak at the polling data'') Oh. Oh, these are not good.