The West Wing
Season 5 Episode 12 - Slow News Day
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.
Episodes in Season 5
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39 min
The Dogs of War
40 min
Jefferson Lives
41 min
Han
40 min
Constituency of One
40 min
Disaster Relief
40 min
Separation of Powers
40 min
Shutdown
40 min
Abu el Banat
41 min
The Stormy Present
41 min
The Benign Prerogative
40 min
Slow News Day
41 min
The Warfare of Genghis Khan
40 min
An Khe
40 min
Full Disclosure
40 min
Eppur Si Muove
40 min
The Supremes
39 min
Access
40 min
Talking Points
41 min
No Exit
41 min
Gaza
40 min
Memorial Day
40 min
