The Sorkin Series is back! This episode went through every tech-fail Aaron Sorkin could think of, then it was lost, and eventually found. So we present the (almost) Lost Episode, with in-depth discussion of our favourite DVD commentaries, the census and chili oh – and a little Aaron Sorkin and West Wing as well.

Show Notes:
-We’re missing Tariq, so it’s an ‘all girls all the time’ show!

-News Items: The Newsroom season 1 DVD cast commentary.
–Olivia Munn on New Girl.

-Episode Discussion: 1×05 “The Crackpots and These Women”
-Would the three hosts be given NSC cards? Probably not.
-Awkward behind-the-scenes West Wing stories.
-Sorkin loves Stanley.
-Big Block of Cheese/Toby is mean/Josh is mean/Sam gets blamed Day.
-Is Duke his name? Kristina teaches Marama about sport.
-Is Toby Grumpy the Dwarf, or Oscar the Grouch?
-What’s chili?

-Episode Discussion: 1×06 “Mr. Willis of Ohio”
-Who is Mr. Willis and why is he allowed to take over?
-Classic Sorkin? Classic TV.
-The American census freakout.
-Parallels between The Casual Vacancy and The West Wing.
-The weirdness of Zoe’s storyline.
-Leo in denial and the Presidential Face.
-Private West Wing game show with the President.
-What is the 90s equivalent of Twitter?

The Sorkin Series will be back next time with The West Wing 1×07 “The State Dinner” and 1×08 “Enemies”.

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