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the Dullsit or is just because we haven't talked in a while? Well, it's a reference to

the episode we're about to discuss Josh. The Dullsit tones of Will Bailey get you

souvenir programs in the lobby. What about... Oh, very clever. Yeah, I guess I forgot that

I speak about myself in the third version. Dullsit, even. Right. And I'm Rishikesh

Hereway. Today we're talking about episode 12 from season 7. It's called Duck and Cover.

It was written by Eli Addie. It was directed by Christopher Maseano and at first aired

on January 22nd, 2006. In this episode, there's a crisis at a nuclear power plant in California,

sending the Bartlett administration into action, forced to make difficult choices. It sends

the Santos campaign into the difficult choice of inaction as they wait for the political

fallout from potential nuclear fallout. And Senator Vinik is caught somewhere in between

as his present and past choices box him in further and further.

Hmm, that sounds good. You know what else sounds good? Our special guest today. Tell me,

it's a bad joke. I can't take the suspense. Suspense is the order of the day and we're

joined by our suspense creator, writer Eli Addie. Oh, that's why I see him on Skype.

I don't know if my tones are Dullsit, but I know how to type the word apparently.

This is a terrific episode. I feel like this is the best of what the West Wing can do.

I like when, although I also love when there's, you know, CD and E plots, I also like when

an episode is a little bit more concentrated around a singular, really strong A plot. You

know, these argue, arguably a B plot going on this episode as well, but it's really

taken up largely with everybody focused on the same event. And it also does what the West

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