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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Most of the episode takes place in July 2020 but was aired in May 2019.
** It then flashes forward to January 2021 and then again to August 2044.


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* NextSundayAD: Most of the episode takes place in July 2020 but was aired in May 2019.
** It then flashes forward to January 2021 and then again to August 2044.

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* FrameUp: Selina uses Gary as the patsy to take the fall for the Meyer Fund's financial crimes.

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* FrameUp: EndingMemorialService: The final scene of the episode is Selina's state funeral in August 2044.
* FallGuy:
Selina uses Gary as the patsy to take the fall for the Meyer Fund's financial crimes.



** Marjorie becomes visibly angry and raises her voice.

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** Marjorie becomes visibly angry and raises her voice.voice.
* TalkingToTheDead: Gary addresses Selina's casket, saying she would have hated the flower arrangements and that he brought the Dubonnet lipstick he was going to give her at the convention.
* TantrumThrowing: When Selina loses her patience at Amy and Kent begging her not to offer the VP slot to Jonah, she screams "ENOUGH!" and tosses a folding chair across the room.
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* FrameUp: Selina uses Gary as the patsy to take the fall for the Meyer Fund's financial crimes.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The ailing Ben's advice that Selina knows exactly what she needs to do to win.
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Catherine gleefully celebrates her mother's funeral with margaritas as she watches it on television with Marjorie and Little Richard.

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* BackForTheFinale:
** In January 2021, Sue informs Vice President Ryan that the President does not want to see him.
** Laura Montez and Andrew Doyle are among the guests seen at Selina's state funeral. (According to an official funeral program prop, Jaffar was also in attendance... however he is not seen on screen).



* TheBusCameBack:
** In January 2021, Sue informs Vice President Ryan that the President does not want to see him.
** Laura Montez and Andrew Doyle are among the guests seen at Selina's state funeral. (According to an official funeral program prop, Jaffar was also in attendance... however he is not seen on screen).

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It's time for Veep's GrandFinale! The first vote of the 2020 Convention ends with no candidate reaching the required majority of delegates, so it becomes a brokered convention where every delegate is up for grabs. Selina rejects the idea of asking Kemi to be her running mate and instead starts wheeling-and-dealing with Jonah and Buddy.



* AllElectionsAreSeriousBusiness: Justified, since Selina's deal with President Lu means that she is guaranteed to become president as long as she gets her party's nomination.

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* AllElectionsAreSeriousBusiness: Justified, since Justified. Even though this is only the nomination race, Selina's deal with President Lu to fix the 2020 election means that she is guaranteed to become president as long as she gets her party's nomination.
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* AllForNothing: Selina finally achieves her goal of being elected president by sacrificing her political convictions and her legacy of freeing Tibet, but she is ultimately nothing more than a historical footnote who is overshadowed by her more successful and beloved successors.

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* AllForNothing: Selina finally achieves her goal of being elected president by sacrificing her remaining political convictions and her one truly positive legacy of freeing Tibet, but she is ultimately nothing more than a historical footnote who is overshadowed by her more successful and beloved successors.

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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Most of the episode takes place in July 2020 but was aired in May 2019.
** It then flashes forward to January 2021 and then again to August 2044.



* TheBusCameBack: Sue returns to inform Vice President Ryan that the President does not want to see him.
* CallBack: The news coverage of Selina's state funeral is interrupted by a breaking story: Creator/TomHanks has died.
* DistantFinale: The end of the episode flashes forward 24 years to Selina's state funeral.

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* TheBusCameBack: BigNo: As Selina feels the nomination slipping away from her.
-->'''Gary''': Can I get you six almonds?
-->'''Selina''': ''(screaming loudly enough to knock Gary off his chair)'' NO!!
* TheBusCameBack:
** In January 2021,
Sue returns to inform informs Vice President Ryan that the President does not want to see him.
** Laura Montez and Andrew Doyle are among the guests seen at Selina's state funeral. (According to an official funeral program prop, Jaffar was also in attendance... however he is not seen on screen).
* CallBack: Several to the show's first episode
** Selina begins to say "The level of incompetence in this office is s—" before she peters out, realizing she is alone in the Oval Office.
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The news coverage of Selina's state funeral is interrupted by a breaking story: Creator/TomHanks has died.
died!
* DistantFinale: The end of the episode flashes forward 24 years to January 2021 (shortly after Selina is re-elected president) and then again to Selina's state funeral.funeral in August 2044.
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* TheBusCameBack: Sue returns to inform Vice President Ryan that the President does not want to see him.
* CallBack: The news coverage of Selina's state funeral is interrupted by a breaking story: Creator/TomHanks has died.
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* AllElectionsAreSeriousBusiness: Justified, since Selina's deal with President Lu means that she is guaranteed to become president as long as she gets her party's nomination.
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''At the Party Convention, the nominating fight between Selina and her rivals reaches its climax as their race comes to a historic finish.''

!! This episode contains examples of:
* AllForNothing: Selina finally achieves her goal of being elected president by sacrificing her political convictions and her legacy of freeing Tibet, but she is ultimately nothing more than a historical footnote who is overshadowed by her more successful and beloved successors.
* DistantFinale: The end of the episode flashes forward 24 years to Selina's state funeral.
* MoralEventHorizon: Selina crosses several, but the most significant is sacrificing Gary to take the fall for the Meyer Fund's crimes.
*OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The reactions to Selina offering Jonah the VP slot.
** Kent's response to Selina claiming the numbers show it's a good decision? "FUCK THE NUMBERS!"
** Amy, who earlier in the episode had been cackling gleefully at Jonah possibly getting the nomination over Selina, can only say in a small voice "Don't do it."
** Marjorie becomes visibly angry and raises her voice.

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