You're listening to The West Wing Weekly. I'm Rashique Sherway.

And I'm Joshua Molina.

And today we're talking about episode 21 from season 5. It's called Gaza.

Said episode was directed by Christopher Maseano, written by Peter Noah, and first aired on May 12th 2004.

In this episode, the congressional delegation to Gaza, which includes

now retired Admiral Fitzwales and Donna is attacked by a roadside bomb.

Two congressmen are killed and Donna is badly hurt.

The episode slips in and out of flashbacks as we learn what happens, which includes

a romantic alliance between Donna and a photojournalist played by Jason Isaacs.

Coming up later in this episode, we'll be joined by Jason Isaacs and Janelle Maloney.

A couple of things worth noting about this episode, Janelle Maloney was nominated for an Emmy for

outstanding supporting actress. And it was based on this episode and the previous episode,

no exit. Right on. And we spent some time in our last episode talking about how amazing

her performance was in that one. That's right. Other Emmys for this episode, production designer,

Kenneth Hardy and set decorator Ellen Totelayben, one an Emmy for outstanding art direction.

The West Wing also won an Emmy for best sound mixing based on this episode.

How about that? Yeah. Well, the episode looked great. I'm sure it sounded great too,

but I've only got one good ear. So I'm not the, I should meet the final arbiter of what sounds good.

It's been a while since we've seen the West Wing flex their production values, though,

like this. Yeah, this is major. Yeah, we're on a location. There's a helicopter in the air.

There are donkeys and carts and tons of extras. Yeah. Did you find out where it was shot?

It was shot in Riverside County by the Salt and Sea. It looks, I thought it looked pretty darn

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