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Process Stories was such a good episode for ships. Jed and Abbey’s post-election date night in the residence with the caviar, Toby and Andy discussing the pregnancy and all the feelings with it, and Leo being so happy and slow dancing with Jordan, I can’t pick a favorite moment between all of them.
On another note, now I know what CJ’s House of the Rising Sun is!
Stockard Channing’s legs. That’s it, that’s the post.
TWW REWATCH: Process Stories (4.08)
• ooh those desserts the waitress was carrying looked good!
• I just realized you can see Donna through the blinds in Toby's office
• wait why are Sam and Donna sitting in Toby's office?
• oh maybe cause he has TVs
• "By the way, when I said I'd run in his place, it's not like I meant it."
Well gee Sam, maybe don't say things you don't mean!
• lolol when they announce Sam's name he's like *Mariah Carey voice* I don't know her
• "They're talking about someone else."
*puts Sam's picture up on screen*
• the lighting in CJs office. the candles. the lamps with the red mesh (?) over them. the blue lava lamp! talk about setting a mood girl!
• lmao Toby looks so amused as Sam leaves CJ's office
• so did Bartlet's hand tremor and vision problem just...go away? I mean I know the MS symptoms come and go but wasn't he having problems only a few hours ago?
• Martin Sheen as Bartlet saying he won the badlands makes me lol
• "Hon, this is like nerd hot talk?"
• Charlie's face when Bartlet asks if its one in the morning loool like yes sir and I am still here
• I need to keep track of how many times the Barltet's Sexy Time is interrupted
• First up, Sam
• "Actually, it looks as if I couldn't have picked a worse time."
"No, no, you could have."
eohfudcbgidhsvfcd I'm wheezing
• what Abbey's wearing when she walks out and sees Sam there isn't all that inappropriate though.....but I mean we are in the year 2021 where anything goes so
•"You're not a deadbeat dad."
This makes me sad cause season 5 and on Toby does turn out to be a deadbeat, not interested in his kids lives
• "The great state of Maryland!"
"Maryland!"
• whyyyy do these men think rattling off election demographics is the way to turn a woman on?!? they're so stupid I love them
• "You know a guy named Chris Whitaker?"
"Widdle?"
"Whitaker."
"Whitkenstein?
"Are you drunk?"
"A little bit."
• "Donna!"
"How'd you know I was out there?"
"I felt you lurking."
• I like how Josh told Donna to find Leo for him and after she gets off the phone with I'm presuming Margaret, she goes to talk to Jack Reese and walk him down to his office instead of stopping by Josh's office to tell him where Leo is lol
• "That's "The Brunette named Annette."
"Wouldn't you just give anything if she was from Tibet?"
I love CJ so much
• how the hell does CJ have a still in her office? like who brought that lol
• I love how CJ wants to go with Toby while he tells the Barltet's about Andy's pregnancy. It's like a sibling watching their other sibling tell their parents something exciting.
• "You're young, Charlie. Don't you want to be having fun right now?"
"Yes, sir, but I work for you."
"I get that a lot."
• "Good evening, Mrs. Bartlet. That's a lovely housecoat you're wearing."
isfukdhjcs Toby stop
• I love how Bartlet's like oh yeah ok congrats *closes door* and Abbey's like "Jed!"
• I love Abbey's reaction to Andy being pregnant. She's so genuinely excited
• "It's my Catholicism, Toby. It works for me."
this is how all Catholicism should work!
• "Is that caviar there?"
"Not really, no."
lolol
• what if Josh and CJ went up with Toby when he went to tell the Bartlet's? That would've been hilarious
• Just realized on this rewatch that the guy CJs pissed at for taking credit for bruno's work is heard telling someone that he told Leo that education is the silver bullet, which is what Sam said!
• aw Leo and Jordan dancing.
I wonder what happened with them. They obviously stop dating and she's never seen or heard from again after season 4 (aka Mandyville.)
Toby: The truth is I was intimidated by your Catholicism.
Jed: Really?
Toby: Yeah.
Jed: It’s my Catholicism. It works for me.
Abbey: And me.
Jed: And her.
Hi lol help I love Toby and Andy so much I really think the non-Sorkin seasons fucked up not getting them back together?? I mean just look at their chemistry in “Process Stories” and get back to me.
JESUS CHRIST QUIT SUMMONING AMY GARDNER
4.08 Process Stories
Episode:
• “You want some cake?”
“What kind?”
“Cake.”
“They have flavors.”
• Sam if you didn’t mean you would run in his place, why did you offer to do it?!
I mean, it is in typical Sam fashion to do something dumb like that.
• lol at Toby saying the President’s asleep. Nah, he and Abbey are...y’know...
• “Actually it looks as if I couldn’t have picked a worse time.”
“Oh no, you could have.”
I’m yelling!!!
Also just thinking about how there are absolutely no sex scenes in the West Wing. None. Not even really intense kisssing and ripping off clothes. Which is probably a good thing, because if I had to watch Bartlet and Abbey do that I’d probably have a heart attack.
• “The great state of Maryland! MARYLAND!”
• Jordan and Leo dancing ahh so cute
Also love how Bartlet and Leo are flirting by rattling off election numbers 😂
• just noticed on this rewatch that Josh locked his office?? but I’m guessing it’s because there’s a bunch of randos at this party so anyone could walk in and steal Secret Information.
• also Josh of course Amy knows about Sam running in the election.
• I wonder how Josh Malina will address his character telling his sister not to wear that dress in front of people, since they always call out unwanted/unnecessary/innapropriate sexual comments on the podcast
• bro my love for Andy just grew. She asked Toby if he’s told the Bartlet’s. Not the President. The Bartlet’s, which means Abbey too. Ahhhh.
• “That’s the brunette named Annette.”
“Wouldn’t you just give anything if she was from Tibet?”
Lmao
• CJ has a still in her office? Girl
• I think it’s kinda weird the staff wasn’t that upset at for Sam for putting his name in the race. Toby at one point has this weird smile on his face.
• oh my god the way CJ asks Toby “Can we come?” after he says he’s gonna tell Bartlet and Abbey about the twins is so adorable!! and she moved forward very slightly like she’s about to go with him and then he says no lol
• I’m so concerned and confused as to how Jack Reese just...goes to the party with Donna?? Like dude, they gave you 20 minutes to do an assignment and you’re just gonna blow it off? How did you not get fired?
• I don’t understand Abbey putting pillows over her shirt. Is she trying to cover herself? Cause she’s covering the part of her that’s already covered. Stockard Channing/Aaron Sorkin explain...
• god Bartlet and Abbey trying and failing to have romantic sexy time together is one of my favorite running gags on this show. Their political children just won’t stop interrupting! 😂
“Good evening, Mrs. Bartlet. That’s a lovely housecoat you’re wearing.” Lmao
• I love how excited Abbey got when Toby said Andy was pregnant and made him come back in lol
• “Is that caviar there?”
“Not really, no.”
Amazing delivery by Stockard Channing
• It doesn’t make sense that Bartlet was showing MS symptoms at the end of the last episode, but in this episode, which is a continuation of the last episode, he’s completely fine. should Bartlet even be having sex? Yknow what I immediately regret typing that. I don’t wanna know lol
Podcast:
• guest star: Joanna Gleason (Jordan)
• The Badlands are referenced in this episode twice as a nod to Martin Sheen starring in Badlands.
• wait, Hrishi thought Andy was choosing not to marry Toby because she was looking for a fight??? Uhh no, she’s not remarrying Toby because she doesn’t want to, and she’s looking for a fight by not disclosing her pregnancy to prove that it shouldn’t disqualify her from office.
• Joanna Gleason was in the 1985 revival Broadway production of the play Joe Egg, which also starred Stockard Channing. (This wasn’t mentioned on the podcast, I just know this random info.)
• Joanna Gleason made up a “drinking” game where everytime Bradley would say “the...” in a sentence, they would not take a shot, but eat a Cheeto. It’s unclear whether she did it with the cast or at home.
• “ ‘We want you to play Jordon Elaine Kendall' and I thought she's named for, in my mind of course, she's named for Barbara Jordan, great politician, Elaine May, personal heroine, and Kay Kendall, another cinematic, you know...’”
• Her and John Spencer never met. The first time they spent together was shooting the scene in front of the House Committee.
“It was a long day, you know, like a 12 hour day, and we never stopped talking. In fact, Tommy came over and said, "what's up with you two?" and I said, "I think he's coming to our house for Thanksgiving. We never stopped talking, for at least 8 hours.”
• “When John locked eyes with you, and when John - you know this - he'd go right to the core. Right to the core of you. And when you'd act with him, I'd had great scene partners and been part of phenomenal casts in the theater, but on television I've really never have had an experience like that. Where suddenly you're better and you're not sure what made you better, but it was John.”
• Martin Sheen intimidated her. Not as an actor, but as the President of the United States.
• “Did you know from the beginning how many episodes you'll be on for?”
“No, I think I did five. And I thought it was in-n-out... Burger.”
Lmao this woman
• “As we were dancing John said, "sing" he said "just sing into my ear. Just sing." So as we were rehearsing I was just humming and singing into his ear. It was very, very sweet.
Aww 🥺
• She’s old friends with Stockard Channing, which I figure is from their time on Broadway.
• oh my god she’s married to Prince Humperdinck from The Princess Bride
Donna: You want some cake?
Sam: No.
Donna: You sure?
Sam: What kind?
Donna: Cake.
Sam: They have flavors.
Donna: I don’t know.
