Ovrkyl me to man 😭😭❤️👍

I love how John Spencer plays that moment too. He almost doesn't smile just this tiny tug of his lips, just pauses in his usual routine of leaving the office, just for a second. Great actor.

The original idea for the show is that we were supposed to see Sheen very infrequently. That was cast aside with his "I AM THE LORD THY GOD, THOU SHALT HAVE NO GODS BEFORE ME" intro.

One of the most accurate comments on KZfaq of all time.

I loved his performance too. That said, I'd prefer to work with Ainsley Hayes given the option!

I actually thought he knew he was there when he glanced to his left before and after his little best friend speech. I think he was telling Leo how he felt without actually telling him. I feel that is even more powerful than if he truly did not know Leo was there. Imagine being able to sing your best friend's praises under the guise of invisibility?

@@markdziadulewicz6160 You read way too much into that. He didn't see Leo. The reason for the scene was that Leo hear Bartlett's comments without Bartlett knowing it.

@@tomsampson8084 I guess I do 😁 point taken 👍

Bartlett may not have seen Leo...but he did see the red light that let him know the camera was on when he let something slip out he wasn't supposed to say, but wanted it out there. so who knows....I've had big bosses who pretended to not be aware of what was going on, but could hear from across the room things workers were dumb enough to say out loud. Its how they became the big boss.

"Do you have a best friend?" "Yes sir." "Is he (she) smarter than you?" (*laughing) "Yes sir." "Would you trust him (her) with your life?" (*NOT laughing) "...Yes sir." "That's your chief of staff." Tears Sadness Depression Hope Trust Waiting Readiness

*Next Scene* Open on the building exploding, and Roger making his first call to his Best Friend, John "I need you at the White House, you're the new Chief of Staff" Smith

maybe. but please do not compare TWW with Designated Survivor (I watch it every week, so i know what i'm talking about). It' like compare diamond and plastic.

It's not. It's VERY similar to Tom Clancy's "Executive Orders."

I'm starting to be very disappointed with Designated Survivor. I think I was hoping for another West Wing, but you are right. It is comparing a Mercedes with a Pinto. Lol

While there cannot be a possible comparison, I wonder if Keith Sutherland watched this episode before they started filming or if in the show, the President gave him that same speech before the fatal State of the Union.

chris parmly What makes that scene so beautiful is that Jed didn't know Leo was there. That's when the truth comes out...

brothergrimace true that man..true that..

RetroGuy76 in the political arena being a master politician is having the superior intelligence. You can be a genius and still have no clue on how to bring people together. Leo knew what it took. He recognized the attributes that a great leader needed to posses. That kind of insight doesn't come from I.Q. only. But a good mix of E.Q. too.

when you see this after the santos-vinnick election, Leo dead ! :( :( oh my heart!

@@kerryf.6997 These moments on West Wing are great teaching moments for anyone considering politics or who might already be in.

We've all seen (new) Battlestar Galactica. 😜😁

@@chriskelly3481 what was she again, like 43rd in line?

@@chriskelly3481 no we haven’t.

Abosolutely agree!

toss up between this and Toby organizing military services for the homeless vet

Yeah, but he had asked for a raise. This is how they keep you on without paying you more money.

정제웅 Keep fighting. We're with you.

+정제웅 It's on its way.

Watch the episode 'Han': series-top.com/show/the-west-wing-s05e04/season/5/episode/4

Liberty and democracy require constant, vigorous protection by the People, all the People, or it goes away.

South Korea is still one of the great success stories for democratic development. no country is perfect or without backward steps

Hey, now. We capitalize President if not prefaced with "the".

@@partyguy101ify Thanks. Kind of loss track grammatically due to current occupant.

@@partyguy101ify Thanks. Kind of loss track grammatically due to current occupant.

And Teddy Roosevelt behind Bartlett.

GW--George Washington! I had to look because I wondered why there was a portrait of GW Bush in Bartlett's oval office!

Don’t worry. Phil Coulson is the White House’s FBI (*cough* S.H.E.I.L.D.*cough*) liaison. We’ll be okay.

@@remychase And don't forget that he has Leroy Jethro Gibbs as one of secret service (NCIS) agents.

"I know you like ancient things...can you translate this?" ...hands Bartlett the flayed human skin parchment....

Faith as the Secretary of Defence would be an interesting concept.

i've watched this series through 3 times. every couple years I toss on an early episode and end up watching the whole thing.

idealized president. Almost infallible.

@@tokyworld except, he wasn't. He was supremely arrogant. He was constantly plagued by his fears and uncertainties. He was wrathful when stirred to it. And, above all else, he lied to the american people. He was extremely flawed. But he more than made up for it with his many qualities: his insatiable curiousity, his depth and breadth of knowledge, his good will toward others, and his willingness to put the duties of his position beyond anything else; even his own conscience at times. He was far, far from an ideal president. But that's what made him such a good character.

He wasn't real.

Thank you

I disagree. He wasn't an idealized president, just one who understood his duty. As far as being infallible... again I disagree. Bartlett made many mistakes and at times was the consummate politician... making decisions for purely political/partisan ends.

+Christopher Jones "We can only wish that there is someone like that making the decisions..." I'm from 2017 and I've got some bad news...

@@redlightmax 2018 and the news just gets worse and worse. The doctor says to the patient I have good news and bad news. Patient, Give me the bad news Doctor, we amputated your legs by mistake Patient Jesus Christ What's the good news. Doctor, A guy in the next ward wants to buy your slippers. I'm from Ireland and just can't believe what is happening in America.I'm not sure how far the bar can be lowered but we may need a shovel.

@tim murray Thanks for the heads up Tim. Make sure Trump tells Putin that he's running would hate for Putin not to get reelected.

Still no better in 2019. I think I would now pick Jon Stewart as Chief of Staff.

There are Jed Bartlett's out there. But amerikan politics have become SO unspeakably toxic, they want nothing to do with high offices like the presidency, and the skulduggery necessary to obtain those offices. Consequently, we end up with insufferable sociopath's like the former guy. It's a goddamn shame. To say the least.

The "Tin Man Whisperer". 😃 (Sorry... like Joss a lot, but never watched Buffy.)

@@jimg5669 Thank you! That would have bugged me all day.

@@jimg5669 Yes, Tam Elbrun.

Here's the thing: the Secretary knew the President could translate it, otherwise he wouldn't have asked him -- it's an inside joke. In fact, the Secretary likely translated it himself in order to highlight the State of the Union section that he asked the President to read. Shows the Secretary has intellect as well. Even in the smallest roles, the show did this kind of thing all the time. That's why it was so great. I love it.

The Sopranoes was amazing too.

I consider it one of the greatest documents ever written

Current incumbent of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue certainty hasn't read it ...

At school here in the UK I elected to do a year studying American politics and we went through the constitution line-by-line

@@Ulleskelf Similar to us here in the US with the Magna Carta in my case! Though given I don't read Latin like Bartlett, I had to use a translation. Even translated it was a bit dry, but it was actually quite fun to read and pull apart the intent behind each line.

It can be read in its entirety in approx. 15 minutes. The know-nothing blabbermouths like Greene and Boebert would never tire their mediocre brains by actually READING this superb document. After all, reading is hard.

Just a few more weeks ... Hang in there!

These videos are skyrocketing the Kleenex cost in my house. Doesn't matter how often I've seen them, I blubber every time.

wickedpissa25 if somehow, I ever end up being the designated survivor, I would be praying to all Gods, all religious figures and all religions that nothing goes horribly wrong and I am not elevated to that position at that time.

Lee McKay: Post 9/11 yes. This was shot pre-9/11. One designated survivor, then-Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, met his daughter in New York City for dinner. When they went to the restaurant, it was in a full presidential-style motorcade, lights, shrieking police sirens, specialist officers with close quarter battle weapons, and with a military officer that had a duplicate set of the nuclear codes. The speech ended in the middle of dinner. When he got out on the street, it had begun raining and the motorcade, the military officers, all of it was gone. And he was just some guy standing on a NY street in the rain. Donna Shala, the then-H.H.S. Secretary (now a member of the House from south Florida) stayed at the White House and had her staff from H.H.S. over for pizza. She briefly went alone into the Oval Office and sat behind the Resolute Desk for a moment, getting a feel for what it was like to be there. Nowadays, it's far more security conscious. Now it's even pretty well moot since the House and Senate designate survivors who could form a mini-quorum and allow that person to become Acting Speaker of the House or President Pro Tempore of the Senate and then "bump" whatever Cabinet official was designated, making the congressional official the new Acting POTUS. It's all untested legal waters since it's never happened before. It is entirely likely however, that they may be in the D.C. area; an undisclosed location means simply that. When Cheney was often at a "secure, undisclosed location," it was the Vice President's official residence in D.C., where you might expect he would be, or at Camp David, hardly a secret. On 9/11, Cheney refused to evacuate to a more secure location, staying at the PEOC under the White House; Robert Byrd, the then-President Pro Tempore insisted on going home (He was 84 at the time) and Donald Rumsfield refused to go to Site R, the backup Pentagon, sending his deputy instead. Colin Powell was in Latin America at the time. The only one who did follow the protocols, Speaker Dennis Hasert, ended up being out of touch with the rest of the government for the day by going to his secure location.

Andrew Wang You stole my cat

+sumbuddyx I thought it was giant mutant Space Goat!

We're the B ark you see...

Basically the plot point of Designated Survivor

somebuddyX haha

If only there was a Slayer in town!