"In 13 years with the bureau, I've discovered that there's no amount of money, manpower, or knowledge that can equal the person you're looking for being stupid." Really great line.
It's actually how most criminals are caught, very few first time cases of embezzlement or theft from businesses are caught, they're stopped because they do it repeatedly
When he got back to his office, an imposing man with an eye patch was waiting for him. He was there to offer him a new position. One that would better use his talents.
Yeah, the only walls in the White House that are curved are the ones that form the Oval Office, so that was the "Holy shit, I'm about to be face to face with the President of the United States" moment hitting him. It doesn't seem real right up until it is.
The problem is that if he had hit on her, she, and every women within ten feet (and some of the more effeiminate men) would have immediately become pregnant.
Clark Gregg is an awesome actor. I don't know if you will read this but if you do read my comment Clark, I have to say 2 things. First thank you for your performance as Agent Phil Coulson in phase 1 of the MCU & Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and second when Loki killed Coulson in the first Avengers movie Loki became my least favourite villain
Very reminiscent of how McVeigh was caught. Timothy McVeigh (one of the bombers in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people) was pulled over by highway patr for driving with no license plate. When he reached for his license the officer spotted the handgun under his coat and he was arrested for illegally concealing a handgun. After 2 days in jail, waiting for arraignment, authorities identified him as a suspect and much to their surprise he was already in custody. They placed a hold on him just minutes before arraignment where he would've certainly been released with no to minimal bail.
It's really not the same thing at all. In the McVeigh case, they were able to identify him irrespective of the initial arrest. In this storyline, they needed the lucky break of the coincidental arrest in order to catch the suspect.
Agent Casper seems, in retrospect, like a really obvious cover name for Phil Coulson, Agent of SHIELD. I mean, Casper the Friendly Ghost -- another name for Ghost is Spook -- Spook is slang for Spy. It's a bit on the nose. 😀
He was ashamed of his desk duties and probably was a pride/respect thing. like, he views it as kinda... embarassing or not what best reflects his skills/situation, and then also being that and told youre going to brief the president on a domestic terror situation, like, "shouldnt this be reserved for someone doing something"
2:05 It's *almost* the same joke as "Will, why are you dressed as an officer in the Air Force?" - head nod - "I'm an officer in the Air Force." Right down to the subtle head nod! czcams.com/video/jrnSXLF14J8/video.html
I just call it "the thing where they say the same thing twice with slightly different inflections" because it happens so many times I can't pick one haha.
I think Casper was worried that if he briefs the president, it would start a chain reaction where he'd be getting into all sorts of shenanigans like what happened to that CIA analyst Jack Ryan. Given that he ended up in shield guess his fears were justified.
Of course not he is FBI not Captiol police. FBI Does investigations which means normally they respond after a crime has been committed and follows up and makes arrest to prevent further crime from those said criminals regular police and military job is to defend.
The sad truth is that most policing isn't based on investigation and detective work. It's based on the hope that serial killers will drive around with a busted taillight, an expired registration, or going 60mph in a 45mph limit.
Listen, churches are burning down or I’d be hitting on you right now. I love it! And as far as reasons go for not hitting on someone, that’s a good one
His brain is slowly shutting down as he realizes his proximity to the oval office. Just a second before that he's all giddy because he briefed the chief of staff. I'm surprised he could still form whole sentences when he met the president
The wall surfaces in the hall adjacent to the Oval Office are curved, because the Oval Office is an oval. Agent Casper has just realized whose office he's being led to, and his brain is having an OMGWTFBBQ moment.
I'm sure he got a full briefing from the director before making any public decisions. But the President was having a meeting about the issue at that very moment and he was the FBI representative at hand with very pertinent information for him. (Also, there was surely some sort of communication up or down the chain of command before he took it to Josh in the first place.)
after serving as New Hampshire governor, that same man would nearly condemn two boats worth of people to death but have a change of heart at the critical moment and decide better of it, much to the chagrin of the Joker...
this seems to be very odd. 1)The agent says the FBI could invent a pattern, but it’s against the law. Why? As far as I can tell as long as the FBI dosnt interfere with the state government investigation, they CAN study situations and make predictions. 2)the decision to not send troops in to prevent a likely scenerio of anti black attacks, is met with scorn from the governor as staves rights violations s. EXCEPT. The president can send emergency troops in to quell insurrections with special circumstances usually if the state fails to respond or protect effectively. 3)Bartlet seems to let go the governors comment of racism being an issue. Wouldn’t that give the president more reason to send troops in? 4)like most of the west wing issues, the events that parallel real issues isn’t explored. The terrorist was a white school supremecist as a commentator said was similar to timmothy mcveigh. This mixture of nationalism, Christian nationalism, and racism was t effectively targeted after the okc bombing nor does the White House of the west wing ever consider a wider conspiracy or hate group enabling. Afterall, mcveigh didn’t act alone. He had Terry nichols but investigators Suspected others were involved.
Have you ever been to any church social event? Every one I've ever been around or involved with was run by the grandmothers, mothers, etc. in the church, and not even God could help you if you interfered in their kitchen. When my grandmother died, the church ladies made all the food for the funeral reception and insisted we take as much leftover food as we could carry home with us. I'd never attended that church, nor had my mother, and my father hadn't in decades. Didn't matter, they didn't want grieving relatives to have to worry about fixing or shopping for food for as long as they could help with. They were of greater comfort, and gave me a greater sense of depth of spirit, than the pastor.
"In 13 years with the bureau, I've discovered that there's no amount of money, manpower, or knowledge that can equal the person you're looking for being stupid." Really great line.
Definitely true for the common criminal... however... didn't stop Donald Trump from skating through his ill-doings. xD
@@NairuOnLife True. My faith in humanity was tested.
Reminds me of uh...which serial killer was it who was caught because of a parking ticket? Edit: it was the son of sam
It's actually how most criminals are caught, very few first time cases of embezzlement or theft from businesses are caught, they're stopped because they do it repeatedly
I can see why he was cast as Colson. For a moment I thought that's who was talking.
He did such a good job with this, they promoted him to director of SHIELD.
yeah they were really impressed and they changed his name too
After all that work he deserves a holiday.
I hear Tahiti is a magical place
When he got back to his office, an imposing man with an eye patch was waiting for him. He was there to offer him a new position. One that would better use his talents.
They talk about that in The West Wing Weekly 😁
"This wall is curved."
I can see why they put him in charge of the investigation.
Yeah, the only walls in the White House that are curved are the ones that form the Oval Office, so that was the "Holy shit, I'm about to be face to face with the President of the United States" moment hitting him. It doesn't seem real right up until it is.
Only the brightest became feds. Look at Fornel. 😅
13 years in the FBI is a long time to be undercover, Phil. Especially when you had to go work with Fury meeting Captain Marvel during that time.
That's what LMD's are for. Phil Colson can be in 3 or 4 places at once if SHIELD needs him to be.
@@KenS1267 LMBO
This proves that WW is part of the MCU.
More like MCU is a part of TWW.
The problem is that if he had hit on her, she, and every women within ten feet (and some of the more effeiminate men) would have immediately become pregnant.
@@Bazookatone1 Now there are two theories I can conspire about
“How can there be no evidence of a conspiracy?”
“I don’t know. It’s probably because we’re stupid.”
I feel like I always randomly find good shows through clip channels
Michael "Casper", huh? Nice undercover work, Phil.
I wish he would have had another chance to hit on Donna. Their really brief connection there was cute.
Best non-pick up pick-up line ever.
Clark Gregg is an awesome actor. I don't know if you will read this but if you do read my comment Clark, I have to say 2 things. First thank you for your performance as Agent Phil Coulson in phase 1 of the MCU & Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, and second when Loki killed Coulson in the first Avengers movie Loki became my least favourite villain
Very reminiscent of how McVeigh was caught. Timothy McVeigh (one of the bombers in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people) was pulled over by highway patr for driving with no license plate. When he reached for his license the officer spotted the handgun under his coat and he was arrested for illegally concealing a handgun. After 2 days in jail, waiting for arraignment, authorities identified him as a suspect and much to their surprise he was already in custody. They placed a hold on him just minutes before arraignment where he would've certainly been released with no to minimal bail.
In the 1993 bombing in the World Trade Center garage one of the terrorists tried to get his deposit back on the van he rented for the bombing.
@@jessecarliner7733
I believe he also wanted to be reimbursed for leaving it with a hell of a lot more fuel than it had when he picked it up.
Good story -
It's really not the same thing at all. In the McVeigh case, they were able to identify him irrespective of the initial arrest. In this storyline, they needed the lucky break of the coincidental arrest in order to catch the suspect.
Holy shit? Was it that random of an arrest?
"This wall is curved!"
Sorkinspeak for: "Holy *&%#, the oval office is on the other side of that wall!"
The luxury of writing for a smart audience (vs. other shows having to write to the lowest common denominator)
Clark Greg is a nice actor.
1:58-2:16 2:50 3:26-3:33 Straight up Phil Coulson
"We don't take curtain calls. We're SHIELD."
He used a variance in that line too in his first appearance, I believe.
He's the very federal agent to work for both Josiah Bartlet and Nick Fury.
“This wall is curved….”
attentive to details
"There's no amount of money, manpower, or knowledge that can equal the person you're looking for being stupid." I believe you are a cop, my Son.
We've got some of the stupidest criminals working right here in America. I've always been proud of that.
As reasons for not hitting on someone go that is a good one.
Agent Casper seems, in retrospect, like a really obvious cover name for Phil Coulson, Agent of SHIELD. I mean, Casper the Friendly Ghost -- another name for Ghost is Spook -- Spook is slang for Spy. It's a bit on the nose. 😀
"Tahiti... yes, it's a magical place..." Wait, what?!
Another Mamet/Sorkin regular! Love his work!
He was my mike before he was your coulson
And before that - Spoiler: he saved Sports Night.
How Clark Gregg never ended up in Men In Black I'll never understand. Nearly ever part he plays puts him in a Black suit, white shirt.
Mike Casper must be one of the few SSA in the FBI who would not want to brief the President directly,
He was ashamed of his desk duties and probably was a pride/respect thing. like, he views it as kinda... embarassing or not what best reflects his skills/situation, and then also being that and told youre going to brief the president on a domestic terror situation, like, "shouldnt this be reserved for someone doing something"
2:05 It's *almost* the same joke as "Will, why are you dressed as an officer in the Air Force?" - head nod - "I'm an officer in the Air Force." Right down to the subtle head nod! czcams.com/video/jrnSXLF14J8/video.html
nice. sounds like another sorkinism. czcams.com/video/S78RzZr3IwI/video.html
I just call it "the thing where they say the same thing twice with slightly different inflections" because it happens so many times I can't pick one haha.
I think Casper was worried that if he briefs the president, it would start a chain reaction where he'd be getting into all sorts of shenanigans like what happened to that CIA analyst Jack Ryan. Given that he ended up in shield guess his fears were justified.
Agent Casper was not at the Capitol on 1/6/21.
Of course not he is FBI not Captiol police. FBI Does investigations which means normally they respond after a crime has been committed and follows up and makes arrest to prevent further crime from those said criminals regular police and military job is to defend.
0:12 - after a line that smooth she is splooshing big time.
Will we ever see two incredibly intelligent presidential candidates debate on a worldwide forum ever again?
The sad truth is that most policing isn't based on investigation and detective work. It's based on the hope that serial killers will drive around with a busted taillight, an expired registration, or going 60mph in a 45mph limit.
And thankfully, they do
@@adamwilson7811 Yes, sometimes, but maybe one day we can have a police force that can track down the felons that do not commit traffic violations.
Just call us S.H.I.E.L.D. Mr. President.
You have a pretty big black population in New Hampshire, do ya?
shield in the whitehouse confirmed
Proto Coulson.
Temporarily assigned to desk for health reasons - I think that is right before Loki stabbed him.
I really hope all this teasing of reminding you of Coulson in the mcu recently brings him back..
Listen, churches are burning down or I’d be hitting on you right now. I love it! And as far as reasons go for not hitting on someone, that’s a good one
I mean, they got Al Capone on tax evasion.
And financial crimes will be the downfall of Orange Donny.
Nick Fury, pulling the strings from his office at SHIELD.
I thought he was good in SGTE, SGTJ. He held his own against Sam.
Is there is line or scene missing from this segment? The line "this wall is curved" with no follow up just seems out of context.
He's letting Josh know that he knows he's being taken to the Oval Office.
His brain is slowly shutting down as he realizes his proximity to the oval office. Just a second before that he's all giddy because he briefed the chief of staff. I'm surprised he could still form whole sentences when he met the president
The context is the floor plan of the white house :)
The wall surfaces in the hall adjacent to the Oval Office are curved, because the Oval Office is an oval. Agent Casper has just realized whose office he's being led to, and his brain is having an OMGWTFBBQ moment.
@@woodrobin Thanks for that, makes sense now.
Donna looks gorgeous in this scene! No wonder he wanted to hit on her!
He was right though. Should have been his director doing it. There could’ve been additional information that he was at the moment not privy to.
I'm sure he got a full briefing from the director before making any public decisions. But the President was having a meeting about the issue at that very moment and he was the FBI representative at hand with very pertinent information for him. (Also, there was surely some sort of communication up or down the chain of command before he took it to Josh in the first place.)
@@jerodast
Fair point. Im just a stickler for chains of commanders.
Guess only fury or carter had walk in access to the oval.
This wall is curved….
"Blacks in your state" :O
Rule no.1 don't commit crimes while your commiting a crime.
after serving as New Hampshire governor, that same man would nearly condemn two boats worth of people to death but have a change of heart at the critical moment and decide better of it, much to the chagrin of the Joker...
Agent Coulson is afraid of the Oval Office?
this seems to be very odd. 1)The agent says the FBI could invent a pattern, but it’s against the law. Why? As far as I can tell as long as the FBI dosnt interfere with the state government investigation, they CAN study situations and make predictions.
2)the decision to not send troops in to prevent a likely scenerio of anti black attacks, is met with scorn from the governor as staves rights violations s. EXCEPT. The president can send emergency troops in to quell insurrections with special circumstances usually if the state fails to respond or protect effectively.
3)Bartlet seems to let go the governors comment of racism being an issue. Wouldn’t that give the president more reason to send troops in?
4)like most of the west wing issues, the events that parallel real issues isn’t explored. The terrorist was a white school supremecist as a commentator said was similar to timmothy mcveigh. This mixture of nationalism, Christian nationalism, and racism was t effectively targeted after the okc bombing nor does the White House of the west wing ever consider a wider conspiracy or hate group enabling. Afterall, mcveigh didn’t act alone. He had Terry nichols but investigators Suspected others were involved.
"Reverend, have the pastors encourage the women to bake those guys something nice," lol, a tad sexist there Jed.
And had his wife heard that, she would’ve ripped him a new one
Have you ever been to any church social event? Every one I've ever been around or involved with was run by the grandmothers, mothers, etc. in the church, and not even God could help you if you interfered in their kitchen. When my grandmother died, the church ladies made all the food for the funeral reception and insisted we take as much leftover food as we could carry home with us. I'd never attended that church, nor had my mother, and my father hadn't in decades. Didn't matter, they didn't want grieving relatives to have to worry about fixing or shopping for food for as long as they could help with. They were of greater comfort, and gave me a greater sense of depth of spirit, than the pastor.
Have you ever been to a Baptist Church fellowship event? They practically throw the food at you :)
The administration has no concern for law today!
Consummate professional