National Archives: Sam Seaborn Is Excited to Be Here | The West Wing 

I love how Aaron Sorkin made Sam such a nerd. His middle name is Norman. He went to Dungeons and Dragons camp. He's a klutz. He has road maps memorized. He's nuts for dental hygiene. Ridiculous. Adorable.

These "Collections" are so valuable to me as a West Wing Lifer! I very much appreciate the time and effort spent in putting together these "Extended Clips" ! I also very much love reading the awesome, hilarious and insightful comments from the viewers! This Channel is My Oval Office! Thank You Everyone Involved! MOO From COW-lumbus, Ohio 👋

Sam is a wonderful character. Rob Lowe did a study in what might be called "calm manic". He's fidgety, often awkward but rarely loses his cool and when he does look out. Especially love the scene where he fires the two guys who were abusive to Ainsley because she's a Republican. It's a pure white knight moment. He just bulldozes them.

Sam really was the moral compass. After he left it didn’t fit right. CJ and Josh and the President kind of sometimes took over the role, but Sam really did have the best heart, uncorrupted by politics, and I love how all the other characters just couldn’t quite stay mad at him and looked out for him. His relationship with Toby was the best

Getting not only clips but hour+ long scene compilations? What an amazing channel this is.

I watched this when the series first aired in New Zealand. I thought I understood the storyline’s…listening to a number of excerpts, I am starting to wonder if I ever did…or is it just my ageing brain ?! The dialogue is technical, rapid fire, smart, funny, and relentless. How did Sorkin and the writers reach this standard of writing. The actors are superb. Love meeting them again. 🐑🐑🇳🇿🇳🇿NZ

Now I have to watch this whole series again!

So sad that Sam only had three full season. He was my favorite character on the west wing

Wow, hearing CJ describe a filibuster sounds so quaint now. Remember when obstruction of legislation actually involved some effort, instead of just whining?

I love Margaret, Ainsley and all the side characters. My favourite is and always will be Toby because he's intelligent and real.

The disdain and humour of Richard Schiffs line at 8:59 is unbridled genius.

Leo and Sam were my favourite. The show lost something when Sam left and the passing of John Spencer was so sad, I never liked how they moved Leo away from The White House prior to John's passing

Thank you for this compilation. I shutter to think how long it took. ☮

They moved the House Whip to the seat next to Sam... It's a cruel world.

Really wish he stayed at the White House as Comms Director with Toby becoming Senior Advisor to the President. Josh Malina could still come in as Deputy Communications Director.

For 'Sam Seaborn', it's a huge step up, from his previous job, as a lawyer protecting shipping companies from the consequences of making 'cheap designs'. Now he's 'protecting' the White House, on the daft decisions often made....?

Thank you, my favorite show of all time. I own them all.

Rob Lowe went on to play a Senator who married Callista Flockhart's ultra-conservative television political commentator on the series, "Brothers and Sisters". Sally Field played the mother of Flockhart's character as well as Dave Annable, Matthew Rhys, Rachel Griffith, and Balthazar Getty. Field's husband was played by Tom Skerrit, who fathered an illegitimate son played by Luke Grimes and an illegitiate daughter played by Emily Camp. A large family, and I think Sally Field was maybe twenty years older than these other actors, so her being their mother was a bit of a stretch. But Rob Lowe was a gorgeous politician.

This is very nice of you, but why is there so many scenes without Sam?

All great clips but I really wanted Mallory and Sam together.

anything you say to a crazy person they counter and say you are patronizing them leaving you no option other than to patronize them.

More US one cent coins have been minted than all of the other coins in the world combined since coins were struck

18:00 "Mr. President, your work-life balance still sucks."

As far as I'm concerned, "The West Wing" represents the finest in TV serial entertainment. It is how the United States government would like themselves to be portrayed with characters that are at the same time moral, knowledgeable and likeable. I obviously know that the totality of the show is fictional but let's for the moment suppose that if you had to choose between the Bartlet administration and a Trump administration, which one would you pick and by how much do you think your loser falls short. Think well about that when you vote in November and vote in a way in which you would be proud in the future.

It makes sense that CJ basically asks Josh to talk to Toby since he no longer works for the White House there is no legal implications if he talks to him on her behalf.

Toby is most natural in his role.

Sadly the filibuster rules have changed in the US Congress since this program was created.

I present to you: Sam Seaborn, the puff pastry

1:00:57 never fails to make me laugh every time I see it.

Sam is excited to be here. Rob Lowe, on the other hand...

All good things must end - sooner than later when they get stale and stink

Yayyyy.. About time!!

You didn't include the scenes where Sam is looking into whether someone's relative was a spy?

What if Rob Lowe had stuck around? Will wouldn't have been brought in as a main character, probably only as a campaign operative like Bruno. So would he have become the new Toby instead of Will? Or would they have pushed him higher, maybe put him on the ticket in later seasons? Maybe run him for President instead of Santos?

I would love to Charlie in action again.. Charlie and Zoey should have there happily ever after

It is a pity Rob Lowe pissed all over his part in the show when he left. "Unappreciated, abusive environment" etc, etc. Some folks never know a great thing.

Hot tip, please put these in sequential order. ooh my was it hard to watch these as a fan of the show. ick.

I hate to say it. But Rob Lowe REALLY (seems to have) messed up. He had one of the greatest roles in US television history. A starring/co-staring role as a brilliant, kind, humble, honorable, funny, immensely likeable man (forget his looks). On one of the most well-written and respected dramatic shows in US history. And somehow - and I am not sure how - he messed it up. Maybe he did not get along with Sorkin. But it sounds - from interviews - more like he let his ego get in the way. He should have - imo - just let his character go wherever Sorkin wanted it to go. And simply said 'Thank you, Sir. May I have another?'. Plus, take whatever pay he got (I heard that was one of his problems) and appreciate the wonderful opportunity he had as an actor. I am not saying Rob Lowe is a bad guy. But I am saying that it is unfortunate that he had such a wonderful role that (apparantly) he did not fully appreciate. ☮

Confused -wholelotta not-Sam here

Are they up to speed,?

It bothered me a lot that Josh thought that eliminating a useless, ubiquitous object that no longer serves a purpose to the general populace and only makes profit for the industry that produces it, like the pointless penny, is stupid. He sounded like a jackass there.

It’s hard to think that he is so liberal on here. And real life he is a trumper.

But Robe Lowe was very much not.

I love how the only people who use the expression 'leader of the free world' are only about 1/6 of the free world, incidentally only about 20% of the world population live in the free world anyway so its really not that impressive at all

53:35 pretty nice frilly and proportional cursive for a guy on a rampage…yeah…no….

On the one hand, I’m always in favor of “more West Wing!”. On the other hand, this collection of clips has ZERO thread. Are you just trying to reframe showing a s***load of clips just so you can? Who needs a subplot commonality or justification for throwing a bunch of West Wing clips for people to watch who can’t see the whole series😢.