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The West Wing Weekly

4.02: 20 Hours in America, Part Two (with Christopher Misiano)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.912.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2017

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Josh and Hrishi discuss second part of Season 4 premiere with episode director, Christopher Misiano. West Wing Weekly love episode!

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0:00.0

You're listening to The West Wing Weekly. I'm Joshua Molina.

0:10.1

And I'm Rishikesh Hereway. Today we're talking about the second half of the season 4 premiere,

0:15.7

20 hours in America, part 2.

0:17.6

The information is the same as part 1. It was written by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Christopher

0:23.8

M.D. to whom we will speak later in our episode. And at first aired on September 25th, 2002.

0:31.1

I love the NBC synopsis for 20 hours in America. For both parts, here's what it says.

0:35.4

Two-hour season premiere sees President on campaign trail as probe of downed plane grows.

0:40.6

That's the best they could do for two-parter. Couldn't even afford some definite articles.

0:45.0

I didn't really, whoever wrote this was on a deadline.

0:48.2

I had to hand it in a rush.

0:49.8

It reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from a rest of development when the Bluth family is trying to welcome Michael Bluth back

0:56.4

and be less harsh to him. They've pushed him away and now they're trying to get him back for their own self interest.

1:02.3

And they have a banner that says, family loves Michael. And Will Arnett says,

1:07.8

take a look at banner Michael.

1:09.5

That's brilliant.

1:13.4

In this episode we see President on campaign trail as probe of downed plane grows.

1:17.3

There you have it.

1:18.2

I like episode very much.

1:20.7

I too.

1:21.6

We're only 18 hours short of being able to do it in real time.

1:28.5

I like part two even more than part one.

1:30.9

Okay. I don't know if there's anybody saying that.

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