A former President dies. Bartlet, Walken, and former President Newman (James Cromwell - SIX FEET UNDER, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, W.) travel together on Air Force One to the funeral, while a crisis inflames the Middle East. Exhilarating, nuanced acting between this grand triumvirate. C.J. speaks to a nebbishy scientist (Steven Tobolowsky, GROUNDHOG DAY) about government mind control experiments. Mallory (Allison Smith - KATE & ALLIE, HELTER SKELTER) drops in for her first post-Seaborn appearance, and her evening attire may detach your eyes from their sockets. Toby gets a snootful trying to write an impossible eulogy, and sings "Suicide is Painless".
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Uninformed writing
ya7ya22 May 2019
Yet another misrepresentation of issues that the writers simply don't understand. The West Wing has proven to be unable to discuss many global issues, especially in the Middle East. And this episode is no different. They're faced with an issue in Saudi Arabia that doesn't make any sense just to give the West Wing a dilemma to deal with. Anyone who knows KSA and the Middle East understands how uninformed the writing was when dealing with these issues.
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