It was a tax issue that didn't pass. Deep state is GOP defunding education, health care while freeing wealth from the responsibility of paying taxes. Fox is foreign owned and has only destructive interests in politicizing falsehoods.

For someone who's related to an alcoholic, she shows a remarkable lack of insight into the condition.

of course her name is KAREN! THE OG! The number ! The Original!

wow.

We lost

Such an amazing scene. The kindness Leo displays towards a girl who really made things hard for him just makes me tear up every time.

I love this scene so much, for so many reasons. The writing, the acting. I love the explanation about addiction, it was ahead of its time when this aired. Also, when she tells him about what was really going through her mind, the fact that he has all this responsibility and all she can imagine is her alcoholic Father, you see the face of Spencer change. He knows that she did what she did for a “good” reason, her heart was in the right place. She wasn’t trying to “ruin” him, she was trying to help the country, even if it was misguided. And then they decide to trust each other. So good, it’s one of my favorite scenes from the whole series.

This scene explains addiction so much more than any academic research it comes from people who know what it's about. Sometimes the experience of i it says so much more

Why don't we give each other a second chance? That might be the most helpful sentiment we can have these days.

The only thing I disliked about The West Wing was the lighting and this clip is typical. Leo talking about wanting ten drinks made me smile. At 2AM I'm contemplating pouring a fourth but each one contains at least five shots. I'm only 3 hours in and it is a Friday night...

From watching these clips, it just hit me how completely vapid, moronic and downright stupid, network TV is now, which is why I haven't watched it in years. When you have to think about every word you utter so you don't offend someone, it's just not worth it.

This video came to me on the perfect day.

Laying a new law down. If this appears on your feed, you have to watch it! This way we can all start holding writers and directors to higher, respectable standards!

Probably the best description of addiction in popular culture.

It comes down to admitting you can't something. It's more powerful than you in a one on one fight. That is much tougher than most people think.

It's okay to not be an alcoholic like Leo. I know I wont drink today or tomorrow, but I'm still an alcoholic. You don't have to need meetings and be in the gutter to change.

This clip has helped me understand a lot about my own addiction problems. I could give a dozen reasons why I drink but mostly, I just drink because I can - and that's how I know I'm an alcoholic.

6 years sober... Thanks Leo

Pot and beer 2 or 3 nights per week

Pot and beer 2 or 3 nights per week

I can t stop watching this

That was why Leo, and John were loved.

John Spencer should still be getting awards for his performance in this role.

Sobriety isn't just NOT drinking or getting high, it's the recognition of what you did while drinking or high, and acceptance of responsibility for your own life. He knew that based on her experience, blowing the whistle was a brave attempt to serve her country, done in ignorance, but an understandable ignorance... you can't blame her for not knowing what most of the country also doesn't know. Top notch writing.

Welcome to 4:51 of the most unrealistic scene in TV history

I understand that so perfectly being there "I dont want one, I want 10 drinks" 🥺

I jump between this scene and doug stamper’s in house of cards. Brilliant scenes about alcoholism.

Sam will not be happy about this.

I've been sober 20.5 years and I still won't let myself have a drink, although if someone asked me what would happen if I did I'd be a little more blunt: "I'd get drunk!" Of course, the follow-up is, "Then I'd sober up, be incredibly hungover because I have zero tolerance now, and be REALLY pissed off at myself for having to restart my clock."

This is far and away the best description of an alcoholic

@BertKreischer needs to watch this on repeat @ 2:10

Awesome ❤ I show this to my college addiction students They are very thankful for this fine example of Truth. Thank you💥 Professor Walt

The problem is I don't want a drink. I want ten drinks. This speaks.

You don't get it unless you're in it.

Isn't Leo lying when he says he hasn't had a drink in 6 and a half years? Because there's a flashback during the campaign when Bartlett has an attack, Leo was in his room meeting with donors drinking Scotch. Perhaps just an oversight by the writers?

Just because what she did was brave doesn’t mean she still shouldn’t be fired. What she did might’ve actually been a crime.

Little bit of light hearted humour: Woman took it upon herself to decide what was right for the country with total entitlement without thinking of the damage it would do across the board… And Sorkin named her Karen… Ahead of his time 😂

This scene is one of the many reasons i loved the character of Leo. She did it because her father was a drunk and made mistakes she lived through them. She thought Leo was like her dad but that Leo had an important job. She was doing it for the right reasons not to cause problems. Its a reason not an excuse. She has her job back but much like did she has to earn peoples trust again.

At 3:50 after “… a little bit brave” the music starts in the background. So many of the great scenes of this series had such beautiful musical backgrounds.

Rewatching this every day before I go to rehab, Leo give me strength

Tears rolling down my face. Why don't they make good things like this now?

Swap drink for coke And this scene speaks volumes. If I had a big enough bag of coke I’d sit and so nothing but coke, no eating, drinking or sleeping. I’d keep doing it until the bag runs out or until I die. I don’t want to die, especially not from OD. However I know I’ll still sniff the bag until I die. Leo says it’s very hard to understand, it’s also very hard to explain.

When measured against American politics in 2023, the simple, genuine human decency of this series renders it so incomprehensible that today this episode from the turn of the 21st century is more akin to science fiction than drama. Yes, I realize that was a ridiculously long sentence.

such a great scene

Thanks, these are some good reminders, there’s no question that increasing your mental clarity and boosting your drive, comes with quitting. Yes, there are many ways to kick the habit, Steffon Barkload's Quit Drinking Forever is what worked for me, best shortcut I go’ogled that took days without withdrawal.

Thanks, these are some good reminders, there’s no question that increasing your mental clarity and boosting your drive, comes with quitting. Yes, there are many ways to kick the habit, Steffon Barkload's Quit Drinking Forever is what worked for me, best shortcut I go’ogled that took days without withdrawal.

“Are things that bad” “…No.” Those two lines of dialogue encompass everything about what it feels like to be an alcoholic.

This is a complete farce, and would never happen in the real world, which is why I love it so much!

I am a drug addict and alcoholic and still can't understand this so sickness

I dunno...seems Freudian/circular to me. That's like asking "why did you kill that guy?" and responding with "Because I'm a murderer." Is that really an acceptable answer?