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1.01 PILOT | ||||
LAURIE: I want you to know, it's not like I'm a drug person, I just LOVE pot. LEO: He's a klutz, Mrs. Landingham, your president's a geek! LEO: Can you get him? DONNA: (shouting) JOSH! LEO: Thanks. JOSH: You're dating Lloyd Russell? MANDY: Yes. JOSH: Wow. That's great. MANDY: Are you gonna freak out? JOSH: No, no, no, not at all. I just always thought he was gay. SAM: The White House as you know was built several years ago, mostly, if I'm not mistaken, out of cement. the room we're in right now, the Roosevelt Room, is very famous. It's named after our eighteenth president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The chairs that you're sitting in today are fashioned from the lumber of a pirate ship captured during the Spanish-American War... MALLORY: I'm sorry to be rude, but are you a moron? SAM: In this particular area, yes. MALLORY: The eighteenth president was Ulyses S. Grant and the Roosevelt Room was named for Theodore. SAM: Really? MALLORY: There's like a 6' painting on the wall of Teddy Roosevelt. SAM: I shoulda put 2 and 2 together. MALLORY: Yes. SAM: Look, the thing is, while there are a great number of things I can speak about with authority, I"m not good at talking about the White House. MALLORY: You're the White House Deputy Communications Director and you're not good at talking about the White House? SAM: Ironic, isn't it? MALLORY: I don't believe this - SAM: Wait, wait. Do me a favour. Please. Can you point out Leo McGarry's daughter? MALLORY: Why? SAM: If I could make eye contact with her, make her laugh, y'know, see that she has a good time, it might go a long way toward making my life easier. Mallory: These children work hard. All of them. And I'm not very including at this moment to make your life easier. SAM: Ms. O'Brian, I understand your feelings. But please belive me when I tell you that I"m a nice guy having a bad day. I just found out the Times is publishing a poll that says a considerable portion of America feels the White House has lost energy and focus. A perception that isn't likely to be altered by the video footage of the President riding his bicycle into a tree. As we speak, the Coast Guard is fishing Cubans out of the Atlantic Ocean while the Governor of Florida wants to blockade the Port of Miami. A good friend of mine is about to get fired for going on television and making sense, and it turns out I accidentally slept with a prostitute last night. Now would you please, in the name of compassion, tell me which one of those kids is my boss's daughter? MALLORY: That would be me. SAM: You. MALLORY: Yes. SAM: Leo's daughter's fourth grade class. MALLORY: Yes. SAM: Well, this is bad on so many levels. POTUS: Mrs. Landingham, what's next? |