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@BlackBarney Ай бұрын

The casting of Admiral/Chairman Fitzwallace is one of the best television casting decisions of all time

@wilson2455 Ай бұрын

recent SCOTUS rulings mean that Bartlett could address the nation & state, " you bet I ordered the murder of Sharif & there's fck all you can do about it.. ".

@antonbruce1241 Ай бұрын

I have always LOVED John Amos in this role. His performance was always perfection in this role. It's a damned shame they killed the Fitzwallace character off...

@bsgtrekfan88 Ай бұрын

@@antonbruce1241 I remember when his character um....well spoiler free but I was literally half upset and half PISSED! I was like "Really?! Thats how he goes out?!"

@BaseFury Ай бұрын

Agreed, remembering that virtually ALL of the casting was near genius.

@Mexican_Trucker 2 күн бұрын

John Amos is an straight up American Treasure!

@theplourde 2 ай бұрын

Fitzwallace was the guy you wanted in a critical situation.

@andrewgundy3045 2 ай бұрын

And doctor mcnalley!

@AdanBean Ай бұрын

The best situation room scene was Fitz discussing with Leo how he can’t tell the difference between peace and wartime

@timbushell8640 23 күн бұрын

But he is wrong regarding 'soldiers' of the Agincourt/Crecy period being treated with respect. Captured archers would lose their bow string fingers... hence the V sign with fingers that isn't Churchillian.

@unscentednapalm8547 10 күн бұрын

@@timbushell8640 absolute nonsense.

@kw7807 10 күн бұрын

Also he said he’s been a soldier-which is not correct-USN-he’s a sailor

@belvert1 2 күн бұрын

@@kw7807i always laughed at that….blame Sorkin, he refused any deviation from his scripts! Regardless, John Amos brought the heat in every one of his scenes, and this was a great one…..The laws of NATURE don’t apply here!……..and that look Fitz gives Leo when discussing Kumar reopening the investigation, that’s James Evans right there!

@Vesperitis 2 ай бұрын

There is something terrifying in the simplicity of "Mr. President, we've put together a scenario by which we attack *Hassan Airport."* It showcases just how _easy_ it would be to inflict maximum harm, and that maintaining peace is the truly difficult choice.

@paulc7486 2 ай бұрын

And yet, we don’t target civilian targets.

@akshatverma6189 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂@@paulc7486

@bigbadjohn7053 2 ай бұрын

Always appreciated to question that seen brings up. How moral is a proportional response, really? It has brought us decades of continual minor wars. Is this really better? Not saying it isn't better, but I would hope in halls were it matters, the question was asked.

@heddalee 2 ай бұрын

I would think the Iraq war and the 3/4ths of a million people murdered by Americans because a corrupt administration ordered it would be example enough.

@micky_qt 2 ай бұрын

@@bigbadjohn7053 A disproportional response would likely beget an even more disproportional response, basically MAD doctrine. Whether it's a drunk person in a bar that kills someone with a punch because of a perceived look, or a nuclear nation launching because of a radar blip.

@rudyjuarez4535 22 күн бұрын

That part where Leo snaps at that guy over diplomatic talks to save that pilot. I felt that. That's Leo's own personal experiences being shot down.

@melissamarsh2219 2 ай бұрын

I love the situation room scenes, usually means we get to see Fitz

@SFXDreamer Ай бұрын

"docking someone's allowance", "5000 dollar punishment for a 50 dollar crime" and all the President Walken scenes in the situation room and before the press core, still gives me chills. Best TV-show ever!

@zerocoolcat Ай бұрын

"Just another crazy general with guns. No offense Fitz." Legend.

@joec9693 Ай бұрын

I'm sure Admiral Fitzwallace was probably more offended at being compared to a General.

@MHLegacy Ай бұрын

He should have replied, "None taken. I'm a crazy Admiral, not a crazy General."

@ScootsFromNewCastle 18 күн бұрын

It’s 1 am and you’re standing outside my daughter’s bedroom 😂

@s.h.5485 2 ай бұрын

Longer clips like this are super welcome!

@joey3301 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely!! You took the words right out of my mouth! ❤

@mvalovalo Ай бұрын

“Phil, if it ends up Fitzwallace has to call this kid’s parents I swear to God I’m invading Baghdad. Get him back.” Chills

@esousa486 Ай бұрын

Biden would NOT remember what was said, 5 minutes afterwards ....LOLOL 🤣🤣🤣😂🙃

@georgepratt4988 Ай бұрын

Wasn’t that his last episode before Nancy came in?

@Gobbersmack 18 күн бұрын

Looks like he didn't get him back IRL

@kw7807 10 күн бұрын

@@Gobbersmackthey got him back

@TheDiablotak Ай бұрын

Fitzwallace has to be one of the best written military leaders in TV history. He’s not a stereotypical overconfident general, he’s contemplative and assured with out being overbearing and he’s understanding and accepting of Bartletts lack of military experience and foreign policy knowledge

@mineown1861 Ай бұрын

President suggested bumping it from a $50 fine to a $5000 one , what the joint chiefs came back with was bumping the fine up to a kneecapping .

@bruenor82 Ай бұрын

they managed their boss

@dirdib69 Ай бұрын

I love Margaret's judging stare as Leo lies about having eaten half a grapefruit.

@jamiestewart48 2 ай бұрын

I adore how he asks the pilot about his ankle and then for his parents number because usually he calls parents of lost service members and now he gets to have a waaaay better version!

@markcollins2666 17 күн бұрын

Well, the thing is, the President never gets to call the parents FIRST.

@stephencronin1080 14 күн бұрын

@@markcollins2666the military does it first?

@markcollins2666 14 күн бұрын

@@stephencronin1080, of course

@NahualliUoxtitla 19 күн бұрын

@28:37 Leo's realization he can't discuss this issue with Bartlet

@michaelhewitt258 Ай бұрын

Bartlett for President 2024

@joangibb7480 Ай бұрын

At this point today yes

@pamelaunderwood7983 20 күн бұрын

This goes off but my favorite of Fitzwallis is when he walks in on the meeting about gays in the military...John Amos was so wonderful! He was one of my favorites...wish he had been used even more!

@belvert1 Ай бұрын

“Is this another crazy general with guns…..no offense, Fitz.” That always cracked me up!!!! Gawd, the casting of John Amos was so utterly perfect. Gravitas with a touch of wry.

@Hesitatedeye 2 ай бұрын

I gotta admit showing a prospective love interest how their hometown is gonna be during a nuclear strike is a hell of a opening moving in the game of woo.

@bsgtrekfan88 Ай бұрын

I mean who else can say they used a billion dollar defense network computer to show your date her hometown during a first strike on the U.S . . . .LOL!!

@Hesitatedeye Ай бұрын

@@bsgtrekfan88 pretty sure Howard from Big Bang Theory would do it.

@summernightlavvy9771 2 ай бұрын

OH YEAH WE GOT LONGFORM NOW LETS GO!

@timbushell8640 23 күн бұрын

Whole episodes, nay seasons even.

@bradrothberg5863 Ай бұрын

What a cast ensemble! Spencer was terrific.

@wilson2455 Ай бұрын

the " Oh shit.. " look that Fitz sneaks to Leo is genius directing..

@patriciafleming8402 2 ай бұрын

Sure this is television and not real. But this is how I want POTUS to react; by taking those moments to find clarity for what he has to do. Find clarity for the decision he is about to make. Understanding fully that there will be a reaction to his actions that will put others in harms way. Clear heads should prevail in a crisis.

@scotthunt2479 2 ай бұрын

Yes! Keep the longer videos coming. We'll be watching all of them.

@FlameKoRn 2 ай бұрын

I love how they introduce Lord John Marlbury. CJ on the phone to whomwever

@JenThePirate Ай бұрын

I’m so thrilled that TWW has an official KZfaq channel ❤ keeping the best tv show or all time, alive

@Gredddfe 2 ай бұрын

I always smile whenever I see President Goodman.

@esousa486 Ай бұрын

John Goodman is an AWESOME actor 👌👍👍👍

@user-hh9mr7sr7f Ай бұрын

@@esousa486 I never seen anyone say something negative about him.

@HAL_NINER_TRIPLE_ZERO Ай бұрын

I HATE what they did to Toby's character with regard to the military space shuttle story line. First off, I do not for a moment believe Toby's brother would have revealed that information to Toby. Second, even if he did, while Toby may have disagreed with any decision not to employ the military shuttle for a rescue mission, he would have respected the President's reasoning and kept mum. Thirdly, if Toby could not reconcile that reasoning, then he would have simply resigned. No way he gives the quote to a reporter.

@slapshot1343 2 ай бұрын

This is EXACTLY the compilation I was waiting for!

@markc7440 Ай бұрын

TWW was one of the best TV series ever. President Bartlett was the best President that the US never had. I did wonder about the proportional response though. The situation went from one basic response to huge response and no stops along the way. "Four rated targets" well why not hit eight or ten rated targets, but well below the wholly disproportionate response. Apparently Martin Sheen is a softly spoken and kind man. This shows how strong and actor he is with the performance of rage he gives. Even his first lines on the show, end of the first episode, quoting the Commandments was a powerful introduction for his character.

@zerocoolcat Ай бұрын

3:48: I love the way Leo looks at Bartlet here: now you will all see why I made this guy president.

@steveanderson8137 Ай бұрын

John Spencer was meant to play Leo. So good!

@timbushell8640 23 күн бұрын

"I am not at liberty..."

@user-vb1el6ps7j 18 күн бұрын

Excellent casting and they deliver great writing.

@TheWorldsEnd66 11 күн бұрын

This whole episode explores the ethical dilemmas of the Commander in Chief. The tension between professional armed forces personnel, an elected official and the consequences from such a decision. Awesome writing as always

@michaelmuldowney8 2 ай бұрын

I agree with the disproportionate response.

@howardchambers9679 Ай бұрын

I really miss this show.

@wonder528 Ай бұрын

Bartlett was Walken in sheep’s clothing.

@stephencronin1080 14 күн бұрын

Walken, canonically, served in the military. Infantry in Vietnam as far as I remember

@mannyram9717 Ай бұрын

John Goodman was fantastic in this role

@jamespearson6887 Ай бұрын

I am reading " the situation room by George Stephanopoulos, very good book!

@user-tm9qs7jo9j Ай бұрын

The show is very generous with its portrayal of politicians but its portrayal of the generals and joint chiefs has to be spot on. Most of the time the politicians dont deserve to be in the same room with them.

@nickmcmahon623 Ай бұрын

The greatest president America never had🇺🇸

@iandowall153 2 ай бұрын

Love this channel, keep it up. However, I want to point out that there has been an unconscionable lack of Anna Deavere Smith clips uploaded so far, Nancy McNally may have only been in 20 episodes but she was one of the greatest side characters in an already stacked cast.

@PantherU 2 ай бұрын

She’s in this video

@iandowall153 2 ай бұрын

@@PantherU Yeah, obviously. And that's the only clip of Nancy uploaded to the channel so far.

@andrewgundy3045 2 ай бұрын

She’s wonderful in this show and American president

@duffydo Күн бұрын

John Amos fit that roll like a great winter coat

@robertcollins403 10 күн бұрын

AMERICA.. UANITED WE STAND. DEVIDED WE FALL. GOD BLESS AMERICA.❤❤❤❤

@Drumma516 2 ай бұрын

Thank you to whoeverade this video

@2013jpm 2 ай бұрын

The "proportional response" scene is ridiculous. That Fitzwallace and his team, in giving the president a supposedly more robust response option, present one which involves possibly thousands of civilian casualties, is preposterous. As opposed to maybe....every military airfield, port and headquarters in half of the country is destroyed overnight, or something similar in scale.

@galwitprifor001 2 ай бұрын

That’s the point he’s trying to make - he took the extreme option to show the President what it means to take a disproportionate response.

@2013jpm 2 ай бұрын

@@galwitprifor001 - But that isn't what it means. Massive destruction to the enemy's military ability with minor, if any, civilian casualties is exactly what Bartlett asked for. Fitzwallace did not give it to him when it was certainly within the US military's ability to provide.

@galwitprifor001 2 ай бұрын

@@2013jpm That’s what Bartlett thought he was asking for. But Fitz knew that such an action would eventually escalate to the point where civilians would be targeted because there was no other way to get to the enemy’s leaders. So he skipped the intermediate steps and showed Bartlett the worst case scenario short of a nuke.

@2013jpm Ай бұрын

@@galwitprifor001 - that's a possibility, sure, but it's not what the president asked for. An overwhelming response that reduces the enemy's military capabilities to the point that not only is its ability to cause mayhem around the globe threatened but its survival in the region is at risk might just do the job - which was exactly what Bartlett wanted. USN F-14s shooting down two Libyan Migs once accomplished this very thing.

@KosherCookery Ай бұрын

I would actually suggest it's a great example of managing up. Adm. Fitzwallace wants Pericles One, so the alternative he offers is deliberately unacceptable to the President's moral imperatives. It could have been more subtle (e.g. a more comprehensive response that risked American attrition), but they're writers not strategists.

@Dominus_Maximus 23 күн бұрын

This opening sequence drove me crazy. You mean to tell me that the brightest military minds in the world couldn’t come up with a better idea that would reduce civilian casualties…. I highly doubt that.

@OenopionOenopion 9 күн бұрын

CJ was often out-of-the-loop, less senior, and less knowledgeable than other staff members, yet somehow becomes chief of staff.

@FullmetalSP1 2 ай бұрын

Oopsy. Looks like someone got their first little bit of bloodlust.

@jamiestewart48 2 ай бұрын

He was pissed as his personal physician was killed, and he had kids

@votemonty1815 2 ай бұрын

THIS...BRILLIANT. 👌

@mannyram9717 Ай бұрын

That was such a funny flex: “let’s see if your hometown survives the nuclear apocalypse”

@ReaverLordTonus 15 күн бұрын

Can you imagine if Fritz gave that airport strike briefing and Bartlett just said, "Now that's what I'm talking about. let's do it!"

@Matthew10950 Ай бұрын

Love how he asks for the parents phone number. I wonder how many 26 year olds now know that off hand somewhere over the middle east.

@MumrikDK 15 күн бұрын

It was the era of having to remember phone numbers.

@blindspott1060 Ай бұрын

An unarmed F-117 flying patrol in a no fly zone...how does he defend himself, spriballs? The F-1178 was designed to be a stealth bomber...no guns, not designed to dogfight.

@ryansproviero 5 күн бұрын

I didn't know Coulson and Shield had a seat in the Situation Room.

@LMays-cu2hp Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this show.😊

@stereoroid 25 күн бұрын

12:20 something that just occurred to me: why would a F-117A patrol a no-fly zone? It was a bomber, it had no air-to-air combat capability and carried no air-to-air weapons at all.

@Mrsnichols1965 Ай бұрын

Seriously, the whole Kumari plane deal, but NOT the scene in the Sit room where Fitzwallace and Leo argue over what war is and if the target is worth hitting?

@thejanitor3337 Ай бұрын

John Goodman is amazing.

@ameliapond1916 9 күн бұрын

Toby took the fall for CJ? How did I miss that??

@JTwelks32 19 күн бұрын

“I’m gonna blow the hell out of something” lol

@edmundfuerst5662 Ай бұрын

And yet this is almost always the LEAST important factor voters consider even though EVERY President says this is the hardest part of the job 😩😩😩😩

@jonnnyren6245 2 ай бұрын

Anything that happens in the Situation Room is a dangerous scenario to me if there's anything I've learned from this TV series. In reality it's the same thing. Whoever the President may be, if you're sent to the Situation Room that means SOMETHING REAL SERIOUS IS ABOUT TO GO DOWN and a RIDICULOUSLY NERVE WRACKING AND HEART POUNDING AND SOUL CRUSHING DECISION HAS TO BE MADE.

@janisthibodeau3861 25 күн бұрын

Brilliant 😮

@shalamarlewis2584 6 күн бұрын

O thought the treasurer is the vault held in the president's suit! Why- the president is a impersonal assistant to the civilians in the future. The person's here represent something , not the united States of America. The currency the president uses is rented, the vault in the suit is property protection. His personal weapon is his security.❤❤❤❤

@SiavashAgharazi 2 ай бұрын

Every compilation I watch just hammers in the fact that the non-Sorkin seasons are so inferior.

@westtell4 11 күн бұрын

the illusive man even has the smoke

@leonkernan 11 күн бұрын

The Space Shuttle story never made an ounce of sense, but not because of the leak in any way. It's impossible for anything to launch without someone noticing, just look at any SpaceX launch today. Hell, we even know when the Chinese launch, even if we don't know what they're launching.

@A.D.0306 2 ай бұрын

Eagle... Right Face!

@heddalee 2 ай бұрын

Charlie was ridiculous coming out of her room in deshabille.

@GardenerTobak Ай бұрын

It would really help if you could please put time stamps in the comments telling us which episodes these segments are from, so we know which episode we want to watch in full.

@georgepratt4988 Ай бұрын

Can anyone make an All Leo Scenes video?? I’d really love that. I love John S. He deserves it too.

@graysono Ай бұрын

I am staggered that the company that in 1886 got the Patent-Motorwagen, for what is widely regarded as the first internal combustion engine in a self-propelled automobile. The slogan for the brand then was "The Best or Nothing!". What an amazing waste of Court time when all they had to do was spend what - $200? - and simply replace the steering wheel. How does three-pronged remain one of the most sold car brands? How?! Keep up the superb journalism JC! MB may give you a car as a thank you?!

@lekoman Ай бұрын

Does anyone know how they actually *do* do the thing with the carpet?

@joen0411 Ай бұрын

How could you not have the one with Canada.

@tyyip1829 2 ай бұрын

The question is : how and where did Leo get to know the details and ends to the sit-room's operations? He was a cabinet member in the previous administration, but there was no reason why he'd been in the situation room before!

@jamiestewart48 2 ай бұрын

Leo was in the military. At this point the only former military member, and he’s worked at defence contractors. He knows the jargon, the way things go.

@LuvHurtsEitherWay69 Ай бұрын

And every chef of staff is in that room with the POTUS

@pbdye1607 Ай бұрын

29:52 - If looks could kill...

@TairnKA 24 күн бұрын

I wonder what happened with "Gail", C.J. Cregg's goldfish, did Allison Janney keep it? ;-)

@evanfinch4987 Ай бұрын

America at peak hard power.

@shonen84 2 күн бұрын

Wait…is that actual Rex Tillerson at 4:45??

@Coyote5005 Ай бұрын

I always liked the situation room scenes, but man could they have used a military tech advisor. It’s like they flipped through a book of military terms and just picked them at random.

@ProntoReseller Ай бұрын

John Paul guy story line was never fully explained, just dropped. Odd.

@elizabethdillon4945 9 күн бұрын

They left out " admiral sissy mary. "

@fendypradanasaputra8068 2 ай бұрын

23:00 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@pyroslev 2 ай бұрын

When you could do politics in a show and do it right.

@Baelor-Breakspear Ай бұрын

See Israel proportional response is there for a reason.

@grantairias 2 ай бұрын

hey, people uploading these clips- would you consider adding subtitles?

@LuLu-xs4sh 2 ай бұрын

Is Phil in this scene David Axelrod?

@monizdm Ай бұрын

One wonders if Bibi has watched this. Probably not...

@user-hh9mr7sr7f Ай бұрын

Sheen 2028? lol I think he is 85-90 now

@withonelook1985 Ай бұрын

Admiral SissyMary

@danielserrano591 20 күн бұрын

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@TroupeGoal 29 күн бұрын

How would Bartlett not understand the virtue of a proportionate response? Always bothered me.

@MindlessZombie2006 27 күн бұрын

Well, the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, which were launched in response to 3000 deaths in the US, resulted in well over 1 million civilian casualties, so that's roughly a 300-1 ratio over more than a decade of hostilities. Israel's response to 1100 deaths in October '23 has so far tallied 40 thousand deaths, more than 60 percent of them civilians, in just under 9 months. A proportional response is the exception, not the rule here.

@thomaszinser8714 13 күн бұрын

If I recall correctly, somebody who he knew was on the plane that was shot down. So he wasn't thinking entirely rationally, he was thinking of revenge.