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Slow News Day

The West Wing

Run Time: 45 mins

Air Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004

Average Rating: ⭐ 7.7 (3 votes)

NBC

Season 5 - Episode 12

Slow News Day

Average Rating: ⭐ 7.7 (3)

Toby gets Jed's support to seize a controversial window of opportunity to save Social Security, but is hampered by Jed's mandate to keep the operation under wraps; desperate to feed the press corps beast on a glacially slow news day, C.J. meets with an attache to discuss cabbage imports, and has a little fun with a particularly dense reporter; Josh's brainstorm to help Will burnish Bob Russell's presentation problems and a persistent reporter endanger Toby's attempts to broker a deal on the Hill; Rina finds a friend in Donna, and Josh isn't too happy about it; Toby is saved from having to fall on his sword when Josh and Jed devise a plan to rescue his deal from certain disaster.

Drama