All language subtitles for The West Wing (1999) - S01E03 - A Proportional Response (1080p AMZN WEB-DL x265 ImE)_track3_[eng]

About a week ago, I accidentally
Slept with a prostitute.

Really?

Call girl.

Accidentally.
Yes.

I don't understand.
Did you trip over something?

You're going to try
And reform her.
No.

The president likes you and
He'd like to keep you on

If you don't have
Any objections.

We can hire a new
Media consultant?
Absolutely.

Anyone but mandy.

Who should we get?
Mandy.

Wait... What?!

An air force transport

Carrying morris toliver
Exploded in mid-air.

The order came through
The syrian defense ministry.

I'm going to blow them
Off the face of the earth

With the fury
Of god's own thunder.

C.J.'s looking
For you.

Huh?

C.J.'s looking
For you.

Donna?
Yeah.

"Good morning" is a good way
To start.

Good morning.

What's up?
C.J.'s looking
For you.

Tell her I'm in the office.

Josh, I'm saying

C.J. Is looking for you.

What did I do?

How would I know?

'cause you know
Everything.

I do know everything.
Donna...

I'm seeing you say that now,
But anytime I want to make

A substantive
Contribution...

You make plenty
Of substantive
Contributions.

Like what?
This!

This could be
Substantive.

I need a raise.

So do I.

You're my boss.

I'm not the one
Who pays you.

Yes, but you could recommend
That I got a raise.

Donna, she's
Looking for me.

Do you think this is a good
Time to talk about a raise?

This is the best time
To talk about a raise.

Donna, you're not
A very nice person.

You gotta get to know me.

Donna...

( heavy sigh )

The best I can
Cobble together

From the small shards
Of information

I've been able
To overhear

In the restroom and
At the danish cart...

Donna...

Is it possible that
There's a situation
Involving sam, a woman

And c.J. Being
Denied information
About something?

Okay, here's what
I'm going to do...

Hide in your office?

No, I'm not going
To "Hide in my office"

I am going to go
Into my office

And devise a strategy.

That is what I do.

I'm a professional.

I'm not a little boy.

Mmm, that's the spirit.

But if she calls,
I'm at the dentist.

I'll be back
In an hour.
Got it.

( screams )

Wow, are you stupid.

You can't be mad at me
For this.

Really?
Listen...

Let's see if can find it in me.

Wait-- she was here?
Yes.

Excuse us, donna?

How did I miss that?

I don't know, but you can
Kiss that raise good-bye.

Senior staff
In five minutes.

Thanks.

A call girl?

Here's the thing.

A call girl, josh?

You're not asking if I'd like
A call girl now, are you?

Do you have any idea
How serious this is?

I really don't think
It is that serious.

Why not?

Some things
To bear in mind--

First of all, he didn't know

That she was a call girl
When he slept with her.

He did not pay her money.

He didn't participate in,
Have knowledge of

Or witness
Anything illegal.

Or for that matter,
Unethical, immoral or suspect.

Okay, a couple things
For you to bear in mind--

None of that matters
On hard copy!

You're overreacting.

Am I?
Yes.

As women are prone to do?

That's not what I meant.

Yes, it is.

No, it isn't.

It's always
What you mean.

You know what, c.J.?

I think I'm the best judge
Of what I mean

You paranoid berkeley
Shiksa feminista!

Wow, that was way
Too far.

No, no.

Well, I've got a staff
Meeting to go to

And so do you, you elitist,
Harvard, fascist

Missed-the-dean's-list-
Two-semesters-in-a-row
Yankee jackass.

Feel better getting that
Off your chest there, c.J.?

I'm a whole new woman.

You look like a million
Bucks, by the way.

Don't try and
Make up with me.

I'll talk
To sam.
I'll talk to sam.

Toby.
Hey.

How was last night?

The longest dinner
Of my life.

The president was
Up from the table

Every five minutes

Teeing off on cashman
And berryhill.

He's barking at the
Secretary of state.

He's scaring the hell
Out of fitzwallace

Which I didn't think
Was possible.

He's snapping
At the first lady.

He's talking about blowing up
Half of north africa...

He's snapping at
Mrs. Bartlet?

This may be a good time
To tell the president

About sam
And the call girl.

She knows?
Yeah.

I'm afraid
I have that information

And I'll be in to see you,
My friend, very shortly.

How the hell did
I get into trouble?

Today?
You got out of bed.

President:
This is crap, leo.
It's been three days.

This is amateur hour.

Leo:
Cashman and berryhill

Have to revise
The response scenario

So that they speak
To state's concern...

Cashman and berryhill
Are dragging their feet.

Cashman and berryhill
Are trying to make me
Look like a clown.

And state should
Concern itself

With what I damn
Well tell them

To be concerned with.

Doesn't work
Like that.

So I've discovered.

Good morning,
Mr. President.
Good morning.

And moreover, you
Know that's not
The way it works.

The chiefs are moving
As swiftly as they can

Even though time
Isn't a factor.

Good morning,
Mr. President.

Good morning.

Cashman and berryhill
Have a reasonable point

With respect
To the security council.

Mrs. Landingham, I can't seem
To find my glasses anywhere.

Could you please do
Whatever it is you do

When I can't find
My glasses?

Certainly, sir.

It's been 72 hours, leo.

That's more than three days

Since they blew him
Out of the sky.

And I'm tired of waiting,
Damn it. This is candy ass.

We're going to draw up
A response scenario today.

I'm going
To give the order today.

We're going
To strike back today.

I wish you wouldn't say "Him,"
Mr. President.

What?

Three days since they blew "Him"
Out of the sky?

Of course, that's fine
While it's just you and me, sir

But in there, with fitzwallace
And the chiefs

I hope you say "It"
Or "The airplane," not him.

You think I'm taking this
Personally.

I think.

Why the hell shouldn't
I take it personally?

I think the fact that morris
Was on the plane and...

Americans were on that plane.

I met morris
Four or five times.

Let's not do this
Like he was my son.

Mrs. Landingham!

Mr. President, I still think
We need to talk...

I can't find my glasses.

Yes, sir. We're on it.

Thank you.

The director
Is waiting.

Um... Yeah, let's have him.

What did you
Want to say?

Nothing.

You sure.

Yeah, I got staff.

I'll see you
In an hour.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning, leo.

Hi. How's his mood?

"How's his mood"?

Yeah.
Don't worry
About it.

Toby said
That...

And I said
Don't worry about it.

Hey, sam, what do
You know?

It's true.

You're kidding me.

I have the broadcast transcript.

What broadcast?

Listen to this.

Congressman bertram
Coles, appearing on

The radio in his home district.

Right.
The fifth.

Eastchester county,
Part of lofton.

Where we just recommended

Cuts in funding
For the m-6 beacon.

What'd he say?

He was on
The broadcast

Along with several officers
From cromwell air force base

When he said, regarding
The president being
Weak on defense:

"Folks down here
Are patriotic--

"Fiercely patriotic.

"The president better not
Plan to visit this base.

If he does, he may
Not get out alive."

He said that.

You believe it?

Sitting with
Military officers.
Yeah.

Don't take the bait.

Josh...

Don't take the bait.

I'm going to take the bait.

There ought to be a law
Against it.

There is.
Why'd you get him started?

Threatening the life
Of the president.

He's talking to other people.
How about conspiracy?

They were military officers.
How about treason?

Toby...

A member of
Our own party!

That was a democrat
Who said that!

Hey, it's bad. I know.

That's it?

What can you do?

Have the justice department

Bring him in for questioning
Pending felony charges.

Toby's right-- what's the good
Of being in power

If you can't haul your enemies
In for questioning?

We're really not going
To do anything about this?

Yeah, what we need to do

Is arrest people
For being mean to the president.

There is no law,
There is no decency.

He's just getting that now.

Listen up--

In the event an attack order
Is given today

We'll need a half hour
On the networks.

Uh, when do they need
To be told?

90 minutes notice.

Wait till
The last minute. Toby--

Work on a draft
For the president.

I need to know
What we're hitting.

Yeah, you and me both.

Leo...

It's military.
You'll know when you know.

Sam, coordinate
With the state department guy...
Beach?

And whoever
The spokesperson is.
Hutchinson.

Let's do this right.

Not much chance of that.

We need to be
Fully stocked.

State department
Officials, pentagon...

We'll need the
Embassy office...

We should get
Mcmartin on board.

He's standing by.

And adamley
At the pentagon.
Got him.

So you're all set.
Good.

So how do we tell them
What we know

Without telling o.E.M.
What we know?

We don't know anything.
That shouldn't be hard.

Oh, samuel?
Yeah.

Could you stop by my office
Around lunchtime?

Sure.

Think she knows?
Yeah.

Why?

She told me
She knows.

Could you and I talk
For a minute?

Yeah, in my office.
I'll be right back.

Hold on. Stay there.

Toby.

Yeah.

Did you hear
What bertram coles said?

Yeah.
And...?

The secret service investigates

All threats made
Against the president.

It's white house policy
Not to comment

On those investigations.

Are you saying there will be

A criminal investigation?

I really can't comment
On that right now.

Damn, I got to get back
To my office.

No one here would be
Disappointed

If no one paid attention
To the process

So maybe the thing
Will wear itself out.

This is on agriculture?

Science
And technology.

Hey.

We're done.

Hi.

Hi.

You wanted to see me.

Yes.

I think I know why.

Do you?

Yes, look...

You sussed it out, huh?

C.J.--
Let me tell you
Something, sam.

You're a smart guy, but if you
And I could figure it out

What makes you think
There's no one in my press room

Who could figure it out?

There's nothing
To figure out, c.J.

You can't spend time with
A call girl; you'll get caught.

Caught doing what?

Don't get cute with me.

You are aware

That I didn't know

She was a call girl, right?

But you went back to see her.

I went back to see her.

I didn't go back
To solicit her.

It doesn't make a difference.

It does make a difference.

You work in the white house

50 feet from the oval office,
And you're consorting...

Consorting?!

I'm friendly with a woman.
I like this woman.

This woman poses no threat
To the president

And it's very likely that,
Owing to my friendship

This woman may start living
Her life in bounds

Ensuring for herself
A greater future

And isn't that what we're
Supposed to be doing?

Oh...

C.J., this is ridiculous.
I see...

You're helping her see
The error of her ways.

I'm there because I like her.

I'm there because
It's there that I'd be

If this were alcohol or drugs.

I'm not sleeping with her.
This isn't tawdry.

I don't care what it is,
I care what it looks like.

And I care what it is!

I think it's time you all spent

A little less time
Looking good and...

...More time beinggood?
Yes.

I've heard that one before.
One other thing...

Are we done?
When I say

"One other thing," that means

We're not done, that there's
One other thing.

Yeah, I'm resenting the hell

Out of this conversation
Right now.

It was tough to tell
From your tone of voice.

What do you want?
I beg your pardon?

What's the "One other thing"?

I'm your first phone call.

When?

Before, now, in the future

Any time you're into something
And you don't know what.

And you can't tell me that you
Thought there was nothing to it

'cause you sat down with josh

And you sat down
With toby.

Anytime you're into something
And you don't know what

You don't keep it
From me.

I'm your first phone call.

I'm your first line of defense.

You have to let me protect you

And you have to let me
Protect the president.

Is that what
This is about?

What this is about, sam,
Is you're a high-profile

Very visible,
Much-noticed member...

Three things that mean the same.

You won't let this go.

Can I go now, c.J.?

Because what I think it's about
Is you.

Once again, letting
The character cops
Win in a forfeit

Because you don't have
The guts or the strength

Or the courage to
Say "We know what's
Right from wrong

And this is none
Of your damn business!"

Really.

Yes!

Strength, guts or courage.

Yes!

You just said three things
That all mean the same thing.

C.J....

We're done talking now.
You can go.

About the retaliatory strike--

Do you think we're going
To target...

I really don't know
What we're going to target, sam.

The commandant
Of the second division

Doesn't tend to include me
In his thinking.

I'll see you later.

Count on it.

You know what I was
Just thinking?

What's that, admiral?

This is different coffee
Than we usually have.

Keep your seats.

Fitzwallace:
Good morning, mr. President.

What have we got?

Three retaliatory strike
Scenarios.

Are they operational?
At the president's
Command.

No prep time?

We're there.

All three scenarios
Meet the obligations

Of proportional response

And pose minimum risk

To american
Personnel
And assets.

Scenario one, or pericles one

To use it's code name...

What is the virtue
Of a proportional response?

I'm sorry?

What is the virtue
Of a proportional response?

Why is it good?

They hit an airplane--

We hit a transmitter.

Right? That's a proportional
Response.

Sir, in the case of pericles...

They hit a barracks,
We hit two transmitters.

That's roughly it, yes, sir.

This is what we do.

I mean, this is what we do.

Yes, sir, it's what we do.

It's what we've always done.

Well, if it's what
We've always done

Don't they know
We're going to do it?

Sir, if you would turn your
Attention to pericles one...

I have turned my attention
To pericles one.

It's two ammo dumps,
An abandon railroad bridge

And a syrian
Intelligence agency.

Those are four highly rated
Targets, sir.

But they know
We're going to do that.

They know we're going do that.

Those areas have been abandoned

For three days now.

We know that from
The satellite.

We have the
Intelligence...
Sir...

They did that, so we did this.

It's the cost of doing business.

Mr. President...

Am I right, or am I missing
Something here?

No, sir, you're right, sir.

Then I ask again

What is the virtue
Of a proportional response?

It isn't virtuous,
Mr. President.

It's... All there is, sir.

It is not all there is.

Sir, admiral fitzwallace...
Excuse me, leo.

Pardon me, mr. President,
Just what else is there?

A disproportional response.

Let the word ring forth

From this time and this place,
Gentlemen--

You kill an american,
Any american

We don't come back
With a proportional response

We come back
With total disaster!

Mr. President,
Are you suggesting

We carpet-bomb damascus?

I am suggesting, general,
That you and admiral fitzwallace

And secretary hutchinson
And the rest of the national

Security team take the next
60 minutes and put together

An american response scenario
That doesn't make me think

We are just docking somebody's
Damn allowance!

Josh:
I haven't eaten lunch yet.

If anyone's going...

What do you want?

I would like salad,
Soup of some kind

And if you were
To run across

A sandwich, then
Hang the expense.

Right.

And I would like
A bottle of water.

This is charles young.

I'm supposed to vet you.

I-I beg your pardon?

Vet you. I'm supposed
To vet you, investigate

To discover if
There are problems.

I'm josh lyman,
Deputy chief of staff.

How are you?

Is it, uh... Charles?

Charlie.

Charlie, have a
Seat if you like.

I don't mind standing.

Donna!
What?

Never mind
The salad.

I'm not going to
Eat it anyway

But I would like
A bottle of water

As soon as
Humanly possible.

Fine.

So have a seat.

I'm sure you understand why
We have to go through this.

It's a very
Sensitive job.

It's also a
Very hard job.

20-hour days
Aren't uncommon.

Long trips at
The last minute.

A lot of wait
And hurry up.

Moreover, there will
Be times when you have

To make yourself invisible
In plain sight, as well as

An undeniable force
In front of those

Who want more time
Than we want to give.

Sometimes the people
I'm talking about

Will be kings and
Prime ministers.

You understand so far?

Uh, sir, I'm sorry,
But I think

There's been some
Kind of mistake.

Really.

See, I came here, I
Filled out an application for...

Yeah, I have
Your paperwork.

Right. See, I came here.

I was looking for a job
As a messenger.

Yes.

I had an interview
With miss dilaguardia

And she told me to wait.

Yes.

And then she told me
To come here.

We asked miss dilaguardia
To keep an eye out.

She's recommending you
For a different job.

Sir, if you don't
Mind me asking...

Personal aide to
The president.

You don't have
To call me "Sir."

I don't understand.

A personal aide
To the president.

Traditionally a young guy

20, 25 years old,
Excels academically.

Strong on personal
Responsibility
And discretion.

Presentable appearance.

But, sir...

We obviously get quite
A few candidates

Who meet those
Qualifications

So the rest is
Just gut instinct.

Or you could bribe me.

Sir, I, uh...

Seriously, charlie.

We call the
President "Sir."

Everyone else is,
"Hey, when am I

Going to get that
Thing I asked for?"

Your water.

There's been
A mistake.

I'll say. Donna!

I should go.

"Insuccessful"?

What's the problem?

We're not allowed to
Make up our own words.

Oh, and like there's no chance
It's a typo?

Change it, would you?
Serious people are

Going to read that.

Charlie, you're standing again.

Well, see, I came here
For a messenger job.

Why aren't you
In college?

Well...

You know, these
Transcripts--

Your grades are
Better than mine.

Mr. Lyman...

Well, not really,
But they're close.

It was an easy school.

No, come on,
I-I'm looking

At recommendations
From guidance counselors.

I'm looking at a.C.T. Scores.

You didn't want
To go to college?

Well, I-I have
A little sister at home.

You take care of her?

Yes, sir.

Your parents
Are gone?

My mom,
She's a police officer.

She was shot and killed
On duty a few months ago.

Five months ago.

Keep your seats.

There's a delegation
Of cardiologists

Having their pictures taken
In the blue room.

You wouldn't think you could
Find a group of people

More arrogant
Than the 15 of us

But there they are,
Right upstairs in the blue room.

You called me?

Yes, sir.

Mr. President,
We've put together

A scenario by which we
Attack hassan airport.

There's three main terminals
And two runways.

In addition to the
Civilian casualties

Which could register
In the thousands

The strike would
Temporarily cripple

The region's ability to receive

Medical supplies
And bottled water.

Now, I think mr. Cashman
And secretary hutchinson

Would each tell you what
I'm sure you already know, sir

That this strike
Would be seen

Both at home
And abroad

As a staggering
Overreaction

By a first-time
Commander-in-chief

And without the
Support of our allies

Without a
Western coalition

Without great britain and japan

And without congress

You'll have
Doled out

Over $5,000 worth
Of punishment

For a 50-buck
Crime, sir.

Mr. President

A proportional response

Doesn't empty
The options box for the future

The way an all-out
Assault would...

( clearing throat )

Does, uh, anyone
Have a cigarette?

This other plan.

Pericles one, sir.

Pericles one, yes.

No civilian casualties?

We can't promise that, sir.

But you're as certain
As you can be?

Yes, sir.

And what are
The military implications?

We'll cripple both
Their intelligence network

And their surface-to-air
Strike capability.

Very well.

How does this work?

You give me the go order, sir.

( sighs )

Mr. President.

This is fitzwallace.

I have a go order
From the president.

Start the clock
On pericles one.

Standby for confirmation code.

We're underway.

Well done, mr. President.

50-buck crime?

I honestly don't know
What the hell we're doing here.

Charlie, I've got some
Questions for you here

From the counsel's office

As well as the
Department of treasury

And the office
Of internal security.

These questions are routine.

There's no cause for concern.

Have you ever tried to
Overthrow the government?

Is it because the messenger job
Is not available anymore?

Because maybe if I came back
At a different time...

Charlie, this job's
Actually better

Than the messenger job.

It pays more, you
Don't have to ride

Around town
On a bicycle

And instead of being a
Messenger, you get to be

Personal aide
To the president.

I see, so maybe
If I come back...

Hey, sam.

This is sam seaborn

Deputy
Communications director.

This is charlie young.

He's here
For ted's job.

It's nice to meet you.

Um... I was here
For the messenger job.

Debbie's got an eye
For personnel.

I've got a driver's license
And my own bike, so...

I got more questions.

Ever tried to overthrow
The government?

No, sir.

What the hell's
Been stopping you?

Seriously, charlie.

I got to ask you about
Your personal life.

No, you don't.

Yes, I do.

Why?

Because I do.

Charlie, are you going to come
To work early, stay late

Do your job efficiently
And discretely?

Well, as I was saying
To mr. Lyman...

Thank you.

What more do you need to know?

Charlie, I wonder if
You could tell me

About your
Social life?

Your friends, what
You like to do.

I cannot believe you.

Sam.

Well, th-there's my sister,
Deanna, and, um...

I-I'm sorry, I'm not sure
What you're asking.

He's asking
If you're gay, charlie

And I wouldn't answer
The damn question.

All right, that's it,
Let's take a walk.

Feel free to sue our asses off.

I'll represent you, if you like.

Let's go.

What the hell was
That all about?

It's ridiculous.

It's not all
That ridiculous.

I know right from wrong.

It's not like
You didn't know

You were going to be held

To a higher standard
When you took this job.

I don't mind being held
To a higher standard.

I mind being held
To a lower one.

Sam, digging
Your heels in on this...

Look who's talking.

Digging my heels in?

Another word for that

Would be
"Principled," right?

Leo's office.

What?

It's happening.

He's right here.

It's happening?

Yeah, that's
What I hear.

The order was given at 1627,
Code name-- pericles one.

Four targets,
All military.

Two munitions dumps
In northern rashan

Saffian bridge
And I.H.Q.

What's the estimated time?

About 6:30
Eastern.

You can come
To the sit room
In 20 minutes

For a weapons briefing.

In the meantime, toby, sam

The president will go
On network at 9:00.

So start zeroing in.

Hey, guys,
No phone calls
In or out.

And c.J.

Nothing to the press

Till you get
The high sign from me.

They'll wonder what
All the fuss is about.

Then let's not have any fuss.

I could use a few minutes with
The president at some point.

You and me both.

I'm not kidding, leo.
This is the first...

He'll be there.

You'll talk to me?

Yes.

How you doing?

Fine.

Leo, toby says he's snapping
At the first lady.

Not now, josh, okay?

I mean, you're right,
But not now.

Margaret.

Hey, leo, can I ask
You a question?

What?

I'm interviewing this kid
For ted miller's job

And he's a real
Special kid.

He's applied himself
In school.

I'm sure he'd be
Articulate if he
Weren't terrified.

He's postponing college

Till his sister gets
Out of high school.

Where are
The parents?

Father's long gone.

His mother was
A uniform cop
Here in d.C.

Was?

She was shot and killed
In the line five months ago.

I really like him, leo.

I want to hire him.

What's the problem?

He's black.

So is the attorney general

And the chairman
Of the joint chiefs.

They don't hold the door open
For the president.

I'm not wild about the visual.

A young black man holding
His overnight bag.

Josh,
I hold the door

Open for the president.

It's an honor.

This is serious business,
This isn't casting.

We get the guy
For the job

And we take it
From there.

Good.

And I'm fairly sure
I'm right about this.

Yeah, good.

Two hours.

A little less.

Leo.

Yes?

Chairman fitzwallace.

Send him in.

We'll be fine.

Yeah.

Oh, things have moved

Since I've been
In this office last.

How are you,
Admiral?

Josh lyman.

Josh, you don't have
To introduce yourself.

Tough day.

Fitzwallace:
It'll be a lot tougher

On them then on us.

Good.

You're going to have
To set him down, leo.

I know.

He's going
To have

To talk to the country
A little bit.

This is not the last one of
These we're going to have to do.

But you're going to have
To set him down.

Any advice?

Oh, it's not my place.

Yeah, it is.

Tell him it's always
Like this the first time.

Tell him he's doing fine.

He's not doing fine.

Yeah, he is.

Presidents don't make
New friends.

That's why they've got
To hang onto their old ones.

You'll know
What to say.

Yeah.

Oh, hey, fitz?

The president's
Personal aide.

They're looking at a kid.

You have any problem
With a young black man

Waiting on the president?

I'm an old black man
And I wait on the president.

The kid's got
To carry his bags and...

You going to pay him
A decent wage?

Yeah.

Treat him with respect
In the workplace?

Yeah.

Then why should I care?

That's what I thought.

I got some real honest-to-god
Battles to fight.

I don't have time
For the cosmetic ones.

Thanks, admiral.

Good luck.

See you later.

Evening, toby.

Evening, sir.
Sorry I can't stop.

Go.

Estimated b.D.A.?

It's my first bombing,
I don't know yet.

Toby, you need help?

No.

Sheila, if you need me
For anything...

I'm standing here with
Absolutely nothing to do.

Cathy:
White house
Communications.

I'm sorry, toby's not available

To speak on the phone
At the moment.

No, sam's not available either.

Why is no one available
To speak on the phone?

They're planning
My surprise party.

"Unprovoked
And cold-blooded."

It needs a third.

Toby?

Quickly.

The agm-84e-slam.

Cathy, sam cut
The paragraph
Ten minutes ago.

Coming out on the red-line.

The 84e-slam?

"Stand-off land
Attack missile."

Distinguish it from
The agm-84d, or harpoon

Which is an
Anti-ship missile.

Thank you.

"Unwarranted, unprovoked."

Yes, and "Cold-blooded."

"Unwarranted..."
"Unprovoked..."

And "Cold-blooded."

Where are you...?
Two seconds.

Just two seconds.

C.J.

Listen...

What?

I'm sorry
About before.

Yeah.

I'm just really
Very fond of her is all.

Go back to work.

Right.

Man:
C.J., what's all
The activity.

What activity?

Fitzwallace was in
Leo's office.

Admiral fitzwallace is chairman
Of the joint chiefs.

Leo mcgarry is white house
Chief of staff.

I'm your host c.J.
Let's play our game.

Is it happening?

No.

Why all the activity?

Menudo's in the building.

C.J.

I honestly think
You of all people...

We need to talk.

I haven't called
A full lid.

There'll be a briefing

If the president has engaged
The use of military force.

Thanks. Since I've only been
A white house reporter

For seven years
I appreciate your
Clearing that up.

What?

Not for nothing, but
I know sam seaborn's
Been going around

With a $3,000-
A-night call girl

And I thought
You should know
That I know.

Ask me inside, c.J.

Inside.

Where's charlie?

He's filling out his
Employment stuff
At personnel.

How's he doing?

He looked
Pretty freaked.

He's a gamer.
I can pick 'em.

If you say so.

I have nothing to do.

I can see.

Whoa.

Excuse me.

Everyone running around

Like the future
Of the world
Depends on it

Which I suppose it does.

Everyone running around,
Working.

Me, I got nothing to do.

Yes.

Like a writer
On a movie set.

Have you ever been
On a movie set?

No, but I hear stories.

You want to do mail?

At least there's some
Comfort in knowing that

Whatever is going to happen
Today has already happened.

Josh,
Your office sucks.

I don't
Understand it.

Why can't you tell me

That there is a person
In my office?

Hey, the first time,
I didn't know.

The second time,
I didn't care
That much.

I mean it, it's a hole.

Why are you here?

I start work
Next week.

I came to get psyched.

You picked a really
Bad time to get psyched.

Because the president
Gave the attack order

And you're getting ready
To go on the air?

No, it's because...

Please, josh,
Everyone's running around

Looking casual.

Toby and sam are locked in
With the speech writers.

You have
Nothing to do.

What is it,
An I.H.Q.?

A couple of armories?

You want to say it
A little louder, mandy?

I don't think
Syrian air defense
Command heard you.

I brought you a present.

Why are you being
Nice to me?

Because I'm psyched
To get started with work.

It's been pretty bad
Around here since
It happened.

I had a hunch.

A combination
Of american lives and morris.

The idea of using
Any force at all.

He always said he'd be
In his head.

He wasn't ready
For it.

How do you get ready for it?

What'd you bring me?

What?

I want my present.

Yeah.

It's a picture I found.

A picture of you and me...

And someone's drawn all over
My face with a magic marker.

That was me.

Ah.

During my period of hating you.

That could have been
Pretty much anytime.

Sure.

This was taken
Then night we met.

At that seafood place
By the democratic
Leadership conference.

Look at that.

You couldn't stop
Staring at me.

You were wearing
Quite the ensemble.

I don't think it was
The wardrobe you were

Looking at
There, lucky.

You guys are doing
Okay, josh.

( phone ringing )

Yeah.

Yeah.

They found a job for me.

Well, I'll see
You next week.

Listen, you're not going
To be this nice to me

When we're working together,
Right?

Not a chance.

That's what I thought.

Hey, what's up?

Danny:
I mean, I obviously don't have
Enough for a story

But as a courtesy to you, c.J.

I just want to let you know
I'm going to be asking around.

Danny, it's going to be
Much ado about nothing.

Doesn't look that way.

It is that way

I just got through
Telling you that.

C.J.

Sam knows the difference

Between right and wrong.

Would it make my life easier

If he wasn't friends
With this woman? Absolutely.

But sam is a grown-up.

I don't get
To choose his friends

And your readers
Don't get to judge them.

And there's something
Commendable

About sam's
Behavior here.

Don't ask me what, but there is.

I'm sticking by him till the
President orders me otherwise.

I'll look very unfavorably
On those who seek only to

To make us look like fools.
Down, girl.

I'll drop it.

Good. Thank you.

But c.J., you'd better
Get dee'd up here.

'cause not everybody's
A good guy.

And you're going to start
To get traction on something

Which maybe somebody else
Isn't such a fan of

And they're going to put
A tail on seaborn

If they haven't
Already.

Remember, I found out
About this somehow...

I don't suppose
You'd tell me...

No way.

They'll keep it
In their pocket

Till the eve
Of something big.

Bill signing,
State of the union,
Maybe the convention.

I'm on it.

( phone ringing )

Yeah?

I'll wait for him.

I'm going to give you

A ten minute head start
On something.

What for?

Being a good guy.

What's the tip?

Yeah. Thank you.

We're out of syrian airspace.

This used to be
The white house
Counsel's office

Till toby and the
Communications staff
Conquered and pillaged.

The map room,
Roosevelt room

Oval office,
Chief of staff.

The only thing left
To do is say hello
To the president.

We're going on the air
In a few minutes

With a national address,
So I don't know how much...

Where the hell
Did he go?

Charlie.

What happened to
Paragraph nine?

In the red-line.

I'm sorry,
Paragraph eight.

We cut that a half
An hour ago.

France will read
Between the lines.

Toby:
Have you looked at
The new paragraph?

Bartlet:
I can't look at anything,
Fellas.

Mrs. Landingham,
I need my glasses.

Sir, she's talking to
The porters right now.

When do we get the b.D.A.?

There's a problem.

Why?

We get help
With information

From sources inside
The syrian intelligence...

Bartlet:
So what's the problem?

We just blew up
The syrian intelligence...

Will somebody get
On the phone to cnn

And find out
If we hit anything?!

Mr. President.

It's the b.D.A., sir.

Thank you.

Now if I only
Had my glasses.

The porters have
Searched your bedroom.

This has been
Since this morning.

We could have brought in
An optometrist.

An optometrist can't fold
His equipment into a briefcase.

Bartlet:
I don't need an optometrist now,
Thank you, nancy.

I just need the glasses
He prescribed.

If you'll take
A minute

To familiarize yourself
With the phoenix...

I got the briefing
On the phoenix.

I'm not talking
About the sidewinder.

The phoenix!

I got the briefing
On the phoenix last night.

I studied the report.

Hutchinson was there.

The phoenix, the a-61, the
Sparrow and the sidewinder.

Are we covered?

C.J.:
Yes, sir.

Man:
Ten minutes to air.

For want of a pair of glasses.

Tell him.

We're looking.
She's looking.

Thank you.

In the meantime,
Can you take a look
At the new para...

Oh, crap, I can't
See anything.

Charlie, tell him.

Mr. President...

You said you read
The phoenix report in...

What?

You said you read
The phoenix report

In your private study
Last night, sir.

What of it?
Who is this?

Have a steward go to
The president's study.

Have him look under
The papers on
The coffee table.

Mr. President,
This is charles young...

I don't have time
For new people now.

All right, that's it.

Excuse me, mr. President.

A minute, please?

Leo...

What do you need, leo?

Well, you've gone through
Everyone who works for you

And everyone
Who's married to you.

I didn't know who else
You could get mad at

So I was afraid the american
People might be next.

Oh, by the way,
When we're done here

You're sending abbey
Some flowers.

( sighs )

Did you know
That 2,000 years ago

A roman citizen could walk

Across the face
Of the known world

Free of the fear of molestation?

He could walk
Across the earth unharmed

Cloaked only in the protection
Of the words: "Civis romanus"--

"I am a roman citizen."

So great was the retribution
Of rome universally understood

As certain, should any harm
Befall even one of its citizens.

Where was morris's protection?

Or anybody else
On that airplane?

Where is the retribution
For their families?

And where is the warning
To the rest of the world

That americans shall walk
This earth unharmed

Lest the clenched fist of
The most mighty military force

In the history of mankind

Comes crashing down
On your house!

In other words, leo, what
The hell are we doing here?!

We are behaving the way
A superpower ought to behave.

Our behavior
Has produced some
Crappy results.

In fact, I'm not 100% sure
It hasn't induced it.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about
286 american marines in beirut.

I'm talking about somalia.

I'm talking about nairobi.

And you think rachteting up
The body count

Is going to act as a deterrent?

You're damn
Right I do.

Then you are just as stupid
As these guys who think

Capital punishment is going to
Be a deterrent for drug kingpins

As if drug kingpins didn't
Live their day-to-day lives

Under the possibility
Of execution.

And their executions are
A lot less dainty than ours

And tend to take place

Without the bother
And expense of due process.

So, my friend, if you want

To start using
American military strength

As the arm of the lord...

You can do that.

We're the only superpower left.

You can conquer the world
Like charlemagne

But you'd better be prepared
To kill everyone

And you'd better start with me

'cause I will raise up an army
Against you

And I will beat you.

He had a ten-day-old baby
At home.

I know.

We are doing nothing.

We are not doing nothing.

We're destroying...

Four high-rated
Military targets.

And this is good?

Of course,
It's not good.

There is no good.

It's what there is.

It's how you behave
If you're the most

Powerful nation
In the world.

It's proportional.
It's reasonable.

It's responsible.
It's merciful!

It's not nothing.

Four high-rated
Military targets.

Which they'll rebuild
Again in six months.

Then we'll blow them up
Again in six months!

We're getting
Really good at it.

( sighs )

It's what our fathers
Taught us.

Why didn't you say so?

When I think of all the work

You put into
Getting me to run

And when I think
Of all the work

You did to get
Me elected

I could pummel your ass
With a baseball bat.

( chuckling )

( laughing harder )

Oh. Here's one you'll like--

Bertram coles.

I like anything that starts
With bertram coles.

Let's have it.

Coles goes on the radio
Yesterday

And he says people
In his district love america

And you'd better not
Come down there

'cause you might not
Get out alive.

Bert's calling me out?

Apparently,
The people

In bert's district
Are so patriotic

That if the president
Of the united states himself

Were to show up,
They'd kill him.

( both cracking up )

Ziegler must be ballistic.

Toby is on it.

Oh, by the way,
Who was that kid before?

The one who figured out
Where my glasses were?

Well, if you want him,
That's your new body man.

What's his story?

What do you think
Is going on in there?

I don't know.

Hey, do you know anything
About a story going around

That has the secret service
Investigating bertram coles

For threatening the life
Of the president?

No.

Maggie greenwald
Is quoting you as saying

"The secret service
Investigates all threats

"Made against the president

And it's white house policy
Not to comment."

Yeah.

Did you say that?

Yeah.

Hey, you don't suppose

That's how the story
Got started, do you?

You know what, c.J.?

You tell bert coles
That toby ziegler said

There's a new
Sheriff in town.

This was just,
I think, a bad day.

I have to tell you

He's ordinarily
An extremely kind man

Placing a very high premium
On civility.

Today...
Sure.

It's just been
A very difficult
Few days for him.

I think I should probably go.

Excuse me, charlie.

Can I see you
Inside, please?

Come on, it's okay.

I'm jed bartlet.

I'm charles young.

But you prefer
"Charlie," right?

Listen, leo mcgarry
Filled me in

On the situation
With your mother.

I'm so very sorry.

I hope you don't mind,
But I took the liberty

Of calling tom connolly,
The fbi director.

We had the computer spit out
Some quick information.

Your mother
Was killed

By a westing
.38 revolver
Firing ktw's

Or what are known as
"Cop killer" bullets.

Now, we have not had
A lot of success yet

In banning that weapon
And those bullets
Off the streets

But we're planning on
Taking a big whack at it

When congress comes
Back from recess.

So, what do you say?

You want to come help us out?

Yes, sir, I do.

Thanks,
Charlie.

( clears throat )

30 seconds, please.

All set?

You tell me.

It's a pretty ugly tie.

My granddaughter
Gave me this tie.

My nephew gave me an ashtray
He made at summer camp.
Get away from me.

Throw this guy out
Of the building!

Stand by.

After the president's address,
As I say, we'll take you back

To steve alvarado
With the pentagon

And alison cutler
On capitol hill.

I've never felt
Like this before.

It doesn't go away.

Here now, the president.

My fellow americans,
Good evening.

A short while ago,
I ordered our armed forces

To attack and destroy
Four military targets

In northern syria.

This in response
To the unwarranted, unprovoked

And cold-blooded downing
Three days ago

Of an unarmed air force jet
Carrying 58 passengers