The West Wing : "two centimeters of a miracle"

This is a blog about a brilliant tv show called The West Wing and for real politics. The real politics will be tagged with, "irl" while the TWW posts will be tagged with the name of the character and hopefully the episode too. "Although Sorkin is at NBC headquarters, he is present here in spirit - in the form of a three-man mariachi band he hired to serenade the cast outside the sound stage upon their 2 p.m. return from lunch. “Did Aaron do this?” asks Bradley Whitford (deputy chief of staff Josh Lyman) before grabbing Allison Janney (press secretary C.J. Cregg) for a dance in the street. Says Janney, 'I’d do anything for Aaron.'" & “Josh doesn’t leave people. You have to get Josh. His sister died in a fire while she was babysitting him. She tried to put it out, he ran outside. He went off campaigning, his father died. He wakes up in a hospital and discovers the President’s been shot. He goes through every day worrying that somebody he likes is gonna die and it’s gonna be his fault. What do you think makes him walk so fast?”

[mysharona1987]

So, yeah.

[selena-soto]

What I love about her is that she’s so incredibly smart and quick. She’s a problem solver, she’s a diplomat, she’s a bestfriend, she’s a woman, she’s funny, she’s sexy. She gets to be all these great things. - Allison Janney

[angryfeministbabe-movingsoon]

Favorite West Wing Moments: “The Two Bartlets”

[margaretolson]

"The theme of this year’s event is, ‘learning is delightful and delicious’ - as, by the way, am I."

[margaretolson]

30 DAYS OF THE WEST WING | DAY 01: Favorite Character: C.J. Cregg

[widespindriftgaze]

He said, “What’s next.”

[chylerleigh]

In this building, when the President stands nobody sits.

[rachelanneh]

I serve at the pleasure of the President. 

[queenofthenorths]

Because I am tired of working for candidates who make me think I should be embarrassed to believe what I believe, Sam. I’m tired of getting them elected.

[queenofthenorths]

election day ww spam ‘12 | the west wing ; 3x06 ”gone quiet”

[margaretolson]

"I think ambition is good.  I think overreaching is good.  I think giving people a vision of government that’s more than Social Security checks and debt reduction is good.  I think government should be optimistic."

[thesmithian-blog]

Texas Monthly

[krasinskisaurus]

30 Days of The West Wing: Day 3 - Your favourite episode

Two Cathedrals

[krasinskisaurus]

TV doesn’t get much better than this. Scratch that, TV doesn’t get any better than this. This episode isn’t just about the death of a much-beloved colleague and whether or not President Bartlet will run for a second term; it is the fall and rebirth of a man. The flashbacks to Jed’s school days are intricately woven into the storyline through parallels and cinematography to die for and the casting of young Jed and Mrs Landingham is flawless (their dynamic is just begging for a spin-off). We see his mistreatment at the hands of his father and we realise that by rejecting God, Jed is finally speaking the words he never could to his father. There is a universalisability about that brilliant scene in the church (I haven’t the foggiest idea why Martin Sheen never won an Emmy for this) because who hasn’t had their faith tested or experienced that moment of doubt; not just with religion but in all areas of life?

The eponymous ‘Two Cathedrals’ represent the two most defining aspects of Jed and how connected they are. When he loses faith in God, he also loses faith in his presidency, but Mrs Landingham is there to put some much needed sense in him, like always. Because you never had a big sister and you need one. Visited by an angel, baptised in the rain of a tropical storm, disciples - SO MANY JESUS METAPHORS YOU GUYS. So when we reach the final scene I am already a wreck, but Sorkin and Schlamme go ahead and decide to create the best sequence of television I’ve ever seen. (Not even exaggerating. Just watch this: x ) I’ve seen it fifty times, I know exactly what is going to happen, and yet the magic is still there. In summary: the best episode ever of the best show ever, and y’all should watch it. Stat. 

[fuckyeahthewestwing]

Bartlet: Did you know that hardly any of the guys who landed on the moon are married to the same people they were married to before they went there?

Abbey: What?

Bartlet: I’m just saying, it could have been worse: I could have been an astronaut.

Abbey: You could not have been an astronaut.

Bartlet: I would have been a great astronaut.

Abbey: You’re afraid of heights, speed, fire, and small enclosed spaces.

Bartlet: Yeah, but I’d have overcome it to go to the moon.

Abbey: I know you would have.

—Manchester (Part II)

[caitfangirls]

CJ: “Every time we come up on a holiday, you guys check out like seniors who are done with finals.” TOBY: “Nobody here has checked out.” JOSH: [walks up] “Hey, I was just flipping a nickel in my office. Sixteen times in a row, it came out tails.”

[lesbiangabriellle]

"One last thing: while you may be mistaking this for your monthly meeting of the Ignorant Tight-Ass Club, in this building, when the President stands, nobody sits."  (the west wing  - season one)

[skrepo4kacrazy]

Josh Lyman: It's good cop, bad cop. I'm the good cop. The four of you are the bad cop.

[kanyewest-wing]

1.03 A Proportional Response/No Church in the Wild

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