The Great West Wing Rewatch: 6.5 "The Hubbert Peak"
Joel: The first part of season six is filled with echoes of the early episodes of West Wing. These guys have been through so much lately, from Zoey getting kidnapped, to Leo having a heart attack, and all the political beatdowns they’ve received in between, you almost forget what those early storylines were like. And then, we get almost a perfect turn around back to the characters and stories we were getting way back in season one. Josh is probably the smartest guy in the room 95% of the time, but he can’t prevent his initial instincts from getting in the way of his better judgement. Echoing Josh’s previous run in with the internet earlier in the series Josh relies on his own brilliance to get him out of a situation, only to end up making everything worse. Toby, also feels like the Toby of old, forced to brief the press in CJ’s absence, we get the Toby of early seasons, the one who is constantly frustrated that people won’t just shut up and do as he says since he is so clea...