| QUOTE ("Game On" @ Season 4 Episode 6) |
| THE WEST WING "GAME ON" WRITTEN BY: AARON SORKIN & PAUL REDFORD DIRECTED BY: ALEX GRAVES TEASER FADE IN: INT. TOBY'S OFFICE - DAY TUESDAY, 7:25 A.M. TOBY A crisis of confidence? LEO Yeah. TOBY I don't understand. LEO I was on the helicopter with him earlier this morning, and I'm telling you he's second guessing himself, he's revising answers in his head... TOBY Leo? LEO I know. TOBY What-what... I don't... When I left him, he was ready. I don't understand. He's ready. You can see it. LEO Not this morning. TOBY This isn't supposed to happen with you people. LEO Christians? TOBY Yes. What happened to "steady as she goes"? LEO A smart guy said the Presidential elections are won and lost on one square foot of real estate. [points to his head] Up here. TOBY Well, that's great. LEO Yeah. TOBY All right, we still got a day and half before he debates. We'll go back to school. LEO I think that's just going to pour gas on the problem. TOBY What do you want to do? LEO We've got a two-minute drill right now. I think whatever answers he gives we should just say "That's terrific, Mr. President." TOBY Then what's the point of the two-minute drill? LEO We got five of them scheduled before tomorrow night. We're using one of them for this. TOBY This is crazy. I don't believe this. LEO That's terrific, Mr. President. TOBY All right. Toby and Leo enter the COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE. SAM Leo... TOBY Listen, we're going to do something in the... in the drill right now. SAM What? TOBY No notes, just positive reinforcement. SAM Why? TOBY He has a problem this morning. SAM All right. Leo, I've got a 9:30 flight. I'll be there sometime after lunch. LEO You really can't do this with a phone call? SAM Oh, God, I don't know. The man died. There's a widow. We're asking them to pack. I'm an hour and 15 minutes away in a rental car, and we didn't make it personal. LEO All right, I just need you in San Diego. They see Josh in the HALLWAY. TOBY Josh! LEO We're still looking for ten words. JOSH I'm still looking for them, too. LEO Ten words, ten words-- let's go. JOSH We're going to expand the field. They all enter the OUTER OVAL OFFICE. C.J.'s already there. TOBY No notes during this drill. [to C.J.] That's you, too. C.J. What's that? TOBY No notes during the drill. JOSH Why? TOBY He's in his head. JOSH There's pretty important feedback in the two-minute drills. TOBY We've got four more. We've got one on the plane. C.J. When is Debbie actually starting? LEO The President sent her to the Maxwell school for a three-day crash course in everything. TOBY You know you've got a ten dollar bill in there on your clipboard. C.J. Yeah. I owe it to someone. CHARLIE You can all go on in. JOSH Thank you. They all go inside THE OVAL OFFICE. BARTLET Ten words. Ten words. JOSH We don't have them yet, Mr. President. BARTLET All right, let's do a drill. C.J. Mr. President, despite a rise in tension around the globe, you've held up funding for a missile defense shield. BARTLET Too much money for too little protection. ALL Good. BARTLET Next. JOSH Sir, you oppose a voucher system that would offer children a choice of better schools... BARTLET That would offer some children a choice of better schools, but I haven't given up the ghost on better schools for everybody, and vouchers drain money from that goal. TOBY Mr. President, this next question is on capital punishment, which you oppose: If your youngest daughter Zoey was raped and murdered, would you not want to see the man responsible put to death? BARTLET First of all, it's important to understand the President doesn't make that decision, though he appoints the Supreme Court Justices who do so. What... any... um... All right, I'm not going to say that. I'll just go right to... No, I don't. I think you know that I'm opposed.... [sighs] Let's not do that. I haven't seen any evidence that it's a deterrent, and there are more effective... In my state... TOBY Oh, my God. BARTLET What? TOBY [to Leo] You weren't kidding. [to Bartlet] What's the matter with you? When I left you... I just mentioned your daughter being murdered, and you're giving us an answer that's not only soporific, it's barely human! Yes, you'd want to see him put to death. You'd want it to be cruel and unusual, which is why it's probably a good idea that fathers of murder victims don't have legal rights in these situations. Now, we're going back to school. There is a long pause of silence, then they all begin to laugh. BARTLET Let's go-- ten bucks. Crisis of confidence. [to Leo] You did one square foot of real estate. LEO Yes, I did. BARTLET Ten bucks for you. [to Toby] And you-- You big bear, come to me. I'm going to kiss you right on the mouth. C.J. Ten bucks. LEO Anything else, sir? BARTLET Work hard. ALL Thank you, sir. They head back out to the OUTER OVAL OFFICE. JOSH [to Sam] Have a safe flight. SAM I'll see you in San Diego. JOSH [to Toby] Sorry about that. It was the President idea. He bet us you couldn't stay quiet if he gave a bad answer. What? TOBY He's ready. SMASH CUT TO: MAIN TITLES. END TEASER * * * |
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THE WEST WING "ELECTION NIGHT" TELEPLAY BY: AARON SORKIN STORY BY: DAVID GERKEN & DAVID HANDELMAN DIRECTED BY: LESLI LINKA GLATTER TEASER FADE IN: INT. POLLING PLACE - DAY PRECINCT FOUR POLLING PLACE WEST END PUBLIC LIBRARY 24TH & L 7:17 A.M. Josh walks out of the polling booth after placing his votes. A lady puts a sticker on his jacket. JOSH Thank you. MAN You're Josh Lyman, aren't you? JOSH Yeah. MAN Yeah. I've seen you're picture a lot. Can I ask you something? JOSH Sure. MAN Bartlet's on the ballot for the Democratic Party and for the Statehood Party. It's okay that I voted for him in both columns, right? JOSH No, you can't vote for him in two columns. MAN I already did. JOSH You're ballots going to be invalidated. MAN What the hell for? JOSH You're only allowed to vote once. MAN He's on the ballot twice. JOSH He's on the ballot more than that. He's on the ballot as the Liberal Party nominee... MAN I'm saying I'm for statehood. JOSH Me, too, and I'm saying yours is a vote we didn't get. BLACK MAN I'm so sorry to interrupt. Did I hear you say that you're supposed to vote for the President in both columns? JOSH No. No, uh, you can vote for the President in whatever column you want, but you can only vote once. BEGGERLY WOMAN He's right. JOSH Yes, I'm... Yes. BEGGERLY WOMAN And I'll tell you a secret for a shortcut: If you just, say, vote for one Democrat and leave all the rest of the boxes blank, then you voted for the Democrats. JOSH Yes. No. It doesn't... You can't vote for a party. You have to vote for a person. BEGGERLY WOMAN No, I think you're wrong. JOSH I'm not. BEGGERLY WOMAN I left all but one box blank. JOSH Well, then you voted for none but one candidate. BEGGERLY WOMAN Nuts. JOSH Did you vote for the President? Was the Presidnet the one box? BEGGERLY WOMAN Ah, who remembers? JOSH It was a minute and a half ago. BEGGERLY WOMAN Don't be rude. JOSH I'm sorry. Thank you for voting. Josh walks away. WOMAN IN RED COAT Excuse me. JOSH [frustrated] Yes. What? He turns around to see a pretty brunette, and he mellows out. JOSH Yes, hello. WOMAN IN RED COAT You're who I think you are, right? JOSH I can be who you want. WOMAN IN RED COAT That's funny. JOSH Thank you. WOMAN IN RED COAT Um, I saw you getting run over by those people. JOSH Just part of the job ma'am. They get on an escalator. WOMAN IN RED COAT Mm. I guess you hear some pretty silly questions. JOSH Well, I'm just worried 'cause they all tried to vote for Bartlet, and if this keeps up, we're headed towards biggest electoral upset in history and nobody's going to be able to figure out why. WOMAN IN RED COAT Right, well, it's the same thing with my parents. I tell them to just rank the candidates in order of preference. JOSH Right. No! ASIAN LADY Mr. Lyman, I voted for your boy in all three boxes. JOSH No. Listen to me. Your ballot is invalid. [to woman in red coat] So is yours. Punch the box next to the candidate you prefer once-- nothing else. WOMAN IN RED COAT I'm sorry, one more thing. JOSH Yes. WOMAN IN RED COAT I have a message from Toby Ziegler. JOSH What? WOMAN IN RED COAT I have a message from Toby Ziegler. JOSH You know Toby? WOMAN IN RED COAT He says... ten dollars. Josh looks up to see every one he was talking to standing in the background laughing. JOSH I see. You guys are a little troupe. A little acting troupe with a "U". MAN Yes sir, we are. Can I give you a card? JOSH No. MAN Mr. Ziegler said you were a little edgy on election days, so, just to show there are no hard feelings, how about if I go down there and vote for the President? Right now. JOSH As a matter of fact, that would be nice. MAN No problem. Do you happen to know if I need to be... I don't know, pre-registered or something? Josh bursts out the doors and yells. JOSH Yes! SMASH CUT TO: MAIN TITLES. END TEASER * * * |
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THE WEST WING “ENEMIES” STORY BY: RICK CLEVELAND, LAWRENCE O’DONNELL JR. & PATRICK CADDELL TELEPLAY BY: RON OSBORN & JEFF RENO DIRECTED BY: ALAN TAYLOR TEASER FADE IN: INT. THE OVAL OFFICE - NIGHT 1:30 A.M. Bartlet, sitting in a chair in the middle of his office, is talking to Josh. Josh looks very sleepy, but Bartlet still continues to speak. BARTLET Yellowstone, established by an act signed by Ulysses S. Grant was the nation’s first national park - March 1, 1872. JOSH [stands] It’s getting late, sir. I was wondering, are we through for the evening? BARTLET [smiling] Well, we’re through with work, Josh, but this part’s fun. JOSH What part, sir? BARTLET The part where I get you to sit down, and teach you a little something. JOSH [sits] Ah. BARTLET Yeah. JOSH You’re not tired, sir? BARTLET No. JOSH Perhaps, if you get into bed and... BARTLET I’m a national park buff, Josh. JOSH I’m sorry, sir? BARTLET [smiling] I said I’m a national park buff. I bet you didn’t know that about me. JOSH Well, I didn’t know that about you, sir, but I’m certainly not surprised. BARTLET Why is that? JOSH You’re... quite a nerd, Mr. President. BARTLET Really? JOSH Yes, sir. BARTLET I assume that was said with all due respect. JOSH Yes, sir. BARTLET [gets up and sits near Josh] Is it nerd-like to know that Everglades National Park is the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the continental United States, AND has extensive mangrove forests? JOSH Just a little bit. Yes, sir. BARTLET There are 54 national parks in the country, Josh. JOSH Please tell me you haven’t been to all of them. BARTLET I HAVE been to all of them. I should show you my slide collection. JOSH Oh, would you? BARTLET [counting with fingers] Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Badlands, Capitol Reef, Acadia, which is so often overlooked... JOSH You should certainly feel free to keep talking, but I need to go home so I could be back in my office in four hours. BARTLET Dry Tortugas... JOSH See, the thing is, I can’t leave without your permission. BARTLET Petrified Forests, North Cascades, Joshua Tree, Shenandoah National Park, right here in Virginia! [bangs hand on couch] We should organize a staff field trip to Shenandoah. What do you think? [walks to his desk and writes a note] JOSH Good a place as any to dump your body. BARTLET What was that? JOSH Did I say that out loud? BARTLET See, and I was gonna let you go home. JOSH But instead? BARTLET We’re gonna talk about Yosemite. He sits back on his chair. Josh rests back his head on his chair. SMASH CUT TO: MAIN TITLES. END TEASER * * * |
| QUOTE ("BAD MOON RISING" @ Season 2 Episode 19) |
| THE WEST WING "BAD MOON RISING" TELEPLAY BY: AARON SORKIN STORY BY: FELICIA WILLSON DIRECTED BY: BILL JOHNSON TEASER WOMAN [VO] Go home. MAN [VO] No. WOMAN [VO] You were up all night. FADE IN: INT. OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL - DAY The White House Counsel, OLIVER BABISH, is getting ready to leave. OLIVER BABISH Do you know why? WOMAN Oliver... OLIVER Because my staff's work on the analysis of HR 437 ignored the Fourth Amendment implications and instead... WOMAN Yes. OLIVER ...became fascinated with the Third, Seventh and Eleventh. WOMAN Please. In the middle of his desk, Oliver has a large gavel. OLIVER Like you've got to be a prime number to get the attention of the U.S. Supreme Court. WOMAN You can really go home and get a few hours sleep before you go to the airport. OLIVER That's why I was up all night. Where am I going? WOMAN You're going on vacation. OLIVER Wait, it's coming back to me. WOMAN Oliver... OLIVER It's not a vacation. WOMAN You'll have a... OLIVER It's a forced vacation. MAN In Borneo. OLIVER It's an international law summit where m supposed to show my support for -- I'm not certain -- so I have that in my notes someplace? WOMAN Yes. OLIVER I need the amicus brief on Sovereign Immunity... WOMAN It's there. OLIVER Federal Land Use... MAN It's there. WOMAN Would you like us to pack your big hammer? OLIVER You know what? Don't make fun of the big hammer. The big hammer happens to be a gavel given to my father's father by Justice Louis Brandeis. I need a Dictaphone. WOMAN You've got one on your desk. OLIVER It doesn't work. WOMAN What's wrong with it? OLIVER Doesn't work. MAN He's asking... OLIVER It's stuck on record. It won't stop recording things; so it's just what you want lying around the White House Counsel's Office because there's never been a problem with that before. Okay, you know what else? WOMAN You're going to go home and sleep until your plane leaves. OLIVER I'm fine sleeping until well after that but somebody call me when my car's on the way. MAN Excuse me, Mr. Babish. OLIVER I'm going home. MAN That was Mr. McGarry's office. He's on his way down with the President. WOMAN You should fix your tie. OLIVER Yeah. CUT TO: INT. THE OVAL OFFICE - DAY Bartlet is talking to an advisor. BARTLET I couldn't disagree more, Cal. As long as these people are funding their public school districts with property taxes, neither the value of the schools nor the value of their property is going to go up. It's a vicious circle. It's terrible and it has to be stopped. CAL So we're going to do something about it. BARTLET I wouldn't go that far. Anything else? CAL No, sir. Thank you. BARTLET Thank you. Leo walks in as Cal leaves. LEO Mr. President. BARTLET It's a vicious circle, Leo. LEO Yeah. BARTLET It never stops. LEO Sir... BARTLET It just goes round and round... LEO Look... BARTLET ...and round and round. LEO Let's go see him. BARTLET Now? LEO He's waiting for us. BARTLET We really need to see him now? LEO What better time? BARTLET Well... later. LEO Let's go. They start to walk out to the HALLWAYS. BARTLET Five White House Counsels in two and a half years. Cochran, Gates, Solomon, Tribbey. Why can't I keep a head lawyer around here? LEO 'Cause they all show up thinking they're going to be a counselor to the President and you never let them in. BARTLET I don't like new people. LEO Oliver Babish isn't a new person. You know each other. Your kids know each other. You built hospitals together. He was Midwest Finance Chairman on the campaign. BARTLET Never played chess, though, have we? LEO No. BARTLET See? LEO You're scared of Babish. BARTLET Oh, like you're not. LEO No, because we are both men of Chicago. BARTLET What is it with people from Chicago that they're so happy to have been born there? I meet so many people who can't wait to tell me they're from Chicago and when I meet them, they're living anywhere but Chicago. LEO You wouldn't understand. BARTLET He looks down his nose at me 'cause I'm not a lawyer. LEO Yes. BARTLET I didn't go to law school. I got a Ph.D. in economics instead. LEO Your parents were very proud. BARTLET Yeah, and all that happened was I won a Nobel Prize and got elected President so I guess that decision didn't really pay off. LEO Yeah. BARTLET Should I run back and get my Nobel Prize? LEO I think he knows you've got one. Leo and Bartlet enter THE OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL, which has a huge waiting room. The room behind it is huge also, and there are bags in it, fully packed. BARTLET Guy's been here three months he's got a nicer office than I do. LEO He's got a nicer office than I do. BARTLET That matters less to me. Oliver Babish heads out to meet them. OLIVER Good morning, Mr. President. BARTLET Hey, Oliver. OLIVER Come on in. BARTLET What are the bags for? OLIVER I was just heading out on vacation. BARTLET Oh... oh, gosh. Oliver, this... LEO Sir... BARTLET ...this can keep... LEO Mr. President... BARTLET The man's bags are packed. Where are you going? OLIVER Sarawak. BARTLET Asia's best-kept secret. OLIVER Sir, is there something you'd like to, uh...? BARTLET It's really not even... I don't want you to worry that much about it. LEO Sir... BARTLET [to Leo] I'm easing in. LEO Okay. BARTLET Well, Oliver, it really boils down to this I'm going to tell you a story and then I need you to tell me whether or not I've engaged 16 people in a massive criminal conspiracy to defraud the public in order to win a presidential election. OLIVER Okay. He looks at the dictaphone on his desk with mistrust, then at the President. Then he picks up his gavel and smashes it, as Leo and Bartlet jump away in fear. SMASH CUT TO: MAIN TITLES. END TEASER * * * |