A couple of thoughts on The West Wing
A couple of random thoughts have recently sprung to mind about this mostly excellent tv show.
Josh Lyman
Josh has PTSD after getting shot in an assassination attempt on President Bartlett. Bartlett (also shot at the end of Season 1 in the same attempt) has trouble sleeping later too.
Bartlett's been plagued by insomnia for some time, apparently. So they're both working through their problems. Josh loses it at Christmas, with the military brass band being too loud. He's counselled by Leo.
At the end of the show's run, Josh has been running Matt Santos's campaign, and he becomes the new White House Chief of Staff under the Santos administration. He brings Sam back to play Josh Lyman's role in the Bartlett adminsistration to Josh's Leo role in the new administration. If that doesn't make sense to you, it's fine.
But Josh vents at an underling about where his phone is, when Josh is almost completely at fault. Sam insists that Josh take a vacation immediately.
It struck me that Josh clearly still has things to work through, maybe having run the course of the entire series. But the PTSD, Josh's temper et al, might correlate here to Leo's alcoholism under Bartlett.
CJ and Danny
Former Press Secretary CJ thinks she's missed the window for having a relationship with Danny, the Washington Post's White House Correspondent. She says:
"I'm not good at this!" and "I don't need training."
Danny says "You can be scared. That's okay. But you're not going to walk away from me because you're scared. I'm not that scary."
Among the best scenes in the series. But wouldn't it be great if he had screwed up his face, and gurned like a Notre Dame hunchback when he said that? "I ngott ghatt shcary." Dripping saliva etc.
That's it.
Josh Lyman
Josh has PTSD after getting shot in an assassination attempt on President Bartlett. Bartlett (also shot at the end of Season 1 in the same attempt) has trouble sleeping later too.
Bartlett's been plagued by insomnia for some time, apparently. So they're both working through their problems. Josh loses it at Christmas, with the military brass band being too loud. He's counselled by Leo.
At the end of the show's run, Josh has been running Matt Santos's campaign, and he becomes the new White House Chief of Staff under the Santos administration. He brings Sam back to play Josh Lyman's role in the Bartlett adminsistration to Josh's Leo role in the new administration. If that doesn't make sense to you, it's fine.
But Josh vents at an underling about where his phone is, when Josh is almost completely at fault. Sam insists that Josh take a vacation immediately.
It struck me that Josh clearly still has things to work through, maybe having run the course of the entire series. But the PTSD, Josh's temper et al, might correlate here to Leo's alcoholism under Bartlett.
CJ and Danny
Former Press Secretary CJ thinks she's missed the window for having a relationship with Danny, the Washington Post's White House Correspondent. She says:
"I'm not good at this!" and "I don't need training."
Danny says "You can be scared. That's okay. But you're not going to walk away from me because you're scared. I'm not that scary."
That's it.
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