Hoisted on Their Own Petard | The West Wing

[@Brian-os9qj]

Looking in, or back,helps me be reality based for the future. Thx WW, you attempted to enlighten and entertain us. I stand enlightening, because of this show, and entertained by every Sorkinism I re-hear.

[@SuperSparrow45]

Wow, dude went from President of the United States to becoming one of the most prominent Cardinals in the Vatican.

[@ricardog2165]

LOL the DARPA guy turned around to see CJ's gait 🚶‍♀😂

[@malalford]

& CJ was fully self conscious of that fact 😅

[@peterroberts652]

Hey, it's Ned Ryerson What a doozie

[@howardasternfan]

Underrated

[@tomscott4438]

I would have loved a scene where Bartlett explains what a petard is and the root definition of being "hoisted" by one.

[@terrenusvitae]

There's an awful lot in these two scenes that aged ... uncomfortably.

[@jbuster9]

Not disagreeing, but wondering what in particular you think aged poorly?

[@terrenusvitae]

@@jbuster9 It didn't age poorly, I am uncomfortable because it aged too well. To answer your question though, I was referring to both the endless commitments to the middle east and the dystopian recognition systems.

[@ER1CwC]

⁠@@terrenusvitae Unfortunately, the bad commitments contaminated the good ones. But the problem with US foreign policy is that the realistic alternatives might be even worse. We are about to see what happens when the American empire withdraws. Usually, when empires withdraw, bloodbaths ensue.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

​@terrenusvitae, you mean topics and issues that were around in various media for decades long before The West Wing??

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Because those topics absolutely began in this very episode and originated with the West Wing. Just ignore the book and the movie 1984, for starters. And.....ignore the Middle East news especially from the 20th century.

[@JasonMoir]

I'd love to see President Walken in a spin class.

[@doberski6855]

😂👍Have you seen Mr. Goodman lately? I think he took a lesson from his character and did a few spin classes. Along with a few other weight loss measures.

[@AndreAFirenze]

Capolavoro assoluto e immortale. Grazie Francesco ❤

[@Gredddfe]

President Goodman took those spin classes seriously.

[@TheStuport]

Was always puzzled that CJ left that person in her office alone when she said "I have to go".

[@BabyLettuce70]

She's got a secretary.

[@TheStuport]

@@BabyLettuce70 And yet this guy was alone in CJ's office when CJ walked in....so said secretary was not babysitting!

[@BabyLettuce70]

@TheStuport she doesn't have to be present to monitor. You're either very young or a cop. What do you think he's going to do? Steal a stapler?

[@TheStuport]

@@BabyLettuce70 CJ comes into her office and he is on HER computer....wouldn't that be a Red Flag? Thanks too for pretending to know if I'm young or old. I'll not judge you back as that defeats the purpose of your D'OH.

[@votemonty1815]

James Cromwell was one of THOSE actors. #ZeframCochrane

[@unfgreen]

Steven Tobolowski is magnificent

[@howardasternfan]

Zefram Cochrane installing warp drive on Air Force One?

[@JasonDappert-f9v]

Who'd a thunk DARPA is working on smell'o'vision.😮❤

[@hazmat7949]

Jimmy carter and bush sr

[@SWOBIZ]

The phrase is "hoist with (not by) their own petard."

[@Adblock4lyfe]

Actually it's "Hoist with his own petard;"

[@jmackmcneill]

It can be either "with" or "by", so long as it is not "hoisted". Both are grammatically correct. (although I think "with" is contextually misleading) And it can be "their" because it can be a group of people being blown up.

[@SWOBIZ]

@@jmackmcneill You've misquoted Shakespeare if you say "by".

[@SWOBIZ]

@@Adblock4lyfe I fixed the gendered language by that white supremacist Shakespeare.

[@ianbarnes961]

​@@jmackmcneill Or a non-binary person...

[@Padfoot1985]

Funny thing is. 10 years later we saw cop shows being able to detect a threat based on stride and gait. The technology was there. He was right about where we were headed. He just clearly went about it the wrong way.

[@nl5828]

ned riasson!

[@domcamella9408]

it's "hoist with his own petard." a petard is a primitive early grenade. you can't be hoisted ON a petard, it's not a rope and pulley - "hoist with his own petard" means he blew himself up. so easy to tell which scenes came after Sorkin left the show

[@joannejohnson7006]

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