(The Two Bartlets – 3x12)
Sam: Yeah. He thinks the government is keeping alien bodies at the Bullion Depository in Fort Knox. What are we keeping in the Bullion Depository in Fort Knox?
CJ: [pause] Soup?
God, he admired CJ Cregg. She was on the verge of tears mere moments ago talking to him, the epitome of vulnerability. Now here she is, joking with Sam like nothing had happened, hiding away those emotions with all the courage she's built up.
She's strong and beautiful and he respects her so fucking much. He's never been in love like this before and he can't comprehend how a woman can hold herself with so much elegance and composure the way she does, yet manage to enchant with a whole spectrum of emotions. That includes the sorrow he felt for her previously, and the laughter that comes to his lips with her quip.
He always knew she was strong, but since becoming Press Secretary she's always continued to amaze him with the extent of that. He can only smile with intrigued eyes at this exquisite woman he's so lucky to have.