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Josh wasn’t a very sympathetic character anyway.

I was shocked how stupid this scene was. He was literally hiding behind a wall so he couldn’t get help until Toby arrived. All he had to do was what he eventually did which was just to fall over into the pathway in front of the steps so people could see him. So contrived. He could have shouted for help or Used his mobile and called 000 for help. People loved the show and never called out the nonsense.

After telling Donna that Josh was shot, no one, not CJ or even Charlie tried to comfort her in any way. No hug, no kind words, nothing. Until Mrs. Landingham arrived there wasn't the slightest show of compassion for Donna.

Somebody give Donna a hug for cryin out loud!!!

I never watch West Wing, but this is a well done scene. Good writing and great acting. They really made you feel what was happening.

This is when TV was good. I disagreed wholeheartedly with a great deal of the politics of this show, but I've still watched every episode at least 3 times. Because the stories they were telling were about people, and they treated the audience with respect. They assumed their audience was intelligent and could make up their own minds about a subject, instead of force feeding you a message. Modern Hollywood needs to go back and watch this show, The Office, The jeffersons, ER, and Star Trek TNG/DS9. Tell strong stories with strong, intelligent characters. Show, more tell less. Less is more.

Rob Lowe never ages.

This is one of Rob Lowe's best performances of his entire career - his panic at his best friend's shooting, his desire to comfort him. Every line drips the fact that this is, to him, a nightmare.

Perfect realistic response, They say, Josh was shot, He was shot in the chest. He is in surgery, Donna says, I don’t understand.” I don’t understand.” I burst into tears

The way this is titled it sounds like a supercut of all the different times over multiple seasons he gets shot 😂

The unrealistic part is that all of them would not be able to be sitting together in that room just waiting, they would have to be working in the crisis.

Janel Molony, some of the best acting I've ever seen. wow.

Title makes it seem like he got shot so many times throughout the show we needed a supercut of it

Yeah, this is exactly the same as Trump or Reagan getting shot. Poor Liberals: you have to fantasize about even being heroes.

Is that the hospital set from ER?

I feel like with the way politics are today, we can just get everyone from this cast to go into the White House and do a better job right now 😂

Josh and Donne. Man, what a bond. That relationship was a powerful element of the whole series.

*"That was my son!" ---Jed Bartlet on Josh in his monologue "against" God in the Two Cathedrals episode.*

Knowing what I know nit, and how fragile we humans are, and how things don’t always work out, Josh probably would have died.

AMEN!!!!!

"What was Josh, a warning shot? That was my *son*."

He was so mad at being shot that he overthrew the country, created Gilead and turned the presidents daughter into a handmaid. Crazy

This was filmed in the "ER" hospital sets yes?

I forgot how much I love these (fictional) people!

In either this episode or the one after it, Toby is all worried about the Secret Service getting flack because of something he told them to stop doing. But no one is talking about how the secret service and all the local officers missed a gunshot victim that was standing near the president.

this show is the gold standard for writing and acting. Janel in this scene deserves all the awards, from the wash of relief for hearing the good news to being devastated at Josh's news. Sheer excellence.

The acting was great, as always, but in this clip we see where The West Wing and its politics ultimately falls short: Just like in the real world, things did not actually get better by allowing evil people to survive and thrive. We didn't take out Trump, now he's back and this time he's going to have more power than ever. We didn't get the Supreme Court in line, now they're declaring the president to be a monarch who can do whatever they please. We didn't arrest the white supremacists and fascists, now they're planning a second January 6th and are unironically - and openly - planning to do a literal Handmaid's Tale. To quote the philosopher and great doctor Sir Karl Popper, "A tolerant society must not tolerate intolerance." When we allow these people time to plan, they come up with a plan that subverts our tolerance of their wickedness. When we allow these people freedom, they use that freedom to plan the subjugation and murders of marginalized people across the nation. When we allow these people an opportunity, they will seize it every time, waiting for us to give them the only opportunity they'll ever need again - one to take total control of the country, like what is happening in the real world, right now. The West Wing snobbery and elitism, thinking that there's a moral high ground to take on issues like these and refusing to take action, is the exact kind of snobbery and elitism that has been perpetuated by the Neoliberal elite for nearly 60 years. They half-assed a compromise with the Conservatives over African American civil rights, and they haven't done a single thing since then. Abortion overturned, soon gay rights will be overturned, bribery is legal if you are a corporation and the rich are cannibalizing the economy after turning it into a giant monopoly - all under the condescending gaze of the Neoliberal establishment. I love the West Wing's acting, I love the dialogue, and I love a lot of how the show depicts what a functional liberal republic is supposed to look like. But f--- damn there are so many moments in the show where it stops to smell its own farts and then proclaim it to be some kind of moral standing.

So not being American, not being familiar with American brands, I spent a solid 10 years thinking that he made that "Egg Cream" with Chololate Syrup, Cold Milk and *Salsa*.

Watching this again. 4:28 Mrs. Landingham holding Donna's hand.

I’m still in a combination of great writing and acting can stir our souls, reminding us that the fight is still worth finishing and winning. That despite the deluge of despair that forces bent on our destruction rain down upon us, we will continue to stand, to fight, to win. November is coming.

isint brooklyn in New England?

And now we have the Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker. Different times.

After all these years, I never noticed that CJ seems to signal to Toby to break the bad news to Donna about Josh. It seemed to me that no one wanted to tell her so CJ signaled to Toby to tell her.

what bartlet said: look what happened what remained unspoken: to my boy

He’s been shot in the chest. He’s in surgery right now. Donna: is it serious?

Donna's face says it all.... outstanding acting; ,,,and even better, no makeup, as you would expect.

1:46 - Secret Service agent holding the door just a bit longer to hear that the President is going to be fine is a nice detail, his subtle relaxed smile in the end is too

Mmm what cha say....

Such a masterclass in acting from every character. Toby's panic and stutter make it so real. Josh's delusion is very realistic for someone flirting with consciousness. Donna's face subtly changing as she learns about Josh. The half second shot of Mrs Landingham sitting in silence, holding Donna's hand is heartbreaking and the perfect representation of a mother being there for her children. Finally Jed's steely, determined eyes at the end as he watches his surrogate son clinging to life. This was such a unique and amazing show.

Why are white people so inherently evil?

I know this is television, but the trauma doctors & nurses would've ABSOLUTELY REFUSED to let them anywhere near the surgical theatre. There would've been a fistfight, raised voices, the works. They would have you *physically removed* before they allowed all of those people to contaminate a sterile surgical field..🦵🦵✋✋

If you didn’t cry during this scene or the whole episode you don’t understand how powerful a series can be

Poor Toby has to be the grownup.

"Tell me whats happnening" a Man in the position of Power like Leo. Asking information in despaire, like a Child. This is Peak television.

And here we are in 2024.... and it's... worse.. But this is still my favorite show...

Donnatella Moss: The true Ride or Die.

When Toby said " Josh was hit" she knew what did it meant but he couldnt accept it. Janel were very good. She deserved an Emmy...

"Josh was shot, in the Chest.. hes in Surgergery!" Donna: Is it Serious.. 💀

Janel can still make me cry after all these years. What an amazing talent she is 🌹