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==Summary==
  
==Summary==
 
===Opening===
  
===Opening===
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As the episode opens, Leo arrives in the Situation Room, where a test of a missile defense system is underway.  Leo goes to get the President so he can witness this.  The President is in the Oval Office receiving the credentials of new ambassadors to the United States.  The President agrees to go to the Situation Room with Leo, on the way comparing Leo to Charlie Brown and the attempts to kick the football away from Lucy.
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As the episode opens, Leo arrives in the Situation Room, where a test of a missile defense system is underway.  Leo goes to get the President so he can witness this.  The President is in the Oval Office receiving the credentials of new ambassadors to the United States.  The President agrees to go to the Situation Room with Leo, on the way comparing Leo to Charlie Brown and the attempts to kick the football away from Lucy.  The two men arrive in the Situation Room for the end of the test, which fails - missing the intercept by 137 miles.
   
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Act I
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===Act I===
   
   
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Act IV
  
Act IV
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==Quotes==
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: '''Bartlet:'''  You know who you are?  You are the Charlie Brown of missile defense and the Pentagon is Lucy.<br />
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:'''Leo:'''  I'm not familiar with the reference, sir.<br />
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:'''Bartlet:'''  Peanuts.  Charlie Brown.<br />
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:'''Leo: ''' I've heard of them.  I'm just not conversant in them.<br />
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:'''Bartlet:'''  Why?<br />
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:'''Leo: ''' I've never read the comics.<br />
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:'''Bartlet:'''  Leo, were you born at the age of 55?<br />
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:'''Leo:'''  I know that there's a dog.<br />
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:'''Bartlet:'''  Charlie Brown wanted to kick a football and Lucy would hold it except she would pull it away at the last minute and Charlie Brown would fall on his butt.<br />
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:'''Leo:'''  That's funny?<br />
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:'''Bartlet:'''  No, but each time, Lucy would find a way to convince Charlie Brown that this time, she wouldn't pull the ball away, but she would.  And once again, Charlie Brown would fall on his butt.<br />
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:'''Leo:'''  And that's funny?<br />
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:'''Bartlet:'''  It's satirical.<br />
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:'''Leo:'''  Who's it satirizing?<br />
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:'''Bartlet:'''  The DOD bringing you to the Situation Room everytime they run a new missile test so you can come tell me how great it works so I'll put money in the NMD system.<br />
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:'''Leo:'''  You should put money in the NMD system.<br />
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:'''Bartlet: ''' It doesn't work.<br />
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:'''Leo: ''' It will work.  One day.  Soon.  There are a couple of three-star generals in there - call 'em Lucy and you're on your own.<br />
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:[Leo and the President enter the Situation Room . . . and the missile test fails . . . missing the target by 137 miles]<br />
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:'''Bartlet:'''  By the way, the words you're looking for are "Oh, Good Grief"
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== Cast ==
  
== Cast ==

Revision as of 19:28, 8 February 2013

"Previously on the West Wing" spoken by C.J.

Leo (John Spencer) tries to convince an unenthusiastic President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) about the merits of an expensive and errant missile defense system while the chief executive ponders the political benefits of chiding hard-core environmentalists over the actions of eco-terrorists when he addresses their convention. Toby (Richard Schiff) pushes hard for chiding them, and drops a condemnation into a speech that Sam (Rob Lowe) has been slaving over. He does it without Sam's knowledge and when Sam finds out, he feels deeply betrayed by Toby and also feels that the President sacrificed friends with similar ideals for a miniscule political point.

Meanwhile, Bartlet endures the formalities of accepting the appointments of a range of foreign ambassadors but he enjoys one in particular -- the presentation of the charming Lord John Marbury (Roger Rees) who returns as Great Britain's new U.S. ambassador. In addition, C.J. (Allison Janney) treads lightly when she is dispatched to New York to dissuade a comedian, Corey Sykes (Rocky Carroll), who once uttered a well-publicized but offensive joke in the President's presence from performing at the annual Will Rogers dinner. What Sykes takes offense to was that at the time, the White House claimed that the President did not laugh at the joke, but Sykes knew that he did.

Summary

Opening

As the episode opens, Leo arrives in the Situation Room, where a test of a missile defense system is underway.  Leo goes to get the President so he can witness this.  The President is in the Oval Office receiving the credentials of new ambassadors to the United States.  The President agrees to go to the Situation Room with Leo, on the way comparing Leo to Charlie Brown and the attempts to kick the football away from Lucy.  The two men arrive in the Situation Room for the end of the test, which fails - missing the intercept by 137 miles.

Act I

Act II


Act III


Act IV


Quotes

Bartlet:  You know who you are?  You are the Charlie Brown of missile defense and the Pentagon is Lucy.
Leo:  I'm not familiar with the reference, sir.
Bartlet:  Peanuts.  Charlie Brown.
Leo:  I've heard of them.  I'm just not conversant in them.
Bartlet:  Why?
Leo:  I've never read the comics.
Bartlet:  Leo, were you born at the age of 55?
Leo:  I know that there's a dog.
Bartlet:  Charlie Brown wanted to kick a football and Lucy would hold it except she would pull it away at the last minute and Charlie Brown would fall on his butt.
Leo:  That's funny?
Bartlet:  No, but each time, Lucy would find a way to convince Charlie Brown that this time, she wouldn't pull the ball away, but she would.  And once again, Charlie Brown would fall on his butt.
Leo:  And that's funny?
Bartlet:  It's satirical.
Leo:  Who's it satirizing?
Bartlet:  The DOD bringing you to the Situation Room everytime they run a new missile test so you can come tell me how great it works so I'll put money in the NMD system.
Leo:  You should put money in the NMD system.
Bartlet:  It doesn't work.
Leo:  It will work.  One day.  Soon.  There are a couple of three-star generals in there - call 'em Lucy and you're on your own.
[Leo and the President enter the Situation Room . . . and the missile test fails . . . missing the target by 137 miles]
Bartlet:  By the way, the words you're looking for are "Oh, Good Grief"


Cast

Starring

Special Guest Star

Guest Starring

Co-Starring


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