I always loved the contrast between the ending of S2 and S3. The former ends with an awesome meditation on destiny and decision. The latter - this clip - ends, true, with a great put down of Richie, but more importantly I think with a morally grey and unpleasant decision weighing on a tiring man. This is the point where the optimism of the earlier Bartlett years starts to wear off: governing is hard and every decision involves failing in one way if not in many. And of course the assassination has repercussions down the line.
James Brolin, acting the role of Governor Robert Ritchie, does a brilliant job. It's clear to a discerning viewer that the agent and his sacrifice was not a factor in Gov. Ritchie's consideration, at all.
Questions for you: of the two who was the “snowflake”? Who led with anger? I get that many feel shunned by those more affluent, educated and accomplished, it’s a sign of relational poverty, but I struggle with this: it’s always the left encouraged to reach out to the right, not vice versa. Empathy is never bidirectional. We expect the NYT to analyse the trump voter objectively, but we don’t expect fox or newsmax to analyse the Harris voter. This exchange speaks, to me, as an answer as to why: there’s an absence of seeing the other as an other, and an inability to doubt your perceptions.
Perhaps they do not want to understand the other side. They want to win so they can tell the other side they were wrong. A little like preppers who want a disaster to occur so they can show their neighbors they were right all along.
I have been looking for a recording of this rendition of The Patriotic Song by Stephen Oliver, unsuccessfully. … England arise! Join in the chorus! It is a new made song you should be singing. See in the skies, flutt'ring before us what the bright bird of peace is bringing! See upon our smiling land where the wealths of nations stand where prosperity and industry walk ever hand in hand. Where so many blessings crowd, 'tis our duty to be proud. Up and answer, English Yeoman, sing it joyfully aloud. Evermore upon our country God will pour his rich increase, And victorious in war shall be made glorious in peace, And victorious in war shall be made glorious in peace. … See each one do what he can to further God's almighty plan. The benificence of heaven help the skilfulness of man. Ev'ry garner fill'd with grain, Ev'ry meadow blest with rain: Rich and fertile is the golden corn that bear and bears again. … Where so many blessings crowd, 'Tis our duty to be proud. Up and answer, fellow Britons, sing it joyfully aloud. … Evermore upon our country God will pour his rich increase And victorious in war shall be made glorious in peace.
On the contrary, Shrub was already squatting in the Oval Office when this episode aired. Consequently, Ritchie was a current caricature of Shrub-and an apt one at that.
I believe it was a song borrowed from one show (the RSC's Nicholas Nickleby--which I saw starring the late, great Roger Rees) and grafted onto another (WW Creator/Writer Aaron Sorkin's War of The Roses). I think the closing credits may have noted what was done. The episode had to end with the strong anthem as it was so sad and morally ambiguous as it concluded. The point being that serving as the US President is much harder than it appears. Mr. Brolin doing a dead-on George W. Bush made it even more tragic. We got the actual Imperial Finger Painter eventually--to our detriment (yellow cake uranium indeed).
Don't know where you are in the world but in the UK, Channel 4's catch-up service has the entire series. If that's accessible online from outside the UK you should be OK.
I always loved the contrast between the ending of S2 and S3. The former ends with an awesome meditation on destiny and decision. The latter - this clip - ends, true, with a great put down of Richie, but more importantly I think with a morally grey and unpleasant decision weighing on a tiring man. This is the point where the optimism of the earlier Bartlett years starts to wear off: governing is hard and every decision involves failing in one way if not in many. And of course the assassination has repercussions down the line.
It is hard if you are trying to do your best agonising over every decision as if they were actually important. Because who would think otherwise?
very well said/analysed
it wasn't his simplistic response, it was his complete lack of sympathy or respect towards a man that died in service to his country
James Brolin, acting the role of Governor Robert Ritchie, does a brilliant job. It's clear to a discerning viewer that the agent and his sacrifice was not a factor in Gov. Ritchie's consideration, at all.
Yes. I enjoy baseball, books and ballet.
Taking everything as an insult and having fortune cookie responses. Almost prescient
Questions for you: of the two who was the “snowflake”? Who led with anger? I get that many feel shunned by those more affluent, educated and accomplished, it’s a sign of relational poverty, but I struggle with this: it’s always the left encouraged to reach out to the right, not vice versa. Empathy is never bidirectional. We expect the NYT to analyse the trump voter objectively, but we don’t expect fox or newsmax to analyse the Harris voter. This exchange speaks, to me, as an answer as to why: there’s an absence of seeing the other as an other, and an inability to doubt your perceptions.
Empathy v Apathy
Perhaps they do not want to understand the other side. They want to win so they can tell the other side they were wrong. A little like preppers who want a disaster to occur so they can show their neighbors they were right all along.
Seeing James Brolin in this role and his utterance of, “boy I don’t know “ gave me pause. Boy, I don’t know.
3:25 the first time I saw this I was so confused as to what Danny Concannon was up to
Similar looking for sure.
no wonder he got the lead on the story later ;)
C’mon Jeb, you were kinda fuxxin’ with da Govnah. And he knew it. And. I loved it.
The part of this scene with the musical number was always my favorite scene from the show.
One of my favorites but I hated that they killed off mark harmen that could have been a great storyline for CJ…
I have been looking for a recording of this rendition of The Patriotic Song by Stephen Oliver, unsuccessfully.
… England arise! Join in the chorus!
It is a new made song you should be singing.
See in the skies, flutt'ring before us
what the bright bird of peace is bringing!
See upon our smiling land
where the wealths of nations stand
where prosperity and industry walk
ever hand in hand.
Where so many blessings crowd,
'tis our duty to be proud.
Up and answer, English Yeoman,
sing it joyfully aloud.
Evermore upon our country
God will pour his rich increase,
And victorious in war shall be made glorious in peace,
And victorious in war shall be made glorious in peace.
… See each one do what he can to further God's almighty plan.
The benificence of heaven help the skilfulness of man.
Ev'ry garner fill'd with grain, Ev'ry meadow blest with rain:
Rich and fertile is the golden corn that bear and bears again.
… Where so many blessings crowd,
'Tis our duty to be proud.
Up and answer, fellow Britons,
sing it joyfully aloud.
… Evermore upon our country
God will pour his rich increase
And victorious in war shall be made glorious in peace.
I liked it better in Nicholas Nickleby.
President's must have special cigarettes that exhaling the smoke isn't needed.
Do you mean presidents? Do you mean the president?
I have heard that most programs that depict smoking now use false, herbal cigarettes. Bartlett not exhaling was an oversight in editing, I believe.
Masterpiece
George W Bush before George W Bush was George W Bush.
On the contrary, Shrub was already squatting in the Oval Office when this episode aired. Consequently, Ritchie was a current caricature of Shrub-and an apt one at that.
What was the musical?
I believe it was a song borrowed from one show (the RSC's Nicholas Nickleby--which I saw starring the late, great Roger Rees) and grafted onto another (WW Creator/Writer Aaron Sorkin's War of The Roses). I think the closing credits may have noted what was done. The episode had to end with the strong anthem as it was so sad and morally ambiguous as it concluded. The point being that serving as the US President is much harder than it appears. Mr. Brolin doing a dead-on George W. Bush made it even more tragic. We got the actual Imperial Finger Painter eventually--to our detriment (yellow cake uranium indeed).
This sums up the elitism of GOP ugly spirited nastiness perfectly!!
Really? the leftie only disliked 1 thing, the righty disliked many. Seems to me that he was the asshat.
Putting the words 'elitism' and 'gop' together is like putting the words 'turd' and 'polisher' together.....it's just nonsense. ;-)
Too bad Max has removed the series from their service. You should remove the link from the video.
Don't know where you are in the world but in the UK, Channel 4's catch-up service has the entire series. If that's accessible online from outside the UK you should be OK.