# West Wing 10-1 (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-10-1-spoilers/205046 "2003-10-02T02:16:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-10-1-spoilers/205046/21 "2003-10-02T21:10:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MaxTheVool \* > I don’t think that ZOEY had a cell phone. I think some random woman who was having a fight with someone else wandered off the road and stumbled upon the trailer, and then presumably noticed guys with rifles, or something. Could be. Hopefully someone has it taped and will be able to clear it up. That, or we can wait for TWoP’s recap. > [@](#): > > Besides, if Zoey had had a cell phone, what could she have told them? “I’m in a closet”? I think these writers would have accepted that as a sufficient explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-10-1-spoilers/205046/22 "2003-10-02T21:31:17Z")
I have it taped. I just played it back. It’s very quiet, but yes, in the heliocopter, as mentioned above, was an explanation of sorts. As **MaxTheVool** said, it was a domestic disturbance call. Guy dropped her off on the road in the middle of nowhere and she dialed 911 to get help. Then she wandered off to get out of the rain… That’s about where the explanatory voice trails off and the scene cuts to the chopper landing. I find it strange that the writer’s explanation is that the woman wanted to get out of the rain but in the scene where the chopper landed it wasn’t raining. Also, there was no mention of rifles, or strange men, or how this random woman happened to know Zoey was even in there. I’m voting for x-ray vision. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-10-1-spoilers/205046/23 "2003-10-03T04:14:14Z")
This has nothing to do with this week’s episode per se, but I just saw another repeat (_Galileo_?) in which Mallory, Leo’s daughter appears. She is just an incredibly attractive woman. Whatever became of her character? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-10-1-spoilers/205046/24 "2003-10-03T05:44:32Z")
I think the abrupt resolution of the abduction was on the money. After all, this is _West Wing_ not _Law & Order_ - the point of the show isn’t a police procedural about how a major crime case was solved, it’s a show about the political impact of the President’s daughter being kidnapped and the personal impact of that abduction on the principal characters. Going off on a subplot to show how the case was cracked wouldn’t have added anything to either of those elements. The writers wisely realized that and simply said “It happened. Moving on.” ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-10-1-spoilers/205046/25 "2003-10-03T06:27:26Z")
I’ve been hoping and praying that what happened to _Picket Fences_ after David Kelly left won’t happen to _The West Wing_, but it isn’t looking good based on these two episodes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-10-1-spoilers/205046.md?page=1)