The Great West Wing Rewatch: 2.11 "The Leadership Breakfast"
Joel: A big part of why I love this show, is that it shows pretty much an idealized version of a presidential administration. People are there who truly want to work hard to make America a better place. I bring that point up a lot in these episode reviews, but every now and then, I love getting to watch them play the political games as well. This episode is full of people with hidden agendas, some we know about at the beginning, some we don’t find out about until later, and our heroes are a bit blindsided at one point. But man do they regroup in this episode. There’s a scene, and it’s a small scene in the context of the whole episode, but is shows everyone in a brief huddle trying to come back from an unexpected attack. In a manner of seconds they come back with a retort, as well as a snappy line that is smart, witty, and will be what is quoted by the news cycle and will be the line that sticks in the head of the american public. Yes, this is an idealized administration ...