The Search for Zoey Continues | The West Wing

[@ridbensdale]

It’s nice to see SHIELD got involved.

[@picklerick6129]

This is where SHIELD sent Agent Coulson to spy on the president

[@timothysantiago2615]

Like damn they needed Coulson to appear

[@heisdeadjim]

I headcanon this as this is the formative event of S.H.I.E.L.D. One, if there is another high profile kidnapping to respond quicker, two, to learn the proper use of the AGM 88 HARM.

[@carlrosa1130]

I can't imagine sitting in a room of experts in their field, you're the final decision, and 16 people given you 7 different perspectives (all valid) and they look to you for a decision that rests all on your shoulders, regardless of the outcome.

[@jordanwindham3804]

Also worth taking into account that Walken himself stated that this is the exact sort of situation that started World War I. He is well aware any decision he makes could spark a chain reaction that leads to a catastrophic loss of life.

[@carlrosa1130]

@@jordanwindham3804 Yep. "Franz Ferdinand, who was the nephew of the Austro-Hungarian emperor, was killed by a group called the Black Hand....."

[@trevornott2488]

Now imagine the guy they installed being able to do it. Every answer would be "chocolate chocolate-chip"

[@carlrosa1130]

@@trevornott2488 Now imagine the guy who said - "I just grab women by the puss*...and when you're famous they let you do it. And if Biden is still in power, we will have World War 2. And George Washington took over the airports. And I want to build a border wall around Colorado. And this hurricane is a very wet one." Don't try to insult one man when the one you love in a incapable liar and dullard.

[@jhwheuer]

Welcome to executive management of any kind.

[@jlee1522]

"I'm not at liberty to say" "Charlie is out in the hall" Man, I forgot how I loved this show

[@Blackfire-Five]

One of the best lines from this storyline is Walkern asking about the frat boys playing chicken with the US airforce, and responding I don’t care if my mothers on that plane going to visit her mother….

[@JJWaffleton]

They should make that a clip on here lol

[@jasonwilkerson9497]

John Amos and John Goodman - That's awesome! 👍🏼

[@GBTCO2b]

genius storyline to invoke the 25th, for a John Goodman cameo.

[@AmitKumar-tg7of]

Agent colson Serving the nation since forever

[@cathess8142]

Although realistic, I always hated that the French boyfriend got off Scott free. Charlie knew he was trash, and no one listened. He got Zoey kidnapped

[@vermontviking]

Could the scriptwriters have made that French boyfriend a bigger douche?

[@laurietarawa1371]

Same, this big time fan still feels unrewarded.

[@Xandra1076]

That little bastard should have gotten a lifetime ban from ever setting foot inside United States territory for that. He almost literally kicked off a goddamned war just to slip his girlfriend a spiked drink. That is astronomical stupidity.

[@EmilioReyes_97]

Even if she hadn't been kidnapped, he RUFFEED HER. Who knows what he was planning to do.

[@googoo-gjoob]

The *GREATEST* show in the _history_ of televisioon.

[@loriwinkler5560]

Could not agree more!!!

[@WalterThomasMcCarty]

Not surprising but John Goodman was fantastic as Speaker/President Walken.

[@MikeWood]

I hope you add more videos and organize more playlists so some of these excellent snippets can be watched in a semblance of a story arc. Writing like this is so rare these days. Doing a playlist of long walk and talks would be fun.

[@jod6984]

@MikeWood Show is available on Prime.

[@WKS32]

It’s such a good detail that Walken incorrectly says “stand down everyone”. It subtly shows that he isn’t familiar with the office while not making him look like a bumbling idiot. Using a slightly wrong phrasing shows he’s not used to the commander in chief procedures while still having him show he can execute the decisions but still needs Leo to fully know what to do.

[@chetlake3204]

Bartlett would walk into the sit-room, and before he was two steps away from his chair, would say, "Keep your seats." Lol. I always liked that one.

[@KevinN-df8eo]

Wow!! John Goodman from King Ralph to the US President, now that is acting!! Just WOW!! Bravo Sir.

[@cliffhigson7581]

And he dabbles in blues music on the side using the name mighty Mac.😂

[@pbdye1607]

AGM-88s are anti-radar missiles. My guess is they meant to say AGM-65s or the AGM-84H.

[@christianvalentin5344]

Hollywood has a habit of using the wrong military equipment.

[@davidweihe6052]

It is a frequent trick of writers to get something wrong, so that nothing can be used by actual “bad guys”.

[@uncahay]

​@@christianvalentin5344On purpose, mostly.

[@shalashaska9946]

Walken is the exact type of man you want in that chair when it really matters

[@kw7807]

No actually not-they were lucky to have not gotten into a war with him saying “if she’s found dead, I’m going to blow the hell outta something and only God knows what comes next..”

[@shalashaska9946]

@@kw7807 And that doesn't sound exactly like what you wanna hear? That's the most presidential thing I've heard in over a decade irl

[@kw7807]

@@shalashaska9946 no it most certainly doesn't. that is the last type of approach one should have in either the oval or white house situation room.

[@shalashaska9946]

@@kw7807 Why do I get the sense you wear a mask in the car by yourself... Yes, you want someone who's not afraid in the face of threats and someone who is willing to take action under immense stress. If Biden's kid was murdered, you wouldn't want the US to retaliate with overwhelming force?

[@lf67hh28]

​​@@kw7807Wrong. Showing power is the only way to gain respect. Are you immune to the real world?😂

[@arielg7000]

so cool man

[@DrownedInExile]

I hated how Abby and Liz both blamed Jed for Zoey's kidnapping. At least the unfavourite daughter Ellie stuck with him. Blame lies with the freaking kidnappers. I would have liked to see Jed call Abby out for that.

[@curtismurphy6206]

You don't understand grief and panic if you think Abby needs to be called out for having a reaction

[@DrownedInExile]

@@curtismurphy6206 Rewatch the show. Abby went beyond an initial reaction, she was still blaming Jed even after Zoey's rescue. She even moved out and took Zoey with her. She abandoned her husband, and didn't come back until the shutdown episode. Some wife she was. Of course the whole thing was just handwaved away.

[@trevornott2488]

I see you don't have many women in your life (not saying that as a dig, but rather a compliment). The majority of women are evil. Don't ever forget that. They would be more willing to forgive their own rapist, than you for killing him.

[@oliviapereira2367]

I blame it on the writing of season 5. I don’t think Sorkin would have written it like that. He just dropped the abduction plot line in the writer’s laps and left. On Abbey reaction, no Jed didn’t intend for his daughter to get abducted when they shot down Shareef. He would have never have done it if that was the case. I think it was reasonable for Abbey to be angry with me but I don’t think it was fair the way she handled it. Jed was suffering too. I would have loved to have seen the scene in between the Shutdown episode and the Christmas one to see how they fought and reconciled.

[@ianboyle1026]

Completely understandable. She found out about about the Sharif assassination, which was the provocation for Zoe's kidnapping. She disapproved of the assassination, and she was horrified that it happened without her knowledge. Of course she blamed Jed.

[@These_Old_Engines]

Is leos suit torn at 4:32 on?

[@glennkurtzrock]

By the right elbow? Looks like it.

[@eldonjohnston5053]

My question is, why was walken put in instead of the V.P.?

[@martynix4277]

Hoynes had resigned in a scandal and not yet been replaced. The VP office was vacant so it rolled over to the Speaker of the House, line of succession.

[@chetlake3204]

Didn't have a VP that time and he didn't want to wait for a new Veep to get confirmed through congress

[@kw7807]

Should have the stuffings out of John Paul..

[@philipwhiuk]

Using an AGM-88 HARM makes no sense.

[@kifacorea]

Post sorkin

[@srkh8966]

I hated this story line-despite stellar acting by everyone

[@buddy3635]

Out of curiosity why didn't you like it?

[@srkh8966]

@@buddy3635Too Hollywood

[@trevornott2488]

They really should put this show on Prime Time and every streaming network. Have people watch this show, then justify the current Administration. Bartlet instead of Biden. CJ instead of KJP. Fitz instead of Austin. And let's not over look the straight forward US first approach Walken took as the CiC. Very Trump-esque

[@shuttlecrossing1433]

Walken would loathe Trump.

[@georgiasmathers4503]

​@@shuttlecrossing1433yes he would've. I'm shocked trump never had the United States in a war when he was President.

[@jod6984]

@trevormott2488 It's on Prime.