The Best of Season 2 | The West Wing 

Yes, more long form content.

The "best" of season 2? With no Mrs Landingham? Go and stand in the corner and think about what you've done!

Any scene with Margaret is a great scene.

Love it when Oliver Babbage smashes the Dictaphone

The Stackhouse Filibuster and the Big Hammer!!!!! What a way to start my weekend!!!❤❤❤

How times have changed... at filming, 67% opposed legalization of marijuana.

I love this series I wish this was how they really worked at the White House

Grateful my timeline this life crossed Aaron Sorkin’s And, thank you for this post

The last time I was this early, Leo was still Secretary of Labor

Appreciate the content, but it’s a crime to not include Toby’s rant in the Oval Office after he found out about the MS. “ I bet all the money in all my pockets against all the money in your pockets that it was Leo, who nobody elected!!!!” made me convert to Sorkinism

Definitely the last episode on Season 2 first time i saw it i was really floored President Bartlett's self doubts and the way Dire Straits Brothers in Arms kicked in fantastic!

24:38 "sharpen a pencil would you" I nearly spat my coffee out :D :D

High quality content for a Friday afternoon.

Ainsley was fantastic, missed her so much.

"The Big Hammer" scene - OMG...I love that...do you realize there's like a solid 4 minutes of buildup to sell just one joke!? OMG...I love it when someone commits to a joke soooo hard.

I was expecting more Ainsley. Her meeting with Leo & "Blame it on the Bossa Nova".

I’ve seen this show countless times. It started when my at her introduced it to be when I was in high school (UK) and I can honestly say it ignited my interest in government and politics. Although, real politics differs greatly from WW, and there are many people across YT and beyond who criticise the show for being too idealistic and naive, I can honestly say it still hold a special place in my heart, so much so it inspired me to go study foreign policy and American politics at university. Season 2 has always been one of my favourites, looking at how Josh, Toby, Sam and CJ met Leo and Jed and their journey’s to the White House, shame that didn’t appear much in this video, would love to see a long form video on those flashbacks. Also love seasons 6/7 with Santos v Vinick and would love to see a log form video summing up the GE campaign between them plus maybe Arnie becoming Secretary of State. Keep up the good work on this channel, sure I speak for loads when I say it’s great to see these clips.

Leo: What do I get if I win? Jed: Well, I can't make you the Ambassador to Thailand, I just signed that guys letter

Seems strange to cut the best part of the last clip. But great compilation nonetheless. T:"Leo, you got me a life boat?" L:"Greg Summerhayes?" T:"Yeah." L:"Yeah, I got you a lifeboat." T:"Did you imagine that there were any circumstances under which I would use it?" L:"No." T:"Then why?" L:"To show him that."

23:45 Although the king of Thailand's name was Bumibol Adulyadej, his regnal name was actually Rama IX. It would have been incredibly cool if President Bartlett would have used the regnal name in response to the introduction, showing off a greater depth of knowledge than the guy standing next to him.

Pilgrim Detectives is something Aaron Sorkin should have pitched. :)

Tuff to beat the writing on this creation by Sorkin

The best of season 2 and almost nothing from 18th and Potomac and Two Cathedrals about Miss Landingham, really!? Do the people who put these clips together ever sit down and watch a single episode let alone a full season?

Okay good in your version i now know the backstories on both the Dictaphone and the big Hammer! Thank you!

Sigh. Agent Casper = Spook. I *just now* got that. 🤦🤦Sorkin is a ridiculous comedic genius.

You excluded the greatest moment of season 2. The finale.

Thank you!!

It’s probably harder to chop up clips from drama than comedy but why y’alls video either 2 minutes or 1 hour long lol. Sweet spot is probably around 10 minutes per topic. An example: The video about Josh holding the press briefing when CJ got root canal should’ve gone longer to show him getting scolded by the President at the Oval Office. You got this whichever person(s) in charge of this account!!!

38:32 - this storyline didn’t add up to me. It might have worked if it was a blogger or a podcast or really *anyone* but Danny who broke the story. Danny is a seasoned White House reporter who needs access to and a good relationship with the administration to be effective. He is also seasoned enough to know the president’s family is off-limits and the president would be red-hot when this quote came out. If Ellie had called him, he would have at a bare minimum warned CJ way in advance to let her know the circumstances - not after the quote, he might have asked permission, and he possibly would have simply rejected the call completely.

Look, I love seeing these clips again, but whoever edited this extended one missed the point of most of them. Case in point with the last one -all the Greg Summerhaze build up and then cut the most important quote from Toby/Leo? This is supposed to be "the best" of Season 2, and it doesn't include the scene in the limo/hospital after the shooting? The guy in the hole story? The Toby bouncing the ball cold open? The Two Cathedrals rant at God? Please tell me this was done by a work-experience kid who hasn't seen the show. Or maybe AI.

I'm looking at that Boy Scout tripod firewood formation at 20:59 (a formation which is meant for open air, NOT an indoor fireplace) and I'm screaming internally because if those Ivy League idiots actually light that, I'm going to have to figure out time/dimension travel and throttle them both. Edit: Ooookay, Josh and Sam lit that fire, so I need to call the local NASA office and talk to their people. At least five people over there have a semi-workable time/dimension/multiverse travel theory. I can't help with the mathematics or the science, but I will volunteer as a test subject.

Call them Lucy and you’re on your own God I loved Leo

Just upload all the episodes will you... Don't tease us like this

Back in the day when I was a Democrat

did the president say "you're a big P" @33:10 ???

I gave up after 10 minutes. I don't know who edited this video, but not the West Wing I remember with love.

I think Martin Sheen has some difficulty pronouncing "sclerosis."

I wonder if Trump has seen a single episode of The West Wing. He still hasn't accepted the fact that it is a serious job and not a cool way to jet to Fla for a round of golf to the tune of 2.6m dollars of our money.

“The Best of Season 2”? Who chooses and what are your criteria? What’s the thread besides “best of”? It sure seems like you’re just wanting to profit off West Wing fans rather than being somehow of service. Your whole effort is MEH.

Meh ainsley was a corny character with indulgent dialogue. Same with mandy but ainsley worked because shes a hottie

josh is sofa king annoying

57:50 Typical democRATS lets hid our shame and felony charges by any means necessary

28:03 enter Sex kitten Ainsley Hays 😊