# The West Wing 11/14/01: "Gone Quiet" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-11-14-01-gone-quiet/93582 "2001-11-15T19:23:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-11-14-01-gone-quiet/93582/21 "2001-11-17T03:57:26Z")
About the talking fast thing, it gets on my nerves too, but it seems in character with the nature of the show. To me it shows how fast the pace of things are. The challenge of each one of the character’s job positions is the fact that there’s always something going on, and that they have to be 3 steps ahead of the game. So they speak fast or abbreviate terms so they can communicate efficiently, quickly, and effectively. As far as Wednesday’s episode, I missed the first half hour so I’m not sure what was really going on, but the last half hour did just seem to drag. Of what I saw, the more interesting character was the old navy man Bartlett and Leo were consulting with. I just thought it was so cute how Bartlett and Leo deferred to him. He was very much in command of the situtation and presented a strong, steady force, and he knew he was a reassuring presence for Bartlett. He made me feel safe and reassured, and I’m just a viewer watching, not the fictitious President of the US. He was a trip! 😃 As far as Donna and Josh, I really don’t want to see them get together, but I have a feeling they might. It seems like the show is just building the sexual tension between them. I really don’t care to see them get together because that would just detract from the plot, but none of the screenwriters asked me. [shrug] We’ll see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-11-14-01-gone-quiet/93582/22 "2001-11-17T08:41:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amarinth \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > > \*\*Am I the only one who wants to see Josh and Donna get it on??? \*\* > > Yes. You are. > > They absolutely should not. That just would be wrong. Completely and totally wrong. > Josh and Joey, however… \*\* No, no, no, no. Totally wrong. **I** need to get together with Joey. Really. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-11-14-01-gone-quiet/93582/23 "2001-11-17T17:14:46Z")
What I’m waiting for is Christopher Walken to make a guest appearance. A visiting dignitary, he shakes hands with the president and then briefly convulses… ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-11-14-01-gone-quiet/93582/24 "2001-11-19T20:50:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by watsonwil \* > **Put me down as someone who doesn’t like Mrs. Bartlett at all. Not a big Channing fan. She overacts every scene. How she won an emmy for the role, I’ll never know (other than the fact that best guest actress is not a hot bed of competition). The scenes between her and Platt seem labored. Of course, I imagine that is exactly what Hillary acted like during WHC meetings, so I’ll chalk it up to realism.** Well I have to disagree because the only reason I started watching The West Wing in the first place was to see Stockard Channing, who is one of my favorite actresses. Which is why I am so frustrated that she has **never** won an Emmy award for any role, in spite of being nominated seven times. ☹ BTW, two of those nominations were for Best Supporting Actress for The West Wing. She’s never been nominated for Best Guest Actress on that show. Oh, and the reason that Dr. Bartlett was so willing to plead in spite of being angry with her husband over running again is that she knows that she _is_ guilty of several medical ethics violations. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-11-14-01-gone-quiet/93582.md?page=1)