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TheBigBad posted:Mrs. Landingham
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From In Excelsis Deoquote:Bartlet and Toby enter THE OVAL OFFICE. I love this little back & forth.
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Aug 31, 2011 07:02
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Fitz was a scene-stealer. My favorite is this scene with him and Leo in the situation room. They go from cute to unsettlingly insightful in seconds. All seven season spoilers. I have to say, I really like Will, and it breaks my heart when he and Toby fought because both of them were my favorites. While I didn't agree with it, I respected Will's decision to back Russell early on. All the senior staffers thought he was bland and mediocre, but in Russell's first episodes he set out to really be an effective politician. He earned my respect for reacting to Will and Toby's attacks on the teleprompter with grace, and he proved himself to be intelligent during the nuclear testing episode, when it was he who recalled that Israelis were testing submarine launched nukes. Russell was not the natural leader Bartlett was, but he seemed willing to learn, and Will was a true kingmaker. He even got a dead guy elected! Bingo Bob would not have been a great president like Santos or Bartlett, but Will could craft him into a decent democrat, which to me is infinitely preferable over a strong Republican like Vinick. I also enjoyed his romance with Kate. I thought it was hilarious how they had their first romantic encounter, standing next to each other at formal party, pretending to talk to each other to avoid having to talk to other people 
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Aug 31, 2011 07:18
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Josh Lyman posted:So my roommate and I have settled on CJ for the girl, but we're debating between Sam and Leo for the boy. Thoughts? They should be Ed and Larry regardless of gender 
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Aug 31, 2011 15:54
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I'm sticking to mrs landingham, because you can yell at a cat as much as you can yell at her. Or at least with the same effectiveness.
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Aug 31, 2011 16:06
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TheBigBad posted:I'm sticking to mrs landingham, because you can yell at a cat as much as you can yell at her. Or at least with the same effectiveness. This is about the best argument I've seen yet.
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Aug 31, 2011 19:43
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cams posted:This is a terrible thing to do to a cat. But then she could ward off bears. Leo had it right though, human names for cats is weird. Call 'em Flamingo and Princeton. Re; Will. Bob was useless but no other democrat had a pulse and he was offered a crazy good opportunity to be the VP's right hand man. Even Toby and Josh couldn't name a worthwhile nominee until Santos fell into Josh's lap. They didn't want Russel but damned if they could come up with anything better. After that I think it became a mater of pride. He got a dead guy elected despite the White House calling him a joke and now the people who brought him in are giving him constant poo poo for doing a great job once again. If Russel were remotely interesting and capable Will's situation would have been far more sympathetic.
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Aug 31, 2011 21:58
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Ratatozsk posted:This is about the best argument I've seen yet. Just keep the cat away from cars
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Aug 31, 2011 21:58
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Caufman posted:Fitz was a scene-stealer. My favorite is this scene with him and Leo in the situation room. They go from cute to unsettlingly insightful in seconds. One of the best scenes in the series, and an incredibly poignant comment on the state of warfare in the modern world. Also that improv (I assume) at the beginning is awesome.
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Sep 1, 2011 16:52
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El Grillo posted:One of the best scenes in the series, and an incredibly poignant comment on the state of warfare in the modern world. Sorkin wouldnt give up writing credit for that gold.
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Sep 1, 2011 18:22
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Does season 3, episode 18, "Stirred", make a lick of sense to anyone else? About 4 episodes in to the series, the VP and Leo are talking in the aftermath of Leo's separation, and the VP informs Leo that he can come to his AA meeting. It's a touching moment, and nothing more is said about it (the meeting, certainly not Leo's alcoholishm) until... The episode opens with Leo at a meeting, and the VP starts the meeting with "my name is John, I'm an alcoholic". And Leo is shocked, shocked I say, to discover that there is gambling at this establishment. Wasn't it firmly implied that the VP was running an AA meeting because he, well, needed an AA meeting? Why is Leo shocked? It just doesn't make any sense to me. Incidentally, this is the same episode where Donna's former teacher is retiring, and the president calls the teacher, and Donna says "I'm in the oval office with the president of the united states and it's because of you", and if you don't cry when she says that, I detest everything you stand for. Amazing.
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Sep 2, 2011 06:46
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The middle of your post certainly doesn't make a lick of sense to me  Without having seen it in a while, isn't it pretty obvious Leo is joking about the gambling? After all, the senior staff play poker in Leo's office fairly frequently.
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Sep 2, 2011 08:27
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It's a Casablanca reference. Huzzah! (Hell, Toby even uses the same line in an early season 3 episode). I just thought it was strange that the VP holds a meeting early in season 1, yet it is somehow a reveal in season 3 that he is... an alcoholic. I thought it was obvious to the rest of us two years ago.
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Sep 2, 2011 08:50
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:Incidentally, this is the same episode where Donna's former teacher is retiring, and the president calls the teacher, and Donna says "I'm in the oval office with the president of the united states and it's because of you", and if you don't cry when she says that, I detest everything you stand for. Amazing.  (well, almost cry)
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Sep 2, 2011 09:40
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:I just thought it was strange that the VP holds a meeting early in season 1, yet it is somehow a reveal in season 3 that he is... an alcoholic. I thought it was obvious to the rest of us two years ago. Leo isn't shocked. It's just the first time since he started going to Hoynes' meetings that this knowledge has become a conflict of interest due to the upcoming election and debate about whether or not Hoynes is going to be on the ticket. I can't remember the exact sequence of events but I suspect an "shock" exhibited by Leo is the realisation that the President needs to know that Hoynes is an alcoholic ASAP. If Hoynes is on the ticket and that comes out it could lose them the election (especially as it's compounded by the trouble caused by the revelation of Leo's addiction and the witch hunt that followed and the MS stuff). Had the MS come out at that point? I can't remember. Speaking of crying and The West Wing. Between the first run of the show and my second rewatch my wife was diagnosed with MS. Needless to say I cried a lot more the second time round  Well, in general there's a lot of tear-jerky stuff that gets me every time. Mrs Landingham's sons  Mrs Landingham Josh's Dad Leo I think Leo was the worst because you just know how hard it must of been for the actors to keep it together. There probably wan't much acting involved.
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Sep 2, 2011 10:30
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Gravy Jones posted:Speaking of crying and The West Wing. Between the first run of the show and my second rewatch my wife was diagnosed with MS. Needless to say I cried a lot more the second time round Sorry about your wife. That sucks, dude And yes, the scene with Josh's dad in the airport is so amazing. "Do you want me to come with you?". Jed is amazing  Fake edit: After trying to find a clip of that on YouTube, I found this amazing stalkerrific video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu9zB3I9TLc
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Sep 2, 2011 12:44
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Gravy Jones posted:Well, in general there's a lot of tear-jerky stuff that gets me every time. Not crying, but this is the scene that always gets me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2HzHSeV9v8
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Sep 2, 2011 12:52
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t3ch3 posted:Not crying, but this is the scene that always gets me. This is fantastic stuff - I wish they'd been more into the space thing though. They really weren't great on the NASA front, especially of course in S7 with the military space shuttle, el, oh, el.
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Sep 3, 2011 11:23
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El Grillo posted:military space shuttle, el, oh, el. It's not exactly "el, oh, el" material since it exists in real life, even though it violates several treaties.
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Sep 3, 2011 12:27
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t3ch3 posted:It's not exactly "el, oh, el" material since it exists in real life, even though it violates several treaties. Er, what? The USAF was originally going to get a couple shuttles and operate them from Vandenberg, but they canceled the whole thing. Do you mean that unmanned thing they started testing?
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Sep 3, 2011 12:39
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Well, the X-37 is the one we know exists.
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Sep 3, 2011 12:54
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t3ch3 posted:Well, the X-37 is the one we know exists. And it's an 8.8 meter robotic vehicle, as opposed to a huge man-rated vehicle like a shuttle. Anyways, probably pointless discussion.
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Sep 3, 2011 18:52
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Watching the scene where Charlie wants to buy a DVD player with his tax return that's gonna cost like $400 is nuts. Technology!  (I don't know what that smilie is supposed to be for but I like it)
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Sep 3, 2011 19:54
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Also reveals that Charlie has awful taste in movies. He has enough extra cash for one DVD and picks a Bond movie. Specifically, In Her Majesty's Secret Service.
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Sep 3, 2011 19:55
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t3ch3 posted:Also reveals that Charlie has awful taste in movies. He has enough extra cash for one DVD and picks a Bond movie. Specifically, In Her Majesty's Secret Service. In fairness, On Her Majesty's Secret Service is remarkably underrated. Besides, it has a BOBSLED CHASE. You can't tell me that's not so ridiculous as to be awesome.
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Sep 3, 2011 19:58
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Of course it has a bobsled chase. It has almost every single Winter Olympics event in it. That was its marketing gimmick.
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Sep 3, 2011 20:00
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t3ch3 posted:Of course it has a bobsled chase. It has almost every single Winter Olympics event in it. That was its marketing gimmick. I... I never noticed that.
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Sep 3, 2011 20:07
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t3ch3 posted:Of course it has a bobsled chase. It has almost every single Winter Olympics event in it. That was its marketing gimmick. Personally, I always find the helicopter assault event to be the best part of the Winter Olympics. Excluding the curling, of course.
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Sep 3, 2011 21:49
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"Shaken, not stirred, will get you cold water with a dash of gin and dry vermouth. The reason you stir it with a special spoon is so not to chip the ice. James is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it." That conversation is the redeeming factor for that episode.
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Sep 3, 2011 22:01
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king of no pants posted:"Shaken, not stirred, will get you cold water with a dash of gin and dry vermouth. The reason you stir it with a special spoon is so not to chip the ice. James is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it." Except Bond orders vodka martinis (which is another problem altogether).
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Sep 4, 2011 15:05
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In case you wanted to know what happens to the senior staff after the end of the series... they all die in the delta quadrant.
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Sep 4, 2011 17:59
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t3ch3 posted:In case you wanted to know what happens to the senior staff after the end of the series... they all die in the delta quadrant. What the poo poo is this.
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Sep 4, 2011 18:11
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FISHMANPET posted:What the poo poo is this. From the episode Imperfection (season 7, episode 2) IMDB posted:Seven of Nine shows a display of the various crew members who have died on the trip. There are 10 names, but the last seven are taken from characters on The West Wing: Commander J. Bartlett, Lt. Cdr. L. McGarry, Lt. Cdr. T. Ziegler, Lt. Cdr. Josh Lyman, Lt. S. Seaborne, Ens. Claudia J. Craig, Ens. Charles Young.
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Sep 4, 2011 18:50
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They spelled "Bartlet" wrong Josiah Bartlett was an actual governor of NH/signer of the Declaration of Independence. (and I don't know if the actual show has him as "Seaborne" (it doesn't look like it in the image but the IMDB thing says different) but that's wrong too. Fuckin' amateurs)
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Sep 4, 2011 21:03
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Also C.J. is only an Ensign? That's cold. If we're basing this on their position early in the series, Charlie should be a NCO.
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Sep 4, 2011 21:10
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Technically, Josh outranks CJ
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Sep 5, 2011 00:05
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meatbag posted:Technically, Josh outranks CJ "So far up your rear end!" What's with the sodomy jokes? It just sounds gross. There were a bunch of them on Sports Night too. Bruno actually has the best one though. "Or so help me mother-of-God I will stick a pitch-fork so far up your asses you will quite simply be dead."
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Sep 5, 2011 00:18
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Mu Zeta posted:"So far up your rear end!" Bruno's speech pattern where he emphasizes. Every. Word. Annoys the heck out of me.
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Sep 5, 2011 16:29
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The West Wing complete series is Amazon's gold box deal today. $99.49, list $299.98. http://amazon.com/goldbox
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Sep 5, 2011 16:37
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Oh goodness. That is extremely tempting
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