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THE WEST WING works late
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The West Wing: "17 People"
In what's widely regarded as one of TV's all-time best bottle episodes, the staff of The White House stays late for two reasons: a tense confrontation in the Oval Office about the President's health, and a writers' room punch-up of Correspondents' Dinner jokes. Time to talk turn-of-the-century liberal politics with Aaron Sorkin's Emmy sweeping series -- including the stacked cast who do "walk and talks" and speak in meter, why Martin Sheen makes a good TV president, how young Bradley Whitford was so much less hot than he is now, and how the show does (or doesn't) hold up in a 2020s political landscape.
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Sources:
Aaron Sorkin Empire interview | Vulture's article defining a bottle episode | Den of Geek's list of best bottle episodes | The Ringer's list of best bottle episodes | Seventeenpeople.com | West Wing Weekly podcast | EW's catalogue of West Wing guest stars | William Ritchert's plagiarism website | Roger Ebert's North Review
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