History Recap / VeepS5E8CampDavid

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Against all odds, Selina successfully negotiates with Lu. America will lift their retaliatory sanctions against China from earlier in the season. In exchange, the Chinese will grant favors that win two more states to Selina’s side and will agree to a "framework" for returning the Dalai Lama and Panchem Lama to Tibet.

[[caption-width-right:350:Negotiating with the Chinese Prime Minister]]

* BrutalHonesty: Minna Hakkinen's signature Finnish bluntness returns. The first thing she says after greeting Selina is that she hasn't seen Selina since Selina didn't vote for her to be head of the IMF and she can tell that Selina's had oculaplasty since they last met. She later talks candidly about the onset of her menopause.

* IdiotBall: Selina hosts a Chinese presidential negotiation - AKA one of ''the'' most important things she could do in ''all'' of foreign policy - during a family weekend WITHOUT telling her family, meaning their presence screws up negotiations several times.

* MeaningfulGift: Catherine gives her mother an antique pen that was used at the signing of the [[TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar Second Hague Convention]] and hopes she'll use it to sign important peace treaties. Selina is genuinely impressed and touched by the gift... but it doesn't stop her from regifting it to the Chinese.

* BrutalHonesty: Minna Hakkinen's signature Finnish bluntness returns. The first thing she says after greeting Selina is that she can tell that Selina's had oculaplasty since they last met. She later talks candidly about the onset of her menopause.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Against all odds, Selina successfully negotiates with Lu. America will lift their retaliatory sanctions against China from earlier in the season. In exchange, the Chinese will grant favors that win two more states to Selina’s side and once again hear the proposition of returning the Dalai Lama and Panchem Lama to Tibet.

* BrutalHonesty: Minna Hakkinen's signature Finnish bluntness returns. The first thing she says after greeting Selina is that she can tell that Selina's had oculaplasty since they last met.

* ChekovsGun:

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** Just as in "Mother", Selina has to watch her daughter be influenced by her narcissistic mother, and her asshole ex-husband doing everything he can to siphon money from her family's estate.
** Catherine has been made so wealthy by inheriting her grandmother's wealth that she now has a black AMex card for only the most elite account holders.
* DeadpanSnarker: Catherine mentions that she's trying to be vegan now due to Marjorie's influence. Selina quips,“Oh, so that’s two things she’s turned you into.”

IdiotBall: Selina hosts a Chinese presidential negotiation - AKA one of THE most important things she could do in ALL of foreign policy - during a family weekend WITHOUT telling her family, meaning their presence screws up negotiations several times.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: The Chinese gift Selina an ornate robe, which a stressed Selina immediately regifts to an unknowing Marjorie. Later that day, the Chinese delegation are on a walk, and see (from behind) a brown-haired woman in said robe next to Catherine, and then [[ParentalIncest embracing and kissing her]]. Bit of a mix-up there.
* OedipusComplex: Catherine's mother variant is lampshaded, as Marjorie is mistaken for Selina and notes, “People make that mistake constantly.”
* RememberTheNewGuy: We meet President Lu for the first time

** Jonah's apple stunt backfire gets described as looking like "Ike Turner handing Music/TinaTurner a snack,” referencing a notorious incident when the abusive Ike nigh forcefed his current spouse a large cake by hand in front of a full restaurant in a blatant display of his abusive behavior. They later divorced.