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Her chief of staff, Lilli Mays, spars with Sam a bit over the president’s plans and how they will affect the news cycle. Sam worries she looks naïve by letting a child speak for her.
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She starts by appearing on a morning show (possibly the Today Show, or an analogue thereof) promoting a children’s campaign to eliminate debt slavery in Africa. Every action she takes serves to stymie the efforts of the Bartlet administration. We needed all three to make her a fully rounded character worthy of greater exploration in the future.Ībby is arguably the antagonist in this episode. Now, we are told she is “no stranger to the fight for children’s health worldwide” and is “leading the charge on child labor.” These three episodes show three spheres of her character: personal, professional, and political. In “He Shall, From Time to Time…” (1x12) she was a skilled doctor and one of the few people Jed trusted with his biggest secret. In “The State Dinner,” (1x07) we saw her simply as a loving and supportive spouse. This is Abigail Bartlet’s third appearance on The West Wing, and her last appearance in season one before becoming a regular cast member in season two. So it makes sense that we haven’t heard much about it, because it’s probably been handled by career diplomats and was not a Bartlet initiative. Here, we are explicitly told it’s been negotiated for the last seven years (and also that it’s on its third president, confirming that Bartlet’s predecessor was a one-term president). In the past, such as in “Enemies” (1x08) and “Celestial Navigation,” (1x15) I have complained about major laws being passed with no mention of where they came from or why the administration hadn’t mentioned them before. Our story centers around a trade deal that is about to pass through Congress. The theme is the tension between private and public lives, and the difficulty in keeping them separate. There are a few things going on and some development on the white supremacist story that will climax in the finale, but it’s very much a “day in the life” episode otherwise. This is not a particularly busy episode, plotwise. Oh, and can anyone explain what the title of this episode means? I don’t get it. Abby Bartlet starts promoting restrictions on overseas child labor, and Charlie and Zoey’s relationship advances in the wake of security threats.