Great episode tonight! Funny as hell, too. It was especially nice to Felicity Huffman guesting; I’ve so missed her since Sports Night went off the air, and she’s only gotten hotter.
Anyway, loved all the plotlines–'specially Donna’s underwear. 
Thoughts?
I enjoyed it… even though I wasn’t completely paying attention. I was busy chatting.
The speech that Leo (was it Leo?) gave to the president regarding the whole shoes/apology/Josh/Sam/Kurdistan/Kazikstan/Donna’s underwear fiasco had us in stitches. I mentioned that it was a Three’s Company situation played the way it always should have.
Now I have a GQ type thingie. If a reporter gets a leak from one source quoting a completely different source (Huffman’s character quoting Toby to the reporter), can that be used as a direct quote? It is obviously slightly unethical, but is it even legal? Little help?
I thought WW was going to tone down the “Democrats are knights in shining armor; Republicans are evil” shtick. Didn’t look like it last night.
Huffman’s character leering menacingly at the TV as the Dems are “sabotaged” at the press conference. Please. At least admit that the exact same stuff goes both ways.
My rolled eyes at their perceived piety aside, WW is clearly one of the top, best written, best acted shows on the telly.
Is the short-lived thing with the Republican staffer that looks WAY too much like Donna over with, then? Felicity’s character would seem much better in a recurring role.
C’mon, Milo! Granted, the Republicans weren’t exactly the Girl Scouts in the episode, but I would hardly call Huffman’s reaction menacing. It looked just like anyone would look when their elaborate plan comes together (see: The A-Team). And the Republicans didn’t look evil. The merely looked like people willing to take advantage of an opportunity in which the White House staff clearly overstepped their bounds, as Toby admitted he legitimately got burned.
As a sidenote, can I take this opportunity to say how much I absolutely love the opening bits on this show? The welded shut fireplace was classic, and Charlie’s response to the President was gravy.
Jack,
It’s certainly legal. Heresay only applies in a court of law. When a reporter wants to find out information, she can ask any question she wants to. I don’t see anything ethically wrong with the question either. “I’ve been told that a top White house aide said X. Can you confirm or deny this?” That’s how you get information.
Now, if X happened to be “I would like to see the President wearing a nice strapless bra while dancing the macarena.” and, in fact, not only had no member of the White House said that but the reporter just made the quote up, it’s still not wrong to ask. What would happen is the reporter gets fired and will never, ever, be part of the White House press corp again.