I shall do those things.
You shall?
I shall... and I'll tell you what I'd like in exchange.
How about a weekly salary of some kind?
Yes, plus a favor.
“Stirred” · Season 3
In this episode: Josiah Bartlet (5), Charlie Young (3), Donna Moss (3), Josh Lyman (1)
Can I tell you what's messed up about James Bond?
Nothing.
Shaken, not stirred, will get you cold water with a dash of gin and dry vermouth. The reason you stir it with a special spoon is so not to chip the ice. James is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it.
I love doing this.
Really?
Yeah.
Filing tax returns?
Yeah.
Okay.
What?
I was just thinking about the plurality of Americans who made the decision to pull a lever that had your name next to it.
Suckers.
They're saying I owe the federal government money?
And you don't even need a stamp. Hand it over.
There's a mistake.
Whatever. Cough it up.
It's Jed Bartlet, Mrs. Morello. I've got a few questions. When you taught Beowulf, did you make the kids read it in the original Middle English or did you use a translation?
MMrs. Morello
We used a translation, Mr. President.
Okay. We're going to call that the James Bond version.
...
[whispering] Tell her where you are.
Mrs. Morello, I am standing in the Oval Office and it is because of you.
[on the phone to her former teacher] Sally Seidelman told me you were retiring.
MMrs. Morello
At the end of this year.
Well, I... I just wanted to say. I don't know, I just... I just wanted to say... I don't know.
MMrs. Morello
Are--Are you sure everything's all right?
[whispering] Tell her where you are.
Mrs. Morello, I am standing in the Oval Office with the President of the United States and it is because of you. [silence] Mrs. Morello?
MMrs. Morello
What a thing to say. Well, we're all very proud of you, Donna.
She didn't do anything.
MMrs. Morello
Was that...?
It's Jed Bartlet, Mrs. Morello. I've got a few questions. When you taught Beowulf, did you make the kids read it in the original Middle English or did you use a translation?
MMrs. Morello
We used a translation, Mr. President.
Okay. We're going to call that the James Bond version.
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