What happened on the West Wing this week?

[Claudia1]

Arrrrgggghhhhhhh! We went to WDW for the weekend and I forgot to set TiVo to record Sunday's West Wing.

What happened? Thanks!

 

[Beth76]

Lets see if I can remember. Donna was hired (not by Josh) as the Santos Campaign spokesperson. Josh was not happy about that. Um, will was hired to take Toby's job. You really didn't miss much because I can't really remember anything else. I'm getting confused with Commander in Chief.

There was a negative ad campaign for Santos that was run by a republican group. It made Vinick really upset because he doesn't want negative ads. So there was kind of anamocity about that from both sides during the whole show. At the end, Santos and Vinick met briefly before taking the stage at some dinner in NYC and they set up a debate--something that their aides had failed to do.

I'm sorry that's such a lousy recap, but I honestly can't remember anymore. You really didn't miss much. Next week is the live debate, so that should be interesting.

 

[Figment22]

Here's the recaplet from TWOP:

http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=4&story=8436&limit=&sort=

The Al Smith Dinner

The only follow-up to Toby's firing is a resounding "no comment" from the White House -- specifically from Will, who is trying to learn the ropes as Communications Director -- and a brief shot of Toby on the news on someone's television. Will's initially eaten alive by the press, but gets more comfortable as he holds more briefings. By the end of the day, someone thanks him with a rubber ball all his own, wrapped up in a red ribbon. The real focus of the hour is everyone's favorite hot-button issue -- abortion. An independent right-wing group runs an ad bashing Santos for his stance on abortion by using a snippet of an old interview out of context. Although it did not come from his own camp, Vinick wants it pulled so that he doesn't appear to have started a negative campaign. His staff doesn't necessarily agree with that choice, so both sides begin to prepare their ads bashing the other candidate. Team Santos finds a woman to act as spokesperson to clarify his stance on abortion who turns out to be...none other than Donna, which causes Josh to flip out. Louise (brilliantly) ends up putting Josh and Donna alone together in the same room to work out their differences so that Donna can work on the campaign, which results in a lot of yelling at one another and Josh acting supremely immature. Louise also replaces Josh in the latest debate negotiation meeting with Bruno, and in a risky play blows the talks up completely so that it does not look like Santos is begging for the chance to debate. The fallout from the TV spot causes both Santos and Vinick to attend The Al Smith Dinner in order to each clarify their stances on the abortion issue. While waiting to be introduced at the event, they wind up alone together in the kitchen and begin to snipe at each other. The sniping turns into a challenge for a single debate to be held next Sunday in a Live Television Event.