mike mcclintock is the secretary for the vice president played by julia dreyfus.aur. he grew up in the era where you could just sort of know the head of "the new york times" and "the wall street journal" where you could shut the story down because of those relationships. now because of social media, it's 24/7. he's trying to catch up and he's in over his head would be my description of mike mcclintock. >> the way you guys get along and the timing is sick. >> remember the pig roast? >> i love the pig roast. >> somebody else was talking about it. >> let's reference things that nobody knows what we're saying. >> exactly. >> that chemistry that bounces around among the group, did that happen on day one or did it take work? >> we actually spend a lot of time rehearsing scripts. every season we'll spend four or five weeks throughout the season rehearsing scripts, putting them on their feet, improvising new lines and such. by the time we get to filming it, it's pretty tight. >> that's good. >> it's been tight. >> ultimately you save time as opposed, it seems like. >> we'