A Missing Plane for Leo | The West Wing

[@PVS3]

"No offense Fitz" - such a great line.

[@EtoileLion]

I kind of wanted Fitz to respond with "I'm an Admiral, Leo." (deadpan, of course)

[@whitestar3]

@@EtoileLion THAT...... would have been brilliant! 😂

[@BlackBarney]

@@EtoileLionwas just thinking that too, « I’m an admiral, deputy chief of staff »

[@michaeldew7904]

@@EtoileLion Leo would have known that. I wonder how that got through.

[@EtoileLion]

@@michaeldew7904 Oh Leo knew it, hence the deadpan. Fitz wouldnt be mad in that situation, but it does the Army vs Navy thing without being a thing, it does the civilian vs military thing (yes i know Leo is a veteran, but he's also an Air Force veteran, so you can tack that onto the Branch vs Branch subtext) and it gives just a little more nuance than "yeah".

[@bored1ca]

John Spencer and John Amos did incredible work on this series.

[@nunuvyerbizness]

Yeah and with that stilted dialogue and continuous repetitions, they never let you forget it.

[@andyknott8148]

I love every scene John Amos is in. Acting awfully well done Mister Chairman.

[@Valen-DP1]

John Amos was so good in this role

[@stuartwald2395]

He has told a wonderful story about his "mutual admiration" meeting with Colin Powell.

[@glenbateman5960]

The writing on this show was second to none.

[@stevekru6518]

None = Sopranos. Actually, Sopranos (or Billions) writing > WW if credit is given for realism.

[@terrygracy8345]

There are a lot of HBO shows that will give WW a run for its money. Sopranos is a very good show. I just enjoyed how they portrayed them for what they were. Knucklehead bullies who didn’t want to hold a real job

[@DGNYY27]

Until season five which was dogshit

[@jonny-b4954]

Definitely. It's up there with Season 1-4 Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, Mad Men etc.

[@belvert1]

Until Sorkin left, then it got stale

[@TheStuport]

I'm quite sure I'm not alone in thinking how each week I watched this show, it had the potential of being one of those "special" episodes that defines that season. The Topic of this particular episode was in fact one of those "special" moments....especially that look between Leo and Fritz @ 2:03---2:05.... Chills

[@moose2577]

Love the Jack Lalane line about the grapefruit. 😂

[@southtexaspicker9394]

I had to look up who Jack Lalane was then it made sense and its a great line

[@ThomasFishwick]

I love the cheerful little ditty at the end of this clip. not at all juxtaposed to the tone of the last scene where the VP and the head of the Joint Chiefs are discussing the altogether hypothetical suggestion that a totally legitimate accident involved the "services of professionals"

[@googoo-gjoob]

The *GREATEST* show in _History._

[@danwallach8826]

When you've got the Bermuda Triangle workin' with ya in yer cover-up, well, good luck, Qumar!

[@robcol125]

Love those two. The description should say Season 4, Episode 1: 20 Hours in America (Part 1)

[@KLowe-of5yz]

thank you for this. :)

[@KillerGryphyn]

Just to point it out, the Season and Episode numbers aren't filled out in the description! Edit: Fixed, thanks!

[@jonnnyren6245]

Leo Margaret was looking out for you. Half a grapefruit would be good or Josh's donuts.

[@paulsmith9198]

This must have been before Major Grant sold out to help Esperanza.

[@tofton1977]

Love how America is ready to put anybody in front of the Hague tribunal except themselves! Damn hypocrits !

[@shade9272]

Rules for thee but not for me is the 'murican mantra. If they kill a million civilians (actually happened) then they insist it wasn't that many and it wasn't their responsibility. Nor will they allow their own people be held for war crimes under any circumstances. Fuck the US.

[@jasonkoch3182]

You understand this is a television show, right?

[@tofton1977]

@@jasonkoch3182 How many US president were put on trial for warcrimes, how many leaders from other country were put on trial for warcrimes?

[@TWFydGlu]

Season # you say.

[@mikesmith-gk6fy]

I am hoping beyond hope that this all this content is a prelude to an announcement of a sequel with rob lowe as the president

[@Vesperitis]

Rob Lowe as the President, Bradley Whitford and Allison Janney as Co-Chiefs of Staff, Dule Hill as Deputy Chief of Staff.

[@partyguy101ify]

@@Vesperitis If you've watched The West Wing, you'd know that neither Josh nor CJ would probably be in that job in a reboot or sequel. Charlie and Donna would be great as a CoS/DCoS team or vice versa. CJ would probably be doing her own thing. Annabeth Schott could be Communications Director. Toby could be a political commentator or even the host of his own show. Will Bailey could be Speaker of the House or another high-ranking member of the House.

[@Zachdancer1]

Fun fact, the US cannot be tried by The Hague. We have an exception that leaves us outside its jurisdiction. Which seems relevant at the moment, for no particular reason

[@develynseether4426]

Neither are China, Russia or India which bothers the hell out of me.

[@maxsch8454]

Smart move

[@develynseether4426]

@maxsch8454 not really because NATO have agreed unilaterally to not support the US if they ever act alone on military actions. Meaning if nations decide to impose sanctions against the US based on military acts the 31 other nations of NATO within the UN will do nothing to support the US.

[@maxsch8454]

@@develynseether4426 that’s a hypothetical situation so unlikely to happen it can he dismissed out of hand.

[@develynseether4426]

@maxsch8454 which part is so unlikely? US acting alone or sanctions against US?

[@JamesScott-x9m]

Why don’t we have reaction videos on this amazing show

[@terrygracy8345]

There is one channel doing reaction videos. NBC fights them on the edits so they’ve had to scale back the KZbin videos but Patreon is obviously good

[@katjoe1974]

Because reaction videos are shit

[@gerardhunt1890]

Firstly, I know this is a tv show. But am i the only one who finds it somewhat disconcerting that an unelected individual seems to be making some fairly important decisions

[@Gkenyons]

Who is making the decisions in Washington today?

[@Noland55]

If you have ever worked for an executive branch of government at multiple levels, you will find competent people making decisions for elected officials who actually do not know what they do not know.

[@paulc7486]

Welcome to earth

[@quazz79]

Tell me you don't know how government works without telling me you don't know how government works

[@gerardhunt1890]

@quazz79 I believe you missed the meaning of my post. I know how the government works, doesn't mean I have to like it.

[@jkirton1964]

🤣😂🤣

[@DGNYY27]

Season five was dogshit

[@dais666]

Wow. If America does it, it's OK cause they were just in the way but if anyone else does it for there own reasons then America puts them on the shit list and makes a big fuss at the U.N. Got It.

[@terrygracy8345]

Absolutely. Some of us know we throw our weight around

[@LordOfNothingreally]

Like it or not, might makes right

[@jenningsrozzell7557]

Who would you rather be in charge?

[@1Fracino]

​@@jenningsrozzell7557I would rather a much better Version of The United States than any other country in all of Human History. When you are Awesome you are utterly incredible, when you say Fuck It you are far beyond Malevolent Evil. I saw pics of the Civilians who were murdered in Fallujah by the use of White Phosphorus. It's called collateral damage these days but it is indiscriminate murder by any other name. Those people were not a threat to The United States of America but your Military horrifically killed them because they were merely in your way. You Run The World and Honestly I Am Glad For That Fact but plz dear God do better. Why drop evil weapons on civilians who are just trying to shelter from the War that is raging around them. I watched the briefings at the time and none of it made sense to me. As a Brit, you are the Best Country that has ever existed but you can do better if you actually give a shit about the bystanders when you have to go to War. The bystanders are the innocents, we are supposed to protect them, right,?

[@bgdancer100]

It turns out, being the world's only superpower hath it's benefits.

[@yaakovbluth1771]

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[@Lrose4020]

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