Tornado Disaster: How Will the Administration Handle It? | The West Wing
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- "I'm sorry, I lost four kids on my route yesterday."
Season 5 Episode 6: Disaster Relief
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I understand why Bartlett wanted to do this, not only to show that the president cared, but he actually did care. Unfortunately, the amount of protection presidents receive with the Secret Service, plus state and local law enforcement, trips like that can actually be a hindrance towards rescue and recovery efforts.
It's not really about caring here; Bartlett is at a low point, like in a daze. Semi-depressive state. His phone call to Leo shows how distracted he is.
This show was at its best when it showed humanity and compassion.
Is a President half as good as Bartlet too much to ask? Why must we pick between dumb and dumber every cycle…
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@@sabrewolf4129he is a billionaire who insults everyone he can and has been convicted of sexual assault. Don't ever compare that scum to Jed Bartlett ever again
Why would the best and brightest people in our country want to have the worst job in the world?
Sorkin's absence is really felt during Season 5 (at least they shake things up the last 2 seasons with the presidential campaign): it's more 'muted', the lighting is darker, the levity is mostly gone, everyone seems depressed. There's a scene in this one where CJ kind of lashes out at Bartlet for his apathy and goes 'I need you to lead!' with tears in her eyes almost, and I tought 'something's off'. I do like the Christmas episode that year though
I think season 5 of the West Wing had some good episodes but it makes sense that season 5 was a little shaky as the new producers needed to move on from Sorkin and set their own pace.
I must confess love this episode think the lighting helps with the setting here and the ones with the government shutdown are great not my favourite season definitely but has its moments
@@hazmat7949 Of course it's still a good show - the Christmas show is fine and The Supremes is rightly considered a highlight - but the tone is very different compared to the first 4 years (inevitably). I feel the Sorkin years were for the most part a screwball comedy, and after he left, it became a down-to-earth serious political drama (which is fine) but it can be a drag to get through at times.
I checked out when Amy went front and center.
@thomasdonato6601 I agree the first 4 seasons have been the ones I've mostly rewatched or gone to. Think it's more just whiplash for me while still good definitely a change to the show
My mother thinks of Oklahoma. Tornado's is what reminds her of that state. Of Course I have been to Oklahoma a few time. Usually a little higher elevation.
Having a president at the site is enormously distracting and requires valuable resources while it restricts movement, paralyzing the emergency response. It is a bad idea, it's better to call the governor and FEMA, offer your support and check in regularly.
A visit a few weeks later, to see how rebuilding is going and to thank the responders volonteers is usually better.
If I recall correctly, this episode makes that point.
I think he was processing mrs lanningham's death
@@lizzyg0816 I think that's why they put that bit about god in at the end. He's feeling the same thing after her death.
"Four dead kids, why god why?".... *jaunty happy music*
the ending credits music always seemed like a trolljob
@@Rary.0 yea cause every single episode was about a tragedy 🤡
They fit for the first season, more or less, but even so, I agree. @@Rary.0
The weird gray filter over the outdoor scenes always bugged me.
I really did not like CJ after this scene. Basically CJ scolded the president because he had more important things to do than help a woman do the dishes or console one person. He is a human being, and a good one, when he sees someone hurting, he helps them. Basic humanity CJ.
My reaction is the opposite. She is one of his top advisors. His presence is getting in the way of people with a lot of work to do. He needed to be reminded that he is the president, not god.
@@gheller2261 In ancient Rome, whenever they had a triumph for an esteemed general, there was someone whos role was to follow behind and whisper "Momento Mori" in his ear. Momento Mori roughly translated, means "Remember you will die", in other words, remember you are just a man.
CJ was right, though. His empathy was interfering with his role as POTUS. He needed to get out of the way and let others to their jobs so he can do his. A thousand people can do the dishes. Only one person can be President.
@@Partstim it's less about empathy than about his semi-depression following Zoe's abduction. He needed to snap out of it (which I guess he does in the shutdown episode)
Typical Republican governor mentioning the "death tax." Particularly this one who resides in a state where a scant few might be affected. After Bartlet was told the median income of the trailer park victims was $31,000, his next line should've been "the so called death tax is the least of anyone's problems."
he's not there to win an argument or respond to petty jabs
The kitchen scene is quite simply the best scene of the entire WW show…. Why? Because it’s not about politics…. It’s about ALL Americans surviving disaster and still willing to make this country better_________ if only our current elected officials grasped this concept…..county first Not you own political agenda
Was that Melrose street for Oklahoma?
Our reward is our faith and the hope to know it is not personal. It is just business as usual.
How do you sleep through a tornado?
considering he flew b-52 bombers bet that tornado was pretty quite compared to flak explosions, the planes engines, radio comms, and enemy planes attacking you
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Making that housewarming joke on a day when you just finished discussing how 26 people are killed by a tornado is incredibly bad taste and tone deaf writing.
totally
@TroystonB not at all, it portrays an accurate representation of media services. Have you never watched a newscaster portray something horrific then just jump to a different camera without missing a beat and talk about something uplifting or silly?
They understand in their job shit happens, it's awful and tragic and senseless but life goes on for the rest of a nation and it has to be reported.