Not much to add here - these are top-tier episodes for the show as a whole. I'm a huge sucker for the "how the gang got together" trope, so seeing Josh's poker face and CJ's pratfall into the pool and Bartlet struggle to get the names right (I do love "they're all young") is fantastic.
The smoking in the diner is an extra layer of grossness on our would-be assassin - by that point in the US, smoking was starting to be looked down on in general. It was already illegal to smoke in restaurants where I live then, though it varies by state and might still be legal somewhere for all I know.
And we learned of a fiancé who we have not heard of since. I suppose she wanted to marry a partner in Anonymous, Unimportant Law Firm, not Sam Seaborne.
That's certainly what Sam believes, yes. Keep her in mind!
though it’s only in hindsight that the fact that she was the only assistant to come to the hospital raises its picky little head. The justification is her relationship with Josh, but she had no reason not to do as Ginger had done and go to the workplace. In the moment, that didn’t occur to me at all.
Honestly it never occurred to me either, though it's certainly a relevant nitpick! We do see Mrs Landingham there as well, of course - and who's to say Margaret or Bonnie or Carol didn't come along too, only to return to the office when it was apparent that's where they were needed? But of course we know the real reason Donna was there, even if the show doesn't bother to justify it.
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Date: 2021-04-18 03:36 am (UTC)The smoking in the diner is an extra layer of grossness on our would-be assassin - by that point in the US, smoking was starting to be looked down on in general. It was already illegal to smoke in restaurants where I live then, though it varies by state and might still be legal somewhere for all I know.
And we learned of a fiancé who we have not heard of since. I suppose she wanted to marry a partner in Anonymous, Unimportant Law Firm, not Sam Seaborne.
That's certainly what Sam believes, yes. Keep her in mind!
though it’s only in hindsight that the fact that she was the only assistant to come to the hospital raises its picky little head. The justification is her relationship with Josh, but she had no reason not to do as Ginger had done and go to the workplace. In the moment, that didn’t occur to me at all.
Honestly it never occurred to me either, though it's certainly a relevant nitpick! We do see Mrs Landingham there as well, of course - and who's to say Margaret or Bonnie or Carol didn't come along too, only to return to the office when it was apparent that's where they were needed? But of course we know the real reason Donna was there, even if the show doesn't bother to justify it.