The West Wing

"As you probably know, the President does a regular Saturday morning radio address, which he records on Friday. The address is usually two to three minutes in length. When it's over, the President will be happy to stand for pictures. Uh, I'm gonna ask you to form a horseshoe against that wall. Not an actual horseshoe. That takes special training as a blacksmith."

Starting in season 1 when she "gets in the President's face" and physically blocks him from leaving the Oval Office and very loudly tells him to back off and stay here and let her handle it. He accepts and takes it and listens to her bc she knows her shit and he knows that too. In season 3 in Manchester?? When she yells at him "don't you dare lecture me, Mr. President, don't you dare do it!" when he's already pissed with her, and instead of that making him more angry, he again just takes it and understands what she's saying and just?? Changes his approach?

She's always someone who can get through to the President in a way he understands, and she has the ability to yell at him and call him on his shit when it's called for without being reprimanded for talking to POTUS like that. And it's why she's the right choice to be his Chief of Staff and why she's so effective at it because she can tell him straight to his face "You're full of shit and need to get it together" and he respects and trusts her enough to know she's right. (Which especially when it comes to the MS and him not taking care of himself as well, and the overall stress of the rest of the administration leaving one by one, is exactly what he needs in a COS).

“17 People” was first aired 22 years ago (April 4th, 2001) and romance was invented.