A Journalist Is Missing in the Congo | The West Wing

“This is a shakedown…”

Season 3 Episode 14: Night Five

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[ethanpan]

I appreciate how Leo just puts the Congolese ambassador right back in his place when he decides to groan about CJ daring to be rude to him

[fyremanjef]

The scene that was left out was Donna telling the wife how CJ loves and stands behind her reporters, no matter what side they are on

[woohooboy]

The scene at 3:40 demonstrates why "The West Wing" was the best drama on American network television during the 2000's. The writing, acting, direction and overall production values put the show into a special category on its own.

[pbdye]

This is another scene that telegraphed CJ becoming the Chief of Staff. Every time anyone underestimated her, she'd become Leo.

[wonder]

Its one of the sadder stories on WW because it happens in-house but not to one of the main cast. So its a gut punch to a now widow but not to people like Josh who just turn away sad and go back to work.

[Bazookatone]

That significant look Donna gives Josh at the end is becauase earlier in the episode she was offered a job in a political news website with a salary so large she thought it was the sites annual operating budget, and Josh had been telling her about how what they do at the White House is important and she'd somehow be selling out if she left.

I always thought it was odd that THIS is the scenario the writers used to show that, because the White House was utterly impotent, the journalist had been killed before the editor even told CJ about it, and nothing they did affected the outcome in any way.

they did a similar thing with Ainsley Hayes, where she is offered a job the day the president from Equatorial Khundu is at the white house to negotiate for AIDS medication, and while he is there, thre's a coup at home and his government falls and his family are killed or arrested. Ainselye sees the President comfrting the man in the Oval Office and it inspires her to take the job, but we learn in the final scene he returned home and was executed at the foot of the aeroplane steps. the White House couldn't offer any help or anything.

[ScorpiusZA.]

Selmak really gets around, doesn't he.

[quinnreilly]

These clips are great, but they are cut so strangely. This one finishes with half of an unrelated scene and cuts off halfway through a sentence.

[michaelhayden]

Reporters are often the first victims! Their families often fail to understand WHY they have been killed; murdered?

[danielk]

4:30 More proof that Sorkin based The West Wing on Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister - Bartlet went to the London School of Economics!

[cdjhyoung]

I sure hope the casting director of West Wing got an Emmy year after year. Arkin as the Psychiatrist to the President was spot on casting.

[Comicsluvr]

I don't know how a person can tell another that their loved one has died. I've done it once and it was terrible. But to do it all the time? Wow.

[albertjester]

What did Josh actually at 3:09 ? I got the "A crew that was filming" and "He was killed in an ambush" but the rest just isn't picking up for me."

[deliagroer]

American tv shows just keep highlighting how arrogant they are as a political nation. 😢