You're not performing at the ceremony.
BBartlet
I wasn't asked to.
Sir, I'm sorry to interrupt--
No, that's quite all right. He was about to go into his Spencer Tracy routine.
“The Wedding” · Season 7
In this episode: Josiah Bartlet (3), Abbey Bartlet (2), C.J. Cregg (1), Leo McGarry (1), Will Bailey (1), Matt Santos (1), Kate Harper (1)
So, rumor has it you're going to have a chat with the groom tomorrow morning.
BBartlet
I am.
Well, that will be lovely, I'm sure!
BBartlet
What? I did it with Doug!
Yeah. I don't recall that as being an unqualified success.
BBartlet
Well, now I've had a run of it.
You do know that talking him out of marrying your daughter is not an option.
BBartlet
Yeah. [pause] You really think it's not an option?
[at a press conference on TV] Uh, they'll be walking down the aisle to "Sorge Nel Patto", the aria Gaffredo sings to his daughter in Handel's Rinaldo. The aria was picked for its beauty and its text, which translates roughly to, "a certain delight surges from my breast and promises to calm my heart."
That was lovely.
I made it up. Don't tell.
VVic
Sir, was there something you wanted to discuss?
No, no. I just thought...you know, when you have a daughter, you just like to know...you really want to know whether...ah, hell. Just tell me you decided to marry her before you got her pregnant.
VVic
Eleven months, two weeks and three days.
Excuse me?
VVic
That's when I decided to marry her: a year ago, on our third date.
What was wrong with the first two?
[about Josh] How'd it go?
Fine.
You taking over?
No.
Leo, I thought we...
Josh is going to make a lot of strategic decisions over the next few weeks. He's going to sweat them like life and death. And they'll be important, sure, which is why you and me are going to be in on every one of them. But they're meaningless compared to the decision the voters are going to have to make just by listening to you and trying to see if they can connect with the idea of Matt Santos as President. And Josh has nothing to do with that. Goodwin's right: Josh has taken you as far as he can. The rest is up to you.
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