It’s all went wrong for Leo the moment some dufuss gave Paris Geller a job in the White House.

The sealed document that he said he had but didn't let Josh see is an interrogation tactic to get people to confess to embarrassing things. Make them show their hand. If they had it, they would have shown it. For all we know it could have been their lunch order for the week.

HOLLUP WHAT HE SAY

John Diehl playing the investigator in this scene also played Ben Gilroy on The Shield.

GAME....SET....MATCH

Crockett and Tubbs would be disappointed in Zito’s interrogation here

and he doesn't. Josh was the best.

Its been forever since i watched the show. Do they explain how this guy was able to get confidential medical records?

If the records from these treatment facilities are confidential how did this person get them?

"I won't permit" said Josh, ready to fight for his father figure with the devil himself is needed

The thing i love most about Josh is hes fun loving, he's quite romantic. He is, at times...a bit of a berk. But when you unleash him, piss him off or catch his wrong side, your gonna find hell on earth hidden deep within

He is Leo-goddamn-McGarry

Dems are the party of racism, slavery and the clan. Fact. And drugs and human trafficking.

6 seasons later when Leo died, Josh wasn’t mourning a friend, he was mourning a second father.

I LOVE the father-son relationship that Josh has with both Leo McGarry and Pres. Bartlet!!!

Sam Seaborn my favorite character in West Wing.

What phishing means? Definitions: A technique for attempting to acquire sensitive data, such as bank account numbers, through a fraudulent solicitation in email or on a web site, in which the perpetrator masquerades as a legitimate business or reputable person.

Sam Seaborn is a very controlled but extremely passionate and incredibly skilled person. You don't want to make an enemy of him and have him come after you with all the legal tools at his disposal especially in defense of those he considers family. He will go scorched earth on your ass...

This is what happens when you hire Paris Geller.

i was sam for halloween my senior year

I know everyone's commented (for good reason) the latter lines in the scene. But I really like how Josh delivers the "he's got em" line. There's a deflated resignation to it that's very realistic.

I also clearly remember “As long as I have a job, you have a job.”

You don't an army to win a war. You need one good man with a good cause who will not quit. If you have that, the rest will take care of itself.

A small fraction of a man. What amazing writing.

I always wondered how this show would have dealt with Trump. Vinick was an old-school conservative who leaned just enough to the middle to almost win. Episodes like this hint at the moral ambiguity and decay of the right, but nothing like our current political climate. This universe could never have imagined or conceived the radical perversion of MAGA, nor an electorate gullible and stupid enough to buy into it.

The casting for this show was SO perfect!!!

A cheap hack.

Really nice..

The relationship between Josh and Leo was the heart of this show for me. Just incredibly acted throughout. John Spencer and Brad Whitford must've really loved one another. Otherwise, the acting is otherworldly.

“You’re Leo McGarry.” God damn right he is.

That look of sheer horror on Leo's face still freaks me out to this day. Its like someones found the seam line for the fabric of his life and has just ripped it out with a flick knife

Josh is just a bully…

Look where we are? Down that hole. I would claim years looking for the least cause. What did the delay achieve?

Quality TV short and simple.

The whole story line rocked Josh's other great line was "that's my job" then he puts on his shades and walks away He talking to a senator it was one of the first episodes

As actors representing the Dems, are we to believe that these fictional characters are NOT well-aware that all Intel has a price? 🤔🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

"I won't permit it" was low key one of the best lines in the entire show.

trump and his administration lowered the bar so far that something like this wouldnt even be a threat to an advisor today.

That's Cruiser from the movie Stripes.

this is why I own all 7 seasons and if John Spencer (LEO) had not died in real I would be on season waiting for it mear 18 years plus Aaron Sorkin would still have the Newsroom with another long line of actors who would want to speak Aaron's words.

You know, I'm pretty sure he believed Sam down to his toes.

Leo was such a great character. Even the Bartlett was the Nobel Prize winning decendent of the founding fathers type of One Above All on the show, Leo was still every bit as complex a characters. One of the great political figures of his day who could never run on his own because of his past demons. Imagine the West Wing universe if Leo McGarry had been able to kick the booze and pills at 21 and stay off them for good. Bartlett might have been his VP.

There was the scene where Josh was wrangling votes in Season 1 explaining to a congressman to vote with the president or watch as the president flies into your town, stands in a gazebo (which we'll build if we have to) & wrap his arm around a DA we like... and that's the day you're finished in politics. "Jed Bartlett is a good man, with a good heart. He doesn't hold grudges..." "...that's what he pays me for...!" That was season 1... when the vice president had to get the last vote. But I think the tone of Josh's conversation said it... he was the Bartlett administration "enforcer"... Bartlett was basically a Teddy Roosevelt... and Josh was the Big Stick.

Our humanity should not preclude our credentials for service. GAAHHH!

I really like the part where Josh touches Leo’s shoulder. Leo is still processing it and Josh immediately tries to comfort him in his own way.

As a lawyer I really appreciate this. Sam protects his client, makes sure he doesn’t get in trouble, and then aggressively advocates for him. It’s perfect representation.

Yes. Bottle Shock and Cabin In The Woods. But you permitted it? BabySitters and men mistaken for Thor? Followed Bradley Whitford in various roles sort of and yes Third lawyer behind - goodness I forget. Tommy Lee Jones. Anyway Susan Sarandon and The Client. Yes via Rocky Horror Picture Show and Atlantic City too. Lemon Juice and one of my favourite Burt Lancaster film's. Seen thru the eyes of a foreign director. Au revoir les enfants? Mid Knight In Paris Once Upon a Time in Paris? Lovely music. Oh. Yes. The other thing. Imagination? Thought Police is all you got now. Look at that USA crowd. Atlantic City USA. Oh and didn't Trump lose money casino owning? What favours are called in for Trump to be King?

He got mine

Why not? Didnt you want me to solve this in 5 years? As quikly as possible?

Corbyn really cannot criticise Blair 🤣