“Commencement” · Season 4
In this episode: Josiah Bartlet (2), Will Bailey (2), Ron Butterfield (2), Josh Lyman (1), C.J. Cregg (1), Leo McGarry (1), Abbey Bartlet (1), Danny Concannon (1)
I'm leading Bookbag's paparazzi patrol for three months.
Really? Bit of a powderpuff detail there, isn't it, fella?
Nah, I go where I'm told.
So in your training what were you taught to do if, say, a stringer for Town and Country were to get in her face?
You know I can kill you and just make up the reason why I did, right?
[about Zoey's Secret Service detail] Well, here's my question: these guys look pretty young to me, and I'm looking for something very specific. This is a father-daughter situation, and so I think what I'm looking for in terms of protection would best be characterized as... well, overwhelming force. Do they have that? Do they have the ability to just overwhelm any danger that might...do you have overwh– [To Butterfield] Do they have overwhelming force?
Attack, Wesley.
[Agent Wesley attempts to attack a female agent, who proceeds to throw him to the ground and put a handgun to his head. Zoey enters during.]
Wow!
Oh God, Dad, what are you doing?
This one here tossed Wesley like a sack of potato chips!
This speech is about creativity. In my judgment it's a home run. But what it isn't is a speech that will convince Zoey not to go to France tomorrow.
Well, let's write that one!
You want to comment on a wire report that says that the President lifted his gown and groped himself during the Invocation?
Yeah, that was a troubling moment, but he had to get his napkin.
We have a situation. We're up at black, and procedurally, the Chief of Staff is told before--
What happened?
Zoey Bartlet's missing, and there's a dead agent at the scene.
We just wrote 3900 words in five hours.
It's terrific so far.
Later, he quotes Cicero, Thomas Aquinas, and Rudy Vallée in the space of two pages.
How does he connect them?
Three people you've never heard of.
It's about creativity?
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