6.19: Ninety Miles Away

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

"Ninety Miles Away" really takes us somewhere, and we're not talking about Cuba. Josh and Hrishi try to navigate their way through wigs, termites, and Hemingway.

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0:00.0	Hey gang, you're listening to The West Wing Weekly.
0:09.0	This is Joshua Molina.
0:10.6	And this is Rishikesh Herway, and today we're talking about 90 miles away.
0:14.8	It's episode 19 from season 6.
0:17.1	It was written by John Sacred Young.
0:19.0	It was directed by Rod Holcomb, and it first aired on March 16, 2005.
0:25.0	Here's a synopsis from NBC.
0:27.2	In speculations fly surrounding the nexus between Communist Cuba and the Democratic
0:31.1	United States, President Bartlett is propelled into a dubious conundrum, whether to continue
0:35.6	secret talks with Cuba's ailing dictator and lift an antiquated embargo or to yield
0:40.6	to bipartisan political follow and reaffirm 40-year-old sanctions.
0:44.9	Meanwhile, Leo and Kate learn that they have more in common than politics when a distant
0:49.0	memory of corrupted elections and bar room antics reveal a more intimate connection.
0:53.6	Mm-hmm.
0:54.6	Sexy.
0:56.1	Other West Wing viewers might remember this as the worst episode of The West Wing.
1:00.0	Wow, we're just going to start there.
1:03.8	It's not a great one.
1:05.5	People get upset, you know, by the way.
1:07.2	This is going to people are disappointed when we don't like an episode.
1:10.6	I mean, obviously, I'm sure there are some people who agree with us when we're not crazy
1:14.6	about an episode, but I can feel the blowback when people like an episode and we don't like
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