1. - Previously:
- Where'd you get that?Copy !req
2. It says Leo McGarry spent 28 days
in a substance abuse facility.Copy !req
3. This was obtained illegally.Copy !req
4. Records of these facilities
are confidential.Copy !req
5. He's got them.Copy !req
6. I thought I'd kiss you.Copy !req
7. Then I'd be able to give my work
the kind of concentration it deserves.Copy !req
8. I voluntarily admitted myself to
the Tucson Rehabilitation Facility...Copy !req
9. to treat an addiction
to alcohol and Valium.Copy !req
10. Weather permitting, we'll be outside.Copy !req
11. - Meaning?
- No rain.Copy !req
12. - C.J.
- It's gonna be 22 degrees.Copy !req
13. - I know.
- Why do you...?Copy !req
14. This president is from New England.
Get used to that.Copy !req
15. That's what he said this morning.
What else do we have?Copy !req
16. The president will sign the bill
with 15 pens.Copy !req
17. Someone wanted you to know that.Copy !req
18. - C.J.
- No questions about the pens.Copy !req
19. I have a question about the pens.Copy !req
20. "Josiah Bartlet" has 13 letters.
How will he use 15 pens?Copy !req
21. Danny, you are the only one
in the room doing the math on that.Copy !req
22. My readers expect a little bit more.Copy !req
23. 15 pens, 13 letters. They must
have stuck something in about...Copy !req
24. Yes. He's gonna... Interesting.Copy !req
25. He's gonna literally dot
the I and cross the T's.Copy !req
26. - Thank you.
- Freak boy.Copy !req
27. Thanks.Copy !req
28. The parents of Lowell Lydell
have been added to the guest list.Copy !req
29. - Also added to the guest list are...
- That's still on?Copy !req
30. - What is?
- The Lydells.Copy !req
31. I've heard they don't
like the president and...Copy !req
32. I've heard that too.
It's ridiculous.Copy !req
33. He's signing hate crimes legislation.Copy !req
34. The Lydells' son was killed
for being gay.Copy !req
35. - Just asking.
- I heard it too.Copy !req
36. - The Lydells are coming.
- They'll be available to the press?Copy !req
37. Where was I?Copy !req
38. Senators Breech and Larkin
will be attending as well.Copy !req
39. You've been a great audience.
Don't forget to tip your waitresses.Copy !req
40. - Shouldn't guarantee the Lydells.
- They're not coming?Copy !req
41. They are coming,
I'm not sure we want them.Copy !req
42. He doesn't say much.
It indicates...Copy !req
43. His son was killed.
Want him to wear a campaign button?Copy !req
44. I do, at the signing.
The reticence he exhibited...Copy !req
45. - Listen to yourself.
- Meet them, tell me what you think.Copy !req
46. - You want me to audition the Lydells?
- And to cut me some slack.Copy !req
47. Dotting the I's, crossing the T's.
Thank you.Copy !req
48. - We do our homework.
- You misspelled "senator. "Copy !req
49. - We've got a sticky wicket.
- Don't say I'm working late.Copy !req
50. - I need you to read a report.
- I'm in my prime.Copy !req
51. No doubt, but I need you to read this.Copy !req
52. We want Congress to okay funds
for 100,000 new teachers.Copy !req
53. They say we gotta stipulate
that in sex ed...Copy !req
54. - Abstinence only?
- Yes.Copy !req
55. I'd have no trouble
passing such a class.Copy !req
56. We commissioned a report on sex ed
in public schools, and this is it.Copy !req
57. - What's it say?
- It's not good.Copy !req
58. How's it not good?Copy !req
59. It says teaching abstinence only
doesn't work.Copy !req
60. People will have sex
even if they're told not to.Copy !req
61. - What do they recommend?
- Abstinence Plus.Copy !req
62. Abstinence Plus?
What's that mean?Copy !req
63. - Sam's renamed it "Everything But. "
- "Everything But"?Copy !req
64. - They want teachers to teach...
- Yes.Copy !req
65. The "sticky wicket" was...Copy !req
66. A regrettable pun.
Should I order you food?Copy !req
67. I can't remember the last time
I got home before midnight.Copy !req
68. By the way, pages 27 to 33? A couple
things every girl should know.Copy !req
69. Get me a salad.Copy !req
70. - Want to have dinner?
- With you?Copy !req
71. I'm reading about sex ed.Copy !req
72. I'm anticipating your joke
and not finding it funny.Copy !req
73. You'll have to date me.
You can't just grab me and kiss me.Copy !req
74. - You can, I won't mind.
- I didn't. You grabbed me.Copy !req
75. First time. Every other time,
you grabbed me.Copy !req
76. Randomly grabbing and kissing me.Copy !req
77. There's better things ahead,
as I'm sure you're about to read.Copy !req
78. What do you want?Copy !req
79. An advance man for the VP took a Navy
chopper to Pebble Beach for 18 holes.Copy !req
80. - Are you kidding me? How do you know?
- A source.Copy !req
81. - What kind of source?
- The anonymous kind.Copy !req
82. - I'll find out.
- Do it promptly.Copy !req
83. A pilot sat around on the taxpayers'
dime while your guy hit sand traps.Copy !req
84. - Okay. Wait.
- See you.Copy !req
85. Okay, you can go now.Copy !req
86. No problem.Copy !req
87. - Josh. Did they burn the hamburger?
- I said well-done.Copy !req
88. He likes it beyond well-done, burnt.
Food's here.Copy !req
89. - Did they burn it?
- Yes.Copy !req
90. - Did you check?
- I'm not checking your food.Copy !req
91. No, no, I'll carry it.Copy !req
92. I like where,
if you drop it, it breaks.Copy !req
93. What's "take out the trash day"?Copy !req
94. Stories we don't like, we give
to the press in a lump on Friday.Copy !req
95. Why do it in a lump?
Why not spread them out?Copy !req
96. They've got X column inches to fill.
They'll fill them, no matter what.Copy !req
97. Give them one story,
it's X column inches.Copy !req
98. - Five stories...
- A fifth the size.Copy !req
99. - Why Friday?
- No one reads the paper on Saturday.Copy !req
100. - You guys are real populists.
- Salad's for C.J.Copy !req
101. An Alabama town wants to abolish
all laws except the Ten Commandments.Copy !req
102. - I saw it.
- They'll have a problem.Copy !req
103. The Constitution separates
church and state.Copy !req
104. - Good point. Two problems.
- I'm busy.Copy !req
105. - The Commandments are hard to enforce.
- What is it?Copy !req
106. I just got asked to comment on a story
that's running in The Georgetown Hoya.Copy !req
107. The student newspaper?Copy !req
108. A professor is teaching what
the paper feels is racist stuff.Copy !req
109. - Funding for Head Start, welfare...
- Why are they talking to us?Copy !req
110. - Zoey's in the class.
- Who cares?Copy !req
111. This minute, The Georgetown Hoya.
Tomorrow...Copy !req
112. The president's daughter has
an idiot professor and...?Copy !req
113. - I'll talk to Zoey.
- Please.Copy !req
114. What else?Copy !req
115. Coveting thy neighbor's wife.
How do you enforce that?Copy !req
116. We never have our chats.Copy !req
117. - What chats?
- Our late-night chats.Copy !req
118. Did we ever do that?Copy !req
119. No.Copy !req
120. Fellas. My office.Copy !req
121. - Did you know that there's a town...?
- Yes.Copy !req
122. - What do you think?
- Coveting is a problem.Copy !req
123. If I were arrested for coveting,
I'd probably bear false witness.Copy !req
124. This sex ed report could not come
at a worse time.Copy !req
125. 100,000 teachers.
He's signing the Hate Crimes Bill.Copy !req
126. He didn't write it.Copy !req
127. - I wish we'd known it was coming.
- That horse left the barn.Copy !req
128. Deal with it tomorrow.
What's this thing on the Hill?Copy !req
129. We're meeting with Bruno
from an Appropriations Subcommittee...Copy !req
130. with jurisdiction over
the White House budget.Copy !req
131. - Is this about me?
- It's about me.Copy !req
132. I withheld information gained during
Inspector Javert's drug search.Copy !req
133. - Can I say a word?
- No.Copy !req
134. - It was the right thing to do...
- I know. You're going too?Copy !req
135. - Yeah.
- Okay.Copy !req
136. - I'm sorry to make you guys...
- Leo, please!Copy !req
137. - You don't know for sure.
- She just said she knew that for sure.Copy !req
138. - She said she knew it in her heart.
- I know it for sure.Copy !req
139. - She said it.
- Tell your boss.Copy !req
140. - Excuse me.
- Good evening.Copy !req
141. - What are you girls doing?
- We're just talking.Copy !req
142. You work for very important people.
This is not a place for gossip.Copy !req
143. Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
144. She knew it in her heart.
I'm wrong about things in my heart.Copy !req
145. Yeah, but she's right about this one.Copy !req
146. Here's a group of federal employees.Copy !req
147. Can I talk to you?
In Sam's office?Copy !req
148. - We'll need to ask Sam.
- I need Sam too.Copy !req
149. - Sam.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
150. Donna needs to talk to us.
Looks bad.Copy !req
151. This man with the golf clubs
and helicopter?Copy !req
152. - Chad Margrudian.
- Didn't he work for us?Copy !req
153. - Kept screwing up.
- How?Copy !req
154. He advanced the Puerto Rico trip
and spent a day scuba diving.Copy !req
155. On the New York trip, he got tickets
to something the president didn't see.Copy !req
156. - He's working for Hoynes?
- Played 18 holes at Pebble Beach.Copy !req
157. - Which he's supposed to do.
- But not take a Navy helicopter.Copy !req
158. - What does this have to do with us?
- We know who leaked the story.Copy !req
159. You remember Chad Margrudian?
He took a ride...Copy !req
160. - I already know. The golf?
- How do you know?Copy !req
161. Danny got it from a source.Copy !req
162. - He gave it to you?
- Any problem?Copy !req
163. - Was it the other way around? A joke.
- It better have been. What else?Copy !req
164. There's a thing with Zoey.Copy !req
165. Her professor's teaching things.
We're getting her out of class.Copy !req
166. You can dump them both out with
the trash. And I was kidding before.Copy !req
167. I don't leak stories.
Don't believe me, ask Danny.Copy !req
168. - I do believe you.
- Good.Copy !req
169. - You okay by yourself?
- Why wouldn't I be okay?Copy !req
170. Okay.Copy !req
171. Good night.Copy !req
172. Her name's Karen Larsen. She worked
in the vice president's office.Copy !req
173. Aides thought she had a bit of a crush
on Hoynes, so they moved her away.Copy !req
174. - Where?
- I'm glad you asked.Copy !req
175. Personnel?
How high's her FBI clearance?Copy !req
176. - High enough.
- We found our man.Copy !req
177. - Talk with her when you get back.
- Yeah.Copy !req
178. The European Union favors
importing bananas...Copy !req
179. from Latin American countries
that used to be European colonies.Copy !req
180. I don't want to talk about bananas.
Good morning.Copy !req
181. Did you say you wanted a banana?
Get him a banana.Copy !req
182. - I don't want one.
- Sure?Copy !req
183. - Yes, thank you.
- It's got potassium.Copy !req
184. I'm done talking to you now.Copy !req
185. Morning, everyone.
Sit down, please.Copy !req
186. The point is, the rules discriminate
against poor Latin American countries.Copy !req
187. - Are we a Latin American country?
- No.Copy !req
188. What's the point?Copy !req
189. - American companies sell the bananas.
- I'm in trouble with Chiquita?Copy !req
190. It's not you so much as...
Yeah, it's mostly you.Copy !req
191. - Toby.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
192. We appointed people to the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting.Copy !req
193. Republicans, as well as an
alarming number of Democrats...Copy !req
194. - ... have held up those appointments.
- I've been briefed.Copy !req
195. Their reluctance has little
to do with bananas.Copy !req
196. - I'm meeting people this afternoon.
- You're set?Copy !req
197. I was raised on Sesame Street,
and on Julia Child.Copy !req
198. I was raised on Brideshead Revisited.
The legacies are safe in my hands.Copy !req
199. - You've got a problem?
- You watched cooking shows?Copy !req
200. - I watched Miss Julia Child.
- Okay.Copy !req
201. - C.J., Mandy mentioned the Lydells?
- Yeah.Copy !req
202. - You'll sit with them?
- This afternoon.Copy !req
203. Talk to the father.
I'm concerned about the father.Copy !req
204. If you don't mind me asking,
what is your concern?Copy !req
205. Mandy says he's withdrawn,
that he doesn't say much.Copy !req
206. His son was just killed.Copy !req
207. - He was killed because he was gay.
- And?Copy !req
208. We can't put a guy front and center
who's ashamed that his son was gay.Copy !req
209. - Really?
- Fathers and sons, C.J.Copy !req
210. He sells dental supplies in St. Paul.
How enlightened will he be?Copy !req
211. - Yeah, but his son just died.
- Sit and talk to them.Copy !req
212. - Yes, sir.
- Is that it?Copy !req
213. - Have you looked at the sex ed report?
- I haven't had a chance.Copy !req
214. It's dramatic. We should discuss
the right forum to present it.Copy !req
215. - I'll look it over and we'll talk.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
216. Josh and Sam, wait up a second.
Leo, don't go away.Copy !req
217. Excuse us a second.Copy !req
218. - What time are you going to the Hill?
- Noon.Copy !req
219. I want to preempt a hearing.
I don't want it.Copy !req
220. I don't want it for Leo.
I don't want it for us.Copy !req
221. They know that,
and they'll want a deal.Copy !req
222. Don't take anything off the table
until you've talked to me.Copy !req
223. - Yes, sir.
- Okay.Copy !req
224. I'll probably spend much of my day
talking about bananas.Copy !req
225. - Godspeed.
- Thanks.Copy !req
226. - Thanks, Mr. President.
- All right.Copy !req
227. - Is Simon Blye meeting with you today?
- How did you know that?Copy !req
228. I broke into your secret schedule
and took infrared photos.Copy !req
229. Margaret told me.
Why are you meeting with that man?Copy !req
230. - He's a good friend.
- No, he's not.Copy !req
231. - He's been a good friend to me.
- Which isn't hard when times are good.Copy !req
232. The measure of a man is, how does he
behave when things are otherwise?Copy !req
233. I need counsel.Copy !req
234. That you couldn't get from me?
Toby, Josh, Sam, C.J.?Copy !req
235. I didn't mean that, Mr. President.
Your counsel is valued above all else.Copy !req
236. I just meant I can use
all the help I can get.Copy !req
237. You put faith in people,
and I love you for that.Copy !req
238. - I don't want you to be disappointed.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
239. - Especially now.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
240. Okay.Copy !req
241. You've got to read the sex ed report.Copy !req
242. - I will.
- Thanks, sir.Copy !req
243. Thank you.Copy !req
244. Tell me something.Copy !req
245. - Are we off-the-record? Are we?
- Yes.Copy !req
246. - Feels like we're on-the-record.
- We're off.Copy !req
247. - Never mind.
- What?Copy !req
248. It was nothing.Copy !req
249. - I have no objection to the kissing.
- I understand.Copy !req
250. - Don't think that it's a problem.
- There won't be any more kissing.Copy !req
251. I'm sorry to hear that.Copy !req
252. Can a father be embarrassed
about his son being gay...Copy !req
253. even after his son was murdered?Copy !req
254. Yes.Copy !req
255. To the extent that he wouldn't
support a law...Copy !req
256. that punishes perpetrators
of hate crimes...Copy !req
257. including the ones who tied his son
to a tree and threw rocks at him?Copy !req
258. Yes.Copy !req
259. - It eludes me.
- I know.Copy !req
260. - What about the advance guy?
- I'll tell you Friday.Copy !req
261. - Dumping it in the trash?
- He's a C-level aide. He's resigning.Copy !req
262. - Minding the people's business.
- A job you're suited for.Copy !req
263. - Goodbye.
- Okay. See you.Copy !req
264. Okay. You should go now.Copy !req
265. - I work here.
- Yes. Then I should go.Copy !req
266. Okay.Copy !req
267. This isn't a trial or deposition.
You won't be sworn in.Copy !req
268. You're not on-the-record.
There will be no record.Copy !req
269. I'm on the Appropriations Subcommittee
for White House budget and management.Copy !req
270. Many of my colleagues want hearings...Copy !req
271. to determine any wrongdoing
by the White House...Copy !req
272. in covering up Leo McGarry's
problems with alcohol and drugs.Copy !req
273. I want to see if we can avoid that,
as I'm sure you do.Copy !req
274. - Yes, sir.
- So, what happened?Copy !req
275. - Leo?
- Is he here?Copy !req
276. - Yes.
- Send him in.Copy !req
277. - Simon. Thanks for coming.
- Of course.Copy !req
278. - Trouble getting here?
- No.Copy !req
279. - How's Meredith?
- Spending all her time in the country.Copy !req
280. You built the house, Simon.Copy !req
281. I know you're busy.
Why don't we talk about you?Copy !req
282. Okay.Copy !req
283. November 21, Congressman Lillienfield
announced in reckless fashion...Copy !req
284. that the White House
staff is on drugs.Copy !req
285. We were announcing our nominee
for the Supreme Court, so...Copy !req
286. You didn't wanna blow the moment.
You can speak candidly here, Josh.Copy !req
287. Were you asked to investigate?Copy !req
288. "Investigate" is a word
that gets us into trouble.Copy !req
289. - You held interviews to determine...
- As a first glance.Copy !req
290. if staffers used drugs, or if
anyone knew of staffers using drugs.Copy !req
291. - Claypool subpoenaed the paperwork.
- Under the Freedom of Information Act.Copy !req
292. I've got your Claypool deposition.
I wanna talk about it for a moment.Copy !req
293. Sure.Copy !req
294. Josh and Sam.Copy !req
295. They're up with Bruno's people,
trying to avoid a hearing.Copy !req
296. They won't be successful.Copy !req
297. Josh and Sam are good,
and Bruno's a reasonable guy.Copy !req
298. There'll be a hearing.
It'll take months, it'll be awful.Copy !req
299. We'll hear stories about booze
and pills and God knows what else.Copy !req
300. The president has a budget to pass,
Mendoza to confirm...Copy !req
301. and he's gotta get a
Democratic Congress elected.Copy !req
302. Leo...Copy !req
303. Simon, did you come to tell me
I should resign?Copy !req
304. Yeah.Copy !req
305. I offered the president my
resignation. He won't accept it.Copy !req
306. He's blinded by friendship and
he's being foolish. Point that out.Copy !req
307. Simon, I'm just taking a guess.Copy !req
308. Is there an op-ed piece coming out
I should know about?Copy !req
309. In tomorrow's Post.Copy !req
310. I wanted you to know since
we're friends. I have a copy.Copy !req
311. I don't need it.
I know what it says.Copy !req
312. For the good of the party
and the president...Copy !req
313. a leading Democrat
calls for my resignation.Copy !req
314. Won't get much attention, and it won't
distract from the president's agenda.Copy !req
315. I haven't seen you on the Sunday
morning talk shows in a while.Copy !req
316. - I'm glad I could help out.
- I hoped this would go differently.Copy !req
317. Where's your concern for country,
party and president...Copy !req
318. when you're out whoring
for Atlantic Oil?Copy !req
319. - I'm insulted by that.
- I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.Copy !req
320. You should walk out now.Copy !req
321. As a matter of fact,
I think you should run.Copy !req
322. Oh, God.Copy !req
323. - For how long?
- After the midterms.Copy !req
324. - Almost a year.
- Yes.Copy !req
325. You want us to wait for a year?Copy !req
326. - Yes, sir.
- Why?Copy !req
327. I don't want the debate.
Nobody does.Copy !req
328. Nobody wants to support it,
or to oppose it.Copy !req
329. Nobody wants it before midterms.Copy !req
330. If we put it in a drawer,
you guarantee...Copy !req
331. - No hearings.
- The president won't do it.Copy !req
332. Yes, he will.Copy !req
333. Leo hasn't done anything wrong.
The hearings won't turn up anything.Copy !req
334. - We aren't scared enough to hold back.
- Stop it. Honest to God.Copy !req
335. It doesn't matter
what the hearing turns up.Copy !req
336. This one is drugs, so it's sexy.
This is Geraldo's dream come true.Copy !req
337. So don't get up with me, okay?
I am throwing you a rope.Copy !req
338. Something you should remember
when you're on Face the Nation.Copy !req
339. You can't get anything done
because Republicans are vindictive.Copy !req
340. This is what happens.
Teens in the White House.Copy !req
341. You screwed this up
from the beginning.Copy !req
342. You should've been there on McGarry,
and run an internal investigation.Copy !req
343. You come remarkably close to perjury
in the Claypool deposition.Copy !req
344. I'd like to hold hearings
into the two of you being stupid.Copy !req
345. But I don't have that kind of time.Copy !req
346. Here's the phone.
I'm sure the president is waiting.Copy !req
347. Excuse us.Copy !req
348. Toby, your argument isn't with us.
We watch PBS. We like PBS.Copy !req
349. But we work for congressmen
who have constituencies...Copy !req
350. that wonder why the government
subsidizes television for rich people.Copy !req
351. It's not for rich people.Copy !req
352. The public television audience
is a fairly accurate reflection...Copy !req
353. of the social and economic
makeup of the U.S.Copy !req
354. 25% of the audience has incomes
lower than 20,000 a year.Copy !req
355. Blacks comprise 11 % of both public
and commercial television audience.Copy !req
356. 47% of PBS viewers have a
high-school education or less...Copy !req
357. 1 % better than the commercial TV
audience. What are we talking about?Copy !req
358. - Are they here?
- Yes.Copy !req
359. - Get Mandy.
- Where is she?Copy !req
360. In the Oval Office having a
comfortable talk with the president.Copy !req
361. "Most young people move from kissing
to intimate sexual behaviors...Copy !req
362. during their teens.Copy !req
363. More than 50% engage
in petting behavior. "Copy !req
364. - Is that what I think it is?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
365. "By the age of 14, more than 25%
have touched a girl's... "Copy !req
366. I won't say that word.Copy !req
367. - Not gonna say that.
- Okay.Copy !req
368. Not gonna say that.Copy !req
369. Excuse me, Mr. President.Copy !req
370. The Lydells are in the Mural Room.Copy !req
371. - Does C.J. know?
- She's waiting.Copy !req
372. - Mr. President?
- Go.Copy !req
373. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
374. Would you like to share the report?Copy !req
375. - With you?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
376. - No.
- May I ask why not, sir?Copy !req
377. Because I'd rather not be in therapy
for the rest of my life.Copy !req
378. Very well, sir.Copy !req
379. I won't say that word.Copy !req
380. Mr. and Mrs. Lydell?Copy !req
381. I'm C.J. Cregg,
and you've already met Mandy.Copy !req
382. Yes, how do you do?Copy !req
383. Sit. Thank you for coming
such a long way...Copy !req
384. so soon after this
unspeakable tragedy.Copy !req
385. Glad to be here.Copy !req
386. That's why we've asked to talk to you.
It was Mandy's impression...Copy !req
387. that you and your husband
have some reservations...Copy !req
388. about appearing
in support of the president.Copy !req
389. I hate to have to put it so bluntly,
but is that true?Copy !req
390. We strongly support
the Hate Crimes Law he's signing.Copy !req
391. - Mr. Lydell?
- Yes.Copy !req
392. I'm sorry, I was asking...Copy !req
393. Mr. Lydell, I don't know
how else to put this...Copy !req
394. but if you appear
in front of the press...Copy !req
395. to be at all embarrassed
by your son's homosexuality...Copy !req
396. I guess, let me just ask:
Do you support the president?Copy !req
397. - Yes, we do.
- No, we do not.Copy !req
398. No, that was really the last...
No, we do not.Copy !req
399. The Hate Crimes Bill is fine.
Who gives a damn? I don't care.Copy !req
400. We shouldn't make laws
against what's in a person's head...Copy !req
401. but I don't give a damn.
It's fine.Copy !req
402. I don't understand how this president,
who I voted for...Copy !req
403. I don't understand how he can take
such a weak position on gay rights.Copy !req
404. Gays in the military,
same-sex marriage, gay adoption.Copy !req
405. Where the hell is he?Copy !req
406. I want to know what
quality of parenting...Copy !req
407. the president feels my son lacked.Copy !req
408. This president has served
not one day in uniform.Copy !req
409. I had two tours in Vietnam.Copy !req
410. What quality necessary to being a
soldier does he feel my son lacked?Copy !req
411. Lady, I'm not embarrassed
that my son was gay.Copy !req
412. My government is.Copy !req
413. Will you excuse us a moment?Copy !req
414. Mandy...Copy !req
415. - Send them home.
- They'll be fine.Copy !req
416. You heard the man.Copy !req
417. When it's over,
the press will surround them.Copy !req
418. - So he says what he says.
- What?Copy !req
419. He made a reasonable point.
He has a right.Copy !req
420. - To talk to reporters on our dime?
- Yeah, maybe. Yeah.Copy !req
421. - You're the press secretary.
- They said they support the bill.Copy !req
422. Get it together.Copy !req
423. Yeah, all right. I know. I know.Copy !req
424. - We have to send them home.
- I know.Copy !req
425. - I'll go let them know.
- No, no. I'll do it.Copy !req
426. I got news for you.Copy !req
427. PBS claims that most households
are weekly viewers...Copy !req
428. come from the Nielsen index
based on diaries.Copy !req
429. They show higher PBS viewing than
those gathered by the automated boxes.Copy !req
430. Why?Copy !req
431. People wanna seem more
sophisticated than they are.Copy !req
432. - That's right.
- There's one other thing.Copy !req
433. Product licensing for Big Bird
and Fuzzy Bear toys...Copy !req
434. - Fozzie Bear.
- Whatever.Copy !req
435. It's Fozzie Bear, not Fuzzy Bear.Copy !req
436. Licensing for this merchandise
brings in over $20 million a year.Copy !req
437. All of it goes to the show's producer,
the Children's Television Workshop.Copy !req
438. This is a company whose CEO
earns high six figures per year.Copy !req
439. Yet Sesame Street is subsidized
by taxpayer dollars.Copy !req
440. - That's a reasonable complaint.
- And?Copy !req
441. I don't care.
We're gonna see to all those things.Copy !req
442. But when the public is concerned
about sex and violence on TV...Copy !req
443. we're gonna protect The Muppets.
We're gonna protect Wall Street Week.Copy !req
444. We'll protect Live from Lincoln Center
and we'll protect Julia Child.Copy !req
445. - Toby...
- Hang on.Copy !req
446. You wanted to see me?Copy !req
447. - Good news.
- What?Copy !req
448. Josh and Sam cut a deal.
No hearing. Leo's out of the woods.Copy !req
449. Toby, that's great.Copy !req
450. I gotta get back in there,
this is too much fun.Copy !req
451. A town in Alabama
wants to pass a law...Copy !req
452. saying if I don't honor my father,
I go to jail.Copy !req
453. How do they know
if you're honoring him?Copy !req
454. They've overlooked that problem.Copy !req
455. - She's here.
- Send her in.Copy !req
456. - Karen Larsen?
- Yes.Copy !req
457. - I'm Sam Seaborn.
- I know.Copy !req
458. The advance man you ratted out
works for the vice president now.Copy !req
459. - Screwed yourself.
- I didn't...Copy !req
460. Trying to win one
for the vice president?Copy !req
461. I wasn't.Copy !req
462. I've got Ginger, a guy from political
liaison and two reporters.Copy !req
463. Trying to protect your boss?Copy !req
464. People say you're acting funny.
Like you're guilty.Copy !req
465. They think you leaked the advance man
story. I think something else.Copy !req
466. I had nothing to do with...Copy !req
467. I don't care about the golf
or the helicopter.Copy !req
468. I don't care about the advance man.
Look at me.Copy !req
469. Did you give Leo McGarry's personnel
file to Lillienfield and Claypool?Copy !req
470. - Oh...
- What?Copy !req
471. - Mr. Claypool is a family friend...
- Cathy!Copy !req
472. Take her to her office and stand there
while she cleans out her desk.Copy !req
473. Security's gonna throw you
out of the building in 15 minutes.Copy !req
474. You're not gonna believe this,
but I'd like a banana.Copy !req
475. - I'm afraid not, sir, no.
- Why not?Copy !req
476. - I offered one, and you were snippy.
- I wasn't snippy.Copy !req
477. I'm afraid you were, Mr. President.
C.J.'s waiting.Copy !req
478. Thank you, Mrs. Landingham.Copy !req
479. She withholds food from me.Copy !req
480. I hate to harp on this, but...Copy !req
481. - The sex ed report.
- Yes.Copy !req
482. - We'll leave it alone for a while.
- When you say...Copy !req
483. After midterms.Copy !req
484. A year from now.
We're sticking it in a drawer?Copy !req
485. It's pretty incendiary.Copy !req
486. You don't think
we have an obligation...Copy !req
487. It won't play well at a PTA meeting.Copy !req
488. It says we should teach kids
to have sex.Copy !req
489. Excuse me, but it does not.Copy !req
490. Yes, but that's how it's gonna play.Copy !req
491. Withholding knowledge about sex
doesn't keep teens from having sex...Copy !req
492. it keeps them from doing it safely.Copy !req
493. Teaching safe sex doesn't up the rate
of sex, it ups the rate of safe sex.Copy !req
494. We wanted this report.
They're doctors. We asked a question.Copy !req
495. We hide it because
we don't like the answer?Copy !req
496. At the moment, Congress will only give
funding to sex education programs...Copy !req
497. that teach abstinence...Copy !req
498. We have a huge pulpit...Copy !req
499. We'll avail ourselves of that pulpit
after the midterm elections.Copy !req
500. I think I understand.Copy !req
501. - I needed to get Leo off the hook.
- It's the deal Josh and Sam made.Copy !req
502. Yes.Copy !req
503. We'll deal with it
after the midterm elections.Copy !req
504. - I understand.
- I was hoping you would.Copy !req
505. Yes, sir.Copy !req
506. Some of the press already know
the report came back...Copy !req
507. Yeah.Copy !req
508. It's okay to tell them we got it.
Don't make a big deal.Copy !req
509. We got it, we're looking at it.
Throw it out with the trash.Copy !req
510. - Yes, sir.
- Thanks, C.J.Copy !req
511. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
512. Mr. President?Copy !req
513. We can all be better teachers.Copy !req
514. I know.Copy !req
515. C.J.? What are you doing?Copy !req
516. What're you doing?Copy !req
517. I was...Copy !req
518. - Nothing.
- Okay.Copy !req
519. Danny?Copy !req
520. If you call the Lydells and ask...Copy !req
521. - Don't leak me a story.
- I wasn't.Copy !req
522. I've seen that look before.Copy !req
523. You got a story in the trash that
you want out, someone said no.Copy !req
524. - They're all stories.
- That happens.Copy !req
525. - You never took a free lead...?
- I always took a lead. Not from you.Copy !req
526. Why?Copy !req
527. In 20 minutes, you'll remember
you're a professional...Copy !req
528. and you're not gonna
like me anymore.Copy !req
529. You think I like you now?Copy !req
530. As long as you keep grabbing me and
kissing me, what the hell do I care?Copy !req
531. Good point.Copy !req
532. - If there's a story, I'll find it.
- No, you won't.Copy !req
533. How do you know?Copy !req
534. - Because we've gotten good at this.
- Yes, you have.Copy !req
535. Yes, we have.Copy !req
536. - Leo?
- Yeah.Copy !req
537. - Karen Larsen is here.
- Thanks.Copy !req
538. - I'm Leo McGarry.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
539. I wanted to meet you
and I wanted you to meet me.Copy !req
540. Yes, sir.Copy !req
541. Would you like
to put that down and talk?Copy !req
542. If you don't, I understand.Copy !req
543. When you read in my file that I'd been
treated for substance abuse...Copy !req
544. what went through your mind?Copy !req
545. Karen, it's okay.Copy !req
546. The worst thing I can do is fire you,
and I've already done that.Copy !req
547. My father drank.Copy !req
548. So did mine.
In fact, he died from it.Copy !req
549. He came home one night, very drunk.Copy !req
550. My mother was yelling at him.
I heard the yelling from my bedroom.Copy !req
551. She came upstairs, and he went out
to the garage and shot himself.Copy !req
552. Is that why you drank and took drugs?Copy !req
553. I drank and took drugs because
I'm a drug addict and an alcoholic.Copy !req
554. How long did it take you to get cured?Copy !req
555. I'm not cured.
You don't get cured.Copy !req
556. I haven't had a drink or a pill
in six and a half years.Copy !req
557. Which isn't to say
I won't have one tomorrow.Copy !req
558. - What would happen if you did?
- I don't know.Copy !req
559. Probably a nightmare like both
our fathers experienced. And me too.Copy !req
560. So after six and a half years,
you're not allowed to have a drink?Copy !req
561. The problem is, I don't want a drink.
I want 10 drinks.Copy !req
562. Are things that bad?Copy !req
563. - No.
- Then why?Copy !req
564. Because I'm an alcoholic.Copy !req
565. - I don't understand.
- I know. It's okay.Copy !req
566. Hardly anyone does.
It's very hard to understand.Copy !req
567. You're not like what I thought
you would be like.Copy !req
568. You haven't answered my question yet.Copy !req
569. When you saw
I'd been through treatment...Copy !req
570. what went through your mind?Copy !req
571. My father used to...Copy !req
572. You have all these important decisions
to make in your job.Copy !req
573. Every day. All the time.
Decisions I can't even...Copy !req
574. In people's lives.Copy !req
575. Karen, what you did
caused a lot of problems.Copy !req
576. For me, for the president, for a lot
of people we don't even know.Copy !req
577. But I'm not sure
it wasn't a little bit brave.Copy !req
578. - Did you like working here?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
579. Then why don't you go
unpack your carton...Copy !req
580. and you and I will give each other
a second chance.Copy !req
581. Okay.Copy !req
582. Okay.Copy !req
583. a section of the report.
A few quick things.Copy !req
584. Chad Margrudian resigned from
the vice president's office.Copy !req
585. The appointees to the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting...Copy !req
586. should be confirmed next week.Copy !req
587. The Lydells won't be able to be
at the bill-signing this evening.Copy !req
588. Family business required them
to go back to St. Paul.Copy !req