I used to think that, then i realized that in tv there is never a female and a male platonic relationship like this, then i found their relationship as one of the most beautiful in tv
'See women thinks that kinda thing works but it doesn't.' 'It really does, Sam.' That voice she has and how she steps just a little bit closer to him.... Ooh la la
@@ictpilot I'd have thought of all the ways I'd like to show my deep affection for her and all the ways it could be inappropriate to stop myself from saying "god damn you're beautiful".
Sam: "I'm going to take Ainsley to the hill with me for the meetings. Leo: "Good." Sam: "She wants me to teach her a couple things. Leo: "Good." Sam: "She called me the master." Leo: "Get out." Sam: "Okay."
Ainsley is so incredibly smart. Like, Toby is intelligent and you can tell that by looking at him and when he's in conversation. But Ainsley has the situation of "I'm blonde and I've got a slightly higher pitched voice and look at me, I've got a perfect hourglass figure." that makes people think 'dumb'. Then, bam, she gets into a conversation about something and you can see how clever she really is.Also Leo. LEO.
+Indi Heaton She has emotional intelligence. That's a great trait to have. Plus, she reads Sam very well. Knowing which buttons to push is like the Jedi Mind Trick!
Josh and Donna ended up together Danny and CJ ended up together Will and Kate ended up together (I think, Did they? I forget) All that was missing was for Sam and Ainsley to end up together!
I always love the pacing of the dialogue on this show. It didn't matter what they were talking about, but the walking and rapid fire talking was a Sorkin staple.
"I'm gonna take Ainsley up to the hill this afternoon." "Good." "She wants me to teach her a couple of things." "Good." "She called me 'the master'." "Get out." LOL
“Women think that kind of thing works, but it doesn’t”, “It really does Sam” (in her sultriest voice and ever so slight step closer to him). It immediately works and Sam agrees to everything she asks for without further comment. She then basically tells him she just just “ate his lunch” and … it goes right over Sam’s head, as she knew it would. 😂
Emily Proctor left the show for a better role, and a better paycheck on CSI Miami. Rob Lowe left because of creative and contract issues. he wanted a raise, and they wouldn't give it to him. He did however come back for the 7th and last season.
@kation Well considering CSI Miami was giving her a much bigger salary AND she would be the lead actress rather than being a recurring star on the West Wing, I think it's understandable why she chose a job with a bigger income.
It's completely understandable and the smart decision at the time. Wasn't a good long term career move though. WW would have opened a lot more doors for her overall. But she couldn't really have known that.
..well it actually started out as a show about Sam, then Martin showed up and everyone 4got there was a Sam..... things happen the way they are supposed to..........even though they should have make Ainsley a regular. wasnt the same after she, Sam, and Sorkin left, but it was still damn good pull my box set out whenever im at my other place.......priceless.
It's kind of the mirror image of when Donna manipulated him into showing off for her friend by checking with his FBI contacts about a family member. Then he realizes and scolds her for thinking he was that kind of person. Despite having just shown he is that kind of person. (I don't respect Sam very much. But at least this time was a funny version.)
I really loved her playing that character. I thought I loved her, but I watched her playing another role and I didn't like her. It was her playing this character.
Aaron Sorkin is a modern times Shakespeare. Don't you hear how the dialogue flows like music, or sounds like a ping pong match of the quickest wit ? These characters are the smartest people in the world. They can talk about extremely complex subjects, they often explain them to each other for the viewer's benefit, but they can also convey whole conversations with not even a sentence : "Good. Good. Get out." Is all we need from John Spencer to get Leo McGarry.
The condescending manner in which he treated her shows how many non southerners treat southerners. It's also how many inside the Beltway think of the average American.
Yeah, no. That's your inferiority complex speaking, not reality. People insidenthr Beltway ARE average Americans. They're not some special independent species. Or perchance do you think erudite and intelligent people are inherently snobs just because they can speak well and think thoughts through to their logical conclusion?
I'm a little hard of hearing and this clip is indecipherable for me. The CC stuff is almost a total failure so this clip is not handicapped accessible. Honestly I loved when they brought Ainsley into the fold just as i loved when they brought Vinick into the fold. I am a lefty and I want to know the arguments that suggests that my point of view is not a good one. Not being able to understand this conversation is a bummer.
"The West Wing" needed way more Ainsley Hays in it. I loved her character.
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Someone, I believe it was Sorkin, said he regretted not continuing her character.
Yeah, Republicans are pretty great.
She got the csi Miami role I think
@@bbeen40 the ones with common sense (majority of them) are not bad honestly.
Sam and Ainsley really should’ve been an item. Their witty banter and their chemistry was incredible.
Just imagine Sam as president and Ainsley as First Lady. And then two terms later, president Hayes and First Gentleman Seaborn! Haha
Would've been too much like James Carville and Mary Matalin.
50 bucks says that if the show is ever brought back again, it'll have Sam as president and Ainsley as his wife.
I used to think that, then i realized that in tv there is never a female and a male platonic relationship like this, then i found their relationship as one of the most beautiful in tv
@@BrowncoatInABox What are you talking about? It is the most common trope in the history of television.
'Dad, it's me. Sam needs my help. Gotta go, dad. Gotta help Sam."
LOL
Fucking god, John Spencer could imbue a simple deadpan line delivery with so much character it was ridiculous!
"See, women think that kind of thing works, but it doesn't."
When it's Emily Procter it works, big time!
It really does, Sam...
'See women thinks that kinda thing works but it doesn't.' 'It really does, Sam.' That voice she has and how she steps just a little bit closer to him.... Ooh la la
Rob Lowe's years on The West Wing were the best of the series.
And when she dropped her voice just a little bit.
@@ictpilot I'd have thought of all the ways I'd like to show my deep affection for her and all the ways it could be inappropriate to stop myself from saying "god damn you're beautiful".
Sam : That shit won't work on me woman!
Also Sam: Leo, she called me a master *XD*
Sam and Ainsley conversations were some of the best parts of West Wing.
Sam: "I'm going to take Ainsley to the hill with me for the meetings.
Leo: "Good."
Sam: "She wants me to teach her a couple things.
Leo: "Good."
Sam: "She called me the master."
Leo: "Get out."
Sam: "Okay."
:D
Spilled my drink. Never gets old!!!
This sounds familiar. What is it from?
@@miket1753 literally this video you bat
Textbook Leo. Short, somewhat curt, and funny as hell.
This is surely the best series ever aired on television.
Ainsley is so incredibly smart. Like, Toby is intelligent and you can tell that by looking at him and when he's in conversation. But Ainsley has the situation of "I'm blonde and I've got a slightly higher pitched voice and look at me, I've got a perfect hourglass figure." that makes people think 'dumb'. Then, bam, she gets into a conversation about something and you can see how clever she really is.Also Leo. LEO.
+Indi Heaton She has emotional intelligence. That's a great trait to have. Plus, she reads Sam very well. Knowing which buttons to push is like the Jedi Mind Trick!
that's what makes her so lethal-she would a perfect fit for Sam-she's just so ever slightly smarter than he -without exposing that fact.
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Loved this! Great memories of this show! Truly one of my favorite shows! Great writing! Great actors! Great series!
”I’ll use punctuation and everything”. 😂
I'm willing to make a modest bet that most of the actors in this series had a GREAT time. The rest of us had a really good time watching it.
Josh and Donna ended up together
Danny and CJ ended up together
Will and Kate ended up together (I think, Did they? I forget)
All that was missing was for Sam and Ainsley to end up together!
His chemistry is insane with everyone
"You can't have my lunch!" :D
I always love the pacing of the dialogue on this show. It didn't matter what they were talking about, but the walking and rapid fire talking was a Sorkin staple.
Dan D if i wanted to watch people, id go outside.
1:05 Watch Sam's eyebrows when Ainsley says 'Republican juice'. These two are adorable.
omg, i forgot how much I loved this show! She was/is so stinkin adorable!
Thanks for including the payoff with Leo. The quick wit of Aaron Sorkin on display...
"I'm gonna take Ainsley up to the hill this afternoon."
"Good."
"She wants me to teach her a couple of things."
"Good."
"She called me 'the master'."
"Get out."
LOL
Its all in the timing.
Leo is the most hilarious character of them all, impressively.
Don't.
They really needed to expand her role more. I absolutely loved her.
Its amazing how good this was... thank you everyone involved.
"Im not gunna get Republican juice on you"
LMFAO
Ainsley is great.
Sam's eyebrows said a thousand words.
pervert
@@MrValz0 lol I rewound just to watch and holy shit they flew sky high 😂
"it really does Sam" my boy melted after that lol
"In exchange for..."
"No."
And the funny thing is that she reversed Sams position on the paper. And then sold it to him.
“Women think that kind of thing works, but it doesn’t”, “It really does Sam” (in her sultriest voice and ever so slight step closer to him). It immediately works and Sam agrees to everything she asks for without further comment. She then basically tells him she just just “ate his lunch” and … it goes right over Sam’s head, as she knew it would. 😂
omg i never even put this together. so many rewatches and it finally clicks!
Oh, how I miss them.
How did these two not end up getting married at some point during the shows run?
I was thinking the same thing! I always loved her character, and there was so much chemistry between these two
Bayougirl78 Ainsley's actress got another gig somewhere and Rob Lowe somehow got himself extricated from the show.
Emily Proctor left the show for a better role, and a better paycheck on CSI Miami.
Rob Lowe left because of creative and contract issues. he wanted a raise, and they wouldn't give it to him. He did however come back for the 7th and last season.
+Andrew Banks a better role? eehhhhhh... better paycheck, sure
LoudAngryJerk : In so far that she had more on air time, more lines, and a more prominent role, then the Ainsley Hays caricature.
Ainsley was a great character. I wish they had her on the show more though.
she was my favorite person on the show
Ainsley could describe how a window works to me all day long
So cool...I miss this show a lot..
As men, no matter how hard we try NOT to fall for this....we always do lol. The power and allure of women lol
People,no matter the gender, always fall for high praise. A flaw in all of us, I fear.
Especially cute blonde women.
Power and allure? Perhaps it is the self-aggrandizing ego of the male which makes this work.
@@athenastewart9167 lol. Funny considering women are far more vain and need much more recognition to feel valued.
@@johnathanera5863 Sounds like you're projecting lol.
I love the speedy back and forth dialogue of this show😂0:56 & 1:26 😂😂😂😂And Ainsley loves to eat, especially muffins.
Ainsley always wants food
"Get out."
Hearing that dialog it sounds like West Wing must have a fairly decent writer.
One of the best- Aaron Sorkin. :)
@kation Well considering CSI Miami was giving her a much bigger salary AND she would be the lead actress rather than being a recurring star on the West Wing, I think it's understandable why she chose a job with a bigger income.
It's completely understandable and the smart decision at the time. Wasn't a good long term career move though. WW would have opened a lot more doors for her overall.
But she couldn't really have known that.
What "tight" dialogue! Fantastic acting to brilliant writing!
1:19 Ermahgerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd
Ainsley ends every scene by asking for food
Bwwaaaaahhhhaaaa. This is such a crack. And Ainsley, how hot!!
she called her that to tell himthat Sam needed her help...hahahaha...so funny
Get out.....LoL
How dare Sam insinuate to The Master that he was now The Master?
Rob Lowe was perfect for this show
..well it actually started out as a show about Sam, then Martin showed up and everyone 4got there was a Sam.....
things happen the way they are supposed to..........even though they should have make Ainsley a regular.
wasnt the same after she, Sam, and Sorkin left, but it was still damn good
pull my box set out whenever im at my other place.......priceless.
“I’m not gonna say anything. I’m not gonna spill anything. I’m not gonna get Republican juice on you.”
Sam: well now, let's not be too hasty...
She reverses his position!
Good. Good. Get out! LOL
I love her voice
You can't eat my lunch.
I see in the description to sell this show, they're characterized as "cut throat presidential advisors". I never got that while watching the show
SAM: "...wherever it was you studied baton twirling."
Ainsley: "That would be Harvard Law School"
🤣😍
I didn't know Dr.Who was crossing over this week. ;)
Ok, seriously, what is it with Ainsley and various food items?
High metabolism. Really high. Like hummingbird high.
@@davidweihe6052 This is the BEST comment
@@davidweihe6052 like a hummingbird on six cups of coffee according to Ainsley's alter ego Calleigh Duquesne.
Why weren't Sam and Ainsley a couple? They had such great chemistry.
She left the show for CSI Miami :/
I had the worst crush on Ainsley. Witty, smart and cute.
Seals the deal at 1:19
It absolutely works. Absolutely.
Immediately after he said that kind of thing doesn't work ... it did! He caved. He agreed to take her to the meeting.
It's kind of the mirror image of when Donna manipulated him into showing off for her friend by checking with his FBI contacts about a family member. Then he realizes and scolds her for thinking he was that kind of person. Despite having just shown he is that kind of person. (I don't respect Sam very much. But at least this time was a funny version.)
I really loved her playing that character. I thought I loved her, but I watched her playing another role and I didn't like her. It was her playing this character.
I ship these two.
thanks for the clarification
Great banter!
I like how he attempted to spin that is she wanted me to teach her a couple things and she called me the master
“Get out.”
“OK.”
She was a great character. Wish she had stayed. Happy she had other career opportunities.
Every time I watch this video, it gets more and more difficult to choose between Ainsley or Mallory as the First Lady in a Seaborn Administration...
They're Democrats and really open minded, so why not Both?! 😉
Not even a sentence: Good. Good. Get out. Not even a sentence. Ah, I miss literacy.
Aaron Sorkin is a modern times Shakespeare. Don't you hear how the dialogue flows like music, or sounds like a ping pong match of the quickest wit ? These characters are the smartest people in the world. They can talk about extremely complex subjects, they often explain them to each other for the viewer's benefit, but they can also convey whole conversations with not even a sentence : "Good. Good. Get out." Is all we need from John Spencer to get Leo McGarry.
Why Ainsley always so hungry?
It's a running joke. Also a cheap way to get out of scenes.
She said it's a nervous condition
@Ro G - She has a high metabolism rate. Can't you tell ?
How Sam didn’t just sweep Ainsley off her feet and marry her in Vegas I will never understand.
Ainsley Hayes would've been brilliant as "new" Galadriel!
Angeli insulted by two men from the west wing were Sam steps in
It really does, and they know it…
I wouldn't having of Ainsley's Rebublican juice! OOH LA LA!
One thing that has struck me recently is the low-key sexual harassment that would never be tolerated today
The condescending manner in which he treated her shows how many non southerners treat southerners. It's also how many inside the Beltway think of the average American.
Yeah, no. That's your inferiority complex speaking, not reality.
People insidenthr Beltway ARE average Americans. They're not some special independent species. Or perchance do you think erudite and intelligent people are inherently snobs just because they can speak well and think thoughts through to their logical conclusion?
Not sure how Rob Lowe thought he would be a bigger role, but Sorkin leaving gutted the show
maybe
Baton twirling in Harvard Law School? That must be an elective course, I don’t think it’s a major.
She studied baton twirling in Harvard Law. She didn't major in it.
do you know anyone from north carolina? they eat all the freaking time
She is Awesome haha
this is ainsley? look like dona
Why didn’t she get more episodes.??????
Sorkin revealed that he had to many actors to give story archs. So, he couldnt at the time hold her over for the show.
@sunnchilde Totally agree
...and then she reversed his position..
I can't believe Emily ditched this show for CSI Miami. Talk about wasting talent
$$$$$$
lol classic
Dude... romance between Ainsley and Sam was just so ripe for picking in the following seasons after this one. BUT alas Emily Proctor wasn't retained.
Im not normally one for Republican juice.... exceptions...
I'm a little hard of hearing and this clip is indecipherable for me. The CC stuff is almost a total failure so this clip is not handicapped accessible. Honestly I loved when they brought Ainsley into the fold just as i loved when they brought Vinick into the fold. I am a lefty and I want to know the arguments that suggests that my point of view is not a good one. Not being able to understand this conversation is a bummer.
She played him.
No man dislikes being called "the master" by a beautiful woman, even the man who recognizes she's playing him.
@@Michael-dy2lb This is true.
Sams the master.
Ainsleys the baiter.
donna moss is taller :)
🤣
bet Aaron still beats himself up for not putting her under contract and losing her to CSI Miami.
Network wouldn't pay up. It's not on Sorkin.
i'm just going by an interview he did years ago, don't know much of how and why.
get out !
@heavenlee1993
Cute together, absolutely, like Mary Matelin and James Carville, only funny.
This show is brilliant, and unfortunately, a fairytale compared to real politics.