Veep is an American political satire television comedy series set in the office of Selina Meyer, a fictional Vice President, and subsequent President, of the United States. Season 2 opens with Selina’s poor party in the midterm election, though Selina has a successful campaign, which she attempts to leverage into greater influence for herself. A presidential strategist named Kent Davison (Gary Cole), with whom Selina has a troubled history, returns from an absence. What happens next?