Hello, you're listening to The West Wing Weekly.

I'm Joshua Molina.

And I'm Rashique Hesherway.

Today we're talking about season 6 episode 9.

It's called Impact Winter.

This episode was written by Deborah Conn.

This episode was directed by Leslie Linkag Lotter.

This episode first aired on December 15th, 2004.

Two episodes ago, in episode 607, the title was A Change Is Gonna Come.

And I think in this episode, the changes arrive.

Ah, the president goes to China, but he is severely impaired by his MS.

Charlie pushes CJ to consider her next step after she steps out of the White House.

And Josh considers his next step after turns out that Donna has already considered

what her next step will be.

Indeed.

Later in this episode, we're going to be joined by Ben Murray, who made his debut

on The West Wing in the last episode.

He plays Curtis, the president's new personal assistant, to replace Charlie.

A man who has held Martin Sheen in his arms.

I mean, I've done that off camera, but he did it on television.

Little do our listeners know that Martin Sheen insists on being carried everywhere.

That's right.

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