President shot

[@mjgasiecki]

“Mom’s gonna be pretty pissed” is the best line in the history of television

[@Legonater]

"That guy has about 7 broken bones in his hand, if someone wants to give him an aspirin or something"

[@johncmcham]

Let it be known, I was the 666th like

[@andrewc4205]

@@johncmcham And I was the 777th. Not as cool but still significant

[@NEWDOR1A]

I was 820 ...and no one cares xD

[@tkm1550]

@@andrewc4205 I was 911

[@charlesbronson2926]

@@tkm1550 we will never forget

[@jb03hf]

I love how the President in this entire sequence is more worried about everyone else. Even shot he is still checking in on his team - the agent with his hand, where is his family, and then ensuring continuity of government.

[@Michael-cf9cj]

I do like that about him. And the agent, even with a bullet through his hand, never hesitated a moment to due every ounce of his duty. I hope they took the president's order and let him have an aspirin.

[@primafacie5029]

Technically he should have signed something putting Hoynes in charge

[@libertyann439]

They didn't know about Josh at that time, but it might have been withheld until he came out of surgery.

[@RinJackson]

​@@primafacie5029That's probably what he wanted to delay the anesthesia for

[@caras2004]

"Mom's on her way" "Mom's going to be pissed"

[@jakebp]

This whole scene is amazing, but the look on Leo's face of pure love when he comes in is so amazing -- RIP John Spencer

[@kathleendonovan7403]

And the way Mrs. Landingham runs out of the room to go to the hospital.

[@tracylf5409]

LOVE to JOHN SPENCER! RIP.

[@LeeKeels]

@@kathleendonovan7403 Not to the hospital, but to her office. She knew that she had duties that had to be performed immediately.

[@jkrasney1]

Mrs. Landings, gotta love her! & Margaret, too.

[@mnfrench7603]

Leo? Mrs. Lamdingham sprints like a Mom

[@RogueBlackOp]

I love Jed Bartlett’s character. Shot, but still joking around and keeping things light but knows when to get serious with Leo. God damn this series was phenomenal

[@waistgunner3930]

Some of the one-liners shown in this scene from TWW is based on, or borrowed from, the 1981 attempt on Reagan. Following the shooting, the President told First Lady (Mrs Nancy Reagan) he "forgot to duck". In true classic Reagan style, the President furthermore said he hoped the attending medical personnel "were all Republicans"...

[@richardjacques1731]

When Reagan got shot and they asked him how he was he said, "I would rather be in Philadelphia."

[@MultiMackD]

​@@richardjacques1731supposedly he also told his son if he were to ever get shot, don't do it in a new suit

[@jebbroham1776]

@@richardjacques1731he also joked to his wife that “I forgot to duck”.

[@hcpsdaviesrp]

"Mom's gonna be pretty pissed" something so genuinely serious conveyed in such a casual way as if he’s talking about putting an empty milk carton back in the fridge.

[@christiankrenek7689]

I don’t know why, but for some reason, the shot of Mrs. Landingham running out of the White House office without saying a word always gives me chills. Maybe it’s because you can feel her fear and urgency even from the back angle-she NEEDS to get to Bartlett immediately, and damn it, she WILL.

[@neoexodus2]

Christian Krenek The running scenes in Sorkin’s shows always put a lump in my throat, it really shows the intensity of the moment and so much more emotion than I thought possible for such a common movement.

[@hadleymccool2193]

Well, actually . . . she never showed up at the hospital; disappeared for the next two episodes. This always annoyed me!!

[@mctigger1]

She had to man her desk outside the Oval Office. She made it possible for all that were at the hospital to be at the hospital.

[@mollylea2643]

Hadley McCool She did. She was with Donna.

[@Angus_Gibson]

She was probably making the necessary calls to hold down the fort at the White House.

[@irish_soldier1248]

I never realized til after EMT school that his vitals are PHENOMENAL for a through and through lower abdominal shot....like that guy is stable as hell

[@bigbrowntau]

Exactly! Other than a little tachycardic, those numbers are all damn good. Did you notice the nurse on the right was looking pretty relaxed once she got the vitals done? Another tiny detail on the show that made it amazing.

[@digital_gravity]

Later in the episode Dr. Abbey Bartlett told the president's staff that the bullet went out of its way not to hit anything.

[@martythetickler]

I like the fact that Leo feels close enough to Jed's family to call his daughter "kid".

[@zembryoz]

They are best friends.

[@Tigerman1138]

I like how the doctor is treating the president like a normal patient in a calm and professional matter and not shouting and panicking. 00:26

[@aalikane]

They train for this. In the beginning of the episode when Ron called GW emergency, the nurse mentions that if it's a drill..... not to mention doctors who panic aren't the ones you want treating you

[@CindyR0selol]

A friend of mine was in the ER shortly after the shooting at Northern Illinois University; she found it remarkable how quiet it was while about a dozen people were getting treated. That's the way it is in real emergencies -- no running around or yelling out orders

[@Rich_622]

You missed the best part, at the end Bartlett who is about to have surgery comforts Leo. He tells him him everything is gonna be ok and then gives his best friend a kiss on the cheek. That fatherly instinct to make everyone around him feel safe & protected combined with the deep fraternal love he has for Leo, it makes me cry every time.

[@firstname4337]

that is NOT the best part

[@davy_K]

When Reagan was shot just before he went under the anesthetic, he told his surgeon who was about to try and take the bullet out that everything was going to be OK.

[@loveislove-le5nj]

Or when he goes to visit Joshua after the surgery.

[@susanthompson9766]

@@loveislove-le5nj

[@India.H]

"Well I've been shot." Bartlet when he's injured is the most hilarious.

[@DaveTingwaldd]

Or high on drugs. lol

[@robertak2659]

I loved the line, "This guy's got about 7 broken bones in his hand if someone wants to give him an aspirin or something..."

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

and the whole time he is worried about everyone else. Make sure Zoey is all right, somebody take care of the wounded Secret Service agent.

[@jbreezy101]

That line was "Well, I'm in shock"

[@sackofnachos]

No, it wasn't.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

“Do you have any medical conditions?” “Well.... I’ve been shot.” I personally think that’s the best line in all of The West Wing. So simple.

[@Tegres1]

Also to cover up his MS. Very clever.

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Even with a bullet inside him Jed knows how to avoid telling the whole truth.

[@Michael-cf9cj]

If I remember correctly, Reagan had a similar situation when he was shot. They didn't know at first that he'd been shot and when they got him to the hospital he joked with the doctors. I think he said, "I hope you're a Republican."

[@JKSSubstandard]

I made the same joke when my appendix burst. "Does it hurt anywhere else?" - "no just my exploding organs"

[@MTF.TAU5..Bob.]

@@Tegres1 what is MS?

[@jimmyb227]

The agent and the President were talking and the agent saw blood on the President's mouth. The agent examined his back and saw the main wound. It was frightening, even though it was a TV show.

[@blastermasterguy]

And to think it was caused by a white supremacist trying to kill Charlie (because the thought of a black man sleeping with the president's daughter enraged his racist mind). Hatred and racism only causes the innocent to suffer.

[@robertcowan7610]

@@blastermasterguy Right wing, conservative, White supremacist acts of violence have been a serious issue and threat in the United States if America for the past 40 years approx ( as a ballpark figure) and on January 06, 2021 that threat flourished and expanded to include insurrection in the pursuit of an internal coup and the overthrow of democracy. What's worse is that it was goaded on and incited by the sitting President of the United States via lies, misinformation, dog whistles and siren calls which were echoed by Republicans who were elected to be public servants and who swore an oath to support and defend, not the leader of their party, but the Constitution of the United States of America; the very Constitution that they sought to subvert and destroy. Weaknesses within our institutions and our system of checks and balances were exploited and even after the American people used the power of the vote to remove the offending party; the wanna be dictator, from power, the system still yet was attacked and manipulated by him and still very nearly failed the free citizenry of the United States of America. What happens in the future if those weaknesses aren't strengthened and-or other means are employed etc and legislation is passed or situations-emergencies are manufactured to deprive the people of the opportunity to protect this democratic republic via the vote at the ballot box? How bloody and how successful might another coup attempt prove then? What other means of protecting this democracy could be deployed then? Even now, after the offending wanna be dictator is out of office, and even after the failure of his attempted coup, and even as the insurrectionist riotous mob members begin to be held accountable by the Justice system, still yet even now there are Senators who both openly and surreptitiously continue to deny the severity of the insurrection, deny that fault lay with those who caused and helped to cause and-or to further it, and continue to either openly or privately support the defeated and ousted perpetrator in chief who, for the first time in over two centuries, tried to affect an insurrection against democracy, a coup against and an end of our democratic republic. The Civil War, the second World War, the Cold War, the unrest around the Viet Nam war and the Civil Rights Movement, and the unpublicized attempt to folate a coup against this democratic republic in the early 20th century avoided because of the refusal of the general officer chosen by the coup's conspirators to take part or to remain silent about their plans, are the only times outside of the founding of this nation to carry the weight and import, the perils and opportunities of these times in which we live. So very much is dependant upon our vigilance, our decency, our hard work, our commitment to the high ideals espoused by our United States Constitution.

[@katiekitchen895]

@@robertcowan7610 And no one has ever found who shot JFK.

[@ken7165]

@@robertcowan7610 truth.

[@chriskelly3481]

I love "Ron". A shattered hand and he's still all business: But he sees a speck of blood on Bartletts mouth then manhandles him till he finds the wound and just screams, "BLUE! BLUUUUE!"

[@alvinwagner6085]

This episode was the best hour of television I’ve ever watched in 40 plus years

[@spatorade]

Ron Butterfield is probably Chuck Norrris's nephew. Dude took a shot to the hand and gave zero fucks about it.

[@robschmidt3078]

spatorade As he would say, that's what we do.

[@richardjacques1731]

@@robschmidt3078 A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Some people can focus on the mission despite everything around them falling apart. If you can't do that you won't be on the Presidential detail.

[@michaelh1889]

West wing virgin here....I will be binge watching this from now on ...👍💯🇺🇸

[@Legba85]

Have you fulfilled your mission?

[@bethfiori4708]

West Wing veteran here... I am still watching...

[@555kaiz]

"Well....I've been shot".....I love that line lol, it shows that he was keeping calm and cool

[@davidbennettracing538]

"...do you have any medical conditions?" "Well.., I'm been shot..!"

[@katzthedataguy]

In retrospect, Jed lied here.

[@jbreezy101]

The line was "...in shock"

[@sackofnachos]

No it isn't

[@briandfallon74]

@@katzthedataguy he didnt “lie” so much as “omit”

[@RinJackson]

​@@jbreezy101Nope. And that wouldn't make sense compared to "been shot" anyway

[@darreleddings5901]

"She booted all over the back of her car. Yu know they're gonna bill me for that" AHAHAHAHAH

[@darrinwebber4077]

Back in the day... This was my number one show. It is truly one of the very best tv shows ever made.

[@paulino8472]

At the 2:00 point, the look on Leo McGarry says it all. At that moment, he is not the Chief of the Staff to the President of the United States, he's Leo, best friend to Jeb. But he then recovers and snaps back to his duty when he realizes Zoey is right there. Loyalty and Honor in that momenr.

[@aalikane]

Jed*

[@robbyu.672]

The moment between Sheen and Spencer here is just brilliant. They had amazing chemistry.

[@fionam7768]

And great talent - a killer combination

[@Mekratrig]

Saw the entire serie when it was in production, loved it then; and every few years I stumble across a Youtupe vid blurb and fall in love all ovar again. Nothing even comes close to West Wing. I rember when it was first being aired, somebody described it as "America's civic lesion". Time hasno dimished the appeal.

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

It's too bad we didn't learn our lesson.

[@leehaelters6182]

Not intending to be a smartass spellchecker, just observing that now, America really does have a civic lesion.

[@hetzer5926]

If I ever get shot, and a nurse asks me if I have any medical conditions, I too want to say, “Well, I’ve been shot, does that count?”

[@DaveTingwaldd]

"Tell her not to frighten the doctors!" LOL

[@KungfuCow5]

I love when he said "That guy's (his bodyguard) hand is bleeding if anyone wants to get him an asprin"

[@thekevinkaye]

This guy's got about seven broken bones in his hand, by the way, if somebody wants to give him an aspirin or something.

[@sassbrat]

I love when Barrlet and the Agent were in the car before finding out that he had been shoot Barrlett wanted to have the Agent be taken to the Hospital to get checked out. What I did like about this set of scenes is how much Bartlett is worried about his Agents then himself. He even called to the medical staff to treat the Agent.

[@JonnyJones324]

Only Martin Sheen can make me laugh while I'm bawling my eyes out..

[@scribe56]

This was such a great show.❤

[@Jezzabri]

Aw you missed the best bit - when he kisses Leo on the cheek it really gets me!

[@justingreen2432]

Me too! I love that brotherly love.

[@buddy3635]

Yeah! That’s a golden moment between them

[@Zephirite.]

What! When?!

[@SkullPrism]

If I don't see my daughter in the next 5 minutes I'm going to attack someone!- LOL

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

"Are you in a lot of pain?" "No..." "Are you lying?" "Yeah, 'cause I want these guys to tell reporters that I was brave and joking around..."

[@volumeturneddown9600]

So many lines are more interesting once you know about the MS thing. Did Bartlett joke that the gunshot was his pre-existing condition because he didn't want to disclose the MS? When he wanted Abbey to refrain from "scaring the doctors," was he trying to tell her not to tell the doctors about the MS? Is there some unspoken message passing between Bartlett and Leo? (Just get with the Cabinet .. but not the VP, because we didn't sign that letter).

[@JnEricsonx]

Sorkin once said he wished he'd used some other medical condition. He didn't realize how big a issue it would be.

[@AlasdairGR]

You’d think someone with a gaping gunshot wound in their side would be completely incapacitated and focused on the pain, but Bartlet is just talking to people like it’s a mild annoyance. Adrenaline is a hell of a drug our body makes for us. 😂

[@lajohnson1ly]

Endorphins?

[@JoeUglyFatMama]

Gunshots don't blow out giant walls of meat on impact. Often with very little blood coming out.

[@andymitchell9341]

I love the scene (not in this clip) where the Secret Service grab the Veep and take him somewhere safe. I saw an interview with Dick Cheney where he said that when 9/11 started unfolding, the Secret Service came to get him. He said "I don't remember my feet touching the ground."

[@jerodast]

GAH beginning of this clip misses it by like 10 seconds! For some reason they all seem to. The dazed look on Tim Matheson's face is priceless.

[@charlesbronson2926]

Funnily enough, in season 7 after Zoe is kidnapped (not the funny part) Toby mentions having the president direct trading be stopped. Will, a lawyer, emphatically states that there is NO mechanism for the president to do that. Someone probably told the writing staff after this aired that it was impossible

[@MalachiDees2005]

This man is the definition of chill.

[@bcarreon6409]

The camera panning to Lincolns portrait as Mrs. Bartlett walks by. Wow.

[@Turbo9987]

"If i dont speak to my daughter in the next five minutes i'm going to attack something,"

[@joshkarena3058]

Moving scene this episode, so realistic, everybody on set were amazing.

[@rhinestoneman]

Mrs landingham’s departure was such a loss for the show

[@Namath1000]

Yes, but she went out in spectacular fashion in "Two Cathedrals" -- one of the best single episodes in television history.

[@goreoproductions6955]

My Name seriously. 2 cathedrals is the best hour of television ever produced. The use of brothers in arms in the last scene is incredible.

[@Mackerman]

Fucking Martin Sheen. He's the best

[@drastix123]

He was hit in this shooting but he was brought into the hospital later than the President. Because he was a bit behind the rest at the time of the shooting he was overlooked at first which is why Leo doesn't know.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

I can speak from....uh...well not quite getting shot experience, but probably the worst injury I've ever had was a broken nose, and trust me when I say that joking around to maintain your sanity after the initial shock is a *VERY* common response.

[@joshuakricker4177]

"She booted in the back of her car. You know they're going to bill me for that."

[@bradykim8438]

The “Well, I’ve been shot.” line reminds me of when Ronald Reagan had been shot, when his wife first arrived in his room to see him on an operating table, he lifted up his mask and said: “Honey, I forgot to duck.”

[@deniseeulert2503]

I wonder if in this show they followed protocol for visiting presidents and had an operating room standing by just in case. When President Ford visited our city I had a nurse relative working at the hospital and it was required to have a fully staffed operating room standing by, that nobody else could use.

[@velocitymg]

I like how President Bartlett was making sure everybody else was ok, the SS agent, his daughter, his wife, civilians, coworkers, he checked on everybody else to make sure they were ok, that’s leadership.

[@AZdoberwoman]

Mrs. Landingham rushes from the White House only to appear . . . two episodes later.

[@MrPeterpiper1969]

She appears later in this episode albeit briefly in the waiting room at the hospital.

[@akaSlasher]

What puzzles me is how Margret knew it was a story they would urgently care about. She reacted when there was nothing to see except for the general Special Report screen. There was no particular reason to think it was about President Bartlet. They would put up the Special Report screen prior to, "An F5 tornado has destroyed the city of Des Moines, Iowa. There were no survivors." No, they played it as though Margret already knew what the story would be about without any hints. Goof? Or was she actually part of the conspiracy?

[@Roiben100]

@@akaSlasher Back then those screens meant actualy major news. Now its used for Trumps tweets.

[@lindaliriel]

@@Roiben100 This is so painful because it's so true. God it hurts to think that's the guy sitting in the oval office. Ugh.

[@imcallingjapan2178]

@@lindaliriel Have faith and vote like hell.

[@jcfra420]

Little continuity issue if you pay attention. Earlier in the limo it was shown that Bartlett was shot in the left side, not the right.

[@martykohn9322]

When the head nurse realizes it's not a drill and flips the switch and goes right into control mode is epic

[@tomsampson8084]

The thing I didn't like about this episode was the way Abby spoke to the anesthesiologist. All she had to do was inform him of the Presidents condition. He would have been bound by patient doctor confidentiality. Instead she attacks him.

[@jimmyb227]

Abby was a tough woman, but she was scared at that moment- I can definitely relate.

[@tomsampson8084]

@@jimmyb227 She was also a surgeon. When she first entered the hospital she spoke to a doctor who told her everything looked good. That should have calmed her. There was no reason for her character to act in that manner.

[@SaraNightfire1]

Do you know how much a doctor makes a year? Let's be generous and say half a million. Do you know how much a story would make telling the press (with real medical records), that the President has MS would make? Millions in hours, maybe billions. There is doctor patient confidentiality, but some doctors would sell their grandmother for that kind of information to get a fortune off of. She was panicked and worried, yes, but she knew that he could sell that story for far more than he’d ever earn as a surgeon. She appealed to him not to, same as many other presidents wives (I am sure), have done with medical conditions that aren’t public.

[@Surax]

One thing I must have missed in this episode. The president and the agent are driving away from the scene in the limo. Suddenly, the agent orders the limo to go to the hospital. How did the agent know the president had been shot and needed to go to the hospital?

[@tbeller80]

He started coughing blood. The agent then checked him out and found the wound in his stomach.

[@fenderstratADHD]

@@tbeller80 That actually happened to Ronald Reagan

[@tbeller80]

@@fenderstratADHD yep. I think Reagan's agent in the car with him helped Sorkin write the scene.

[@DaddysPinkBunny]

I always loved Mrs. Landingham in this episode. She has this really underrated moment in this clip when she hears that the President has been shot. No fuss, all business. Don't fuck with Mrs. Landingham...

[@adangracia3763]

Mrs. Landingham is the BEST..

[@lindsay9819]

"Do you have any medical conditions?" "Well...I've been shot."

[@Cage2053K]

God this was such a great show.

[@lh8631]

I'm pretty sure that in a situation where the president is shot, the chiefs of all relevant sections would be called. He wouldn't be treated by the trauma surgeon on duty, he'd be treated by the chief trauma surgeon, same for anasthesiolgy.

[@richardjacques1731]

The President is bleeding out, how long will it take you to get here chief? Oh, OK we'll wait.

[@neilhuddleston4817]

Missed a fantastic scene before this where the secret service get the VP, you can see him thinking, "If this was a coup this is exactly how they would come for me.."

[@michaelvidal1971]

I agree what is especially good is the looks of shock on the faces of the group he had been talking to.

[@ravercat4]

I always wonder why there weren’t agents with him? Aren’t they always with the VP like the Pres?

[@akaSlasher]

I thought it was more along the lines of, "There's only one reason why the Secret Service would be in this much of a hurry to get agents around me and get me out of here. The President ..."

[@pbdye1607]

@@ravercat4 Not only are there agents with the VP, there's an alternate football near him at all times as well. Just in case.

[@yuhboydash4805]

Name of the series?

[@mrwri]

Did anyone take a photo with his fist up?

[@irish_soldier1248]

134/78 with a pulse Ox of 98%? Doing pretty good for someone who just took a bullet

[@aalikane]

I get worse than that with a headache

[@robschmidt3078]

Mrs. L was Boss of the House and God save anyone who took her on. And I say that with all respects

[@JClark-34695]

Kathryn Joosten, a most amazing actress. RIP, my dear: you're deeply missed.

[@storyofcory]

I *loved* KJ on Grey's Anatomy when she guest-starred as a patient. She had a towel left inside her by a surgical resident (who actually turned out to be Preston Burke, of all people).

[@Kevin-tz2lv]

I'm stealing the "well, I've been shot" line.....if....ya know....I ever get shot.

[@TheRichb688]

wish you would have taped a longer sequench

[@mistergamerguy]

I wish this was available still online.

[@Adamsdaboy]

hbo

[@mistergamerguy]

@@Adamsdaboy yes. Found it on max. Loving it

[@ewenchan1239]

I LOVE this show!!! I MISS this show!!!

[@jayrob121]

"I'll go wait for Mom." "Tell her not to frighten the doctors." 🤣🤣

[@Wkay04]

why don't you have the scene in the limo?

[@sabihusmani]

@integral netflix has the entire series! so you can stream every season, every episode.

[@WILD4X4D]

Sabih Usmani not anymore I got half way through it and they stopped streaming it

[@mickfunny4185]

Sabih Usmani Netflix bastards

[@stevensutton4677]

"Leo can't give an order to the Treasury Secretary and the Treasury Secretary can't follow it." Genuine interest: does this rule get relaxed if Leo is instead relaying an indirect presidential order, as we see at the end of this clip? The TS doesn't have anything verifiable to follow.

[@charlesbronson2926]

Those were the days when “special report” actually meant something.

[@capierce]

@MilwaukeeFtw Any luck finding the footage of the actual shooting, or particularly the limo ride afterwards?

[@intrestedinallthings]

And the doctors replyed, "We all are today, sir".

[@jbreezy101]

Yep that was the basis for those episodes

[@josephhoman8602]

I get complete chills when the reporter announces it on tv...

[@novusregnum]

Timing?

[@hazmat7949]

It's a video on KZbin 16 years old and the scene is 25 years old 😂

[@2199]

excuse me do you have the whole episode of this? this was one of my favorites. who were they really shooting at?

[@SFXDreamer]

Charlie

[@erinclarke2695]

Charlie because they’re white supremacists upset that the first daughter is dating a black man

[@integral]

Yeah, I was just wondering the same thing. Been so long since I saw this episode.

[@davidpeek191]

Best thing about this clip...yeah ...Mom's gonna be pissed.

[@cyrussheets4450]

"This man has about 7 broken bones in his hand by the way, if someone would like to give him an aspirin or something."

[@johnbaca1809]

Watching these different West Wing episodes never seen complete series I wonder if ever the Vietnam Veterans Wall with 58,300 and 8combat nurses names on this Wall was ever shown I'm glad I was there along with 100s of 1000s mostly Gold Star moms and dads and family members my Lt Peter Michael Connors West Point graduated on Wall.

[@integral]

Now if Hulu would start offering episodes (whole seasons!) of the West Wing I'd be in heaven. Prob just have to shop Amazon for the boxed set tho

[@crazyjameswaikle2695]

Well this reply is ten years to late. Hope you found it because it took me a while to get seasons 2 and 7

[@bluepyramid44]

Some series are just too good to wait. I bought the entire thing. Took a few pay periods, but worth it.

[@nancysexton545]

@@bluepyramid44 Just binge watched the whole thing on Netflix, love this show!!

[@forever_golfer1981]

Is that County General?

[@VtRD]

Bartlett making jokes as he enters the ED--brilliant.

[@stevegoehring1610]

Do you have any medical conditions? Well I have been shot.😂

[@AnneLiesveld]

And also President Bartlett and Reagan were about the same age as each other in real life which makes it all the more amazing that Reagan survived a "real" shot when I think bartlett looks old enough that I don't know he would necessarily survive a "real shot" at his "age"

[@robertak2659]

Some observers believe that the assassination attempt may have exacerbated Reagan's decline into Alzheimer's due to the shock.

[@joemckim1183]

@@robertak2659 There is a lot of speculation that he was showing serious signs of Alzheimers during his second term. So if he didn't get shot he might not have really started his Alzheimers until he was out of office.

[@thefenrir777]

Now this guy should be president for real

[@thespecialonenextdoor1342]

“She booted all over the back of the car, I’m gonna get a bill for that” -President Bartlet

[@asingleverse]

I swear that's the trauma room from the later seasons of ER.

[@heretoannoyu4706]

how many times do ppl need to repeat ive been shot so well

[@seanryan1287]

There is an actor whose claim to fame is taking off Martian Sheen’s pants.

[@jerodast]

Kind of random but it's unusual how disconnected the White House feels in this sequence (because normally almost all the action is in the West Wing offices). First the Vice President is abducted by men in suits, then separately the First Lady marches into a limo which peels out with screeching tires, and yet still in a third location there have not been any signs for Mrs. Landingham to know there's any commotion at all.

[@kripposoft]

Do you have any medical conditions? -well... I''ve been shot!

[@kingduck3192]

The part that bugs me is his hand has been bandage up but he keeps talking about how the president needs to be treated first they should just had his tie or something wrapped around it.

[@buonafortuna8928]

Good clip but you ended about 10 seconds early. When he kisses Leo - just in case. I always have to blow my nose.

[@jamesmcnauliv4527]

Mrs landingham and her (adopted) little brother being shot. “Because you never had a big sister and you need one”! That’s why he puts his hands in his pockets and smiles. Search “watch this”.

[@jim5353]

so well written.....

[@firstname4337]

ah you left out the best part -- where the first lady talks to the anesthesiologist

[@andyt2k]

"mom's gonna be pretty pissed" lol

[@izzonj]

@grumpytosnowwhite It's meant to echo Ronald Reagan who, when he was shot, told his wife, "Sorry honey, I forgot to duck."

[@theolamp5312]

@Ippie - Also, when in the operating room, Reagan told the medical staff "I hope you are all Republicans."