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* TheTell: In the flashbacks Mrs. Landingham calls out Jed's: whenever he puts his hands in his pockets, looks off the the side and smiles it means he's decided he's going to do something. In the final scene Jed repeats the pattern after being asked if he's planning to seek re-election, but the episode ends before we hear his response.
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* UndyingLoyalty: After Bartlet refuses a raincoat for the journey to the press conference Charlie pauses and takes his coat off in solidarity with his boss.
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* UndyingLoyalty: After Bartlet refuses a raincoat for the journey to the press conference Charlie pauses and takes his coat off in solidarity with his boss.as well.
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'''Mrs. Landingham''': Mrs. Landingham, please!
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'''Mrs. Landingham''': Mrs. Landingham, please!please!
* UndyingLoyalty: After Bartlet refuses a raincoat for the journey to the press conference Charlie pauses and takes his coat off in solidarity with his boss.
* UndyingLoyalty: After Bartlet refuses a raincoat for the journey to the press conference Charlie pauses and takes his coat off in solidarity with his boss.
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted in the discussions Jed has about a "non-denominational service." during the argument with his father Jed mentions that he's the only student who's Catholic.
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted in the discussions Jed has about a "non-denominational service." during During the argument with his father father, Jed mentions that he's the only student who's Catholic.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Jed imagines a lengthy conversation with Mrs. Landingham shortly after her funeral and his fruious tirade in the National Cathedral.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Jed imagines a lengthy conversation with Mrs. Landingham shortly after her funeral and his fruious furious tirade in the National Cathedral.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: We hear a lot more about the trouble relationship Bartlet had with his father next season.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: We hear a lot more about the trouble troubled relationship Bartlet had with his father next season.
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-->'''Mrs. Landingham:''' I've got a secret for you, Mr. President your father was a prick who could never get over the fact that he wasn't as smart as his brothers.
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-->'''Mrs. Landingham:''' I've got a secret for you, Mr. President your President. Your father was a prick who could never get over the fact that he wasn't as smart as his brothers.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The vision of Mrs. Landingham who talks to Bartlet in the Oval Office while he's wrestling with his doubts is most likely just a visualisation of Bartlet's own thought processes as he debates whether or not to run again (as indicated by a quick shot of the chair she is apparently sitting actually being empty while Bartlet talks to the air), but there's enough ambiguity there for those who want to take a more magical interpretation to do so.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: MaybeMagicMaybeMundane:
** The vision of Mrs. Landingham who talks to Bartlet in the Oval Office while he's wrestling with his doubts is most likely just a visualisation of Bartlet's own thought processes as he debates whether or not to run again (as indicated by a quick shot of the chair she is apparently sitting actually being empty while Bartlet talks to the air), but there's enough ambiguity there for those who want to take a more magical interpretation to do so.
** Also, the tropical storm. As storms go, it seems to just be a perfectly normal example of that kind of weather event... except for the fact that it's occurring at a point well outside the normal tropical storm season and is a phenomenon which hasn't occurred ever since weather records in the area started, and which just happens to be occurring when the President of the United States is wrestling with his conscience and having a bit of a beef with God. The possibility of a divine or supernatural angle is never directly raised by anyone, but the viewer would certainly be forgiven for coming to that conclusion.
** The vision of Mrs. Landingham who talks to Bartlet in the Oval Office while he's wrestling with his doubts is most likely just a visualisation of Bartlet's own thought processes as he debates whether or not to run again (as indicated by a quick shot of the chair she is apparently sitting actually being empty while Bartlet talks to the air), but there's enough ambiguity there for those who want to take a more magical interpretation to do so.
** Also, the tropical storm. As storms go, it seems to just be a perfectly normal example of that kind of weather event... except for the fact that it's occurring at a point well outside the normal tropical storm season and is a phenomenon which hasn't occurred ever since weather records in the area started, and which just happens to be occurring when the President of the United States is wrestling with his conscience and having a bit of a beef with God. The possibility of a divine or supernatural angle is never directly raised by anyone, but the viewer would certainly be forgiven for coming to that conclusion.
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* AFatherToHisMen: During his SmiteMeOhMightySmiter speech, when challenging God over the shooting of Josh Lyman earlier in the season Bartlet's voice noticeably cracks when he shouts "That was my ''son''."
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* RageBreakingPoint: A quiet example, but while Sam is clearly quietly seething during the meeting with the Democratic campaign strategies, he snaps when one of them carelessly suggests that if Hoynes is going to be the candidate it would be easier if he were "the incumbent" (implying Bartlet should resign), chews them out for not showing the appropriate respect, ends the meeting and basically finishes by heavily implying that the one who made the suggestion basically a talentless hack who only enjoys the position he does because of whoever his father is.
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...[[{{Flashback}} Jed knocks on the door of his father's study]], and Dr. Bartlet calls for him to come in. Jed tries to bring up what Mrs. Landingham told him, but Dr. Bartlet is more interested in the article Jed and his friends wrote condemning one of the professors for banning books. Dr. Bartlet points out Jed is a guest at the school, and Jed points out the teacher (Dr. Loomis) is an English teacher banning books such as ''Giovanni's Room'' (by James Baldwin) and ''Literature/{{Fahrenheit451}}'', which is about banning books. Dr. Bartlet asks if what Jed said was supposed to be funny, and before Jed can reply, [[ArmorPiercingSlap his father slaps him in the face]]. Dr. Bartlet asks if there's anything else, and Jed brings up the fact it wasn't a non-denominational service. Dr. Bartlet doesn't want to hear it again, but Jed insists Catholics believe faith is tied in with good works. Dr. Bartlet points out Jed is only Catholic because his mother is, and is only at the school because his father's the headmaster. He asks again if there's anything else, and Jed glumly says there isn't. As he starts to walk out...
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...[[{{Flashback}} Jed knocks on the door of his father's study]], and Dr. Bartlet calls for him to come in. Jed tries to bring up what Mrs. Landingham told him, but Dr. Bartlet is more interested in the article Jed and his friends wrote condemning one of the professors for banning books. Dr. Bartlet points out Jed is a guest at the school, and Jed points out the teacher (Dr. Loomis) is an English teacher banning books such as ''Giovanni's Room'' (by James Baldwin) and ''Literature/{{Fahrenheit451}}'', which is about banning books. Dr. Bartlet asks if what Jed said was supposed to be funny, and before Jed can reply, [[ArmorPiercingSlap his father slaps him in the face]].face. Dr. Bartlet asks if there's anything else, and Jed brings up the fact it wasn't a non-denominational service. Dr. Bartlet doesn't want to hear it again, but Jed insists Catholics believe faith is tied in with good works. Dr. Bartlet points out Jed is only Catholic because his mother is, and is only at the school because his father's the headmaster. He asks again if there's anything else, and Jed glumly says there isn't. As he starts to walk out...
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted in the discussions Jed has about a "non-denominational service."
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: The flashbacks reveal that Mrs. Landingham effectively appointed herself Jed's CoolBigSis.
-->'''Jed:''' Why do you talk to me this way?\\
'''Mrs. Landingham:''' Because you never had a big sister and you need one.
-->'''Jed:''' Why do you talk to me this way?\\
'''Mrs. Landingham:''' Because you never had a big sister and you need one.
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* TalkAboutTheWeather: The senior staff assumes President Bartlet is using this trope whenever he brings up the tropical storm, but he isn't - see RuleOfSymbolism above.
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-->'''C.J.:''' I do.
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-->'''C.J.:''' I do.do.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: In one of the {{Flashback}} sequences:
-->'''Mrs. Landingham''': Why do you call your father "sir"?\\
'''Jed''': (''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny chuckles]]'') Is this going to be a whole afternoon of questions?\\
'''Mrs. Landingham''': Well, actually, you've been talking for quite some time.\\
'''Jed''': I'm sorry, am I boring you, Delores?\\
'''Mrs. Landingham''': Mrs. Landingham, please!
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: In one of the {{Flashback}} sequences:
-->'''Mrs. Landingham''': Why do you call your father "sir"?\\
'''Jed''': (''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny chuckles]]'') Is this going to be a whole afternoon of questions?\\
'''Mrs. Landingham''': Well, actually, you've been talking for quite some time.\\
'''Jed''': I'm sorry, am I boring you, Delores?\\
'''Mrs. Landingham''': Mrs. Landingham, please!
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...and we go to a {{Flashback}} to when Jed Bartlet (Jason Widener) was in prep school in the early 1960's. His father, Dr. Bartlet (Lawrence O'Donnell), calls to him, and tells him to tell his friends [[ChekhovsGun not to smoke in the chapel]]. He also introduces Jed to Dolores Landingham (Kirsten Nelson), who's going to be Dr. Bartlet's new secretary.
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...and we go to a {{Flashback}} to when Jed Bartlet (Jason Widener) was in prep school in the early 1960's. His father, Dr. Bartlet (Lawrence O'Donnell), (Creator/LawrenceODonnell), calls to him, and tells him to tell his friends [[ChekhovsGun not to smoke in the chapel]]. He also introduces Jed to Dolores Landingham (Kirsten Nelson), (Creator/KirstenNelson), who's going to be Dr. Bartlet's new secretary.
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* CuttingBackToReality: During Jed's imagined conversation with Mrs. Landingham there's a cut to a wide shot that shows him talking to her empty chair.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Jed imagines a lengthy conversation with Mrs. Landingham shortly after her funeral and his fruious tirade in the National Cathedral.
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Directed by Creator/ThomasSchlamme
Written by Creator/AaronSorkin
Written by Creator/AaronSorkin
