30 Days of The West Wing: Day 8
Your favourite Sorkin episode: Celestial NavigationWhile 20 Hours in America is resolutely my favourite, I opted not to be repetitive here and went to my impressive runner up. I think it’s almost a rite of passage for any West Wing fan that you will have watched this episode more times than you can count! Celestial Navigation is packed full of fantastic dialogue, amusing farce and a compelling subplot regarding the wrongful and racist arrest of Judge Mendoza. Every character is played to perfect pitch, with CJ providing the root canal comedy, Josh’s secret plan to fight inflation, a very frustrated Toby, Donna proving to be Josh’s loyal sidekick, Sam and celestial navigation… then you’ve got the cranky President and Leo trying to juggle with the events of the day between all of them!
It’s always the most fun to watch — and one that I can’t wait to watch with other people because even when one of the other guys is watching it and quoting it, you get sucked in! Having Josh’s commentary on the events of the day narrating everything, tying it all together is a happy bonus too! The only problem this episode might suffer is that we’ve all watched it too many times!
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