I love the way he stares at her, deep in thought, before he decides to give her the pass. I love when Bradley Whitford stares at a cast mate in a scene. It always looks very honest and genuine. So few actors seem to take the time to pause in a scene, he does. I think it’s becoming one of my favorite traits about this guy.
That’s sweet but I’d say special assistant to dep chief of staff for the white house is a better more important job than chief of staff for the First Lady. It boggles my mind why she even has a staff…. I thought American didn’t like hereditary privileges…….. but apparently matrimonial privileges are okey?
Considering that literally was the Bartlett campaign. Josh wanted to impress his father's old friend... Leo. C.J. burned out in Hollywood. Sam wasn't enjoying drafting litigation shields for oil corporations. Toby... really didn't see what he was before Bartlett's remarks in New Hampshire... just that he was already divorced from future congresswoman Wyatt. Leo was already looking to rebuild himself after rehab.
@@varianschirmer9375 it can also be added that Josh was frustrated with the Hoynes's campaign's lack of courage (not taking stances on anything of importance), and apparently Toby lost every race he worked on before Bartlet.
It's a trick Sorkin keeps pulling out of the bag. Watch this scene and then watch the scene in Moneyball where Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) meeds Peter Brand (Jonah Hill).
Dont know about greatest but its right up there .... currently working thru the whole series again for the umpteenth time ... almost up to the last season
googoo gjoob I watched this show for the first time 4 years ago. Thanks to a coworker who introduced me to it. I have seen it 8x myself, first to last, on Netflix. Pfft, do better lazy pants. 😂
PS : I'm not attracted to blondes, much less super-blondes like Ms Maloney; that said, she absolutely stole my heart, watching this series. ---------WolfSky9
I wonder about the significance of Josh thinking that 'Dr Freeride' was a law student. Maybe he was picturing Donna as someone that he would be with/want to be with, and so sub-consciously planted himself as her ex...
I only ever watched this show casually when it aired, and it was at this moment right now I realized that Donna and Ainsley are two completely separate entities on this show.
Love the musicality of the writing. The repetition of 'who are you? Donna Moss.' At this point Moloney didn't know she was going to be a regular in the series and was just, by her own admission trying to make every second of screen time count. Object lesson for any beginning actress.
Joe McKim Yes a wonderful 2-parter that opens season 2 providing the back stories of Sam Josh cj Toby and Donna. Sort of how the Fellowship of the Bartlett Administration was formed.
"Musicality" is precisely the right word to describe it, rogerstoryteller. That's exactly the way Sorkin has referred to his dialogue. And it's a signature of a lot of his best work. There are scenes in The Newsroom with multiple conversations going on simultaneously, that could just about compare to Les Mis "One Day More".
You go through it fast? It's a "bingey" type of show. One thing about this episode was the music. Rarely is there such a complimentary symbiosis on a TV show.
Can we meditate for a moment on how ragged Josh looks pre-White House... ...and years of Donna being around motivated him to slowly pull himself out of what looks like burnout... ...which is what he basically was regressing to in the Santos campaign, as 9 years without a full vacation [actually disconnected from politics] really looked to have taken a mental toll...?
Donna’s actions were a microcosm of the Bartlett presidential campaign, which essentially boils down to someone with too much gumption and not enough sense walking into an office and saying “I would be a good at this job, please give it to me.”
I don't believe in God but I am prepared to pray to whoever that some gifted writer sees an inspiration in the #feelthebern movement to think maybe there's a script there.
TWW.... proving once again that a woman can be as good as any man, just as long as she's hot enough for a man to give her a job she's not qualified for.
Actually tbh I think it's more about the fact she was already doing the job, she had passion and she wanted the job so much that she basically just created the role for herself, as opposed to someone that just got assigned it.
But the millinanal would not do this because Donna has drive she carries her own wait does not have mommy and daddy get her a job like set interview I would hire her or anybody else with thst drive
She has drive because she is desperate. We actually finish college and get our degrees so we never have to stoop to the level of your Donna Moss generation.
@@tigqc Stoop to the level? She is worth 10 of you. And of the many reasons why, the first is that you don't understand why. You don't even know what you don't know. So arrogant in your ignorance.
@@fenrisulven5324 not surprisingly you confuse arrogance with confidence. An unfortunate product of your generation growing older and becoming more out of touch. My sympathies.
I love the way he stares at her, deep in thought, before he decides to give her the pass. I love when Bradley Whitford stares at a cast mate in a scene. It always looks very honest and genuine. So few actors seem to take the time to pause in a scene, he does. I think it’s becoming one of my favorite traits about this guy.
Why did she need a pass? She had already blagged her way in to answering the campaign manager's phone!
He was good in Get Out too. Very good. You know it, I know it, and the American people know it.
@@timothyjames6412 That pass was the official approval from Josh, a symbolic note that she is now part of the team
From this to First Lady Helen Santos’ Chief of Staff. Fantastic arc.
Might have taken eight years but who's counting when those years are so interesting?
I'm not crying.
You're... Oh, fkit!
I'm crying.
She’s got probably my favorite character arc in the whole show!
She’s so inspiring 😭
That’s sweet but I’d say special assistant to dep chief of staff for the white house is a better more important job than chief of staff for the First Lady.
It boggles my mind why she even has a staff….
I thought American didn’t like hereditary privileges…….. but apparently matrimonial privileges are okey?
"I think you might find me valuable"
You bet he will Donna.
i am _SOOOOO_ in love with Donnatella.
"This can't be a place for people to come to find their confidence and start over."
"Why not?"
"Sorry?"
"Why can't it be those things?"
why ? will it interfere with my typing?
Considering that literally was the Bartlett campaign.
Josh wanted to impress his father's old friend... Leo.
C.J. burned out in Hollywood.
Sam wasn't enjoying drafting litigation shields for oil corporations.
Toby... really didn't see what he was before Bartlett's remarks in New Hampshire... just that he was already divorced from future congresswoman Wyatt.
Leo was already looking to rebuild himself after rehab.
@@varianschirmer9375 it can also be added that Josh was frustrated with the Hoynes's campaign's lack of courage (not taking stances on anything of importance), and apparently Toby lost every race he worked on before Bartlet.
Josh had a tiny bit of personal pride that he was able to read Donna.
If Donna came into my life and refused to leave i wouldn't question it.
Odds are, you've already met her and just haven't realized it yet. ;)
she's his angel
The kicker was that she was already doing a good job at it when he came in.
Who are you? I'm Donna Moss
Who are you? I'm Donna Moss
Who are you? I'm Donna Moss
Oh, no.. he asked FOUR times. LOL
That moment when he gives her the laminated pass. That was it.
Yep it was perfect 👍
I rewatch this clip when I need a reminder to keep going after what I want and be sure of my abilities. I admire Donna's confidence here.
To me, she’s the most inspirational character on the show. Charlie too.
The look on his face. Priceless!
No matter how many times I watch this (and it’s A LOT) I love it. One of my favorite scenes ever.
I love how he keeps asking her "who are you?"
It's a trick Sorkin keeps pulling out of the bag. Watch this scene and then watch the scene in Moneyball where Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) meeds Peter Brand (Jonah Hill).
The moment he fell in love with her.
The first time. Many more to follow.
...and me, too.
the greatest show in the history of television...
googoo gjoob you’re absolutely right
Dont know about greatest but its right up there .... currently working thru the whole series again for the umpteenth time ... almost up to the last season
@@marvinmartian7941 , good man. ive been all the way thru 6x
googoo gjoob I watched this show for the first time 4 years ago. Thanks to a coworker who introduced me to it. I have seen it 8x myself, first to last, on Netflix. Pfft, do better lazy pants. 😂
@@TheAudioman15 , consider me *_SHAMED_*
They'd be grandparents by now if they hadn't kept us waiting until series 7.
I know I'm too sentimental--------but this scene gets to me, EVERY time. --------Heartfelt, & brilliant. ----------------------------WolfSky9, 72 y/o
PS : I'm not attracted to blondes, much less super-blondes like Ms Maloney; that said, she absolutely stole my heart, watching this series. ---------WolfSky9
How people got jobs in the 20th century
Job? What's a job?! (Circa Jan2021!)
Being an unpaid intern isn't a job. It's slavery....
@@ingvarhallstrom2306 (my OP was a joke, FYI)
@@MikelosM Yeah I'm sorry I had to drag politics into a discussion about a political tv series....
@@ingvarhallstrom2306While that might be true, campaign staff is either paid (not much) or volunteers.
Basically how I got my current job...Keep up the hard work.
"in order to form a more perfect union"
this must be the most perfect origin story ever performed
I'm not crying; you're crying!
The real star of this scene is the M&M vending machine.
I would have worked on Hitler's campaign if his offices had M&M vending machines.
The Allies had Cadburys.
One of THE finest moments, ever, on this series or ANY series. ---------------------WolfSky9, 72 y/o
Dude, I love that you are 72 and have an internet nickname. Also, a cool one.
I wish I had a secretary like Donna!
I wonder about the significance of Josh thinking that 'Dr Freeride' was a law student. Maybe he was picturing Donna as someone that he would be with/want to be with, and so sub-consciously planted himself as her ex...
I only ever watched this show casually when it aired, and it was at this moment right now I realized that Donna and Ainsley are two completely separate entities on this show.
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Yeah...persistence is a pretty good quality...
Love the musicality of the writing. The repetition of 'who are you? Donna Moss.' At this point Moloney didn't know she was going to be a regular in the series and was just, by her own admission trying to make every second of screen time count. Object lesson for any beginning actress.
Isn't this a flashback scene?
Joe McKim Yes a wonderful 2-parter that opens season 2 providing the back stories of Sam Josh cj Toby and Donna. Sort of how the Fellowship of the Bartlett Administration was formed.
Yarn!!
"Musicality" is precisely the right word to describe it, rogerstoryteller. That's exactly the way Sorkin has referred to his dialogue. And it's a signature of a lot of his best work. There are scenes in The Newsroom with multiple conversations going on simultaneously, that could just about compare to Les Mis "One Day More".
this was actually her second episode as a series regular (s2e2)
What a perfect meet-cute. Are most writers and narratives too unrealistic today? Too hopeless?
I tried this. Now I am in jail.
Comment of the day
Good writing. Great show.
"Who are you? I am Donna Moss" - How many times?
“Betsy.” …. “You mean Margret?”
Great introduction. The only better one was Ainsley Hayes with Leo. I miss John Spencer.
BEST SCENE EVER FROM "THE WEST WING"!!, the dj
Now that was just adorable.
Love Is Magical.
Again, well written.
*I find her **_very valuable_*
Donnatella Moss... we all fell in love with her during that walk and talk.
I fell for the character long before this scene.
And so it started…
I want The West Wing back!!!!!!
I don't who said it but it's still true. *"You CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN!"*
I want that team in the real White House.
Watching in lockdown
You go through it fast? It's a "bingey" type of show.
One thing about this episode was the music. Rarely is there such a complimentary symbiosis on a TV show.
Can we meditate for a moment on how ragged Josh looks pre-White House...
...and years of Donna being around motivated him to slowly pull himself out of what looks like burnout...
...which is what he basically was regressing to in the Santos campaign, as 9 years without a full vacation [actually disconnected from politics] really looked to have taken a mental toll...?
Why do I think she kept the pass?
Oh she totally did
I've been in infatuation with Janel Moloney for over 23 years.
someone please tell me what episode was this???
+Halzy O It's from In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen, Part 2 (season 2, episode 2).
your a legend thank you.. I just started it and i was like i missed this scene looool thankks budddy :D
When josh got shot
Considering Donna's career situation in the final season, I am sure that selfish leech of an ex was kicking himself when he found out
Probably on his 2nd divorce and long forgot what's-her-name.
Wait....who is she??
She’s Donna Moss, she went in to volunteer
One of the best characters in the show.
*Who* is she??
warner brothers jumpscare
EPIC.
Go Badgers!
Ah, if only things worked that way.
Donna’s actions were a microcosm of the Bartlett presidential campaign, which essentially boils down to someone with too much gumption and not enough sense walking into an office and saying “I would be a good at this job, please give it to me.”
I don't believe in God but I am prepared to pray to whoever that some gifted writer sees an inspiration in the #feelthebern movement to think maybe there's a script there.
Dallas/Fw FBI
Doesn't hurt that she's gorgeous. I bet if she'd been a heavyset 5'2" brunette he would have kicked her to the curb.
TWW.... proving once again that a woman can be as good as any man, just as long as she's hot enough for a man to give her a job she's not qualified for.
So very f'cking true.
Turns out she was actually very qualified for. And the other women on the series who have power are not specially pretty.
Actually tbh I think it's more about the fact she was already doing the job, she had passion and she wanted the job so much that she basically just created the role for herself, as opposed to someone that just got assigned it.
And he falls in love right there!
@@mikaku are you saying that Allison Janney isn’t ?
But the millinanal would not do this because Donna has drive she carries her own wait does not have mommy and daddy get her a job like set interview I would hire her or anybody else with thst drive
A Millennial would also spell "Millennial" and "weight" correctly however.
Peter White yea sorry about that my spell check over riding some times
She has drive because she is desperate. We actually finish college and get our degrees so we never have to stoop to the level of your Donna Moss generation.
@@tigqc Stoop to the level? She is worth 10 of you. And of the many reasons why, the first is that you don't understand why. You don't even know what you don't know. So arrogant in your ignorance.
@@fenrisulven5324 not surprisingly you confuse arrogance with confidence. An unfortunate product of your generation growing older and becoming more out of touch. My sympathies.
Go Badgers!