Irrelevant But Awesome

Joel:  Because of the way that this episode and the last one are structured (and because they are basically parts one and two of the same episode) we are introduced to a few new characters halfway through this episode long after we’ve seen them in action already. I’m talking about Bruno along with the two people he brought with him, Connie and Doug. These three have been brought on board to help run the campaign because this time around, in addition to running for President, our main guys also have a country to run. It’s interesting that we still get to see the introductory meetings between Bruno and Leo and the President. We already know that Bruno will be working with the campaign. We’ve seen it in the segments that take place four weeks later. We already know that there will be issues with the strategies that he and his people are presenting. But it’s important we get to see Bruno’s introduction. He’s about the be working with a lot of very smart people in a very fast pac...

Joel:  This episode picks up immediately following the season two finale, even reusing some of the same footage from that previous episode. Right off the bat, all of our main characters are pumped. A press conference that they thought was going to end their time in the White House, instead resulted in the President boldly declaring that he would not only be seeking a second term but that he would be winning the election as well. The episode bounced back and forth between the immediate fallout of the press conference and four weeks later on the eve of President Bartlet officially launching his re-election campaign. This helps to show how in just a month of dealing with everything, how beaten down everyone has gotten. Everyone who was so pumped up following the press conference is now worn out and tired of going over the same things a hundred times. We are introduced to three new characters who we don’t know much about yet, but they seem to be trying to work on the re-election...