I love how they say there are “tough decisions” to be made about benefits. You’re going to cut benefits and cut taxes, same as you’ve been doing for the last 14 yrs, and any other time you had power. Why’s it so tough? You should be really fucking good at it by now!
I think the humour in the first few episodes was Mcfarlens way of sneaking the show past the network suits - he sold it as family guy meets star trek, then switched on them once it was established.