1 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:07,041 Previously, on The West Wing... Isn't this a strange time 2 00:00:07,108 --> 00:00:08,842 to be moving into your office? 3 00:00:08,909 --> 00:00:09,843 I'm the 2:00 a.m. watch commander 4 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:11,579 in the Situation Room tonight. 5 00:00:11,645 --> 00:00:13,314 Why didn't you tell me you worked at the White House? 6 00:00:13,381 --> 00:00:15,083 The RNC exits, a dead candidate 7 00:00:15,149 --> 00:00:16,217 a rainstorm...? 8 00:00:16,284 --> 00:00:18,386 I'm at the Hyatt in Newport Beach 9 00:00:18,452 --> 00:00:20,588 with the Horton Wilde campaign 10 00:00:20,654 --> 00:00:23,424 and the place is going absolutely berserk. 11 00:00:23,491 --> 00:00:24,092 Bonnie, Ginger 12 00:00:24,158 --> 00:00:25,326 get me Will Bailey. 13 00:00:25,393 --> 00:00:27,561 Get me Kay Wilde very quickly, please. 14 00:00:27,628 --> 00:00:29,330 Good evening, sir. You're the nominee. 15 00:00:29,397 --> 00:00:30,531 There's no nominee. 16 00:00:30,598 --> 00:00:31,899 Everyone's on the ballot. 17 00:00:31,965 --> 00:00:33,567 Is there another Democrat? No. 18 00:00:33,634 --> 00:00:35,136 You're the nominee. 19 00:00:52,086 --> 00:00:54,155 C.J.: Good morning, sir. What's doing? 20 00:00:54,222 --> 00:00:56,124 You're going to hear a story this morning. 21 00:00:56,190 --> 00:00:58,959 Uh-huh. Am I a character in this story? 22 00:00:59,026 --> 00:01:00,294 Well, I suppose that's up to you. 23 00:01:00,361 --> 00:01:02,563 A navy pilot, Lieutenant Commander Vickie Hilton 24 00:01:02,630 --> 00:01:04,898 has been taken under arrest by the military police 25 00:01:04,965 --> 00:01:06,667 as being charged by the judge advocate 26 00:01:06,734 --> 00:01:08,902 with having an affair with a married officer 27 00:01:08,969 --> 00:01:11,004 an inferior officer, a lieutenant-jg. 28 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:13,341 I don't see being a character. 29 00:01:13,407 --> 00:01:15,109 Well, heads up anyway. Thank you. 30 00:01:15,176 --> 00:01:16,410 LEO: Good morning, sir. Hey. 31 00:01:16,477 --> 00:01:18,379 How'd it go? Could have gone better. 32 00:01:18,446 --> 00:01:21,182 I didn't think adultery was against the uniform code. 33 00:01:21,249 --> 00:01:23,184 You're talking about Vickie Hilton? 34 00:01:23,251 --> 00:01:24,985 Yeah. It's against military law? 35 00:01:25,052 --> 00:01:26,254 No. They don't like fraternization 36 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:27,655 but her thing isn't the affair 37 00:01:27,721 --> 00:01:29,089 it's failure to follow an order. 38 00:01:29,157 --> 00:01:30,158 They told her to stop? 39 00:01:30,224 --> 00:01:31,425 Yeah. What can she get? 40 00:01:31,492 --> 00:01:33,127 She could go to jail for two years. 41 00:01:33,194 --> 00:01:34,662 For failure to follow an order? 42 00:01:34,728 --> 00:01:36,330 Sure. We should have that here. 43 00:01:46,407 --> 00:01:48,342 MAN: Good morning, Mr. President. 44 00:01:48,409 --> 00:01:50,911 Good morning, Mr. Secretary, ladies and gentlemen 45 00:01:50,978 --> 00:01:52,313 and welcome 46 00:01:52,380 --> 00:01:53,781 to the final cabinet meeting 47 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:55,583 of Bartlet One. 48 00:01:55,649 --> 00:01:57,050 I don't know if this is true 49 00:01:57,117 --> 00:01:58,952 but a presidential historian told me 50 00:01:59,019 --> 00:02:02,190 that this was the most stable cabinet since Hoover's. 51 00:02:02,256 --> 00:02:04,192 Which is nice, but you got to think 52 00:02:04,258 --> 00:02:06,627 how many other jobs were really available. 53 00:02:06,694 --> 00:02:07,961 ( laughter ) 54 00:02:08,028 --> 00:02:10,097 But here are facts: 55 00:02:10,164 --> 00:02:12,700 You created over nine million new jobs 56 00:02:12,766 --> 00:02:16,437 and the highest home ownership rate on record. 57 00:02:16,504 --> 00:02:18,872 More than 150 new trade agreements. 58 00:02:18,939 --> 00:02:22,276 You created the largest expansion of college aid 59 00:02:22,343 --> 00:02:24,212 since the G.I. Bill. 60 00:02:24,278 --> 00:02:28,249 Cleaned up over 500 toxic waste dumps. 61 00:02:28,316 --> 00:02:30,251 And you did it all while eliminating 62 00:02:30,318 --> 00:02:34,255 16,000 pages of Federal regulations. 63 00:02:34,322 --> 00:02:37,625 Not bad for government work. Thank you. 64 00:02:53,374 --> 00:02:55,376 I'll add my thanks 65 00:02:55,443 --> 00:02:58,912 and I'll need your letters of resignation by 7:00. 66 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,662 of Shehab missile tests. Is the White House concerned? 67 00:03:48,729 --> 00:03:50,731 We are. I think all the Bahrain signatories are 68 00:03:50,798 --> 00:03:52,400 and we're expressing that concern 69 00:03:52,466 --> 00:03:55,135 through the appropriate multilateral channels. John. 70 00:03:55,202 --> 00:03:56,337 Can you give us a preview 71 00:03:56,404 --> 00:03:57,137 of the President's address at APEC? 72 00:03:57,204 --> 00:03:58,606 I can tell you 73 00:03:58,672 --> 00:04:00,441 that he's been working out some new material 74 00:04:00,508 --> 00:04:03,411 and that it has absolutely been destroying on the campuses. 75 00:04:03,477 --> 00:04:05,112 Of course, Showtime will have their cameras at APEC 76 00:04:05,178 --> 00:04:07,615 to record the whole thing for the President's one-hour special 77 00:04:07,681 --> 00:04:10,017 called Bartlett: In the Thick of It. 78 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:11,552 So no. No. 79 00:04:11,619 --> 00:04:13,253 I'll finish with a little housekeeping 80 00:04:13,321 --> 00:04:14,121 for those who don't know. 81 00:04:14,187 --> 00:04:15,656 In a two-term presidency 82 00:04:15,723 --> 00:04:18,426 as a matter of courtesy, the President's cabinet resigns 83 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:20,828 without being asked, giving the President the option 84 00:04:20,894 --> 00:04:23,731 of hiring them or not rather than firing them or not. 85 00:04:23,797 --> 00:04:26,066 Those resignations will be submitted today. 86 00:04:26,133 --> 00:04:28,769 That's all. Thanks. 87 00:04:28,836 --> 00:04:30,003 MITCH: C.J.? Yeah? 88 00:04:30,070 --> 00:04:31,038 Can we talk? 89 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,906 Sure. About what? About what? 90 00:04:32,973 --> 00:04:33,607 What's wrong? The seats. 91 00:04:33,674 --> 00:04:34,141 What happened? 92 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:35,543 Sorry, I forgot. 93 00:04:35,609 --> 00:04:37,044 I moved the news magazines to the fourth row. 94 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:38,912 Yeah, I noticed. Why? It isn't a thing, Mitch. 95 00:04:38,979 --> 00:04:40,514 There are cameras in here now that are framing 96 00:04:40,581 --> 00:04:42,082 part of the gallery and not just the podium 97 00:04:42,149 --> 00:04:43,684 and the news magazines aren't here every day 98 00:04:43,751 --> 00:04:45,619 so the camera's getting a couple of empty seats. 99 00:04:45,686 --> 00:04:47,521 We're in the front row. Yeah, but we're safe 100 00:04:47,588 --> 00:04:49,056 after row three, so I put you guys on four. 101 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:51,124 You can't just do this. It's a slap in the face. 102 00:04:51,191 --> 00:04:53,226 Well, I certainly didn't mean it as one. It is. 103 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:56,764 Mitch, I put you in the very first row I don't care about. 104 00:04:56,830 --> 00:04:59,467 Of the things I don't care about, I put you right up front. 105 00:04:59,533 --> 00:05:00,801 I'll see you later. 106 00:05:00,868 --> 00:05:02,770 You should amend that in a statement 107 00:05:02,836 --> 00:05:05,072 to say that the resignations are effective 108 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:05,806 whenever they're effective. 109 00:05:05,873 --> 00:05:07,508 I did. Okay. 110 00:05:07,575 --> 00:05:09,877 He's going to remember he doesn't say a word about labor 111 00:05:09,943 --> 00:05:12,045 without running it past the local AFL? Yeah. 112 00:05:12,112 --> 00:05:13,347 Is he? Yeah. 113 00:05:13,414 --> 00:05:14,815 And he's got to go door-to-door. 114 00:05:14,882 --> 00:05:17,385 He hasn't lived there since he was 18. He knows. 115 00:05:17,451 --> 00:05:20,754 Speaking of which, high school snapshots. He knows. 116 00:05:28,295 --> 00:05:29,763 You're taking the Lakers banner. 117 00:05:29,830 --> 00:05:31,665 Yeah. 118 00:05:31,732 --> 00:05:35,335 'Cause there's a shortage of them in Southern California? 119 00:05:35,403 --> 00:05:36,604 Leave it, and leave the stapler. 120 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:37,971 It's a West Wing office. 121 00:05:38,038 --> 00:05:39,473 Someone's going to use it for 90 days. 122 00:05:39,540 --> 00:05:40,441 And they might need a stapler. 123 00:05:40,508 --> 00:05:43,677 It's ours. 124 00:05:43,744 --> 00:05:45,112 Right. 125 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:49,917 You've logged a lot of miles in the last couple of weeks. 126 00:05:49,983 --> 00:05:53,220 Well, I had to go get nominated and then set up the office 127 00:05:53,286 --> 00:05:56,957 and then meet every member of the California Democratic Party. 128 00:05:57,024 --> 00:06:00,561 Listen, there's no way I'm going to be able to help with this. 129 00:06:00,628 --> 00:06:02,329 Which is worse for me than it is for you 130 00:06:02,396 --> 00:06:03,431 but there's never going to be the time. 131 00:06:03,497 --> 00:06:04,798 I wasn't counting on it. 132 00:06:04,865 --> 00:06:07,167 Are you going to use Michael? From the staff? 133 00:06:07,234 --> 00:06:09,136 Yeah. Michael's who you use 134 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:10,671 when you need brief remarks 135 00:06:10,738 --> 00:06:13,874 to whoever wrote the check we couldn't turn down. 136 00:06:13,941 --> 00:06:16,176 What about Jerry? Jerry's who you use 137 00:06:16,243 --> 00:06:18,011 when you can't get Michael. 138 00:06:18,078 --> 00:06:19,913 There's no one on the speech writing staff 139 00:06:19,980 --> 00:06:22,550 who can do this. It's okay. 140 00:06:22,616 --> 00:06:25,052 That's a pretty big job to do by yourself. 141 00:06:25,118 --> 00:06:26,353 ( chuckles softly ) 142 00:06:26,420 --> 00:06:28,722 You're going to remember the local AFL? 143 00:06:28,789 --> 00:06:30,123 Yeah. You got to go door-to-door. 144 00:06:30,190 --> 00:06:31,358 I know. 145 00:06:31,425 --> 00:06:32,526 You were 18 when you lived there. 146 00:06:32,593 --> 00:06:34,862 You want a hug? 147 00:06:37,264 --> 00:06:39,433 Put the banner back. 148 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:42,035 See you next week. 149 00:06:51,679 --> 00:06:53,213 There are some new people. 150 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:54,848 Cabinet Affairs installed some temps 151 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:57,284 so you'd have extra staff during the vetting period. 152 00:06:57,350 --> 00:06:59,219 Which is good. But? 153 00:06:59,286 --> 00:07:02,322 I'm not one to give fashion advice... No, you're not. 154 00:07:02,389 --> 00:07:04,558 But one of them... Sorry. 155 00:07:04,625 --> 00:07:07,628 one of them is wearing a... 156 00:07:07,695 --> 00:07:10,130 a, uh... a Star Trek pin. 157 00:07:10,197 --> 00:07:12,666 Is today a special Star Trek holiday or something? 158 00:07:12,733 --> 00:07:14,301 How the hell would I know? 159 00:07:14,367 --> 00:07:16,369 Okay, well, then would you find out? 160 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:17,538 And if it's not, you know 161 00:07:17,605 --> 00:07:19,072 people walk through here 162 00:07:19,139 --> 00:07:21,441 and it's not the most confidence-inspiring sight 163 00:07:21,509 --> 00:07:22,876 to see in a White House employee 164 00:07:22,943 --> 00:07:24,211 so if you could ask her to... 165 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:25,245 It's a her? 166 00:07:25,312 --> 00:07:27,047 Yeah. I have my briefing memo? 167 00:07:27,114 --> 00:07:28,115 Thank you. 168 00:07:28,181 --> 00:07:29,917 Hang on, I'm doing you a favor 169 00:07:29,983 --> 00:07:31,719 now you have to do me one. 170 00:07:31,785 --> 00:07:34,454 You're... almost there, but you're not quite getting it. 171 00:07:34,522 --> 00:07:38,358 When it's something you're paid to do, that's not a favor. 172 00:07:38,425 --> 00:07:40,127 What do you got? 173 00:07:40,193 --> 00:07:42,730 Nancy McNally has a new military aide named Jack Reese 174 00:07:42,796 --> 00:07:43,997 and we've talked a few times 175 00:07:44,064 --> 00:07:46,734 and I want you to ask him if he likes me. 176 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,969 Wow, I'm definitely not going to do that. 177 00:07:49,036 --> 00:07:50,971 How many girls have I gotten for you? 178 00:07:51,038 --> 00:07:53,440 Aren't these basically women who've come up to you 179 00:07:53,507 --> 00:07:54,908 and said, "Is that Josh Lyman?" Yes. 180 00:07:54,975 --> 00:07:56,844 And you've said...? Yes every time. 181 00:07:56,910 --> 00:07:58,646 Well, I'll properly I.D. you for him, no problem. 182 00:07:58,712 --> 00:07:59,980 Oh, come on. Just a little bit. 183 00:08:00,047 --> 00:08:01,849 All you have to do is introduce yourself 184 00:08:01,915 --> 00:08:03,817 and remind him in some way that I work for you 185 00:08:03,884 --> 00:08:05,085 and see if he says anything. 186 00:08:05,152 --> 00:08:06,587 I can't, Potsie. 187 00:08:06,654 --> 00:08:09,189 Ralph and I are double-dating with the Dubrusky twins. 188 00:08:09,256 --> 00:08:11,224 I am asking for something very little 189 00:08:11,291 --> 00:08:13,594 and you know, you know how lame I am with this. 190 00:08:13,661 --> 00:08:14,862 That's true. 191 00:08:14,928 --> 00:08:16,463 That was for the fashion. Yes. 192 00:08:16,530 --> 00:08:17,598 You'll do it? 193 00:08:17,665 --> 00:08:18,866 Hey, what are you doing here? 194 00:08:18,932 --> 00:08:20,333 Hey. She's got an appointment with you 195 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:21,702 right after senior staff. 196 00:08:21,769 --> 00:08:23,671 We're running about 15 minutes behind. 197 00:08:23,737 --> 00:08:25,673 At 10:00? That's, like, a half hour ahead. 198 00:08:25,739 --> 00:08:26,707 I know. We're very proud. 199 00:08:26,774 --> 00:08:27,608 What's the meeting about? 200 00:08:27,675 --> 00:08:28,742 You'll do it? Yes. 201 00:08:28,809 --> 00:08:30,711 I know what the meeting's about. 202 00:08:30,778 --> 00:08:33,146 It's about Vickie Hilton. 203 00:08:33,213 --> 00:08:35,315 And I'm here in no official capacity 204 00:08:35,382 --> 00:08:36,449 and I'm wielding nothing 205 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:37,951 but the League of Professional Women 206 00:08:38,018 --> 00:08:39,853 is going to represent her, and they asked me 207 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,755 if I could help get them time with the President. 208 00:08:41,822 --> 00:08:45,025 There's no way the White House is going to get involved in it. 209 00:08:45,092 --> 00:08:47,895 It's a military thing. Civilians run the military. 210 00:08:47,961 --> 00:08:50,030 Not only is it okay for you to get involved 211 00:08:50,097 --> 00:08:52,099 you're supposed to. It's the law. 212 00:08:52,165 --> 00:08:55,368 And the commander in chief chooses not to overrule his commanders. 213 00:08:55,435 --> 00:08:58,071 He chooses to do that without hearing informed argument? 214 00:08:58,138 --> 00:09:00,240 Yes, 'cause then, when he says no 215 00:09:00,307 --> 00:09:01,875 I got a problem with women. 216 00:09:01,942 --> 00:09:03,276 Except that my friends and I 217 00:09:03,343 --> 00:09:05,613 can give him a problem with women right now. 218 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,648 What happened to "I came wielding nothing"? 219 00:09:07,715 --> 00:09:09,116 I forgot that women just got him reelected. 220 00:09:09,182 --> 00:09:10,217 Evidently, you did, too. 221 00:09:10,283 --> 00:09:13,186 ( mocking ): "Evidently, you did, too." 222 00:09:19,426 --> 00:09:21,461 I met her last night. This is a special girl. 223 00:09:21,528 --> 00:09:23,897 I want to speak up for her. 224 00:09:25,633 --> 00:09:27,668 All right, we'll talk in 15 minutes. 225 00:09:27,735 --> 00:09:29,136 "All right, we'll talk in 15 minutes." 226 00:09:29,202 --> 00:09:29,603 Shut up. 227 00:09:29,670 --> 00:09:30,904 You shut up. 228 00:09:30,971 --> 00:09:32,773 Oh, God help me some days. 229 00:09:35,843 --> 00:09:37,277 ( Josh clears throat ) 230 00:09:42,683 --> 00:09:44,818 ( applause ) 231 00:09:44,885 --> 00:09:47,420 You really don't have to do that anymore. 232 00:09:47,487 --> 00:09:49,690 Hey. 233 00:09:49,757 --> 00:09:51,458 Hey. Where you going? 234 00:09:51,524 --> 00:09:53,193 Where'd you finally settle on? 235 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:53,894 Nice. 236 00:09:53,961 --> 00:09:54,862 Excellent! 237 00:09:54,928 --> 00:09:56,830 I like to stay at the Hotel Beau Rivage 238 00:09:56,897 --> 00:09:58,031 but I think that's 239 00:09:58,098 --> 00:09:59,199 going to be a little pricey for you. 240 00:09:59,266 --> 00:10:00,367 Actually, I'm going 241 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,369 to stay at the Villa Ephrussi de Rothchild 242 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:03,971 at Sait-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. 243 00:10:04,037 --> 00:10:05,973 It's not a hotel, I guess, quite so much 244 00:10:06,039 --> 00:10:07,374 as it's... well, a castle. 245 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:08,909 Yeah. This is family connection? 246 00:10:08,976 --> 00:10:09,509 Yeah. 247 00:10:09,576 --> 00:10:10,944 All of Europe's 248 00:10:11,011 --> 00:10:12,312 a family connection for you, isn't it? 249 00:10:12,379 --> 00:10:13,246 Parts of Asia. 250 00:10:13,313 --> 00:10:14,314 When's the plane leave? 251 00:10:14,381 --> 00:10:15,582 Three hours. So I'm out of here. 252 00:10:15,649 --> 00:10:16,950 You're going to remember 253 00:10:17,017 --> 00:10:18,686 you still have to put the County Clerk in the boat 254 00:10:18,752 --> 00:10:19,953 You're going to remember Nina Mercer 255 00:10:20,020 --> 00:10:20,988 and you're going to remember light rail. 256 00:10:21,054 --> 00:10:22,422 Listen, I wouldn't ask you 257 00:10:22,489 --> 00:10:24,257 to postpone your vacation if it wasn't important. 258 00:10:24,324 --> 00:10:26,794 When did you ask me to postpone my vacation? 259 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:29,262 Well, I'm obviously about to right now. 260 00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:31,231 Okay, well, then, your shoelaces are untied 261 00:10:31,298 --> 00:10:32,700 and I'm hauling ass. 262 00:10:32,766 --> 00:10:34,034 Toby Ziegler needs your help 263 00:10:34,101 --> 00:10:35,969 on a speech he's writing for the President. 264 00:10:36,036 --> 00:10:37,905 You have an OEOB full of speechwriters. 265 00:10:37,971 --> 00:10:40,307 Not everybody over there does this kind of speech writing. 266 00:10:40,373 --> 00:10:42,475 And at this particular moment, not anybody over there 267 00:10:42,542 --> 00:10:43,410 does this kind of speech writing. 268 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:44,778 You're kidding. No. 269 00:10:44,845 --> 00:10:46,680 Maybe you want to do something about that. 270 00:10:46,747 --> 00:10:48,081 I would, Will, but I don't work there 271 00:10:48,148 --> 00:10:48,782 at the moment. 272 00:10:48,849 --> 00:10:50,150 I won. I'm sorry. 273 00:10:50,217 --> 00:10:52,753 How many times do I have to say I'm sorry? 274 00:10:52,820 --> 00:10:53,754 Well, you're not done yet. 275 00:10:53,821 --> 00:10:54,755 Look, it would be a privilege 276 00:10:54,822 --> 00:10:56,023 to help write for the President 277 00:10:56,089 --> 00:10:57,357 it would be the thrill of a lifetime 278 00:10:57,424 --> 00:10:58,726 but I'm just too tired to do it well. 279 00:10:58,792 --> 00:11:01,161 This was a really hard campaign. 280 00:11:01,228 --> 00:11:02,129 A guy died from it. 281 00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:03,897 This campaign has fatalities. 282 00:11:03,964 --> 00:11:06,366 When is the President giving his speech? 283 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:08,235 January 20. 284 00:11:08,301 --> 00:11:11,438 The President is giving two speeches on the 20th? 285 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:14,407 No, just the Inauguration. 286 00:11:14,474 --> 00:11:17,878 Sure. And Toby wants me? 287 00:11:17,945 --> 00:11:19,847 Yeah, 'cause of the Tillman speech. 288 00:11:19,913 --> 00:11:21,782 You're flying in that direction anyway 289 00:11:21,849 --> 00:11:23,817 thought you could meet in Washington 290 00:11:23,884 --> 00:11:25,152 and meet with Toby. 291 00:11:25,218 --> 00:11:26,186 Yeah. 292 00:11:26,253 --> 00:11:28,288 I'll set up the appointment. 293 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:29,890 I'll change my flight. 294 00:11:32,926 --> 00:11:34,962 Give this to Toby Ziegler when you get there, okay? 295 00:11:35,028 --> 00:11:36,029 Yeah. 296 00:11:41,334 --> 00:11:43,303 The latest talks, would you say they signal 297 00:11:43,370 --> 00:11:44,637 a shift by the White House 298 00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:45,906 away from containing the greenhouse gases? 299 00:11:45,973 --> 00:11:47,307 No, I definitely wouldn't. 300 00:11:47,374 --> 00:11:49,743 The President's fully committed to Kyoto 301 00:11:49,810 --> 00:11:51,211 and thinks it's time we began adapting 302 00:11:51,278 --> 00:11:53,914 to the impact of greenhouse gases, is all. Mark? 303 00:11:53,981 --> 00:11:55,215 Commander Vickie Hilton is quoted... 304 00:11:55,282 --> 00:11:56,583 I'm just going to stop you there 305 00:11:56,649 --> 00:11:58,418 and direct you to the Pentagon. Mitch. 306 00:11:58,485 --> 00:12:01,454 C.J., I wanted to ask you about your reshuffling of the seats. 307 00:12:01,521 --> 00:12:02,790 Well, we already discussed that 308 00:12:02,856 --> 00:12:04,091 but if you want to talk more in my office... 309 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:05,725 You made a unilateral decision. 310 00:12:05,793 --> 00:12:07,694 Well, it's my house, Mitch. But, as matter of fact 311 00:12:07,761 --> 00:12:10,597 I consulted with the White House Correspondent's Association. 312 00:12:10,663 --> 00:12:11,932 I think you changed the seating 313 00:12:11,999 --> 00:12:13,666 because you don't like our coverage. 314 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:15,836 Or your attitude. But that's not why I changed the seating. 315 00:12:15,903 --> 00:12:17,771 Thank you. Thank you, C.J. 316 00:12:17,838 --> 00:12:18,806 Thank you, C.J. 317 00:12:18,872 --> 00:12:20,107 Thank you. 318 00:12:20,173 --> 00:12:21,208 Thank you. 319 00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:24,677 Okay, I'm going to see Fitzwallace. 320 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:26,179 Yeah. 321 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:29,116 Hey, I see she's not wearing the pin anymore. Thanks. 322 00:12:29,182 --> 00:12:31,051 She's kind of worked up about it. 323 00:12:31,118 --> 00:12:31,618 Why? 324 00:12:31,684 --> 00:12:34,287 I don't know. 325 00:12:34,354 --> 00:12:36,423 All right. Hang on. 326 00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:40,660 Hi. I'm Josh Lyman. 327 00:12:40,727 --> 00:12:42,162 Janice Trumbull. 328 00:12:42,229 --> 00:12:44,131 Yeah, the reason why I wanted you to take off the pin 329 00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:46,166 is just around the White House, you understand... 330 00:12:46,233 --> 00:12:48,401 I'm appealing your request to Stacy. 331 00:12:48,468 --> 00:12:49,502 I'm sorry? 332 00:12:49,569 --> 00:12:51,304 My supervisor is Stacy. 333 00:12:51,371 --> 00:12:55,142 Right, except Stacy works for me. 334 00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:56,910 Okay, well, you got the cards 335 00:12:56,977 --> 00:13:00,380 but Star Trek and the entire Starfleet series 336 00:13:00,447 --> 00:13:02,950 is about honor and loyalty and civic duty, and the fact 337 00:13:03,016 --> 00:13:04,651 that you don't think those are characteristics 338 00:13:04,717 --> 00:13:05,652 that should be displayed inside 339 00:13:05,718 --> 00:13:07,054 the White House is sad. 340 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:08,321 But I wouldn't expect you 341 00:13:08,388 --> 00:13:11,391 to understand those kinds of things. 342 00:13:11,458 --> 00:13:12,725 Anything else? 343 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:14,862 No. 344 00:13:16,696 --> 00:13:17,831 You see what I mean? 345 00:13:17,898 --> 00:13:18,698 Shh, shh, shh. 346 00:13:18,765 --> 00:13:19,933 What? 347 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,769 She is... well, one of the special people. 348 00:13:22,836 --> 00:13:24,471 Yeah. 349 00:13:24,537 --> 00:13:25,505 She's taken off the pin. 350 00:13:25,572 --> 00:13:26,907 We're going to let it be. 351 00:13:26,974 --> 00:13:28,575 I'm assuming you haven't talked to him yet? 352 00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:29,977 That's right. 353 00:13:30,043 --> 00:13:31,778 What do you think about this Vickie Hilton problem? 354 00:13:31,845 --> 00:13:32,980 I think you know what I think. 355 00:13:33,046 --> 00:13:34,347 No, I mean about whether it's right 356 00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:35,748 for the White House to be involved. 357 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:37,117 That's a harder question. 358 00:13:37,184 --> 00:13:38,986 I've been thinking about it and... 359 00:13:39,052 --> 00:13:40,787 You've got to go faster next time. 360 00:13:40,854 --> 00:13:41,788 I'm here already. 361 00:13:41,855 --> 00:13:43,023 Yeah. 362 00:13:45,625 --> 00:13:47,895 Mr. Chairman, thank you. 363 00:13:47,961 --> 00:13:50,163 Hope you haven't been waiting. 364 00:13:50,230 --> 00:13:53,733 No, I never get to read the sports section anymore. 365 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,235 I think I know what this is about. 366 00:13:55,302 --> 00:13:56,736 Yeah, there's going to be 367 00:13:56,803 --> 00:13:59,206 pressure from women for the President to intercede 368 00:13:59,272 --> 00:14:02,042 and I was hoping we could find a way to intercede 369 00:14:02,109 --> 00:14:03,710 without involving the President. 370 00:14:03,776 --> 00:14:06,346 These things are handled at the Commander's level 371 00:14:06,413 --> 00:14:08,215 in the navy, and I wouldn't step in 372 00:14:08,281 --> 00:14:10,884 unless it's the President's pleasure to order me. 373 00:14:10,951 --> 00:14:12,619 I understand. 374 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:17,090 I guess also, the thing is 375 00:14:17,157 --> 00:14:19,092 that she isn't just any pilot. 376 00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:20,727 She's like Jackie Robinson. 377 00:14:20,793 --> 00:14:22,829 She's busted a lot of barriers. 378 00:14:22,896 --> 00:14:24,664 She's the first woman at Miramar 379 00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:27,434 first woman to fly the F-14 Tomcat 380 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:29,002 she teaches on an F-14. 381 00:14:29,069 --> 00:14:30,303 I guess, at this point 382 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:32,072 I don't have to give you a resume. 383 00:14:32,139 --> 00:14:35,542 No, but could you tell me more about Jackie Robinson 384 00:14:35,608 --> 00:14:36,709 and breaking barriers? 385 00:14:36,776 --> 00:14:38,545 ( chuckles ) 386 00:14:42,983 --> 00:14:44,284 Just out of curiosity 387 00:14:44,351 --> 00:14:46,119 if you could step in, would you save her? 388 00:14:46,186 --> 00:14:49,889 No. I'd discharge her, dishonorably 389 00:14:49,957 --> 00:14:53,826 and I'm sure that's what's going to happen. 390 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:54,995 I have to tell you 391 00:14:55,062 --> 00:14:57,597 it just doesn't seem right to me. 392 00:14:57,664 --> 00:14:58,631 I know it doesn't. 393 00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:00,000 Admiral, you know 394 00:15:00,067 --> 00:15:01,601 I have all the respect in the world for you, right? 395 00:15:01,668 --> 00:15:03,170 Yes. And if I didn't 396 00:15:03,236 --> 00:15:06,039 I'd respect the uniform, the rank, and the position anyway. 397 00:15:06,106 --> 00:15:08,608 What is it, son? 398 00:15:08,675 --> 00:15:10,610 I feel like I have to go to Leo. 399 00:15:10,677 --> 00:15:12,079 Good. 400 00:15:12,145 --> 00:15:14,181 That's the way it's supposed to work. 401 00:15:23,823 --> 00:15:25,558 ( heavy sigh ) 402 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:48,681 ( knocking ) 403 00:15:48,748 --> 00:15:50,017 Yeah. 404 00:15:50,083 --> 00:15:51,384 Excuse me. 405 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:53,020 They told me to knock on the door. 406 00:15:53,086 --> 00:15:54,254 I'm Will Bailey. 407 00:15:54,321 --> 00:15:57,124 Oh, we have an appointment, right? 408 00:15:57,190 --> 00:15:58,558 Yeah. Come on in. 409 00:16:01,861 --> 00:16:02,595 Sit down. 410 00:16:02,662 --> 00:16:04,631 Thanks. 411 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:05,865 Will Bailey. 412 00:16:05,932 --> 00:16:07,134 Yes. 413 00:16:09,202 --> 00:16:12,739 So, you want a job on the speech writing staff. 414 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:13,506 I'm sorry? 415 00:16:13,573 --> 00:16:14,307 You want a job 416 00:16:14,374 --> 00:16:15,875 on the speech writing staff. 417 00:16:15,942 --> 00:16:17,377 No. 418 00:16:18,578 --> 00:16:19,812 I'm sorry? 419 00:16:19,879 --> 00:16:21,681 I don't want a job on the speech writing staff. 420 00:16:21,748 --> 00:16:22,882 You're Will Bailey. 421 00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:23,950 Yes. 422 00:16:24,017 --> 00:16:26,219 Sam told me you wanted to see me 423 00:16:26,286 --> 00:16:27,787 about a job on the speech writing staff. 424 00:16:27,854 --> 00:16:31,558 Well, he told me that you wanted help with the Inauguration. 425 00:16:31,624 --> 00:16:32,492 He did? 426 00:16:32,559 --> 00:16:34,027 Yeah. 427 00:16:34,094 --> 00:16:37,297 Sam's doing a little matchmaking. 428 00:16:38,631 --> 00:16:40,833 I'm fine 429 00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:42,869 doing this by myself. 430 00:16:42,935 --> 00:16:44,037 That's it? 431 00:16:44,104 --> 00:16:46,139 Yeah. 432 00:16:49,076 --> 00:16:50,310 Okay. 433 00:16:50,377 --> 00:16:52,079 Your garbage can is on fire. 434 00:16:52,145 --> 00:16:54,281 Yeah, it's not personal 435 00:16:54,347 --> 00:16:56,149 a speech like this. 436 00:16:56,216 --> 00:17:01,854 Obviously, it takes a certain amount 437 00:17:01,921 --> 00:17:03,756 of experience and, uh... 438 00:17:05,992 --> 00:17:10,830 ...and uh, a certain something. 439 00:17:10,897 --> 00:17:12,365 Just out of curiosity 440 00:17:12,432 --> 00:17:15,102 how do you know I don't have the something? 441 00:17:15,168 --> 00:17:17,570 'Cause you don't have the experience. 442 00:17:17,637 --> 00:17:20,273 Okay. 443 00:17:20,340 --> 00:17:21,841 Well, it was nice meeting you. 444 00:17:21,908 --> 00:17:23,576 You, too. 445 00:17:26,279 --> 00:17:27,947 For the record... 446 00:17:28,014 --> 00:17:29,249 I was President of Cambridge Union 447 00:17:29,316 --> 00:17:30,650 on a Marshall Scholarship, and I've written 448 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:33,120 for three congressional races and a governor. 449 00:17:33,186 --> 00:17:34,821 I read the Stanford Club speech. 450 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:35,655 I thought it was good. 451 00:17:35,722 --> 00:17:36,956 Not as good 452 00:17:37,023 --> 00:17:38,358 as other people thought it was. 453 00:17:38,425 --> 00:17:39,459 Yeah? 454 00:17:39,526 --> 00:17:40,960 Call and response isn't going to work 455 00:17:41,027 --> 00:17:41,994 in front of a Joint Session. 456 00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:43,430 You're alliteration happy: 457 00:17:43,496 --> 00:17:46,032 "Guardians of gridlock, protectors of privilege." 458 00:17:46,099 --> 00:17:47,467 I needed an avalanche of Advil. 459 00:17:47,534 --> 00:17:49,436 And when you use pop culture references 460 00:17:49,502 --> 00:17:51,238 your speech has a shelf life of 12 minutes. 461 00:17:51,304 --> 00:17:53,072 You don't mind constructive criticism, do you? 462 00:17:53,140 --> 00:17:56,843 No, sir. 463 00:17:56,909 --> 00:17:58,545 Anyway, thanks for coming in. 464 00:17:58,611 --> 00:18:02,615 I told Sam I can do this by myself. 465 00:18:02,682 --> 00:18:05,218 Well, maybe he thought that your speeches 466 00:18:05,285 --> 00:18:09,088 were obscurantist policy tracts lost in a cul-de-sac 467 00:18:09,156 --> 00:18:10,457 of their own internal self-righteousness 468 00:18:10,523 --> 00:18:13,193 and groaning from the weight of statistics. 469 00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:17,164 I'm just speculating. 470 00:18:17,230 --> 00:18:20,167 I can't say for sure. 471 00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:26,506 ( tapping finger on desk ) 472 00:18:31,478 --> 00:18:34,147 A 500-word stanza on American leadership 473 00:18:34,214 --> 00:18:35,848 in a globally interdependent age 474 00:18:35,915 --> 00:18:38,151 that moves beyond triumphalism by this time tomorrow. 475 00:18:38,218 --> 00:18:42,322 If it's 501, don't show it to me. 476 00:18:50,297 --> 00:18:52,865 ( heavy sigh ) 477 00:19:12,519 --> 00:19:14,086 You wanted to see me? 478 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:18,057 I need a favor: the President's gonna be getting a phone call 479 00:19:18,124 --> 00:19:19,659 and I don't want him to take it 480 00:19:19,726 --> 00:19:21,761 and I don't want him to know why. 481 00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:22,995 The first part is okay 482 00:19:23,062 --> 00:19:24,831 the second part gets ethically tricky. 483 00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:28,535 The U.N. has had a decades-old conflict with New York City. 484 00:19:28,601 --> 00:19:31,304 Foreign diplomats will park anywhere they want 485 00:19:31,371 --> 00:19:32,639 and they get tickets. 486 00:19:32,705 --> 00:19:33,440 And? 487 00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:34,641 Don't pay them. 488 00:19:34,707 --> 00:19:36,409 And that's where our action begins 489 00:19:36,476 --> 00:19:37,810 'cause every once in a while 490 00:19:37,877 --> 00:19:39,178 the city goes on a jihad 491 00:19:39,246 --> 00:19:42,482 and starts towing all their cars and that's just happened. 492 00:19:42,549 --> 00:19:44,150 So someone's complaining to the President? 493 00:19:44,217 --> 00:19:45,685 Yes. Who? 494 00:19:45,752 --> 00:19:47,487 The Secretary-General. 495 00:19:47,554 --> 00:19:50,990 You want me to have the President dodge a call 496 00:19:51,057 --> 00:19:53,860 from the U.N. Secretary-General and not know why? 497 00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:55,428 Yeah. Could you swing that? 498 00:19:55,495 --> 00:19:59,198 If I could, that would be troubling, wouldn't it? 499 00:19:59,266 --> 00:20:00,533 I've got to keep the knucklehead stuff 500 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,602 off his desk, and this is worse. 501 00:20:02,669 --> 00:20:04,337 This is actually hot-button knucklehead. 502 00:20:04,404 --> 00:20:05,805 This could be a thing. 503 00:20:05,872 --> 00:20:07,840 If he knows why the Secretary's calling 504 00:20:07,907 --> 00:20:10,076 he's gonna lose it and he's gonna be in it. 505 00:20:10,142 --> 00:20:11,278 Yes, sir. 506 00:20:11,344 --> 00:20:13,646 What do you think about Vickie Hilton? 507 00:20:13,713 --> 00:20:15,682 I don't think you can reasonably ask someone 508 00:20:15,748 --> 00:20:17,650 to control who they fall in love with. 509 00:20:17,717 --> 00:20:18,651 Thank you. 510 00:20:18,718 --> 00:20:20,119 Thank you. 511 00:20:20,186 --> 00:20:21,988 Hey. Hey. 512 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:23,556 You wanted to see me? 513 00:20:23,623 --> 00:20:26,693 I did. Because I read a set of brief remarks 514 00:20:26,759 --> 00:20:29,195 for the Better Housing Conferences. 515 00:20:29,262 --> 00:20:31,564 Is that something you usually read? 516 00:20:31,631 --> 00:20:33,032 No. Why were you reading it? 517 00:20:33,099 --> 00:20:34,834 Because it's not something I usually read. 518 00:20:34,901 --> 00:20:36,603 I noticed that the writing has a quality 519 00:20:36,669 --> 00:20:38,738 you don't usually find in remarks of this nature. 520 00:20:38,805 --> 00:20:41,207 Usually it's written by one of the guys in the shop. 521 00:20:41,274 --> 00:20:42,709 We're a little shorthanded over there. 522 00:20:42,775 --> 00:20:43,676 I did it myself. 523 00:20:43,743 --> 00:20:46,346 Well, instead of FHA insured home loans 524 00:20:46,413 --> 00:20:47,347 you wrote FEMA insured home loans. 525 00:20:47,414 --> 00:20:48,881 I meant FHA. 526 00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:50,517 Yeah, 'cause FEMA doesn't insure home loans. 527 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:51,918 They don't insure anything. 528 00:20:51,984 --> 00:20:53,820 They're the people who come in after a tornado. 529 00:20:53,886 --> 00:20:55,955 I know that. 530 00:20:56,022 --> 00:20:58,491 What do you want to do with Sam gone for three months? 531 00:20:58,558 --> 00:21:01,928 We talked about this. As long as you still know what you're doing. 532 00:21:01,994 --> 00:21:04,030 The adjustment period with me for a new person... 533 00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:05,332 You adjusted to Sam. 534 00:21:05,398 --> 00:21:07,900 Maybe, and if I did, it was like a week ago. 535 00:21:07,967 --> 00:21:08,935 Still, you could try to... 536 00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:09,936 Who? Who would you get? 537 00:21:10,002 --> 00:21:11,003 There are people out there. 538 00:21:11,070 --> 00:21:13,406 There are not people who... 539 00:21:13,473 --> 00:21:14,874 You're like the guys who say 540 00:21:14,941 --> 00:21:16,876 "Are you telling me you could only find 541 00:21:16,943 --> 00:21:19,278 "one African-American speechwriter good enough 542 00:21:19,346 --> 00:21:20,347 to work at the White House?" 543 00:21:20,413 --> 00:21:21,848 I'm amazed I found that many. 544 00:21:21,914 --> 00:21:23,516 "Good enough to work at the White House" is a pretty small 545 00:21:23,583 --> 00:21:25,184 population to begin with. 546 00:21:25,251 --> 00:21:28,220 And guys who can write entire sections of a State of the Union? 547 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:30,089 I'd be as surprised if there were as many as nine of us. 548 00:21:30,156 --> 00:21:31,558 Sam was one of them. 549 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:33,993 Okay. What do you think 550 00:21:34,060 --> 00:21:37,296 about Vickie Hilton? 551 00:21:37,364 --> 00:21:39,866 I think we invested time and money 552 00:21:39,932 --> 00:21:41,501 teaching her how to fly a warplane 553 00:21:41,568 --> 00:21:43,370 which it turns out she does very well 554 00:21:43,436 --> 00:21:44,971 and there aren't that many who do. 555 00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:47,574 So, I'm going to go ahead and pick national security 556 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,308 over caring who she sleeps with. 557 00:21:49,376 --> 00:21:50,443 Josh talked to me today. 558 00:21:50,510 --> 00:21:51,511 It can't go in the Oval Office. 559 00:21:51,578 --> 00:21:53,112 No, it can't. It can't. 560 00:21:53,179 --> 00:21:55,281 Except I have a woman problem. 561 00:21:55,348 --> 00:21:57,417 Is Jordon pestering you? 562 00:21:57,484 --> 00:21:59,486 'Cause I'm getting it from Andy on this day and night. 563 00:21:59,552 --> 00:22:02,154 No, Toby, I meant a woman's issue. 564 00:22:02,221 --> 00:22:03,222 The constituency of women. 565 00:22:03,289 --> 00:22:04,624 Yeah. 566 00:22:04,691 --> 00:22:07,093 Though Jordy hasn't shut up about Vickie Hilton. 567 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:08,528 This is what I'm saying. 568 00:22:08,595 --> 00:22:09,696 All right. Thank you. 569 00:22:09,762 --> 00:22:10,763 Thanks. 570 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:15,101 PRESIDENT: Okay, thank you. 571 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,470 What the hell's going on with the seats in the briefing room? 572 00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:19,071 I wouldn't worry about it, Mr. President. 573 00:22:19,138 --> 00:22:20,740 I'm not worried about it, but I just read about it. 574 00:22:20,807 --> 00:22:22,241 The news magazines aren't here every day 575 00:22:22,308 --> 00:22:24,210 and the empty seats don't look good on camera 576 00:22:24,276 --> 00:22:25,545 so I moved them to the fourth row. 577 00:22:25,612 --> 00:22:27,046 I think you shouldn't comment on it. 578 00:22:27,113 --> 00:22:28,648 I'll comment on it: I'll say sit your ass 579 00:22:28,715 --> 00:22:30,417 where you're told and get back to work. 580 00:22:30,483 --> 00:22:32,051 Yeah, and I don't think you should do that. 581 00:22:32,118 --> 00:22:33,052 Mr. President? Yeah. 582 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:33,986 The Secretary-General. 583 00:22:34,053 --> 00:22:34,487 Thanks. No. 584 00:22:34,554 --> 00:22:35,888 I'm sorry? 585 00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:38,891 Yes, sir, you can't take that call yet. 586 00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:40,827 I'm sorry. Toby wanted you to see a new memo on Rwanda 587 00:22:40,893 --> 00:22:42,294 before you spoke to the Secretary-General 588 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:44,597 and I forgot to tell the switchboard. 589 00:22:44,664 --> 00:22:47,600 Okay, we'll have to return. Thank you, sir. 590 00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:49,436 Anyway, you're going to take care of it? 591 00:22:49,502 --> 00:22:51,037 I'm going to have a camera position moved. 592 00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:53,540 Well, I'm sorry to hear you're caving, but whatever. 593 00:22:53,606 --> 00:22:54,607 Yeah, I'm not caving, sir. 594 00:22:54,674 --> 00:22:56,409 Well, okay, but still, whatever. 595 00:22:56,476 --> 00:22:58,010 Excuse me, Mr. President. Come on in. 596 00:22:58,077 --> 00:22:59,512 You'd asked for the CEC briefing. 597 00:22:59,579 --> 00:23:01,814 Thanks. This is Jack Reese. 598 00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:03,049 He's working for Nancy. 599 00:23:03,115 --> 00:23:06,052 This is Josh Lyman and C.J. Cregg. 600 00:23:06,118 --> 00:23:06,786 Commander. 601 00:23:06,853 --> 00:23:08,254 How are you? 602 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,858 They're talking about a force level data-fusion network. 603 00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:13,059 Yes, sir. 604 00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:15,462 Nancy thinks France will come around 605 00:23:15,528 --> 00:23:16,696 after the North Sea exercise. 606 00:23:16,763 --> 00:23:18,865 She does, sir, yes. You agree? 607 00:23:18,931 --> 00:23:20,166 I do, sir. 608 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:21,267 Okay. 609 00:23:21,333 --> 00:23:22,435 Thanks very much, everybody. 610 00:23:22,502 --> 00:23:24,336 ALL: Thank you, Mr. President. 611 00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:26,172 ( sighs ) 612 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:29,509 Thank you. 613 00:23:29,576 --> 00:23:30,076 JOSH: Commander? 614 00:23:30,142 --> 00:23:31,511 Yeah. 615 00:23:31,578 --> 00:23:34,280 Hi, I'm Josh Lyman. We just met in there. 616 00:23:34,346 --> 00:23:35,748 Yeah. 617 00:23:35,815 --> 00:23:38,250 This conversation you and I are having right now 618 00:23:38,317 --> 00:23:40,186 it was not my idea to have it. 619 00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:42,188 This must be distinctly understood. 620 00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:43,389 Is anything wrong? 621 00:23:43,456 --> 00:23:45,191 You've met my assistant Donna. 622 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:47,827 Yeah, she was standing outside when I went to vote. 623 00:23:47,894 --> 00:23:49,529 She wanted to trade with a Ritchie voter 624 00:23:49,596 --> 00:23:50,763 'cause she filled out her ballot wrong. 625 00:23:50,830 --> 00:23:53,566 I thought it was... kind of cool. 626 00:23:53,633 --> 00:23:56,536 Well, if you liked that, she nearly got arrested once 627 00:23:56,603 --> 00:23:58,771 when she got her arm stuck in a mailbox 628 00:23:58,838 --> 00:24:01,541 trying to retrieve a letter she wrote to Ilie Nastase. 629 00:24:01,608 --> 00:24:04,376 She once left her underpants at an art opening 630 00:24:04,443 --> 00:24:05,878 and, after a summit in Belarus 631 00:24:05,945 --> 00:24:08,481 she tried to smuggle 11 scented Minsk candles 632 00:24:08,548 --> 00:24:09,749 into an overnight bag. 633 00:24:09,816 --> 00:24:11,484 They evacuated the terminal. 634 00:24:11,551 --> 00:24:12,251 Really? 635 00:24:12,318 --> 00:24:14,020 Yeah. 636 00:24:14,086 --> 00:24:15,855 Okay. 637 00:24:17,957 --> 00:24:21,160 Was there something I can do for you? 638 00:24:21,227 --> 00:24:23,295 No. 639 00:24:23,362 --> 00:24:25,397 Okay, good meeting you. 640 00:24:25,464 --> 00:24:26,966 You, too. 641 00:24:30,102 --> 00:24:31,538 DONNA: Josh. 642 00:24:31,604 --> 00:24:32,872 Perfect timing. 643 00:24:32,939 --> 00:24:34,073 Why? 644 00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:35,207 I just talked to him. 645 00:24:35,274 --> 00:24:36,408 Jack? Yeah. 646 00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:37,877 And? 647 00:24:37,944 --> 00:24:40,446 I think I did well. I think I fanned the flame. 648 00:24:40,513 --> 00:24:41,914 Does he want to go out? I think he does. 649 00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:42,882 What did he say? 650 00:24:42,949 --> 00:24:45,084 He said he thought it was cool 651 00:24:45,151 --> 00:24:46,586 that you were looking for someone to trade votes. 652 00:24:46,653 --> 00:24:47,787 And what did you say? 653 00:24:47,854 --> 00:24:49,656 I told him there are plenty more 654 00:24:49,722 --> 00:24:52,124 where that came from. 655 00:24:52,191 --> 00:24:53,459 What do you mean? 656 00:24:53,526 --> 00:24:55,194 I told him about Ilie Nastase. 657 00:24:55,261 --> 00:24:56,195 Why? 658 00:24:56,262 --> 00:24:57,463 What do you mean? 659 00:24:57,530 --> 00:24:58,765 Why did you tell him that? 660 00:24:58,831 --> 00:25:01,467 I thought it went with the vote swapping theme. 661 00:25:01,534 --> 00:25:03,202 No, it goes with the crazy theme. 662 00:25:03,269 --> 00:25:04,470 What else did you tell him? 663 00:25:04,537 --> 00:25:05,972 The scented Minsk candles. 664 00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:08,107 Josh... These are endearing stories. 665 00:25:08,174 --> 00:25:09,809 If you know me, if you know me well, if you already like me 666 00:25:09,876 --> 00:25:11,410 these are not stories, for instance 667 00:25:11,477 --> 00:25:13,312 I would've told you when I was trying to get the job. 668 00:25:13,379 --> 00:25:14,781 When you were trying to get the job 669 00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:16,348 you were pretending that you'd already gotten the job 670 00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:18,551 so it's not like your underwear at an art gallery 671 00:25:18,618 --> 00:25:19,786 was gonna change my mind. 672 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:21,520 You told him about the underwear?! 673 00:25:21,588 --> 00:25:22,822 Again, endearing. 674 00:25:22,889 --> 00:25:24,390 Karen Cahill had me flummoxed. 675 00:25:24,456 --> 00:25:25,825 Did you tell him I was flummoxed? 676 00:25:25,892 --> 00:25:27,560 I think the underwear on the floor speaks for itself. 677 00:25:27,627 --> 00:25:28,961 You have to go back. Why? 678 00:25:29,028 --> 00:25:30,462 'Cause he's gonna think I'm flaky. 679 00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:31,764 Maybe, but he's not gonna care. 680 00:25:31,831 --> 00:25:34,601 Why? Guys will go out with anybody. 681 00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:36,235 That hasn't been my experience. 682 00:25:36,302 --> 00:25:37,770 Go back. I'm not gonna... 683 00:25:37,837 --> 00:25:41,007 I have done many humiliating things for you. 684 00:25:41,073 --> 00:25:42,975 Okay, but I'm gonna work for a while 685 00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:44,777 on making people's lives better. 686 00:25:44,844 --> 00:25:47,479 How long's that gonna ta... take? 687 00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:48,848 ( sighs ) 688 00:25:52,318 --> 00:25:53,185 You're gonna talk to Berryhill? 689 00:25:53,252 --> 00:25:54,486 Yes, sir. 690 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:55,688 He wants to feel loved. Yes. 691 00:25:55,755 --> 00:25:56,789 You'll make him feel loved. 692 00:25:56,856 --> 00:25:58,190 I want him on the Cabinet. 693 00:25:58,257 --> 00:26:01,060 Yeah, he's gonna feel all kinds of love. 694 00:26:01,127 --> 00:26:02,695 Thank you. 695 00:26:02,762 --> 00:26:05,164 Josh saw me yesterday about Vickie Hilton. 696 00:26:05,231 --> 00:26:06,799 You think we should get involved? 697 00:26:06,866 --> 00:26:09,368 No, but you're gonna have problems with the women. 698 00:26:09,435 --> 00:26:11,203 Abbey and the girls? No. 699 00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:12,672 Women? Yes. 700 00:26:12,739 --> 00:26:14,406 'Cause I've got to tell you I've been hearing it 701 00:26:14,473 --> 00:26:15,474 from Abbey and the girls. 702 00:26:15,541 --> 00:26:16,776 I'm sure. What do you think? 703 00:26:16,843 --> 00:26:18,044 It stays out of the Oval Office. 704 00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:19,712 No, I meant about Vickie Hilton. 705 00:26:19,779 --> 00:26:21,714 She disobeyed an order. 706 00:26:21,781 --> 00:26:24,550 You can't do that. 707 00:26:24,617 --> 00:26:26,018 Sure. 708 00:26:26,085 --> 00:26:28,387 Yes. But isn't there some question 709 00:26:28,454 --> 00:26:30,623 as to whether it's practical 710 00:26:30,690 --> 00:26:32,191 to give that order in the first place? 711 00:26:32,258 --> 00:26:35,161 You want pilots overruling their superiors with regard 712 00:26:35,227 --> 00:26:37,096 to what's practical and what's not? 713 00:26:37,163 --> 00:26:39,431 No, I'm just saying there are a few sides to this. 714 00:26:39,498 --> 00:26:40,967 That's for sure, and you've just heard mine. 715 00:26:41,033 --> 00:26:42,334 But we'll hear no others 716 00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:44,436 because we don't want it in the Oval Office. 717 00:26:44,503 --> 00:26:46,639 Right. 718 00:26:48,140 --> 00:26:51,377 Okay. Anything else? 719 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:53,179 Thank you, Mr. President. 720 00:26:57,616 --> 00:26:58,885 ( door shuts ) 721 00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:18,137 Mitch... 722 00:27:18,204 --> 00:27:18,971 Good morning. 723 00:27:19,038 --> 00:27:20,272 I hope you weren't waiting. 724 00:27:20,339 --> 00:27:22,441 Oh, just a minute. 725 00:27:22,508 --> 00:27:23,609 Well, you win, I lose. 726 00:27:23,676 --> 00:27:25,344 I don't want this to be a story. 727 00:27:25,411 --> 00:27:27,847 I want the President to be able to function. 728 00:27:27,914 --> 00:27:29,481 I'm moving the news magazines back up front 729 00:27:29,548 --> 00:27:30,649 and I apologize. 730 00:27:30,717 --> 00:27:32,284 I appreciate that. 731 00:27:32,351 --> 00:27:35,021 When you're not here, there'll be a sign on your chair 732 00:27:35,087 --> 00:27:37,456 with your name and the name of your publication. 733 00:27:37,523 --> 00:27:39,792 I've given C-SPAN permission for a second camera position 734 00:27:39,859 --> 00:27:41,093 that's on your seat 735 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,429 so the broadcast director can go there 736 00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:44,697 at his or her discretion. 737 00:27:44,764 --> 00:27:46,565 Are you kidding about this? No. 738 00:27:46,632 --> 00:27:47,767 If you're not here, you better get a seat filler 739 00:27:47,834 --> 00:27:49,135 and they better be prepared 740 00:27:49,201 --> 00:27:50,602 'cause they're going to be called on 741 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:52,939 for the honor of the first question. 742 00:27:55,341 --> 00:27:58,344 This should be about other people, don't you think? 743 00:27:58,410 --> 00:28:01,147 As a matter of fact, I do. 744 00:28:01,213 --> 00:28:02,048 I know. 745 00:28:02,114 --> 00:28:03,716 Happy Thanksgiving, Mitch. 746 00:28:05,852 --> 00:28:06,819 Happy Thanksgiving. 747 00:28:06,886 --> 00:28:08,287 By the way, Danny Concannon 748 00:28:08,354 --> 00:28:10,790 won a Pulitzer Prize from the fourth row. 749 00:28:10,857 --> 00:28:12,524 Danny's more talented than I am. 750 00:28:12,591 --> 00:28:14,160 See you, Mitch. 751 00:28:28,875 --> 00:28:30,109 JACK: Come in. 752 00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:32,912 Hey, Josh. 753 00:28:32,979 --> 00:28:34,747 I'm really sorry to bother you. 754 00:28:34,814 --> 00:28:35,748 No. I'm just working. 755 00:28:35,815 --> 00:28:37,416 What are you working on? 756 00:28:37,483 --> 00:28:41,287 A memo for the C.O. at a radar station in the Arctic Circle. 757 00:28:41,353 --> 00:28:42,288 You ever been there? 758 00:28:42,354 --> 00:28:43,289 Yeah. 759 00:28:43,355 --> 00:28:44,390 What's it like? 760 00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:45,591 Well, small-town feel. 761 00:28:45,657 --> 00:28:46,525 Nicest people you'll ever meet 762 00:28:46,592 --> 00:28:47,726 and a terrific symphony 763 00:28:47,794 --> 00:28:48,895 if you like classical music with 764 00:28:48,961 --> 00:28:50,763 a pops orchestra on Sunday nights. 765 00:28:50,830 --> 00:28:52,231 Really? 766 00:28:53,699 --> 00:28:56,903 No. There's no symphony or people. 767 00:28:56,969 --> 00:28:58,170 Right. On the other hand 768 00:28:58,237 --> 00:29:00,907 Sunday night does last six months. 769 00:29:00,973 --> 00:29:05,311 Listen, it occurs to me that, uh... 770 00:29:05,377 --> 00:29:07,279 you know, I mentioned Donna before 771 00:29:07,346 --> 00:29:09,916 and it occurs to me that I told you 772 00:29:09,982 --> 00:29:12,885 that I named some things that tickled me. 773 00:29:13,685 --> 00:29:15,354 I... I don't know. 774 00:29:15,421 --> 00:29:16,956 I certainly wouldn't want to leave you with the impression 775 00:29:17,023 --> 00:29:19,291 that she was... you know... 776 00:29:19,358 --> 00:29:22,028 Anyway, if you wanted to ask her out 777 00:29:22,094 --> 00:29:23,963 she'd probably say yes. 778 00:29:24,030 --> 00:29:26,398 ( sighs ) 779 00:29:26,465 --> 00:29:28,067 Hey, Josh, uh... 780 00:29:28,134 --> 00:29:31,337 I'm new here and I want to do well 781 00:29:31,403 --> 00:29:32,905 and, uh, I don't want to get in between anything. 782 00:29:32,972 --> 00:29:34,841 "In between anything"? 783 00:29:34,907 --> 00:29:35,908 ( sighs ) 784 00:29:35,975 --> 00:29:37,709 I have an aide who, in my life 785 00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:39,912 I haven't talked about as much as you've talked about Donna 786 00:29:39,979 --> 00:29:41,948 in our entire relationship, yours and mine 787 00:29:42,014 --> 00:29:44,483 which a cumulative total of seven minutes old. 788 00:29:44,550 --> 00:29:45,484 No, no, no. 789 00:29:45,551 --> 00:29:47,353 You sure? Sure. Tell me 790 00:29:47,419 --> 00:29:49,989 your aide's name. I'll ask her out. We'll double. 791 00:29:50,056 --> 00:29:53,459 Chief Petty Officer Harold Wendell. 792 00:29:53,525 --> 00:29:55,427 I got the fuzzy end of that lollipop. 793 00:29:55,494 --> 00:29:57,463 I don't know. Wendell's not "cute" cute 794 00:29:57,529 --> 00:29:58,931 but he's so funny. 795 00:29:58,998 --> 00:29:59,999 So, that's it. 796 00:30:00,066 --> 00:30:02,134 We're done talking about Donna. 797 00:30:02,201 --> 00:30:04,803 Whose full name is Donnatella, by the way. 798 00:30:04,871 --> 00:30:05,872 Mom's Italian... 799 00:30:05,938 --> 00:30:07,439 Dad's Irish. 800 00:30:07,506 --> 00:30:09,141 Okay. Thanks. 801 00:30:13,345 --> 00:30:14,713 Are we to live with the assumption 802 00:30:14,780 --> 00:30:16,248 that there are no men in the services 803 00:30:16,315 --> 00:30:17,349 who've committed adultery? 804 00:30:17,416 --> 00:30:18,885 I don't know what's worse: 805 00:30:18,951 --> 00:30:20,987 Being stupid or pretending to be stupid. 806 00:30:21,053 --> 00:30:21,720 Tell him that. 807 00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:22,654 Yes, sir. 808 00:30:22,721 --> 00:30:25,124 No, I'm going to do it. 809 00:30:29,996 --> 00:30:33,032 Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, a subordinate. 810 00:30:33,099 --> 00:30:35,534 Hammond with the wives of two junior officers. 811 00:30:35,601 --> 00:30:37,269 So, G.I. Jane gets a court-martial? 812 00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:39,838 G.I. Joe gets a short film on hygiene? 813 00:30:39,906 --> 00:30:42,074 That is all I have to say to you. 814 00:30:47,713 --> 00:30:48,915 Feel better, sir? 815 00:30:48,981 --> 00:30:51,450 I forgot to tell him something else. 816 00:30:51,517 --> 00:30:56,155 The Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 134 817 00:30:56,222 --> 00:30:57,789 which exists to ensure 818 00:30:57,856 --> 00:31:00,993 that soldiers will risk their life for each other. 819 00:31:01,060 --> 00:31:02,094 I think you'll agree that, without that 820 00:31:02,161 --> 00:31:03,329 there isn't much point 821 00:31:03,395 --> 00:31:06,665 in having Articles one through 133. 822 00:31:06,732 --> 00:31:08,734 Nobody ordered Eisenhower to stop seeing Summersby. 823 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,136 That's right. 824 00:31:10,202 --> 00:31:12,271 Because men don't give that order to other men. 825 00:31:12,338 --> 00:31:14,706 Excuse me, but did you not fire 826 00:31:14,773 --> 00:31:17,776 our ambassador to somewhere in South America-- 827 00:31:17,843 --> 00:31:19,111 I can't remember-- 828 00:31:19,178 --> 00:31:20,112 'cause he was messing around with... 829 00:31:20,179 --> 00:31:21,547 The daughter of the president 830 00:31:21,613 --> 00:31:24,616 of Brazil, which presented a political problem for me. 831 00:31:24,683 --> 00:31:25,651 Also, I didn't fire him. 832 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:26,986 I asked him to resign. 833 00:31:27,053 --> 00:31:29,288 And I set him up in the private sector. 834 00:31:29,355 --> 00:31:31,290 And if you think the difference is semantics 835 00:31:31,357 --> 00:31:33,559 look up dishonorable discharge in there. 836 00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:35,527 Look up Fort Leavenworth. 837 00:31:35,594 --> 00:31:38,030 Sir, it's the Secretary-General again. Yeah. 838 00:31:38,097 --> 00:31:39,731 No, you can't take that, sir. 839 00:31:39,798 --> 00:31:41,633 I read the memo on Rwanda. 840 00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:43,569 Average rainfall nine inches? 841 00:31:43,635 --> 00:31:45,704 That's the memo Toby wanted me to read? 842 00:31:45,771 --> 00:31:47,106 On short notice. Yes, sir. 843 00:31:47,173 --> 00:31:48,740 I told him to pass- block on the call. 844 00:31:48,807 --> 00:31:50,509 Why? 845 00:31:50,576 --> 00:31:52,411 Parking tickets. 846 00:31:52,478 --> 00:31:54,880 Now, please, don't leap into it. 847 00:31:54,947 --> 00:31:56,315 Don't... 848 00:31:56,382 --> 00:32:00,052 There are big signs you can't park there! 849 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:01,520 They should get towed! 850 00:32:01,587 --> 00:32:03,622 I hope they get towed to Queens 851 00:32:03,689 --> 00:32:05,457 and the Triboro is closed 852 00:32:05,524 --> 00:32:07,960 and there's a big crafts show at Shea 853 00:32:08,027 --> 00:32:11,630 a flea market or a tractor show! 854 00:32:12,864 --> 00:32:15,901 Well, that was probably his secretary. 855 00:32:15,968 --> 00:32:17,369 Damn it! 856 00:32:17,436 --> 00:32:19,605 You can bet she'll be parking it in a garage, though. 857 00:32:20,973 --> 00:32:24,010 Do you really think that Vickie Hilton 858 00:32:24,076 --> 00:32:25,877 is unable to distinguish between this order 859 00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:27,346 and a combat order? 860 00:32:27,413 --> 00:32:29,715 This was a combat order. They're all combat orders. 861 00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:31,483 When you order a guy to go fight 862 00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:33,919 the guy can't think it's 'cause your sleeping with his wife. 863 00:32:33,986 --> 00:32:35,521 You're right. 864 00:32:35,587 --> 00:32:39,225 That's... That's an unusual phrase for you, sir. 865 00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:40,759 Did you just learn it? 866 00:32:40,826 --> 00:32:41,560 Well, you didn't let me finish. 867 00:32:41,627 --> 00:32:42,161 I had a hunch. 868 00:32:42,228 --> 00:32:43,462 I may also be right. 869 00:32:43,529 --> 00:32:44,997 We get five more people in here 870 00:32:45,064 --> 00:32:46,332 I think we're going to have eight opinions. 871 00:32:46,398 --> 00:32:48,700 That's right. So, let's. 872 00:32:48,767 --> 00:32:50,002 It's Pentagon. 873 00:32:50,069 --> 00:32:51,303 And two elections in a row 874 00:32:51,370 --> 00:32:53,339 people said they wanted me to run that. 875 00:32:53,405 --> 00:32:57,376 There are issues of chain of command and command influence. 876 00:32:57,443 --> 00:32:59,111 Right now, I'm not talking about overruling anyone 877 00:32:59,178 --> 00:33:00,579 or pardoning anyone. 878 00:33:00,646 --> 00:33:02,781 Right now, I'm just talking about having people over 879 00:33:02,848 --> 00:33:04,583 and asking questions. 880 00:33:05,651 --> 00:33:06,752 I like basketball, but I can't play. 881 00:33:06,818 --> 00:33:08,187 I don't know why. 882 00:33:08,254 --> 00:33:10,256 I played in prep school and I liked being on the team 883 00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:11,723 but I didn't want the ball 884 00:33:11,790 --> 00:33:14,293 and the coach said, "Jeb, winners always want the ball." 885 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,196 I said, "Coach, winners are also better than I am." 886 00:33:17,263 --> 00:33:18,497 He said, "Son, to be a winner 887 00:33:18,564 --> 00:33:20,266 you've got to think like a winner." 888 00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:21,633 I said, "Coach, to be a winner 889 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:23,769 you've also got to be better than I am." 890 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:24,936 Anyway, he was right. 891 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:26,238 Winners want the ball. 892 00:33:26,305 --> 00:33:28,140 I don't think I ever want to hear 893 00:33:28,207 --> 00:33:31,210 it's too sticky for the Oval Office. 894 00:33:33,412 --> 00:33:35,947 Except for parking tickets 895 00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:38,217 you cheap-ass diplomats! 896 00:33:39,485 --> 00:33:44,556 Read that whole memo on Rwanda, by the way. 897 00:33:44,623 --> 00:33:45,891 What are you smiling at? 898 00:33:45,957 --> 00:33:48,927 Nothing. 899 00:33:48,994 --> 00:33:49,895 Are we together on this? 900 00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:51,197 Do we have resolve? 901 00:33:51,263 --> 00:33:52,798 We've got four years, no election 902 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:55,033 and a Republican Congress that hates me 903 00:33:55,101 --> 00:33:57,136 and actually hates you more. 904 00:33:57,203 --> 00:33:58,904 You ready to saddle up? 905 00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:02,374 Well, I serve at the President's pleasure... 906 00:34:02,441 --> 00:34:05,244 and it's kind of nice for me to. 907 00:34:05,311 --> 00:34:08,980 All right, good then. 908 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:10,716 Happy Thanksgiving. 909 00:34:16,588 --> 00:34:18,424 Hey. 910 00:34:18,490 --> 00:34:20,159 I think he's going to call you. 911 00:34:20,226 --> 00:34:21,160 He already did. 912 00:34:21,227 --> 00:34:22,928 Thank you, thank you. 913 00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:24,096 He asked me to have a drink tonight 914 00:34:24,163 --> 00:34:25,697 and I'd really love to go home 915 00:34:25,764 --> 00:34:26,865 and shower and change. 916 00:34:26,932 --> 00:34:29,034 The two CBO reports are right on your desk 917 00:34:29,101 --> 00:34:30,102 as is the East Asia paper. 918 00:34:30,169 --> 00:34:31,903 Your call sheet is clear. 919 00:34:31,970 --> 00:34:35,207 If there's anything else, I'm happy to come in early tomorrow. 920 00:34:35,274 --> 00:34:36,275 Do you think I could go? 921 00:34:36,342 --> 00:34:38,043 What time is it? Quarter to 8:00. 922 00:34:38,110 --> 00:34:39,845 Sure. Thanks. 923 00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:41,280 I really like him. 924 00:34:41,347 --> 00:34:43,615 Have a good time. 925 00:34:45,151 --> 00:34:47,586 Those are good stories about you, though. 926 00:34:47,653 --> 00:34:50,789 Those stories would make me like you. 927 00:34:50,856 --> 00:34:52,491 You like everybody. 928 00:34:55,161 --> 00:34:57,696 Tomorrow's Thanksgiving. Yeah. 929 00:34:57,763 --> 00:34:59,631 I meant, you won't be coming in early tomorrow. 930 00:34:59,698 --> 00:35:01,400 You won't be coming in at all. 931 00:35:01,467 --> 00:35:02,368 Is there anything you need? 932 00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:04,636 No, I'm just saying... 933 00:35:04,703 --> 00:35:06,405 Okay. 934 00:35:07,473 --> 00:35:09,608 Happy Thanksgiving. 935 00:35:09,675 --> 00:35:11,477 You, too. 936 00:35:17,183 --> 00:35:19,951 JANICE: I'm not obsessed, you know. 937 00:35:20,018 --> 00:35:21,052 I'm sorry? 938 00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:22,087 I'm not obsessed. 939 00:35:22,154 --> 00:35:24,223 I'm just a fan and I care. 940 00:35:24,290 --> 00:35:26,392 What's your name again? 941 00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:27,426 Janice. 942 00:35:34,065 --> 00:35:37,203 I'm a fan. 943 00:35:37,269 --> 00:35:38,804 I'm a sports fan, I'm a music fan 944 00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:40,206 and I'm a Star Trek fan. 945 00:35:40,272 --> 00:35:41,307 All of them. 946 00:35:41,373 --> 00:35:42,574 But here's what I don't do. 947 00:35:42,641 --> 00:35:44,210 Tell me if any of this sounds familiar: 948 00:35:44,276 --> 00:35:46,812 Let's list our ten favorite episodes. 949 00:35:46,878 --> 00:35:48,680 Let's list our least favorite episodes. 950 00:35:48,747 --> 00:35:49,781 Let's list our favorite galaxies. 951 00:35:49,848 --> 00:35:50,849 Let's make a chart 952 00:35:50,916 --> 00:35:52,984 to see how often our favorite galaxies appear 953 00:35:53,051 --> 00:35:54,286 on our favorite episodes. 954 00:35:54,353 --> 00:35:56,355 What Romulan would you most like to see coupled 955 00:35:56,422 --> 00:35:57,256 with a Cardassian and why? 956 00:35:57,323 --> 00:35:58,624 Let's spend a weekend 957 00:35:58,690 --> 00:36:01,126 talking about Romulans falling in love Cardassians 958 00:36:01,193 --> 00:36:03,295 and then let's do it again. 959 00:36:05,597 --> 00:36:07,999 That's not being a fan. 960 00:36:08,066 --> 00:36:10,436 That's having a fetish. 961 00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:12,504 And I don't have a problem with that 962 00:36:12,571 --> 00:36:15,574 except you can't bring your hobbies into work, okay? 963 00:36:15,641 --> 00:36:18,210 Got it. 964 00:36:22,581 --> 00:36:27,319 Except on Star Trek holidays. 965 00:36:27,386 --> 00:36:30,121 There's no such thing as a Star Trek holiday. 966 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:32,057 Well, work hard around here. 967 00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:33,825 We'll make one. 968 00:36:35,661 --> 00:36:42,200 TOBY: ...not just a chance, but a mission 969 00:36:42,268 --> 00:36:44,870 unique in all of human... 970 00:36:49,007 --> 00:36:52,744 To prove that liberty is... 971 00:36:54,780 --> 00:36:56,815 To prove that... 972 00:36:56,882 --> 00:36:57,916 ( chuckles ) 973 00:36:57,983 --> 00:37:04,490 Freedom unlocks... 974 00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:09,060 a higher fraction of the human potential... 975 00:37:09,127 --> 00:37:11,830 than... 976 00:37:11,897 --> 00:37:15,200 than any... 977 00:37:15,267 --> 00:37:19,004 498. But with my name, it's 500. 978 00:37:23,942 --> 00:37:25,411 This is mine. 979 00:37:58,243 --> 00:37:59,144 Stop reading mine. 980 00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:00,011 Actually, it's... 981 00:38:00,078 --> 00:38:02,314 Stop reading it, please. 982 00:38:14,159 --> 00:38:15,126 We can't offer you any money. 983 00:38:15,193 --> 00:38:17,329 We can put you up in a hotel. 984 00:38:17,396 --> 00:38:19,064 I work with someone. 985 00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:21,199 She's my stepsister, actually. 986 00:38:21,266 --> 00:38:23,301 That's fine, but she's on your payroll. 987 00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:30,275 This is incredibly good, Will. 988 00:38:30,342 --> 00:38:32,544 "Never shrinking from the world's... 989 00:38:32,611 --> 00:38:38,917 ...a fierce belief in what we can achieve together." 990 00:38:41,119 --> 00:38:42,988 I used to write like this. 991 00:38:43,054 --> 00:38:45,256 It was ten months ago. 992 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:47,893 I don't understand what's going on. 993 00:38:47,959 --> 00:38:49,628 I really don't. 994 00:38:49,695 --> 00:38:52,564 I've had slumps before. 995 00:38:52,631 --> 00:38:53,832 Everybody does, but this is different. 996 00:38:56,602 --> 00:38:58,236 I'm sorry. We don't know each other 997 00:38:58,303 --> 00:39:00,005 but there aren't that many people 998 00:39:00,071 --> 00:39:01,473 I can talk to about it. 999 00:39:06,578 --> 00:39:10,449 I don't understand what's happening. 1000 00:39:14,553 --> 00:39:18,189 There's no blood going to it. 1001 00:39:18,256 --> 00:39:21,359 I never had to locate it before. 1002 00:39:21,427 --> 00:39:23,829 I don't even know where to look. 1003 00:39:23,895 --> 00:39:25,564 I'm the President's voice 1004 00:39:25,631 --> 00:39:27,699 and I don't want it to sound like this. 1005 00:39:30,769 --> 00:39:35,641 There's an incredible history to second inaugurals. 1006 00:39:37,976 --> 00:39:41,346 Fear not, Lincoln 1007 00:39:41,413 --> 00:39:46,885 I really thought I was on my way to being one of those guys. 1008 00:39:49,054 --> 00:39:51,523 I thought I was close. 1009 00:39:51,590 --> 00:39:54,960 Now I'm just writing for my life 1010 00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:58,229 and you can't serve the President that way. 1011 00:39:58,296 --> 00:39:59,965 But if I didn't write... 1012 00:40:03,769 --> 00:40:05,837 I can't serve him at all. 1013 00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:11,643 Can I tell you three things? 1014 00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:16,582 You are more in need of a night in Atlantic City 1015 00:40:16,648 --> 00:40:19,284 than any man I've ever met. 1016 00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:22,420 Number two is the last thing 1017 00:40:22,488 --> 00:40:23,755 you need to worry about is no blood going there. 1018 00:40:23,822 --> 00:40:25,457 You've got blood going there. 1019 00:40:25,524 --> 00:40:26,558 About 13 ways. 1020 00:40:26,625 --> 00:40:29,294 And some of it isn't good. 1021 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:30,361 Once again, I say Atlantic City. 1022 00:40:30,428 --> 00:40:32,163 I'd say sit down at a table 1023 00:40:32,230 --> 00:40:33,565 go for dinner, see a show 1024 00:40:33,632 --> 00:40:36,835 take a walk on the boardwalk and smell the salt air. 1025 00:40:36,902 --> 00:40:38,704 But if you're anything like me 1026 00:40:38,770 --> 00:40:41,640 nothing after sit down at the table is going to happen. 1027 00:40:41,707 --> 00:40:44,175 What's the third thing? 1028 00:40:44,242 --> 00:40:46,612 You are one of those guys. 1029 00:40:48,847 --> 00:40:50,415 This is an inning of good relief pitching 1030 00:40:50,482 --> 00:40:51,717 from a fresh arm. 1031 00:40:57,656 --> 00:41:00,659 All right. All right. 1032 00:41:00,726 --> 00:41:03,394 Chances are you have certain qualities 1033 00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:04,496 that are going to annoy me. 1034 00:41:04,563 --> 00:41:05,864 I don't know what they are yet 1035 00:41:05,931 --> 00:41:07,666 but you have a certain quality about you that says 1036 00:41:07,733 --> 00:41:09,801 that even though you're a capitalist 1037 00:41:09,868 --> 00:41:10,902 you've been schooled in eastern philosophies. 1038 00:41:10,969 --> 00:41:12,604 I told you to go to Atlantic City. 1039 00:41:12,671 --> 00:41:15,907 You didn't deny you've been schooled in eastern philosophy. 1040 00:41:15,974 --> 00:41:16,808 Well-schooled. 1041 00:41:16,875 --> 00:41:18,877 You want me to locate your chakra? 1042 00:41:18,944 --> 00:41:20,211 Look... I'm a lawyer. 1043 00:41:20,278 --> 00:41:21,980 Good, 'cause they're never annoying. 1044 00:41:22,047 --> 00:41:25,183 Okay. 1045 00:41:27,553 --> 00:41:29,588 I'm glad you liked what I wrote. 1046 00:41:29,655 --> 00:41:30,922 I'm pretty tired. 1047 00:41:30,989 --> 00:41:33,725 I've been tired for a pretty long time 1048 00:41:33,792 --> 00:41:34,860 and you've been tired even longer. 1049 00:41:34,926 --> 00:41:36,494 I'm getting on a plane tonight 1050 00:41:36,562 --> 00:41:38,930 and going to a place in Nice 1051 00:41:38,997 --> 00:41:40,566 and I'm going to stay there for a few weeks. 1052 00:41:40,632 --> 00:41:43,969 When I get back, it'd be a privilege 1053 00:41:44,035 --> 00:41:47,138 to give you all the help you ask for. 1054 00:41:47,205 --> 00:41:48,206 Well, I appreciate that. 1055 00:41:48,273 --> 00:41:50,942 Oh, man, I forgot. 1056 00:41:51,009 --> 00:41:53,545 Sam wanted me to give you this. 1057 00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:56,748 You didn't give it to me yesterday. 1058 00:41:56,815 --> 00:41:57,616 Yeah, you know what? 1059 00:41:57,683 --> 00:42:00,285 Not your FedEx guy. 1060 00:42:00,351 --> 00:42:01,620 Happy Thanksgiving. 1061 00:42:01,687 --> 00:42:03,254 Happy Thanksgiving. 1062 00:42:23,742 --> 00:42:27,979 Unless you want to start now. 1063 00:42:28,046 --> 00:42:29,981 Yeah.