What happened to Ainsley?

[Baard Ove Kopperud]

I know that the actress (Emily Proctor) got a part
in CSI-Miami and that there's been established a new
(*Republican*) lawyer in TWW that have taken some
typical Ainsly-moments, but...

Has there been any off-hand mentioning among the
other characters about what happened to Ainsley?
Did she get offered another job? Promoted in the
White House? Leave? Get marries? Go back to
TV-debates?

Or if she stayed... Has there been any mentioning
of her working on something particular? Of other
characters talking to her?

Should I just assume Ainsley is still working in
her new (non-steampiped) office?

-Koppe

[Chris Free]

Post by Baard Ove Kopperud
I know that the actress (Emily Proctor) got a part
in CSI-Miami and that there's been established a new
(*Republican*) lawyer in TWW that have taken some
typical Ainsly-moments, but...
Has there been any off-hand mentioning among the
other characters about what happened to Ainsley?
Did she get offered another job? Promoted in the
White House? Leave? Get marries? Go back to
TV-debates?
Or if she stayed... Has there been any mentioning
of her working on something particular? Of other
characters talking to her?
Should I just assume Ainsley is still working in
her new (non-steampiped) office?

she seems to have gotten the most mention
in the following episodes, in order of frequency:
"in this white house"
"and it's surely to their credit"
"the lame duck congress"
she was mentioned in ~13 episodes total.

her final line seems to have been:
"Thanks. I'll be in my office." -- "the u.s. poet laureate"
in that same episode she was promoted to deputy counsel.

the final time she was mentioned seems to have been:
JOSH
'Cause if you're a Republican,
then you damned well better look like Ainsley Hayes.
- aaron sorkin, "evidence of things not seen"

'um ... sorkin tends to create ancillary characters
to advance dialogue and central themes rather
than faithfully develop long-tem character arcs.

so, characters may be created without an ornate
background and then vanish inconclusively.

sorkin's first law: "dialogue is
rhythm, pitch, tone, volume, and meter."

sorkin's second law: characters defer to dialogue;
plot and story defer to central themes;
all else defers to dialogue and central themes.

sorkin's third law: dialogue dictates show structure.

[Toniann]

Post by Baard Ove Kopperud
I know that the actress (Emily Proctor) got a part
in CSI-Miami and that there's been established a new
(*Republican*) lawyer in TWW that have taken some
typical Ainsly-moments, but...
Has there been any off-hand mentioning among the
other characters about what happened to Ainsley?
Did she get offered another job? Promoted in the
White House? Leave? Get marries? Go back to
TV-debates?

We weren't told *why* she left, but we were told she was gone --in "Evidence
of Things Not Seen", towards the end of the fourth season, they interviewed
and eventually hired Joe Quincy (played by Matthew Perry) for her job,
specifically mentioning that she'd left.


--
Toniann


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