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The West Wing, Season 7, Episode 19 (Patreon)

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2025-08-25 22:18:40
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Jeff

I just want to applaud all of us here for not spoiling the Sam return. That was one of the toughest secrets to keep. Bradley Whitford is brilliant here, as always. It kind of makes me want to watch him again in "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip", even though it's really not a very good show. I really admire the wisdom of the writers in how they chose to end this series. Instead of having a one-episode grand finale which suddenly and unbelievably ties up all the loose ends, they spread it out over five very satisfying episodes after the election. It ends up giving most (but not all) of the characters the attention they truly deserve.

Yannick, from Montréal

The craziness of Transition is barely starting, and Josh is already looking like a dumpster on fire. I love how Sam's intervention was the perfect pushback only him could do, and then when Josh explains that he yelled at Otto "for no good reason" is self-explanatory that he DID apologize to him before announcing going on vacay to Santos. And that simple scene on the plane is quite reassuring in regards to how Josh wants the relationship to work with Donna. Now let's see... what could happen to the transition while Josh is gone? Hey, a day is "Dog years" he said?

Yannick, from Montréal

The writers can still manage to send curveballs: the Russian and China phone calls, but planned by both Bartlett and Santos, the Sam reveal, the Donna situationship (royalties to Michael Bennett for that one!) being addressed. Still refreshing, and less than a handful of episodes 'till the end. Enjoy it!

Surya Gundavarapu

I am surprised by your guys' adoption of Josh and Donna's relationship. I remember back in early seasons when you saw them more as mentor-mentee relationship and thought a romantic arc between them would be received poorly.

Alex Lee

It would have been nice to have Sam at the funeral, but I think it made sense to wait to bring back Rob Lowe, as that would have become the focus of the episode rather than Leo.

Emma Samuel

Sam wasn't my favourite character when he was in the show, but this is just such a brilliant return for him and utilizes his character so well. And as a huge Donna/Josh fan, this episode means a lot to me, but I mainly love Donna's job offer, which is such a good payoff after 7 seasons of her professional struggle. (It may seem silly, but I seriously believe that Donna will eventually end up as president in this universe in like 2030. Another eight years at the white house, followed by a run for something... with time in political office, close ties to two popular presidencies, and the story about her attack in the middle east getting the ball rolling on peace in the region... she could be a contender. In the lovely and fair West Wing universe, at least. And I love the idea of Josh having a third and final 'holy shit, I've found the next president' realisation about his own partner...)

Riesling

It's great that Donna got the job, and we all know that The West Wing romanticizes and often exaggerates political reality, but this storyline was a bit too unrealistic for me. Can anyone really believe that a young woman without a degree and even without any professional training, who worked as a secretary just a year ago, would suddenly become the First Lady's Chief of Staff?

Aude M
>>185166805

Haha, and Josh going to Sam's house/work again to tell him he found the guy. Sam being like : "Not this agaaain" :D

Heather
>>185170025

I actually think it’s a much better fit for her than what Josh was proposing. She has excellent communication and organizational skills, and the First Lady is already comfortable with her. The position doesn’t require her to make hard core strategic policy decisions, even if FLOTUS decides to get involved in some substantive causes.

Balazs Foldes

Oh, three more to go.... I'm feeling so melancholic already. I've done plenty of rewatches over the years, but not in the last few years... and watching it with you guys, as new watchers... it was really something else. I will miss it terribly. Guys, I know it's a BIIIG stretch, but have you, could you maybe think about considering some kind of live stream thing for the last episode? A twitch, a youtube live watch-along, but maybe even like just a youtube premier with some kind of live chat addition... it would be great to officially commemorate the end of this 150something-episode journey! I would even be willing to try and stay up for your strange, un.European time zones...

Balazs Foldes

One interesting tidbit of continuity issue to which some people drew my attention. The roles of some of the staff seems... inconsistent? Otto was writing speeches, writing the acceptance speech (in whatever many versions) two weeks ago. And now he is basically doing Margaret's job, and begging for some kind of white house position? (Not that Margaret's job is easy or lacking in importance, but still...)

TalynOne

When you mentioned Mandy I remember wanting to make a fake joke spoiler that Mandy was the secret space shuttle leaker, her revenge against the administration for being shelved away.

TalynOne
>>185203646

Yeah, I figure if Rob Lowe didn't come back he or Will would be tapped for head speech writer. They could have stilled paired him with Sam like they did Will for speech writing duties. Because of the season opener we already know what happens to Will.

Youtalkingtome
>>185203213

I would really like to do something like that but I don't wanna risk any sort of mishap on such an important episode

Daniel Lydford
>>185162102

When Rob Lowe was on The West Wing Weekly Podcast he said that he was in Europe during filming, and couldn't get back to the US for that episode.