Amy and Josh - It was a water balloon

[@williammassey8514]

The foreplay is cute. She owns him with her smile. The banter, sweet.

[@rissviewer]

They had such great chemistry.

[@Dirk-van-den-Berg]

That waterballoonscene was unique. How does a gorgeous woman tell a guy she likes him? The stare at the desk already did it, when she clearly was distracted to answer, just like guys are distracted when they just gaze at a beautiful woman.

[@LilyGrace95]

Ladies and gentlemen: possibly the cutest and most Amy way of telling a guy you like them.

[@basten2]

i know there is a great deal of youtube debate concerning amy/josh v. donna/josh but i mean you gotta love this scene. when she says, "you wanna get hit over the head," and then josh's reaction.......MASTER CLASS acting AND writing. Great, great scene.

[@yusufamplifice8260]

God that smile

[@sunnchilde]

If you think about it, that was a pretty great shot. She threw that from at least 80 feet away with at least 10 other people nearby.

She didn't throw it at all, because that would've been forced labour & her crackpot feminism would've went into over drive at the thought of having to throw it at a man...because he made her do it after making her mad. A man's fault again you see.

[@DrownedInExile]

@ Blah blah blah.

[@donna30044]

@ So very far to the right. 😁

@@donna30044 Oddly enough, the older I get seems to push me there. We're all stupidly naive when youthful, until widespread malingering pisses us toilers off for decades & then the veneer of idiocy wears off.

[@jkrasney1]

Low and outside for a ball. I suspect Amy prefers to scratch her fingernails across a chalkboard; just to obtain a reaction. Dangerous liaison.

[@bobert4him]

She's just a triple-deep well of hidden metaphors

[@Rickardius]

I love this scene. Such a delightfully random ending too. It's a shame that intelligent shows like this one are deemed unpopular before they even air nowadays. If a show is good, a network is supposed to slap its viewers with it until they learn to watch it. Both Seinfeld and MASH had terrible ratings in the beginning.

[@jkcarroll]

I wish they'd been able to keep "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" going for another season. I think if it had been kept on for another season it would have built up the audience for a full 7 seasons.

[@adrianemoura8598]

Well, or you can pay for the production, if nobody see

[@derrickstorm6976]

Intelligent shows tend to attack issues in a way that actually make the viewers think about real world problems, so production companies will rather have dumb characters misrepresent problems and be unpopular rather than have to face any controversy outside of the show. And they hope that they can sexism or racism as a cop-out by making the bad show seem to be about those issues instead of them made deliberately misleading

[@gerrynightingale9045]

*When I told the woman I love the 'three words' she scowled at me, gave me a soft punch in the gut, turned round and stomped away* __________ *"SHE LIKES ME!" or at least the 'idea' of me being in love with her!* *A very encouraging sign*

[@geniusfollower]

"Are you dating your assistant?" "I am not." "She's cute." "She's my assistant." BOY HOW FAR HAVE WE FALLEN.

[@m24213]

Technically, they go together after she left the white house

[@tokyworld]

from that to fucking porn stars for 130,000 dollars 1 year after his last son is born. and yet call yourself the family values party.

[@ArgonTheAware]

@@m24213 Donna didn't leave the White House, she just she started working for FLOTUS and not Josh anymore after they got together

[@ClarinoI]

@@ArgonTheAware They didn't get together until the later when they had both left the White House and were working for the Santos campaign.

[@albertgaspar627]

interesting how she calls him out on his "power dating" as another woman labeled it. she was letting him know, she's not another notch on the bed post looking to date upwards. she's a female version of josh, and its interesting how many fans didn't like her for it.

[@henrybutchy3242]

Amy n Josh used to be an item, years before the white house. When Amy "saves" Abby Bartlett at the luncheon, Abby asks: "how can you live with someone like Josh? when he says": blah blah blah. Amy responds: "I didn't live with him, and my problem is, when he says stuff like that, I wanna jump him."

[@albertgaspar627]

@@henrybutchy3242 true, and there was another woman character who i think was an ex of Josh. too bad there isn't a "young sheldon" spin off of some of these main characters, but then perhaps part of the magic of this show was how they interacted with each other. still, a spinoff show could have cameo appearances... Amy wasn't playing games with Josh, she just was being careful with him and his reputation, i think.

[@gibu002]

Fans didnt like her? I thought she was fantastic. Its hard to imagine how anyone wouldn't.

[@mzenji]

We've gone from this to Scandal. What happened to us?

[@Aljeron100]

+mzenji We have gone to Jersey Shore to Breaking Bad. See what I did there?

[@rody1111]

the same thing i said , and scandal not even a political show

[@mgaydos8]

Have you watched the newsroom?

[@kissfan7]

God, I love Amy.

[@LeLaidbackLauncher]

So the next time I have a crush on someone I should throw a water balloon at them? The ultimate display of affection, the tried and true mating ritual of human kind.

[@jrs89]

This is Aaron Sorkin's erotic literature.

[@borednow5838]

I so hope its true that Eleanor Roosevelt wrote Cats! Only Amy could make throwing a water balloon at someone charming.

[@elizabethdillon4945]

She liked hats

[@jimbobeire]

Fairly good shot from that distance and height... gotta give her that.

[@ArgonTheAware]

An even better shot if she actually intended to get that close but still miss

[@jamielancaster01]

She sure hit me over the head❤️🤪

[@annikabecht5555]

Anyone else wondering where tf she got a WATER BALLOON in her OFFICE that quickly? No? Only me? Ok...

[@GeorgeP1066]

She was practicing making balloon animals for her nieces and nephews earlier in the episode, so that's my theory.

[@jholmenw]

Plus that long pause was her setting that up I think. Such a great show

[@rightrightrightuhhuhuhhuh6516]

Sorkin should be credited for being the last TV showrunner to make being smart and patriotic something that's actually cool

[@michaelodonoghue7464]

Who keeps a supply of water balloons ready to go?

[@alexluber]

Earlier in the episode she says she's been practicing making balloon animals for her nephews

[@ThatIanShane]

I mean, do you not?

[@cawsnallthis]

You almost hit me in the head Exactly

[@DotBone89]

But, she didn't steal his stereo!

[@safebox36]

Oddly they both have points. In the UK we have a newspaper called The Sun, it's gaudy and trashy but it's had nude women on Page 3 almost every week since 1970. In 2015 there were plans to do away with it because it was seen as degrading by the then-editors and politicians, but it was vehemently protested against by more women than men; even the ones who didn't like Page 3 in the first place. Because it wasn't something the women were forced to do, most of them were models for underwear or had otherwise well-off careers in the industry. So to them, the ones willingly signing up to appear nude in a newspaper, saw it as more empowering than degrading. In a similar vein, not everyone who becomes a "worker" wants to do it but making it illegal just makes it harder to get government protections in the event that they are mistreated. It's the same reason why drug users in some parts of Europe aren't punished but the dealers are, it makes it easier for those who want and need help to come forward without fear of legal repercussions.

[@adriennepender673]

I heart them so freaking much.

[@nukm4]

No little boy grows up wanting to pick up trash. There are a lot of jobs no one *wants* to do, but do anyway because they need the money and those jobs need to be done, and there are abusive employers in every industry. The argument against legalising prostitution is one solely based in so called "benevolent" sexism.

[@agirlwithdreams15]

Here's the thing: NO ONE NEEDS SEX TO SURVIVE.

[@jimbutler1189]

@@agirlwithdreams15 except the human species does.

[@agirlwithdreams15]

@@jimbutler1189 Two things. One, no one needs sex in order to live. Is that clearer? Two, that doesn't refute my argument at all.

[@alexanderg1935]

Why is it that all the strongest advocates for the legalisation (read: 'normalisation') of prostitution seem to be men? Aside from obvious safeguards to ensure that sex workers are not criminalised or exploited, the idea of normalising the objectification of women is despicable. Try and look at it this way; as a man, if your choice was between ending your day collecting refuse or ending your day sodomised and humiliated, which would you choose? Pretending that sex is not an intimate and deeply affecting experience is delusional. Society shouldn't punish those who have been forced into it, but conversely it should not be celebrated.

[@fyukfy2366]

​@@agirlwithdreams15 no one needs street cleaners in order to survive either, no one needs actors or plumbers. Are you saying no job that isn't required for survival should be legal?

[@PaulInPorirua]

Amy coulda shoulda been the one.

[@Jatojammer]

The reason most of the fans didn’t like her is because she behaved like a child and demanded other people treat her like a professional

[@SinkyYT]

What I want to know is. After the shooting in season one Josh suffered flashbacks with loud noises setting him off. How come that balloon bursting at his feet didn't trigger a flashback?

[@andyshepard4309]

I would say a balloon filled with air/helium when popped has the same sound as a gunshot. Water balloon doesn't

[@danielurban3416]

"Because we get better."-Stanley Keyworth

[@markbailey1970]

Who doesn’t want to be Josh?

[@ajohnson153]

I keep coming back to this scene and wondering why she had balloons to make a water balloon just laying around. I don't think her character had kids.

[@languidloser]

I recall another scene in her office where there were balloon animals present because she was in to making them for some reason.

[@jeremyhowell8235]

He had to go down in the lift from herv office on the 3rd/4h floor. Plenty of time to run to the sink and fill a balloon with water.

[@AldousHuxleysCat]

I wonder how this argument holds up in the world of "Only Fans"

[@0tto9]

Is that flirting?

[@josephmanno4514]

I can't stand her ... but that was her best moment.

[@driggs7906]

Porn and safe access to sex workers actually lowers sex crime stats, from what I've heard.

[@driggs7906]

Some would say it intersects health, safety, and moral concerns like local gov't should do

[@faolan1686]

Everything negative about prostitution stems from it being a) illegal and b) stigmatized. Remove both of those and the issues go away.

[@notdaveschannel9843]

+faolan1686 Prostitution is legal here in the UK but there's still people trafficking and coercion.

[@jkcarroll]

It's still slavery.

[@notdaveschannel9843]

@@jkcarroll It's only slavery if it involves coercion. You can frame a scenario where it's no more inherently exploitative than any other job if the prostitute is paid is a fair wage for their work. But the reality is that the dehumanising nature of that work means it's not something most people (of either sex) would choose if they had any real choice.

[@glenndallas7171]

@@notdaveschannel9843 Nevada proves that. There are legal brothels there where the women set their rates and hours and advocate for the decriminalization of sex work.

[@alexanderg1935]

Well, yeah. You could say the same thing about murder. It's illegal *and* stigmatised for a reason. Primarily because it's morally wrong. I'm not saying it should be illegal, it's important that sex workers are protected and given support. But I'd draw the line at condoning it.

[@Macca-95]

"I know of no little girl and neither do you who says I want to be a prostitute when I grow up" Well funnily enough, I know of no little boy and neither do you who says "I was to be a sewage cleaner when I grow up" yet funnily enough we don't make cleaning the sewers illegal. What an absolutely horrible argument.

[@AFN2750]

Macca95 I also knew a girl in middle school who badly wanted to be a prostitute. The only reason she didn’t is because it is so unsafe where we live.

[@mandylloyd]

This is only true when Prostitution is criminalised forcing sex workers to be placed in the position described. Where sex work is decriminalised, it is the minority of sex workers who experience exploitation, trafficking & marginalisation. Countries that have legalised sex work & have passed laws to protect sex workers, have a thriving industry of successful independent escorts who have the security of knowing that they have rights & are protected. Failing to pay a sex worker in most states in Australia (QLD being the backward outcast state in the country) will result in SA by deceltion charges, which is prosecuted regularly & results in an average custodial sentence on a first offence of two years.

[@TheNerdForAllSeasons]

Hey remember when Democrats were against drug abuse and prostitution? Boy those were the days.

[@keyboarddancers7751]

Imagine Amy Gardner being on the scene when trans gender ideology began to take off!

[@lancer525]

I've got to be in a minority, but I saw no flirting, no "telling a guy you like him" or anything that wasn't on a small level, rather antagonistic. What in the hell ever happened to clear communication? Do people not talk to each other anymore?

[@nashburnette7247]

If you didn't see any flirting in that, I'd guess it takes you at least 2 & a half hours just to watch "60 Minutes" and no less than an hour to cook "Minute Rice".

[@henrybutchy3242]

I feel sorry for you, mr. Clueless. Josh is flirting from the moment he's waiting at the door. Maybe Amy starts flirting with: "Are you dating your assistant? Are you dating Joey Lucas?" But certainly Amy is flirting when she deploys that tractor beam of a smile, and stays silent.

[@claudiadelaosa7125]

Dire economic need is a form of coercion