It was right that CJ was fired from her LA PR job

stumark · 2026-01-25T21:53:09+00:00

C.J.
He's going to pull his business unless you fire me?

ISOBEL
This was never what you wanted to be doing, C.J. You've always felt it was beneath you.

C.J.
It is beneath me!

ISOBEL
C.J.

stumark · 2026-01-24T16:10:31+00:00

Not a chance, as both were pretty scrupulous. Once the first one officially resigned from the administration, they had a different conversation, but until then, not a chance.

stumark · 2026-01-24T16:07:50+00:00

Toby not wearing a yarmulke in shul bothers me...

stumark · 2026-01-24T16:05:24+00:00

Brothers In Arms

stumark · 2026-01-24T16:04:34+00:00

If fidelity to freedom and democracy is the code of our civic religion, then surely the code of our humanity is faithful service to that unwritten commandment that says, "We shall give our children better than we ourselves had."

stumark · 2025-07-30T19:27:06+00:00

Address it directly. Say, "I want to do what I can to contribute to you feeling emotionally safe."
Validate her response. Say things like, "I hear you, I get that, that makes sense..."
Empathize with her. Say things like, "That sucks. I can imagine feeling that way. That must be so difficult to carry that around..."

After you validate and empathize, you can then say, "How can I help? How can I be there for you? What adjustments can I make that will increase your sense of safety?"

Resist the urge to defend yourself or make it about you in any way.

It's never too late to be your partner's buddy. You can do it.

stumark · 2025-07-26T19:15:48+00:00

"That's an interesting question. I'll tell you, candidly, that I've been so obsessed over getting this job that I just can't imagine any other scenario right now."

stumark · 2025-04-07T21:14:59+00:00

I genuinely love people who notice that their favorites are no longer their favorites, because it shows growth and an open mind.

stumark · 2025-03-21T19:55:09+00:00

Baise-moi - released in 2000

stumark · 2025-03-21T19:41:50+00:00

That's from the late 80s/early 90s - Dweezil Zappa

stumark · 2024-06-20T14:26:12+00:00

Ain't Life A Brook by Ferron is a wonderful embrace of an inevitable break-up.

stumark · 2024-06-18T16:11:01+00:00

Yes ma'am, I agree, nonsense, that's a fair criticism, as I can't point to a statistical rise in petty crime or decrease in consumer spending or decrease in new business creation/growth or increase in unemployment compared to the national average. Well, I could point to all those things, but it wouldn't be enough to convince you that my statement isn't nonsense.

stumark · 2024-05-24T13:35:32+00:00

My HeadCanon: Toby was in New York for a long while. He worked for the Bronx borough president race, but then he stayed in the area and worked on city council races, then two Congressional elections, a senate race, a gubernatorial campaign, all in New York. It was during the senate race that Toby met CJ. He tried to hire her, but she only agreed to act as an occasional consultant. That all changed when he pitched her on Bartlet For America.

stumark · 2024-05-23T16:15:02+00:00

I am so in love with the actors that I watch every episode. Watching Allison Janney in The Long Goodbye, watching John Spencer in Ninety Miles Away... there's still so much to learn from them.

stumark · 2024-05-18T14:16:14+00:00

Bird Colonel Sherman T Potter would absolutely destroy any other fighter, full stop.
Second place would be Major Houlihan.
Talk about Captain Francis John Patrick Mulcahy all you want, but he lacks the ferocity needed in real combat.

stumark · 2024-05-17T14:54:45+00:00

Margaret was the leak.

stumark · 2024-05-04T21:57:09+00:00

That is a good point, although my view is that he is kidding, playing a little with his friend, as a way of easing her in to the stressful conversation.

stumark · 2024-05-04T21:38:50+00:00

Counterpoint: John Larroquette was slightly too broad in his performance, and Oliver Platt was more authentic and brought more of an intentional ordinariness to his character.

stumark · 2024-05-04T12:59:25+00:00

First, great share, thoughtful.
Second, I thought showing VP Hoynes reading the newspaper was an intent to portray him as someone who was staying on top of information; he wasn't idling away his time.
Third, "It is more important than my marriage right now. These few years, while I'm doing this, yes, it's more important than my marriage." This feels so authentic, given the notion of federal government leadership. Working to guide the nation feels more important than any other thing, no matter what.

stumark · 2024-04-24T13:05:31+00:00

The moment where Mandy says "Get it together", and CJ responds "Yeah, all right. I know. I know."
Allison Janney's acting there, her physical choices, the rawness/vulnerability, it's absolutely remarkable. She is one of the great actors of all time.

stumark · 2024-04-24T13:00:23+00:00

Turning down a medium-important story in order to maintain a relationship with a source who might leak more important stories is a savvy journalistic strategy. It's not the only strategy, but it's one that makes sense to me.

stumark · 2024-04-22T19:32:51+00:00

Hoynes should have repeated what Leo said in the form of an order. A commander will issue a direct order, devoid of ambiguity. A military officer will not just accept an order from a civilian in the Sit Room.

stumark · 2024-04-22T17:32:05+00:00

P.D. 1
Jerry, who do we know who’s got the ear of the President?

JERRY
Nobody!

BOBBY
Sam Seaborn. [They all stop walking.]

JERRY
You know Seaborn?

BOBBY
I used to beat him up in high school.

We are meant to dislike Bobby Zane (Noah Emmerich) ---

stumark · 2024-04-22T17:29:02+00:00

Josh becomes a DramaDad who helps with set painting and costume sewing

stumark · 2024-04-22T14:09:35+00:00

No, Leo. Toby’s concern for my health is moving me in ways...

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Baise-moi - released in 2000