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Jul. 19th, 2006 10:12 pmWell, I didn’t do any ironing today because it was too effin’ hot (93 degrees!) but I did get a bit of time to myself to watch “Take This Sabbath Day.” But I’m gonna do the ironing spam anyway… rather than picpams, these tend to be “wordspams”! hee!
Unusually, this episode only really has an ‘A’ plot and a ‘B’ plot (normally there are 3!) – the real meat of the episode is Bartlet’s dilemma over whether to commute a death sentence, and the subplot is “hungover Josh meets Joey Lucas” – which of course gives us a wonderful comedic performance by Brad – who somehow manages to make looking like total crap cute! (Yes – I’m a hopeless case *g*!)
( It was my Saturday, too, Josh! )
I love Sam’s antics as he’s trying to “cut the cord” – puts down his phone and pager… picks them up again… can’t leave the ringing phone. Oh, Sam – don’t you realise there’s NO WAY you’re going to get out of the office for the weekend now??
The call is from the lawyers for Simon Cruz, the guy on death row whose execution is scheduled for midnight Sunday.
( Drop kicked into the fijords )
Meanwhile, Donna has discovered Josh asleep in his office smelling like he “slept in a dumpster” (one of Mandy’s better lines!). We can probably all quote this scene verbatim, but what the hell…
( I’m not listening to you now… )
Of course, being Josh, he can’t have the good luck to have been able to get himself cleaned up before Joey arrives… he also has appalling timing, telling her there’s no way she can possibly get to see the President, when guess who turns up at Josh’s office door? Oh, Josh!.
Bartlet is now wondering how on earth he can commute the death sentence – which is of course what he wants to do. He knows that the majority of the people are in favour of the death penalty for murderers, but he doesn’t believe in capital punishment on the one hand, but on the other doesn’t see how he can commute this sentence and then not others, because it’s bound to happen again. Eventually, he accepts the political reality – that he has to allow the sentence to be carried out – but he can’t reconcile what he has to do with his personal and religious beliefs.
Earlier, he’s spoken to Charlie about what he’d want to happen if the person who killed his mother was caught and brought to justice:
( a question... )
Oh, the nostalgia… *sniff* this show was just SO. DAMN. GOOD!
( gratuitous drooling… )
Unusually, this episode only really has an ‘A’ plot and a ‘B’ plot (normally there are 3!) – the real meat of the episode is Bartlet’s dilemma over whether to commute a death sentence, and the subplot is “hungover Josh meets Joey Lucas” – which of course gives us a wonderful comedic performance by Brad – who somehow manages to make looking like total crap cute! (Yes – I’m a hopeless case *g*!)
( It was my Saturday, too, Josh! )
I love Sam’s antics as he’s trying to “cut the cord” – puts down his phone and pager… picks them up again… can’t leave the ringing phone. Oh, Sam – don’t you realise there’s NO WAY you’re going to get out of the office for the weekend now??
The call is from the lawyers for Simon Cruz, the guy on death row whose execution is scheduled for midnight Sunday.
( Drop kicked into the fijords )
Meanwhile, Donna has discovered Josh asleep in his office smelling like he “slept in a dumpster” (one of Mandy’s better lines!). We can probably all quote this scene verbatim, but what the hell…
( I’m not listening to you now… )
Of course, being Josh, he can’t have the good luck to have been able to get himself cleaned up before Joey arrives… he also has appalling timing, telling her there’s no way she can possibly get to see the President, when guess who turns up at Josh’s office door? Oh, Josh!.
Bartlet is now wondering how on earth he can commute the death sentence – which is of course what he wants to do. He knows that the majority of the people are in favour of the death penalty for murderers, but he doesn’t believe in capital punishment on the one hand, but on the other doesn’t see how he can commute this sentence and then not others, because it’s bound to happen again. Eventually, he accepts the political reality – that he has to allow the sentence to be carried out – but he can’t reconcile what he has to do with his personal and religious beliefs.
Earlier, he’s spoken to Charlie about what he’d want to happen if the person who killed his mother was caught and brought to justice:
( a question... )
Oh, the nostalgia… *sniff* this show was just SO. DAMN. GOOD!
( gratuitous drooling… )
