#tww watch

[gelphielover69]

Got back into actually watching the west wing in the past week and every catastrophe imaginable happened in that show ever since and I don’t think I can take it anymore

Most important one of all of course being Donna quitting that was just crazy really

[pien-art]

constance hardbroom. her autism has bewitched me.

[flamingtoads]

Morgana and Pendell enjoying a small snowy enchantment over their own personal castle 🐈‍⬛🌙

[crazyness-overpowers]

there’s something about charlie taking off the jacket he is already wearing after bartlet refuses his.

[writing-is-hard-af]

Rewatching eps of West Wing to deal with the anxieties of today, including Election Night, and again falling in love with Sam and Donna’s chaotic best friend situation, especially in season 4.

[bartletslesbians]

Sam and his dad

Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail and The Stackhouse Filibuster give SUCH a good and fun insight to Sam's relationship with his dad and I really love them for it.

And really what it comes down to is just... he and is dad had a great relationship? Or at least a good one. Until the affair came to light, but that was still not enough to actually break that relationship. And that's so interesting really.

Cause we see Sam in SGTESGTJ when he's first found out about the affair, and it's wrecked him. Just absolutely wrecked him. He's sleeping on Toby's office couch for a few days, he's in a bad mood, he's tossing sugar and remembering his dad pushing him to practice the clarinet. He's going through it, and rightfully so.

But the main thing that his father's affair is compared to in the episode is the grandfather of Donna's friend, who she believes is a wrongfully accused guy, who she believes, sincerely, is actually a really good person. And instead he can't wait to tell her that actually, her grandpa was a spy who murdered people. Because "this girl is gonna find out who her (father) grandfather is".

And that, I think, is such a big part of why Sam is this upset about his dad. Obviously the whole thing would be upsetting in any scenario, but the fact that it comes as such a huge shock, feels like such a huge personal betrayal, is just so painful. Sam never would have assumed his dad was the kind of person capable of doing something like this to his mom or to Sam. Like the girl believing her grandfather to be good person, Sam always believed his dad to be good. Until now.

But then it ends with Sam picking up the phone and calling his dad. Cause that's his dad. He's been cheating on Sam's mother for almost three decades (which is such a huge chunk of Sam's life), but that's his dad.

And then in the very next episode, we hear it's just a few weeks later, Sam's writing an email to his dad.

He starts it off with "hey jackass" and then replaces that with "hey dad". He's still pissed, as he should be. But again, that's his dad. And he loves his dad. Clearly. Cause the next thing he says is that it's been a few weeks since he told his dad any white house stories.

Now two things about that: 1. Sam writes emails to his dad telling him about what's going on at the white house often enough that a few weeks of no stories is noteworthy. Compared to CJ having a special Moment emailing her dad specifically for his 70th birthday, that's pretty cool information! And then 2. The emails contain not just the stories that make Sam look cool or good. And that's so important.

Cause Sam tells his dad about how Winnie the intern kicked his ass. Now, when CJ asks about this, Sam deflects and claims he didn't get his ass beaten by anyone and that she was nineteen and "he showed he was open to all forms of debate, with anyone". He's embarrassed to admit the truth. No such thing with his dad. He sounds pretty stupid in the way he tells his dad about the intern.

And that's key, in my opinion. Sam not only regularly writes to his dad and tells him about the white house, but he's not at all afraid to tell his dad things that make him sound stupid or silly or whatever. He's comfortable telling his dad "this 19yo intern kicked my ass cause I was cocky", and that says so much about the relationship Sam and his dad have! Not a lot of people, especially not a lot of men with egos and jobs like Sam's, would have an easy time telling their dad "here's a story making me look like an idiot", and the fact that Sam does that, and that it's specifically the first email he sends his dad in a while, is so cool and so interesting.

And I just love that for them. He loves his dad. He's angry with him, as anyone would be, but he loves his dad and a few days later they're on the phone and a few weeks later Sam's telling him about a work screwup. He loves his dad, and he's comfortable with him, and that makes it hurt worse that his dad would be cheating for SO long, a whole secret life. But again even that doesn't actually deter the relationship for very long. And that's just !! It's so good.

[wannaliveattheholidayinn]

[aberfaeth]

the thing they dont tell you about the west wing s2 is they really put crack in it

[hawkp]

Okay but Bradley Whitford would have absolutely BODIED a villain role in The Boys.

[gelphielover69]

6x13 king corn opening scene just made me sick to my stomach LORD

Also I want to have a chat with whoever decided that the aggressive blue coloring whenever they’re in New Hampshire was a good idea because seriously what’s up with that

[skymagpie]

People on Twitter riding my balls over how I cope and deal with grief, I am sorry, he is erased from existence TO YOU, he is Xal'atath feet jokes to me, we are not the same

[ofhouseadama]

we're on season seven of our household's Perpetual West Wing Rewatch and I keep thinking about how in a universe where John Spencer wasn't taken from us and Leo and Annabeth got together, everything they'd probably be accused of being by the press due to the age gap (kinky, tawdry, selling column inches at the barest allusion of a sex scandal) is all shit we've seen Jed and Abbey get away with all series and in fact Leo is the perfect gentleman who would horrified at the insinuation of an office blowjob

[thebadphilosopher]

The fact that I am not there should be a crime

[isathetiefling]

Ethan Hunt Sam Seaborn

🤝

Wearing slutty glasses

[claudiajcregg]

what are you most excited for this summer?? xx

Hi anon! Uh, unexpected question but it was fun to answer! My current answer is “not having this migraine” but I assume it'll be gone soon. Do love it ruined my afternoon of finishing comments that are taking me way too long. The other almost serious answer is my eternal time sink. Prayer circle I pass in July.

The first answer that actually came to mind is going to Eras with my awesome bestie @wavesoutbeingtossed! I'm so excited about seeing her again and having that experience together. We've known each other for over a decade now (literally where did time go!!!) and I love we're still in each other's lives after all this time 🥺😭💜

The other part of the serious answer is just being on vacation, be it the travel portions of it (both London or [redacted]) or just chilling and doing nothing. I've been slowly burning out at work since January, but the last month only made it worse, so I need a break, stat.

[meepitydoodle]

Me when I find out that the second season of tww 1998 is American English dubbed on Amazon. Gonna go sob for a bit /hjk

(nothing against America English. I just. Would like the original actors voices please and also I dislike change. Mildred doesn't sound like Mildred and no one sounds right I hate this aaaaaaa)