The Great West Wing Rewatch: 7.5 "Here Today"
Chris: This is one of the more disappointing episodes of West Wing, not because it's bad or fall short but it's disheartening to see how Toby's relationship with the White House come to an end. Of course, thanks to the flash forward at the beginning of the season, a few years later Toby is at least on friendly speaking terms with President Bartlet and Toby is clearly not in prison so I suppose that softens the blow. Knowing this was going to happen, Leo's words from last season carry a little more weight and explains why the president wasn't exactly surprised Toby was the leak, Toby was acting like he was still bucking the system and not realizing he's part of the democrat power house now. However, Toby never quite shook the protesting, rebellious past as he discussed a few seasons back when listening to protesters in an auditorium. Toby's intentions were always virtuous but ultimately his disposition of challenging authority caught up with him. A goo...