4.22: Commencement (Live with Bradley Whitford, Ronald Klain, and Melissa Fitzgerald)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Live from the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC, Josh and Hrishi discuss the penultimate episode of Season 4—and all its trip-hop-laced anomalies—with special guests Bradley Whitford, Ronald Klain, and Melissa Fitzgerald. Plus: a surprise guest who’s surprised to be part of the podcast.

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0:00.0	I'm Rashique Haseyurwe.
0:06.0	I'm Joshua Molina.
0:15.6	We're excited to be here in DC.
0:22.8	If you've been following us on social media, you know that we've been on tour for about
0:26.8	a week and a half.
0:27.8	I can't speak for Rishi, but I'm wearing not a single article of clean clothing.
0:32.1	It also was nice to meet literally each and every one of you before the show.
0:39.5	Today we're talking about episode 22 from season 4.
0:42.5	It's called Commencement.
0:43.9	It was written by Aaron Sorkin.
0:45.5	It was directed by Alex Graves and it first aired on May 7th, 2003.
0:51.6	Before we get into the details of the episode, here's a little overview.
0:55.1	So the first time we were introduced to Zoe Bartlett back in season 1, episode 5, she
0:59.3	was about to start school at Georgetown.
1:01.3	And in this, the penultimate episode of season 4, Zoe's graduating.
1:05.2	President Bartlett is the commencement speaker and has angst over Zoe's impending three month
1:09.3	trip to France with Jean-Paul is spilling into his approach to the speech and will has
1:13.7	to help him sort through it.
1:15.6	The staff finds out the truth about Abdul Sharif and it turns out the world's about to as
1:19.4	well thanks to Danny Kinkannon who's discovered it on his own.
1:22.4	The CJ keeps him at bay with the news that five terrorists are on the loose and revealing
1:26.2	the news to the public would be a threat to national security.
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