S3.E10

Bartlet for America

Name: Bartlet for America
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001-12-12
Duration: 44 min
Rating: 9.1
Cast: Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill

Episode aired Dec 12, 2001
TV-14
44m

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9.1/10

1.3K

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Joanna Gleason and John Spencer in The West Wing (1999)

Drama

In an episode dotted with flashbacks, Leo and his attorney Jordon Kendall (Joanna Gleason) face a Congressional inquiry into whether the president lied to the American people regarding his M... Read allIn an episode dotted with flashbacks, Leo and his attorney Jordon Kendall (Joanna Gleason) face a Congressional inquiry into whether the president lied to the American people regarding his MS, but this particular day of hearings concerns itself more with Abby and her secretly med... Read allIn an episode dotted with flashbacks, Leo and his attorney Jordon Kendall (Joanna Gleason) face a Congressional inquiry into whether the president lied to the American people regarding his MS, but this particular day of hearings concerns itself more with Abby and her secretly medicating Jed, and later with Leo's having fallen off the wagon during the campaign (a polit... Read all

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Showing His Soft Centre

I guess you have to have watched Leo McGarry being a no nonsense, just get on with it, it is what it is, type of character from the very first episode to fully appreciate the closing scene in this one.

Sure, you understand virtually from the series get-go that underneath that tough exterior beats a very caring heart but though that's often made plain, it rarely breaks through to the surface.

At the end of this episode, when President Bartlet gives Leo an early, sentimental, Christmas gift, Leo finally cracks and you see a tear in his eye as the scene starts to fade. This has so far never failed to have the same effect on me, no matter how many times I watch it.

Oh, and by the way, did you know that when he wasn't being President Bartlet's Chief-of-Staff, he went around pretending to be an actor called John Spencer?

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Trivia
Josh (Bradley Whitford) makes a callback to the previous seasons Christmas episode. "Cause a guys walking down the street and he falls into a hole see?" referring to Leo (John Spencer) calling a therapist for Josh after he was shot.

Goofs
When recounting a time meeting with potential donors, Leo mentions Johnny Walker Blue Label is aged 60 years. Blue Label is actually a blended Scotch with no age statement. The reason there is no age statement is that in order to place the age on a bottle of Scotch, even a blend, it must display the age of the youngest whisky in the blend. Rumors are vast and plentiful, but the prevailing thought is that there are whiskies as young as 12 years and as old as 40 years. The actual number is a secret held by Diageo.

Quotes
Leo McGarry: Don't help me.
Josh Lyman: I'm going to help you, 'cause you know why?
Leo McGarry: 'Cause you walk around with so much guilt about everybody you love dying that you're a compulsive fixer?
Josh Lyman: No, Leo, no. It's 'cause a guy is walking down the street and he falls into a hole, see.
Leo McGarry: Yeah.
Josh Lyman: Yeah.