@@squamish4244 It’s not bad to say, I loved her in Girl on the train - she really “looked” & “felt” like a detective - also with this series, she does look like a VP. She just seems to sink into these roles and become them.
Actually was the absolute wrong phrase to use. As that was what she was doing, only looking at her area of responsibility. If she had been looking at the bigger picture, she would have most like likely proceeded with more caution.
Honestly she shows her adversary a lot of respect here. She lays out the information she was working with, gives her the credit that she can follow along her reasoning in the political calculations, and takes responsibility. Also it helps that she demonstrates she's not an empty suit and is actually a heavy hitter who is not fucking around in an arena where fucking around will get millions killed.
Is it true to history or just made up by the writers? Either way, the level of detail to give a sense of who this character is and her motives deserves a standing applause.
Give Allison Janney the Emmy, SAG, Golden Golden Globe already...she ate this role. Was soooo excited when I saw she was part of this season and as always she never disappoints.
This was an AWESOME scene. Showing the breadth and depth of knowledge she possessed was a master stroke of exposition made active - of putting context around her decisions and actions while proving her understanding of the assets she was charged with protecting.
The Vice-President of the United States doesn't have a board, the position is literally a paper figure role, in case the President dies! But it the explination was bad ass!
@@jadedandbitter Ha in that instance Bush was a pushover! He let Chaney do what he wanted, but it´s not like he had power, he had power because Bush let him!
It's there...just not as clean. You don't loan 100s billions of dollars to a country to fight your ideological enemy, and not have that type of dialog.
What a well written scene. Just awesome. The way she drags in the map, throws up a bunch of state secrets, and then just leaves it there like a dirty napkin, is so badass .
Kreggen or Creggen is not even the name of the Royal Navy base in that location, it is a village sandwiched between one loch which has the UK nukes and another loch to the west which used to have the US nukes. Scots dont hate nukes - just the ones who try to find every scrap of colaterol for their political asperations.
@@westrim And the ambassador and chief of station would have been briefed about the importance of this well before hand. It would be the number one priority of the diplomatic corp.
@@jarodpearcy9789 maybe not the ambassador. Too often they are sinecures given out as rewards for big money donors. Maybe not the ambassadorship to the court of St. James, tho, I guess.
🤣 Holy shit that is SO funny because my family has apparently used “sweet baby Jesus” when reacting to something unexpected for a few generations because I have heard it from the mouth of 4 generations alone in my lifetime thus far BUT I have honestly never heard the second part that you’ve quoted and it’s absolutely cracking me up! I can’t wait to use your version as it is a new and improved version of one of the most commonly used catchphrases amongst my family and I know they will be just as tickled to hear it for the first time as I just experienced for myself. Thank you for the MUCH needed belly laugh!!
The entire cast of the show is fantastic, but then in comes Janney and just blows everyone out of the water. She was the perfect person for this role, we've spent 12 episodes with Kate being the smartest person (even if she is scatty and messy) and Russell plays it well but then you need Grace Penn to be instantly believable as someone who is just better and smarter than Kate in every way and that's phenomenally hard to do when it's Kerri Russell in that role. It really could only be Alison Janney to do it.
100% agreed, she just comes in halfway through the second season and dominates every scene she's in, even in THIS show stacked with amazing actors everywhere.
This second season felt so short, I did miss the two episodes they chose not to film originally, and they were too late to include. This scene was a masterclass on realpolitk.
@@woudgy yes, the producer said so, she was doing too much, and tired so she agreed with NF to a 6 episode season, NF wanted and 8 one yet again, then the strike happened so she got the break she wanted but everything was mapped by then, and it was too late to change anything.
Nice of Aaron Sorkin to ghost-write this scene for Neflix!!! Janny is a tour-de-force in roles like this. Can't wait to see her as President in season 3!
@@cazyjohn2005 No, he didn't. But the shows chief writer and executive director of The Diplomat, Debora Cahn, was a writer on the West Wing for several seasons, including the last season (4) when Sorkin was still writing it.
I actually got this show recommended to me by a Kick streamer, at first I was apprehensive but after just one episode I was hooked 😁 Ended up binging it and hoping for more, and even now im all over youtube looking for more content haha, what a fantastic show 🔥
OK hell....Hadn't really heard about this show but saw Alison Janney and thought I'd give it a go. But damn... I think I have to watch the whole show now.
@@usualsuspects42 in reality the Ambassador at this stage is more powerful than the VP, the VP is a figurehead and literally there for the purpose of replacing the President if he dies! So her point is moot!
This is how you write powerful women. They're in heels and evening wear. But... they're smart, forceful, opinionated, and both are committed to forestalling a nuclear confrontation. In the parlance of Washington: these are serious people. Love this scene.
What we HAVE in Hillary, Kamala, and a host of other high-ranking patriot women of the US. Compare that to the choices of Don the Con, so far - Tulsi Gabbard, Elise Stefanik, who's up next -Amber Rose?
@@janetkriegl6720 I did not believe that was Hillary Clinton at any point, but sometimes she could perform the role enough to almost convince. Not well, but with acting skills. Kamala Harris has never for a single second looked or sounded the least bit credible, let alone on this level, and it is insane to suggest otherwise. To be fair, I can't decide for sure but I'd admit Sarah Palin might have been a Kamala-equivalent based on her sundry remarks. Tulsi Gabbard might not be ready for the role she's been given and that's an issue, but she's never sounded less than 20 times more plausible than the ridiculous Harris.
Don't ever, ever, take your eye off Allison Janney because... oh, damn! And her wiping the charcoal off her hand onto the dress without a moment's hesitation was simply the cherry on the icing on top of the cake.
I remember when in school for a writing assignment I beat it by having two female characters talk about cats defecating for a paragraph. At one point I had one of them break the fourth wall and ask for clarification if the cats were male or not because it was important to passing the test. The bechdel test is a pointless obstacle to creativity.
@ what if I want to tell a story about two gay men reminiscing about their deceased fathers, both of whom raised them as single dads? Under Bechdel’s test, my story would be considered as non progressive. It’s ironically a form of sexism masquerading as feminist.
Bringing up the Bechdel Test in a scene that didn't even make anyone else think about the Bechdel Test is a failure of the Bechdel Test. Congratulations.
This was truly a tour de force scene from an exceptionally talented actress. When Alison Janney gets intense in a scene, she's like a laser beam and it's incredible to watch. She deserves every award she ever gets!
Fantastic show. You read and hear “ diplomat “ and think it would be boring but we blew through the show in two nights wanting more. Got to wait another year I guess.
I remember Kerri Russell from Felicity. It's like following the trajectory of a friend's career after college in 2006. You move from Bambi to Bombshell to Diplomat to Margaret Thatcher. It's like watching one's innocence sublimating across the lines of our faces. You get wiser but the fireworks of youth have become the lava fields of adulthood.
Third time I've watched this. It won't be the last. One of the most subtly intense scenes on film. Let's make sure to give Allison LOTS of work in our lifetime.
An interesting show although it works better as a black comedy than straight drama. The two leads have great chemistry and keep you involved. And then along comes Allison Janney and blows everyone out of the water - by far the best thing she’s ever done. Can’t wait for next season..
Alison Janey is so badass. Her appearance and addition to this ensemble is inspiring. I watched all of season two in one day. It was riveting. Netflix, you succeed because you select powerful women to enhance your productions. We notice that. Thank you. Now, how long to S3? 😁
Just an outstanding scene...two great actors in a room, talking. No booms, bangs or flames, no car chase scene, no shooting, no wild sex, just outstanding acting of a well written scene...Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar...hell, even a Tony...just the best thing filmed by anyone recently. My only gripe...too few episodes...I waited over a year for this and what did we get...six really fantastic episodes, but only six. And what? another year before we get to see the rest of this?
As a Scot who supports Independence, this is very accurate. The amount of money and fear mongering the UK government put into play for the 2014 referendum was insane. So then you would think that because Scotland has a massive target on it maybe make the UK government think twice about its attitude to Scotland and its role in Nato, but nope they still don't really care about us. They just want our land and resources to play Risk with their buddies.
The reason Scotland voted to remain in the UK was the same reason they voted to remain in the EU; because it would be stupid and reckless, as was demonstrated by this scene (while fictitious, still resembles reality) and Brexit. I’m English, and voted to Leave the EU as I (like many others) were naive in believing the promises of our politicians. What has changed for the better since we left? In fact, the issues the Leave campaign said would be solved by independence have only worsened. Since 2014, the SNP’s unravelling has taught us that Scottish independence would have been grossly mishandled in the same ways.
@lordwhitesk1n996 hey fellow British islander 👋 I get your point about the SNP. They have been a shitshow recently, but a lot of people down south get mixed up with the SNP and Independence as the same thing, the SNP tanked at the election but Independence is still polling around 50% and with demographic change that number will only increase, it was in the 30s before the referendum and 45% on the actual result. I do believe it will happen, but not for at least another decade or more because the Unionist politicians are just full of shit. Scottish Labour are already in the minus with recent polling locally up here. Because the unionists' parties have to listen to what their bosses in London tell them while the SNP and the Greens don't have that problem, they are purely scottish parties. Brexit did show that a divorce can be messy, but the narrative against the EU was that they were the enemy and they were this big boogie man out to get us with rules and regulations and immigration etc, with scottish Independence it's different because we share the same island we would be former country men, many of them from England who have decided to live here. I think the attitude will be completely different and more amicable.
@@MartinFinnigan definitely more amicable, but the logistics are mad. Financially speaking, no one has ever been able to prove that Scotland would be better off. Due to Scotland having many similarities to Scandinavian nations, it’d also have to transform radically. That’d mean high taxes and lots of public spending, which may work, but it’d mean decades of austerity and economic instability while the country transforms itself, not to mention the incredible personal cost to many people who work and live in both Scotland and the rest of the UK. Additionally, many businesses based in Scotland would have to move to other British nations, as staying in Scotland wouldn’t make sense for the above reasons. I completely understand the want to abandon Westminster, but I think it’s important for Scots to remember that everyone else hates Westminster just as much as they do haha
@lordwhitesk1n996 Oh yeah, 100%, it's not going to be easy. I don't think any indy supporters that I know think it's going to be easy either, but I think it's 100% worth it to build a nation that truly represents the people of that nation and how they want to govern themselves, instead of relying on budgets and decisions made by London, and every election cycle praying the english electorate don't elect the tories (again) or even worse Reform and their mob. Also Unionist politicians always have paradox statements when it comes to Scotland, like we are too, small, too poor etc the most recent one is they say that Scotland produces the most energy in Western Europe, economists then say that Scotland produces so much energy to provide all energy needs for its population for almost no cost and could then sell excess energy for billions to the UK and countries, so why then are we paying the highest energy prices in Western Europe. Because the UK government. There are many other paradox statements with Scotland. A lot of people up here see through the bullshit especially younger people, because the math aint mathing. The current system isn't working, and people are feeling it more and more. If the tories or Reform gets back in at the next election, which is looking likely at this stage, because Starmer is actually pathetic imo, it's another nail in the UK coffin. The UK government have had multiple opportunities to make the situation more fair but they just don't which goes back to my first comment, they just want the land and resources they don't give a fuck about us up here.
I was confused when she said Cregan housed the UK's nuclear submarines, as I was sure it was Faslane. Turns out Cregan is made up and I was right. For a second I thought I'd gone crazy.
While serving in the US Navy my ship was supposed to have a port visit at Faslane. We had planned to go to St Andrews, but unfortunately the port visit was canceled.
She's right on the rest of it, I think. Faslane and the Gare Loch are the only sea-connected parts of the UK that are deep enough for subs to come in and out of our waters undetected. Hence, as she suggests, a permanent obstacle for the States in supporting (or not interfering with) Scottish moves for independence.
The brilliance of this scene. How does an actress train to do this scene? How long does she need to rehearse it ? It's complicated, long, and brilliant. I'm saying Bravo. A masterpiece
God she's such a bad ass and can embody any roles. It also showed a high intensity scenario where women didn't tear each other down or have malice but are holding each other accountable and sparring with their expertise for national interests and ethics. Not to mention it's a dynamic of a seasoned woman educating a younger woman contemplating to fill her shoes While the show rests entirely on the writers and director, cast like Janey constantly take the A script to a A+++.
Alison Janney is one of the best actresses out there. Love her.
Absolutely 👍 give her an Emmy now and a BAFTA
She's 65 and still has sex appeal for me, 20 years younger. I hope that is okay to say.
@@squamish4244 It’s not bad to say, I loved her in Girl on the train - she really “looked” & “felt” like a detective - also with this series, she does look like a VP. She just seems to sink into these roles and become them.
Is she in every episode?
@ no only the last two
Dragging the map in a gown, digging the charcoal out of the fireplace to write - awesome. An unstoppable force.
Bette Davis 2024!!!
Then wiping her hands on her dress. Not many actresses could pull all that off.
And not giving a damn about her beautiful gown because she had bigger fish to fry-ICONIC! 🥹🤌🏾
@@TokzanTee1 It's not just that; her hands are stained with charcoal which won't show up on a black gown. Brilliant character work.
“Keep your eyes on your own paper” astounding
I'm using that line at our next company meeting!!!
LOL...Elizabeth Jennings is NOW A DIPLOMAT!
Actually was the absolute wrong phrase to use.
As that was what she was doing, only looking at her area of responsibility. If she had been looking at the bigger picture, she would have most like likely proceeded with more caution.
The final wiping of her hand on her black dress: the amount of dirty decisions she had to make that people can't see
What an observation ❤❤
And that dress probably cost several thousand.
Can we just hand her the Emmy's now? Asking for a friend!
The clothes are a part of the storytelling in the show in such a big way.
wow
Honestly she shows her adversary a lot of respect here. She lays out the information she was working with, gives her the credit that she can follow along her reasoning in the political calculations, and takes responsibility. Also it helps that she demonstrates she's not an empty suit and is actually a heavy hitter who is not fucking around in an arena where fucking around will get millions killed.
Shame it's such as terribly written scene if you know the background to it
I was mind blown by this scene 👏👏👏 The level of knowledge behind the writers and the actresses’ performance 💯
Well, she was White House Press Secretary for about eight years...
@@Rabascan And chief of staff for some.
knowledge ? What series is this ?
Is it true to history or just made up by the writers? Either way, the level of detail to give a sense of who this character is and her motives deserves a standing applause.
@@CatOfSchroedingerThe Diplomat
Give Allison Janney the Emmy, SAG, Golden Golden Globe already...she ate this role. Was soooo excited when I saw she was part of this season and as always she never disappoints.
LEFT NO CRUMBS
I can't wait to see her as president in season 3
This was an AWESOME scene. Showing the breadth and depth of knowledge she possessed was a master stroke of exposition made active - of putting context around her decisions and actions while proving her understanding of the assets she was charged with protecting.
The Vice-President of the United States doesn't have a board, the position is literally a paper figure role, in case the President dies! But it the explination was bad ass!
Yet a cursory think and we KNOW none of it is true. The arctic military positions etc etc. incl Scotland.
Tell that to Cheney
@@jadedandbitter Ha in that instance Bush was a pushover! He let Chaney do what he wanted, but it´s not like he had power, he had power because Bush let him!
@@stephenfgdl and we "let" the president have power. Power is still power, if you have it, you have it.
THAT dialogue....
Wish we had more of that.
It's there...just not as clean. You don't loan 100s billions of dollars to a country to fight your ideological enemy, and not have that type of dialog.
What a well written scene. Just awesome.
The way she drags in the map, throws up a bunch of state secrets, and then just leaves it there like a dirty napkin, is so badass .
Every one of those positions is public knowledge or too vague to be of use.
Kreggen or Creggen is not even the name of the Royal Navy base in that location, it is a village sandwiched between one loch which has the UK nukes and another loch to the west which used to have the US nukes. Scots dont hate nukes - just the ones who try to find every scrap of colaterol for their political asperations.
@conormcmenemie5126 irrelevant - I'm not watching this for accuracy, but for entertainment.
@@westrim And the ambassador and chief of station would have been briefed about the importance of this well before hand. It would be the number one priority of the diplomatic corp.
@@jarodpearcy9789 maybe not the ambassador. Too often they are sinecures given out as rewards for big money donors. Maybe not the ambassadorship to the court of St. James, tho, I guess.
Sweet baby Jesus and the grown one, too… that was an absolute master class from Alison Janney.
🤣 Holy shit that is SO funny because my family has apparently used “sweet baby Jesus” when reacting to something unexpected for a few generations because I have heard it from the mouth of 4 generations alone in my lifetime thus far BUT I have honestly never heard the second part that you’ve quoted and it’s absolutely cracking me up!
I can’t wait to use your version as it is a new and improved version of one of the most commonly used catchphrases amongst my family and I know they will be just as tickled to hear it for the first time as I just experienced for myself.
Thank you for the MUCH needed belly laugh!!
It sure was
As soon as Allison Janney showed up I knew it was on. One of the greats.
Allison janney is quite possibly the greatest character actor of her generation.
Allison Janney is a gift to us all. She is one of the best actors we have today.
No one plays these roles better than Allison janney. She literally chewed this role up like she does with every other role
The entire cast of the show is fantastic, but then in comes Janney and just blows everyone out of the water. She was the perfect person for this role, we've spent 12 episodes with Kate being the smartest person (even if she is scatty and messy) and Russell plays it well but then you need Grace Penn to be instantly believable as someone who is just better and smarter than Kate in every way and that's phenomenally hard to do when it's Kerri Russell in that role. It really could only be Alison Janney to do it.
100% agreed, she just comes in halfway through the second season and dominates every scene she's in, even in THIS show stacked with amazing actors everywhere.
After we watched this scene, my husband and I looked at each other and said, “she’s going to win an Emmy for just that scene alone.”
It was a chef's kiss moment in the series! I LOVED IT. I hope there is more of this dynamic in the next season.
This second season felt so short, I did miss the two episodes they chose not to film originally, and they were too late to include. This scene was a masterclass on realpolitk.
Is that what happened?! It felt much less satisfying as an arc than the first season.
@@woudgy yes, the producer said so, she was doing too much, and tired so she agreed with NF to a 6 episode season, NF wanted and 8 one yet again, then the strike happened so she got the break she wanted but everything was mapped by then, and it was too late to change anything.
@darcyissues what a bummer
ALLISON ATEEE
The ending scene of Season 2 is one of the best cliffhangers I’ve seen in a long time.
Which pretty much guarantees cancellation according to the logic of Netflix.
The scene was so tense that at the beginning I thought the secret service were running to arrest the vp lol!
@@souvikmondal6161 SAME
Well, the Season 1 cliffhanger was pretty great, too. I wondered and thought about it for months!
It’s why I like to wait until the show is over to watch usually…
Nice of Aaron Sorkin to ghost-write this scene for Neflix!!! Janny is a tour-de-force in roles like this. Can't wait to see her as President in season 3!
You took the words out of my mouth. It sounded so much like Sorkin indeed.
I heard she doesn't become the President in S3 because she loses the election to a tech billionaire .
@@MrAhuapai It's not Franklin Hollis, is it???
wait he did?
@@cazyjohn2005 No, he didn't. But the shows chief writer and executive director of The Diplomat, Debora Cahn, was a writer on the West Wing for several seasons, including the last season (4) when Sorkin was still writing it.
I don’t remember how I stumbled upon this just now - but I’ve added it to my Netflix watchlist. I’ll watch anything with Allison Janney in it.
I actually got this show recommended to me by a Kick streamer, at first I was apprehensive but after just one episode I was hooked 😁 Ended up binging it and hoping for more, and even now im all over youtube looking for more content haha, what a fantastic show 🔥
I loved season 1, not sure yet on season 2 what do u guys think about it?
whats it about? is it like house of cards or more action like?
LOL...Elizabeth Jennings is NOW A DIPLOMAT!
I thought you said you got recommended this show by Keir Starmer 😆
And that is why she deserves all of the awards
CG Cregg changed a lot in 15 years.
CJ ftfy
Did she though?
Honestly, not THAT much. 😂 Not from the later WW seasons.
She finished building roads in Africa and was bored.
No, she's not computer generated.
Amazing show, fantastic scene, and I bow down to Allison Janney
“Keep your eyes on your own paper.” A phrase I haven’t heard since the 1970’s, when I left high school .
OK hell....Hadn't really heard about this show but saw Alison Janney and thought I'd give it a go. But damn... I think I have to watch the whole show now.
I agree. Come on over tonight and I'll pop some corn.
Allison janney it's not really in the first season. But you won't be disappointed it's a great show
I bet Allison Janney never thought she'd come this close to playing a character like CJ again
THIS WAS A REALLY REALLY GOOD SCENE
wipes the coal off on her dress - she's not f'ing around
Why was it a good scene?
@ that actress owned and with context of the whole season, way thrilling
@@usualsuspects42 in reality the Ambassador at this stage is more powerful than the VP, the VP is a figurehead and literally there for the purpose of replacing the President if he dies! So her point is moot!
One of the best scenes in the show.
Anything with Allison Janney in, I’ll watch it! ❤️ her
Allison Janney what a treasure
Alison Janney - she is just a force! She is just truly brilliant. I don’t know how she hasn’t had an Oscar by now
She won a supporting actress Oscar for I, Tonya.
Allison Janney is a Tony Award away from the acting triple crown. She won an Oscar in 2018 for I, Tonya.
It’s nice to see her get told off and her eyes opened to the importance of issues beyond the tip of her nose.
This is how you write powerful women.
They're in heels and evening wear.
But...
they're smart, forceful, opinionated, and both are committed to forestalling a nuclear confrontation.
In the parlance of Washington: these are serious people.
Love this scene.
What we HAVE in Hillary, Kamala, and a host of other high-ranking patriot women of the US. Compare that to the choices of Don the Con, so far - Tulsi Gabbard, Elise Stefanik, who's up next -Amber Rose?
@@janetkriegl6720 yeah well Americans clearly shti the bed on that decision. Now we have an 81 year old failed businessman / convicted felon / rapist
@@janetkriegl6720 I did not believe that was Hillary Clinton at any point, but sometimes she could perform the role enough to almost convince. Not well, but with acting skills. Kamala Harris has never for a single second looked or sounded the least bit credible, let alone on this level, and it is insane to suggest otherwise. To be fair, I can't decide for sure but I'd admit Sarah Palin might have been a Kamala-equivalent based on her sundry remarks. Tulsi Gabbard might not be ready for the role she's been given and that's an issue, but she's never sounded less than 20 times more plausible than the ridiculous Harris.
@@randomobserver8168 I disagree with EVERYTHING you've written here. But will not engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent. Cheers.
@@randomobserver8168 Enjoy the next four years. You deserve everything that's coming.
Don't ever, ever, take your eye off Allison Janney because... oh, damn! And her wiping the charcoal off her hand onto the dress without a moment's hesitation was simply the cherry on the icing on top of the cake.
From Press Secretary to Chief of Staff to VP to POTUS. What a career.
CJ rocks!
Exactly! She keeps getting promoted….not just a DEI hire either! Go Allison!
And that’s how you beat the bechdel test, great scene
I remember when in school for a writing assignment I beat it by having two female characters talk about cats defecating for a paragraph. At one point I had one of them break the fourth wall and ask for clarification if the cats were male or not because it was important to passing the test. The bechdel test is a pointless obstacle to creativity.
@ what if I want to tell a story about two gay men reminiscing about their deceased fathers, both of whom raised them as single dads? Under Bechdel’s test, my story would be considered as non progressive. It’s ironically a form of sexism masquerading as feminist.
@ exactly. It’s a dumb test.
@@usualsuspects42 what you think is immaterial.
Bringing up the Bechdel Test in a scene that didn't even make anyone else think about the Bechdel Test is a failure of the Bechdel Test.
Congratulations.
Scot here. This hit the nail on the head.
Yawn.
on top of everything else going on in these scene, Allison Janney's dress is stunning!
This series was such a masterpiece and I can't wait for Season 3
Have a Christmas bug so chilling and just started watching the show. Masterclass in script writing and actng. LOVE IT
Alison Janey just proved she is the smartest person in the room. BRAVO! EMMY NOD!
The map, the charcoal and the gown - that’s a whole new level of Cinderella ! 👑
This was truly a tour de force scene from an exceptionally talented actress. When Alison Janney gets intense in a scene, she's like a laser beam and it's incredible to watch. She deserves every award she ever gets!
Still crushing on this woman.
THAT's the power. Lover her role.
Fantastic show. You read and hear “ diplomat “ and think it would be boring but we blew through the show in two nights wanting more. Got to wait another year I guess.
I remember Kerri Russell from Felicity. It's like following the trajectory of a friend's career after college in 2006. You move from Bambi to Bombshell to Diplomat to Margaret Thatcher.
It's like watching one's innocence sublimating across the lines of our faces. You get wiser but the fireworks of youth have become the lava fields of adulthood.
Loved Allison Janney on The West Wing and was hilarious on Mom
This legitimately is one of the best shows I have seen in a while. Straight binged both seasons when they came out. Excited for Season 3!
C.J. Craig? No way! Allison Janney is a BEAST! Love her!
Allison Janney never disappoints no matter the role or genre.
I just love her acting so personable.
I hope Allison has cleared a space on her shelf for that 8th career Emmy, bc to absolutely NO ONE’S surprise, she blew everyone out of the water here.
This was so so so good
Alison Janney killed it in this role. Adding her to the cast was a great idea.
She absolutely ate with this one
Alison is superb.
I will forever love Allison Janney.
The way she says “BARRELING TOWARDS NEW YORK” ❤
Third time I've watched this. It won't be the last.
One of the most subtly intense scenes on film.
Let's make sure to give Allison LOTS of work in our lifetime.
Woooo hoooo! This is why we l❤❤ve some Alison Janey! You go girl!!!
The title of this video is how you don’t spoil the show yet still keep explainers accessible on the internet.
It is ALWAYS a matter of perspective and understanding. Nothing will kill you faster than ignorance.
OMG!! What a spellbinding scene. She is amazing yet again and she convinced me she was her. That shirt snap is a mic drop moment. 😂
An interesting show although it works better as a black comedy than straight drama. The two leads have great chemistry and keep you involved. And then along comes Allison Janney and blows everyone out of the water - by far the best thing she’s ever done. Can’t wait for next season..
I've never actually watched the show cuz I don't have a television but I've watched this scene about four times. She's brilliant
Alison Janey is so badass. Her appearance and addition to this ensemble is inspiring. I watched all of season two in one day. It was riveting. Netflix, you succeed because you select powerful women to enhance your productions. We notice that. Thank you. Now, how long to S3? 😁
Just an outstanding scene...two great actors in a room, talking. No booms, bangs or flames, no car chase scene, no shooting, no wild sex, just outstanding acting of a well written scene...Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar...hell, even a Tony...just the best thing filmed by anyone recently. My only gripe...too few episodes...I waited over a year for this and what did we get...six really fantastic episodes, but only six. And what? another year before we get to see the rest of this?
As a Scot who supports Independence, this is very accurate. The amount of money and fear mongering the UK government put into play for the 2014 referendum was insane. So then you would think that because Scotland has a massive target on it maybe make the UK government think twice about its attitude to Scotland and its role in Nato, but nope they still don't really care about us. They just want our land and resources to play Risk with their buddies.
The reason Scotland voted to remain in the UK was the same reason they voted to remain in the EU; because it would be stupid and reckless, as was demonstrated by this scene (while fictitious, still resembles reality) and Brexit. I’m English, and voted to Leave the EU as I (like many others) were naive in believing the promises of our politicians. What has changed for the better since we left? In fact, the issues the Leave campaign said would be solved by independence have only worsened. Since 2014, the SNP’s unravelling has taught us that Scottish independence would have been grossly mishandled in the same ways.
@lordwhitesk1n996 hey fellow British islander 👋
I get your point about the SNP. They have been a shitshow recently, but a lot of people down south get mixed up with the SNP and Independence as the same thing, the SNP tanked at the election but Independence is still polling around 50% and with demographic change that number will only increase, it was in the 30s before the referendum and 45% on the actual result. I do believe it will happen, but not for at least another decade or more because the Unionist politicians are just full of shit. Scottish Labour are already in the minus with recent polling locally up here. Because the unionists' parties have to listen to what their bosses in London tell them while the SNP and the Greens don't have that problem, they are purely scottish parties. Brexit did show that a divorce can be messy, but the narrative against the EU was that they were the enemy and they were this big boogie man out to get us with rules and regulations and immigration etc, with scottish Independence it's different because we share the same island we would be former country men, many of them from England who have decided to live here. I think the attitude will be completely different and more amicable.
@@MartinFinnigan definitely more amicable, but the logistics are mad. Financially speaking, no one has ever been able to prove that Scotland would be better off. Due to Scotland having many similarities to Scandinavian nations, it’d also have to transform radically. That’d mean high taxes and lots of public spending, which may work, but it’d mean decades of austerity and economic instability while the country transforms itself, not to mention the incredible personal cost to many people who work and live in both Scotland and the rest of the UK. Additionally, many businesses based in Scotland would have to move to other British nations, as staying in Scotland wouldn’t make sense for the above reasons. I completely understand the want to abandon Westminster, but I think it’s important for Scots to remember that everyone else hates Westminster just as much as they do haha
@lordwhitesk1n996 Oh yeah, 100%, it's not going to be easy. I don't think any indy supporters that I know think it's going to be easy either, but I think it's 100% worth it to build a nation that truly represents the people of that nation and how they want to govern themselves, instead of relying on budgets and decisions made by London, and every election cycle praying the english electorate don't elect the tories (again) or even worse Reform and their mob. Also Unionist politicians always have paradox statements when it comes to Scotland, like we are too, small, too poor etc the most recent one is they say that Scotland produces the most energy in Western Europe, economists then say that Scotland produces so much energy to provide all energy needs for its population for almost no cost and could then sell excess energy for billions to the UK and countries, so why then are we paying the highest energy prices in Western Europe. Because the UK government. There are many other paradox statements with Scotland. A lot of people up here see through the bullshit especially younger people, because the math aint mathing. The current system isn't working, and people are feeling it more and more. If the tories or Reform gets back in at the next election, which is looking likely at this stage, because Starmer is actually pathetic imo, it's another nail in the UK coffin. The UK government have had multiple opportunities to make the situation more fair but they just don't which goes back to my first comment, they just want the land and resources they don't give a fuck about us up here.
Ah yes, the Scottish nationalist delusion rears its head again.
One of the best scenes in television.
Okay… gotta watch this series.
Saw episode 1 but didn’t go back. Will go back this weekend!
Wow! Allison Janey… Wow!!
This show is SOOOOO dang GOOD!!
CJ Cregg the Cold War realist was only in two episodes in S2. Yet she kicks a** in all her scenes.
Great writing. Love this show.
This scene is just incredible!!
This season was bonkers. The show is so good and so underrated.
I was confused when she said Cregan housed the UK's nuclear submarines, as I was sure it was Faslane. Turns out Cregan is made up and I was right. For a second I thought I'd gone crazy.
Ditto.
Me too, it's Faslane Naval Base
While serving in the US Navy my ship was supposed to have a port visit at Faslane. We had planned to go to St Andrews, but unfortunately the port visit was canceled.
Helping the US government's agenda is why the UK has a target on its back. They should let them fight their own battles.
She's right on the rest of it, I think. Faslane and the Gare Loch are the only sea-connected parts of the UK that are deep enough for subs to come in and out of our waters undetected. Hence, as she suggests, a permanent obstacle for the States in supporting (or not interfering with) Scottish moves for independence.
Give her the Emmy right now 🎉🎉
Alison is so damn good…. “Anyone?”
She is so versatile. I love her since Mom
Well written, well directed, well played.
The brilliance of this scene. How does an actress train to do this scene? How long does she need to rehearse it ? It's complicated, long, and brilliant. I'm saying Bravo. A masterpiece
BEST SCENE EVER!!!
She deserves end Emmy for this
God she's such a bad ass and can embody any roles. It also showed a high intensity scenario where women didn't tear each other down or have malice but are holding each other accountable and sparring with their expertise for national interests and ethics.
Not to mention it's a dynamic of a seasoned woman educating a younger woman contemplating to fill her shoes
While the show rests entirely on the writers and director, cast like Janey constantly take the A script to a A+++.
Brilliant acting.
Great show
Love every word she says.
This is the first scene I watched. It made me want to watch the whole thing. Finished season two 3 days later.
Walked in like a boss and the World followed...
Well done C.J.!!!!!
Daaaaaamn! CJ is back baby! ❤💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️
Like no one plays a detective better than Jodie Foster. No one plays a politician better than Allison Janney.
Allison Janey is SOOOOOOO good.
Terrible
god damn, this is why she is my favorite actress
You do not mess with Claudia Jean Craig, LOL
Sam, Josh, and Toby learnt the hard way. Now it's Kate's turn 😉