You've done it again. You're listening to the West Wing weekly. I'm Joshua Molina.

And sometimes I like to call you Cupcake. Yeah you do. It's been a while.

Sometimes I like to call you Cupcake, is that okay?

Totally.

My name's Rishi Kei Shurei.

And today we're talking about the Red Mass from season four, it's episode four.

It first aired on October 9th, 2002, the teleplays by Aaron Sorkin.

The story is by podcast favorite Eli Addy.

And the episode was directed by Vincent Missiano, the brother of Christopher to whom we recently spoke.

Here's a synopsis from TV Guide.

Liberal third party candidate Howard Stackhouse is becoming a thorn in Bartlett's side,

and Amy Gardner is consulting for him.

I'll swear the Ritchie Camp wants as few debates as possible.

Leo meets with the Israeli foreign minister about the Shreef matter.

A government siege of a house occupied by domestic terrorists is compromised by a sick child in the house.

And Josh makes Donna bone up on a self-help guru whose advised Governor Ritchie.

No mention of Sam Seaborn's story in this.

For me knowing what's coming, I think this is an interesting episode for Sam. It's subtle.

Mmm.

He's slowly working his way toward welcoming me to the cast.

Yes. I guess it isn't enough to merit a line in the synopsis, but it's really interesting.

I think building on what Sam said about...

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