The West Wing: Bartlet's Third State of the Union Rewatch

January 17, 2017 4:55 AM - Season 2, Episode 13

The President addresses the nation, and five DEA agents are taken hostage in Colombia. C.J. discovers an invited guest to the State of the Union speech has a questionable background, while Capital Beat does a three-hour show live from the West Wing. Josh, Joey Lucas (Marlee Matlin), and Donna run an important telephone survey that will influence a gun-control initiative the staff has been planning.

Over on TWWW, Josh and Hrishi talk to Don Baer, who was Bill Clinton's Toby Ziegler (he wishes), and who points out that there were two state-of-the-unions, as we got a plotline involving Jed and Abby's marriage. (Also, we are now officially caught up on TWWW thanks to their overlong hiatus.)

posted by Etrigan (1 comment total)

I've always found it kind of crazy that the reporter held the story about the police officer past the end of his broadcast, but I suppose it's harder to break a story that the White House really wants you to wait on while you're broadcasting from the White House.
posted by Tentacle of Trust at 5:34 PM on January 17, 2017