S3e15- Dead Irish Writers ("I'm like Gatsby, but without the problems.")

Considering all the time we've been spending reading the news and trying to discern truth from belief, facts from alternative facts and Sean Spicer from Melissa McCarthy, what a nice change of pace this episode was, right?!

I love this episode, because it shows the number of layers that exist in any given Sorkin Script, but my goodness, there is a world of competing beliefs in this episode:

1. Chuck Kane thinks that Josh was on Crossfire, but it was Sam.  
2. INS re-defined the border, so Donna is now Canadian.
3. Abbey switches between "Abbey" and "First Lady Abbey," although clearly Donna missed the notification
4. The British Ambassador tells us that Brendan McCann cannot come to the White House (a few times), but clearly arrived to drink, compliment Abbey's decolletáge, and insist that Brendan McCann must come to the White House.
5. Sam insists that he's not an instigator, only to instigate a fight.
6. Amy is both Josh's girlfriend and a political adversary at this dinner.

All of these mixed and mistaken identities continue to move the episode forward, but nothing as much as two bottles of wine back in the residence.  

As long as we're talking identity, let me get this out there:

 Abbey=Carrie, Amy=Samantha, CJ=Miranda and Donna=Charlotte.  

I'm not going to lie- this makes me incredibly happy.  

Two brief connections to the real world that I'd like to point out:

• Brendan McGann cannot come to the White House- on January 31, 1994, Sinn Fein's leader Gerry Adams was granted a 48 hour visa to visit the United States by Bill Clinton over the objection of... everyone.  A small step towards the August 1994 cease-fire, and a remarkable moment along the path to peace in Northern Ireland.
• The Superconducting Super Collider is a real thing, that really lost funding after 2 billion dollars had been spent.  The project was cancelled for a multitude of reasons, chief among them the uncertainty revolving around the cost of the magnets required, that had not been designed or built yet.  It's a real place in Waxahachie, Texas, and is sometimes known as Desertron, or sometimes called a 2 billion dollar hole in the ground. 

Finally, in case you've missed it, #alternativeSpicer=

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