Mollory to Sam: "You are so incredibly like him." Sam: "That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me."

I love that best friends Bartlett and Leo are both utterly flummoxed by their daughters. Like, every time.

@tomb7942

Ай бұрын

They are used to dealing with staff who want their bosses to succeed and use logic. Neither really applies to their daughters.

I really wish they'd done more with Sam & Mallory, romantic or not. They both played off each other so well and had great chemistry.

@terrygracy8345

Ай бұрын

If Sam wasn’t getting with Ainsley then I needed him and Mallory.

@NiceTryLaoChe

Ай бұрын

He probably got with both on the DL, honestly. It's Rob Lowe in his prime.

@suminshizzles6951

15 сағат бұрын

I agree. They work well together.

The next few lines make the end of the scene: MALLORY Thank you, sir. BARTLET Are you blowing me off? MALLORY Yes, sir. BARTLET Okay.

Plus when Sam first meets Mallory and he somehow thinks one of the little girls in the class is Leo’s daughter and actually Mallory is the teacher 😂👍

I really liked Sam and Mallory's banter back and forth.

@Ozefan2580

Ай бұрын

Especially in the pilot!

"Like what?" "Let's stay away from that." "Best that we do."

Literally could not love this show any more than I already do.

How that go by the way we’re fine “cool” such a bro moment

Interesting that the principle that the President of the United States is subject to the same laws and penalties as everyone else - as opposed to being completely immune from prosecution for breaking said laws - was considered so obvious at one point that it was the basis of a throwaway line in a comedy plot of a TV episode! Someone should play this clip to today's US Supreme Court!

@chrismichael7519

Ай бұрын

Also interesting how the plot involved democrats hiding the truth of the President's health because their priority was winning the office, even it it meant lying to the American voters.

@SWOBIZ

Ай бұрын

Reminds me of the time Bill Clinton asserted "protective function privilege" to prevent his Secret Service agents from testifying about his actions with Monica Lewinsky.

@paulferro338

Ай бұрын

Can we just not? Can we have one clip we don’t have to do this on? If SCOTUS thinks a drug addicted year Aaron Sorkin from 2000 tv writing isn’t prescient, are we going to have hissy fits in the KZread comments of clips of Sports Night? Save it for the Reddit groups.

@NiceTryLaoChe

Ай бұрын

Yeah, it's so annoying when people discuss presidential politics when watching clips of a show that is 100% about presidential politics. You heard the man, people. And while we're at it, no more discussing sports when watching sports clips. Save it for Reddit.

@paulferro338

Ай бұрын

@@NiceTryLaoChe actually, it is. We are soaked in politics. West wing is a make believe show. Can we just have a wee bit of escapism?

It must be so annoying sometimes to have Sam Seaborn, possibly the World's Handsomest Man, as a subordinate and surrogate son.

@Mark-ke1rj

Ай бұрын

Wait, Sam is supposed to be the handsome one? I thought most women considered Rob Lowe to be mid. I thought he was the boring guy in the Brat Pack? Have I been misinformed?

@vintedge9721

Ай бұрын

@@Mark-ke1rjyes. Deeply and intentionally it seems.

Here's a good point. Perhaps everyone should give their dad a break. I wish I had. Now it's too late.

God I used to crush so hard on Mallory 🤩

@Mark-ke1rj

Ай бұрын

I had a crush on her back when she was on Kate and Allie.

@tomb7942

Ай бұрын

I do have a thing for gingers

@aaronleverton4221

Ай бұрын

Where I lived Spy Game aired late at night after The West Wing had begun airing.

Best show ever made

The part about this that I always found strange is why Mallory would say that it's not a date because there'd be no sex. She does know... that's not the only thing that constitutes a date right???

@jkrasney1

Ай бұрын

Wait - what??

@theempoweredarmy

Ай бұрын

the fact that she said "no sex" means she's thought about it.

@NiceTryLaoChe

Ай бұрын

Of course she did. It's Rob Lowe. There's no possible way she didn't have sex with Rob Lowe.

@davidweihe6052

10 күн бұрын

For Rob Lowe at the time, yes, a date often meant sex. This was covered in the pilot episode.

Leo and even the President are wrong on this one. Yes this is a job that leaves nothing for leisure time, that said Sam did have the evening off. It's not that something of actual importance came up, it's that Leo gave this assignment to Sam not because he was best suited for it, but just to mess with him (and by extension, her). So Leo's objective was "you can't go" not "you need to do this assignment". The actually important meetings Leo's had on his schedule are irrelevant.

@NiceTryLaoChe

Ай бұрын

Well, he was making a point. In this case Leo was having a little fun, but Sam's reaction was more important-that their professional lives are a Big Deal and take priority over things like a date with the boss' daughter.

@redwall1521

24 күн бұрын

I think you missed the point, but only because the clip didn't show it - there was some backstory to these scenes, and IIRC it was because Leo and Mallory's mother were in the middle of a divorce. She didn't understand how important his job was to the most powerful person in the world, and the last scene shows it to her. You would also expect Mallory to invite either of her parents to the event as well, but she didn't.

Fathers of daughters have to stick together. Any guy dating a daughter better get that father on their side, especially if the father is his boss, or his bosses boss.

@Mark-ke1rj

Ай бұрын

You would think Leo WOULD be on Sam's side, as they're coworkers and friends who support each other.

@metarus208

Ай бұрын

*boss' boss

So gorgeous.

Mallory and Ainsley were two characters for Sam that would've taken the show to even greater heights.

I wish Mallory had a bigger part.

She was so hot and then dropped her from the show just like that.

I wanted Sam and Mallory to end up together. I don’t think they did if I recall correctly.

A Monday night opera performance?

@jeffreyjeziorski1480

Ай бұрын

Not just opera. CHINESE OPERA.

@seanwebb605

Ай бұрын

@@jeffreyjeziorski1480 I grant you that. But on a Monday evening? Who does that?

@jeffreyjeziorski1480

Ай бұрын

@@seanwebb605 I assume that the Chinese are on a radically different time zone....that's good TV logic right there.

@seanwebb605

Ай бұрын

@@jeffreyjeziorski1480 My understanding is that they were dressing up really nicely to see a live performance in the Washington D.C. area.

for someone who said "no sex' she sure chose a dress that might suggest otherwise lol

God Mallory was unbearable as a character so boring

@Mark-ke1rj

Ай бұрын

but really, really pretty.

@keithduvall812

4 күн бұрын

She's a school teacher to small children

She should have told her father, "I told Sam there would be no sex. Now, there will be sex tonight, tomorrow, all next week, next weekend and maybe for the next month. Don't mess with me, again."