I love Donna in The Portland Trip, even when she is being silly over Ainsley. I'm inclined to think Josh kept her there mostly because he could (ie, he was jealous), but that may be my shipping goggles being on too tight. He certainly isn't nice to her at several points in the ep, but like you, I felt they were a bit too harsh on him in the podcast. I think we as viewers are supposed to feel that he's gone too far, in his typical brash Josh way, but also that he's more or less correct about why Donna chooses the wrong men.
What a lovely moment when Bartlet told CJ that he’d meant to be a priest until he met Abbey
One of my very favorite bits of the whole show. Martin Sheen plays it so well - and yes, it's a crime he never won an Emmy for the part!
Anyway, those high points were, of course, Bartlet giving Charlie his paternal knife (bet he doesn’t think much of his only actual son-in-law, and so there are no grandsons?)
There is one grandson who would be a baby at this point, I think? But I don't think he's mentioned as existing until years later in the show, so probably in Sorkin's mind no, there was only the granddaughter Annie, mentioned in the pilot. Either way, to quote the podcast, "He gave him the kniiiiiiiiiiiiife!!"
It's been my Thanksgiving tradition since I've lived alone to watch this ep (and the S3 Thanksgiving ep, The Indians in the Lobby) while I make and eat dinner. I never get sick of this one. From CJ and the turkeys to Toby's caring just a little too much to get something done, to the president always knowing just what to say - it's all great.
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Date: 2021-05-10 01:21 am (UTC)I love Donna in The Portland Trip, even when she is being silly over Ainsley. I'm inclined to think Josh kept her there mostly because he could (ie, he was jealous), but that may be my shipping goggles being on too tight. He certainly isn't nice to her at several points in the ep, but like you, I felt they were a bit too harsh on him in the podcast. I think we as viewers are supposed to feel that he's gone too far, in his typical brash Josh way, but also that he's more or less correct about why Donna chooses the wrong men.
What a lovely moment when Bartlet told CJ that he’d meant to be a priest until he met Abbey
One of my very favorite bits of the whole show. Martin Sheen plays it so well - and yes, it's a crime he never won an Emmy for the part!
Anyway, those high points were, of course, Bartlet giving Charlie his paternal knife (bet he doesn’t think much of his only actual son-in-law, and so there are no grandsons?)
There is one grandson who would be a baby at this point, I think? But I don't think he's mentioned as existing until years later in the show, so probably in Sorkin's mind no, there was only the granddaughter Annie, mentioned in the pilot. Either way, to quote the podcast, "He gave him the kniiiiiiiiiiiiife!!"
It's been my Thanksgiving tradition since I've lived alone to watch this ep (and the S3 Thanksgiving ep, The Indians in the Lobby) while I make and eat dinner. I never get sick of this one. From CJ and the turkeys to Toby's caring just a little too much to get something done, to the president always knowing just what to say - it's all great.