S3e4- On the Day Before

Ok, so after my whole Don Claudialione take on the last episode, I was totally going to make a comparison between C.J.'s absolutely brutal, no holds barred takedown of Sheri Wexler (the entertainment reporter from Dallas) and its equivalence to a horse head in the bed.

Then, I realized that a lot of time has passed since my last blog, due to the end of a school year and necessary rest and recuperation.  

So, I'm just going to give a few thoughts, to ease everyone back into the blog, into watching our beloved "The West Wing" and feeling joy in life once again.  The truth is, with all that has been going on in the world recently, we could all probably benefit from 43 minutes of escapism-Trumps claims that any judge who has any Mexican heritage is incapable of being unbiased (and are we really surprised that Trump doesn't understand the concept of unbiased?  This is a racist, xenophobic birther who doesn't think that droughts or climate change are real things we are talking about, after all) alone are enough to make my soul cry for the loving embrace of my mother.

So, to Season 3, episode 4.

Quick summary:
- Charlie shouldn't be talking about an immunity deal that everyone wants to talk to him about.  It doesn't matter, though, because he's not going to take the deal, because why can't he be a hero?  NO REASON, CHARLIE- YOU JUST KEEP BEING YOU!
- Sam and Toby throw an elbow, politically, and secure the votes needed to block the override veto.
- Josh has to put the Governor of Indiana back in his box, so he won't go around campaigning with such vim and vigor.

Coming back to this episode after some time, and a day after four people were shot in a market in Tel Aviv, the suicide bomb in an Israeli cafe that prompts political action by our fiction West Wing seems to echo a reality we might never escape.

Finally, a word on the aforementioned Sheri Wexler takedown.  It's a great moment for C.J., and all the more so because of her clear control of the situation.  This isn't the first time that C.J. being a woman becomes the story instead of the story on the West Wing, and it won't be the last.  It's impossible not to wonder whether any male press secretary would ever be criticized for changing from their tuxedo into a suit.

BAM!



... and the chemical abbreviation for table salt is NaCl.

What's Next?  S3e5- War Crimes

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