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Starting a #WestWingRewatch today w/ my 12 year old daughter. She’s seen a few eps but never in order. First 2 observations from the pilot: “you’re like Josh because you work 2 much & sleep at your desk” AND “that woman (Mandy) is v. loud & not v. considerate” #raisingthemright
Episode 2: I like CJ’s suits. They make her look powerful (thus triggering a conversation about “power suits”). He puts his jacket on funny (President Bartlet).
Episode 3: “What’s a “call girl”?” followed by an explanation of what a proportional response means. “I like Charlie; he seems very kind and honest.” “Leo is good because he can calm the president down.”
Episode 4: “Josh is just poking at his food; he’s not even eating anything. Maybe he doesn’t know how to use chopsticks.”
Episode 5: “The President is a cheater. He knows important people and probably isn’t very good at basketball.” and “Who puts oregano in chili?!”
Episode 6: no comment from the kid, but from my side - would the bar really have allowed a 19* year old Zoey to get a drink at the bar “for C.J.” and why did Zoey need to take everything out of her pockets before going to pick it up?
Episode 7: this is when Mandy starts to really become annoying; kid is asleep - we may have to rewatch, though, in her defense, it’s a pretty boring episode so far.
Episode 8: The Pres should let Josh go home. Oh, no - [Pres. Bartlet’s] got Charlie now! They’ll never sleep. / RE: Mandy - She is always shouting. She’s always complaining. That’s why no one likes her. If they’re all idiots & she works with them, she’s probably an idiot, too.
Episode 9: Donna’s worried about the ceiling & Josh doesn’t care. He should care. (2 mins later) SEE?! / Danny & Toby look alike. (me:
) / If Leo’s in trouble, his friends will help him. / C.J. should decorate the fish tank! (her 
light up when I explain it changes every ep)
) / If Leo’s in trouble, his friends will help him. / C.J. should decorate the fish tank! (her light up when I explain it changes every ep)
Episode 10: Charlie should’ve waited until the president finished w/ the kids before he told him the boy died. Now he has to pretend to be happy. 
It’s wrong Toby lied, but it’s good that the homeless man got a nice funeral. 
It’s wrong Toby lied, but it’s good that the homeless man got a nice funeral.
Episode 11: *snores loudly* *wakes up when Lord John appears* “....WHO is THAT?!” (we’ll have to try this one again)
Ep 11 rewatch: (Her) He’s always joking w/ her; maybe he likes her? (Me) They’re deeply in love but it’s gonna be a while...6 more yrs. (Her) 6 YEARS?! (Me) Settle in, girlfriend. (Her) They always say no to that woman (Mandy). Maybe she has bad ideas. + LJM’s 1st scene rxn: 
Ep 12: Donna’s always sweet to everyone so Josh shouldn’t worry about Leo & Margaret./You can tell Leo & the president love each other; they’re v. good friends./(re: LJM - stop drinking!)/Why is CJ acting funny and trying to take the fish away?/I like that carpet! (in the Oval)
[missed recaps of rest of S1] 2.1 ISOTG 1: the absolute shock & dismay on her face when the shooting started & she realized the Pres & Josh were shot; me: Nancy McNally mentions OBL w/ Joint Chiefs - never noticed that before; “Oh...poor Donna...” She’s loving the backstories 1/2
2.2 ISOTG 2: “When did CJ come in? She’s my fave. No. Josh is my fave. No. Donna. No-“ “Josh knows [Bartlet] would be better than the other guy & Sam trusts his judgement” “THERE she is - ooh she’s got a pool!” *clapping maniacally as she falls in* 1/2
“THERE she is - ooh she’s got a pool!” *clapping maniacally as she falls in* 1/2
2/2: (me: JUST understood EMILY’s List acronym) “This is pretty good timing for all these people - they need them when they’re unhappy & getting fired” (<true dat, sis) “He WILL find Donna valuable” “Josh has very bad luck”
