Yes, Edward James Olmos is back as Justice Mendoza, and he's there to stand and deliver (sorry, I couldn't resist) some brutal truth about the criminal justice system. Mr. Mendoza has been arrested for drunk driving, but there's a problem- he has a medical condition that makes it lethal for him to drink. So, he's not drunk, and it's suggested that he was arrested for driving while not being white in a sleepy little town in Connecticut. Toby and Josh are sent to go get him out of jail, and get lost; Sam tries to find his way to the sleepy little town using the north star- hence: Celestial Navigation.
This episode is a different format- the showrunners clearly wanted to switch it up, so the episode is told by Josh, who is being interviewed as a guest at some sort of university lecture. He's asked to describe an "average day at the White House," and happens to choose a day where he's a spectacular dodo.
Why was Josh a dodo?
- CJ has root canal- but since she had root canal, she says "woot canaw." Take a moment and say that out loud.
- Briefing ("Bwiefing")
- Try very, very hard not to destroy us (Twy vewy, vewy hawd not to destwoy us)
- You completely imploded! (You compwetewy impwoded!)
- A secret plan to fight inflation! (A secwet pwan to fight infwation!)
- Josh has absolutely no powers of debate, and here's some of the way's we know he's not up to the Socratic Wonder that is the White House Press Corps.
- Josh also calls a reporter's question stupid.
- Josh says that the President doesn't smoke, even though he bummed a cigarette from one of the reporters on Air Force One.
- Josh manages to create a secret plan to fight inflation that he doesn't support.
So what do we learn in this episode? That CJ, with cotton balls in her mouth after emergency root canal (say it again:"woot canaw"- isn't that great?!) is a better press secretary than Josh ever could be.
We also learn that Allison Janney (who plays CJ) is very capable of comedy- something I think we all agree we're glad the producers discovered. Oh, and we also learn that Sam is nuts for dental hygiene; but that's not really a surprise- very in character for Sam:
SAM: Your teeth are the best friends you got, C.J.
C.J: They are?
SAM: You take care of them, they’ll take care of you.
That's very true. If you don't take care of your teeth, you might have to have an emergency root canal. And that's no fun- although it's enjoyable to say. One more time:
What's Next? 20 Hours in L.A.- the return of Joey Lucas!
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