one: jj has big old brass balls, to make that death so goddamned pointless. but man. this is getting interesting, yo.
two: "i'm going to find the pennsylvania chair and nail him to a santos sign!" oh, josh. <333
three: "they haven't finished the second ballot yet." "what are they doing?" "eating their young." oh, jed. <333
four: "i think that aaron burr's got twenty votes." AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
five: WHO THE FUCK IS ERIC BAKER?
six: oh, hoynes. i just. poor hoynes. i don't like him, i never did, but that vote count mid-ep jus about broke my heart.
seven: the shot of josh, arms around the laptop, sun on his face. god, that was gorgeous. he looked old and young and old all at once. beautiful.
eight: i complained all year about their inability to merge campaign and white house story lines, but oh, man, tonight, they brought it together tonight. this was beautiful.
nine: donna defending eric baker's wife's mental illness against will. beautiful, again. strong and fierce and lovely, she is. and oh, i wish she and josh would just. who knows. i'm a josh/sam otp girl forever and ever, but if josh has to fall in love with a woman, donna is a good one.
ten: josh and leo. oh. oh.
eleven: "but i can't do that." and then i burst into tears and wept straight through to the end of the episode.
twelve: OH SHIT LEO.
that was. in the sense that. i just can't. even. i can't. oh, god. oh, that is the best thing ever.
*weeps*