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A lousy script assures a lousy episode, and here we have a mash-up of various story gimmicks adding up to nothing.
To save his lover Captain Marie, Pike and the good doctor take a shuttle to the planet Kenfori in a forbidden zone, off-limits to all after a war with the Klingons, their mission to find a rare medicinal plant for her cure. There, improbably, the doctor encounters a female Klingon warrior who has a long-simmering blood feud grievance with him due to the captain assassinating her dad in war. Making the situation more complicated (and stupid), her dad was a traitor and it was her duty to kill him, so she's angry that the doctor did so instead.
These story lines don't mesh, and to top it all off, the absurd gimmick of a bunch of zombies, both human and Klingon, on the planet threaten to eat our heroes and the Klingon woman. As soon as the zombies showed up and brought gore into the occasion, my interest in watching waned.
To justify this nonsense, we also get conflicts on the ship, mainly Ortegas' insubordination getting her into big trouble with Una, who is commanding the Enterprise in Pike's absence.
To save his lover Captain Marie, Pike and the good doctor take a shuttle to the planet Kenfori in a forbidden zone, off-limits to all after a war with the Klingons, their mission to find a rare medicinal plant for her cure. There, improbably, the doctor encounters a female Klingon warrior who has a long-simmering blood feud grievance with him due to the captain assassinating her dad in war. Making the situation more complicated (and stupid), her dad was a traitor and it was her duty to kill him, so she's angry that the doctor did so instead.
These story lines don't mesh, and to top it all off, the absurd gimmick of a bunch of zombies, both human and Klingon, on the planet threaten to eat our heroes and the Klingon woman. As soon as the zombies showed up and brought gore into the occasion, my interest in watching waned.
To justify this nonsense, we also get conflicts on the ship, mainly Ortegas' insubordination getting her into big trouble with Una, who is commanding the Enterprise in Pike's absence.
Sorkin amazingly pulls at the heartstrings, with quiet, emotional moments involving Josh, CJ, Sam and Donna in flashbacks that are powerful expressions of love among the principal players of the West Wing. Though he's likely best-known for his dramatic writing in confrontational scenes like those of "A Few Good Man", it's true sentiment that marks Sorkin's best work.
A pre-credits concise resolution of the "third man" conspirator manhunt leads to CJ and Donna's back stories, replete with terrific cameos by Allen Garfield and Grace Zabriskie as Sorkin gets in some solid jabs against the phoniness of Hollywood. A brilliant plot twist concerning Charlie is quite prophetic, as is the subplot involving the Secret Service.
What is most amazing is how Sorkin, without hamming it up or getting on a soapbox, shows how world crises and tales of "great men" (or in the current era, constant focus on an egocentric nut trying to lord it over the world as president) are actually less important dramatically than the interpersonal relations of those folks behind the scenes.
A pre-credits concise resolution of the "third man" conspirator manhunt leads to CJ and Donna's back stories, replete with terrific cameos by Allen Garfield and Grace Zabriskie as Sorkin gets in some solid jabs against the phoniness of Hollywood. A brilliant plot twist concerning Charlie is quite prophetic, as is the subplot involving the Secret Service.
What is most amazing is how Sorkin, without hamming it up or getting on a soapbox, shows how world crises and tales of "great men" (or in the current era, constant focus on an egocentric nut trying to lord it over the world as president) are actually less important dramatically than the interpersonal relations of those folks behind the scenes.
Sorkin deftly uses the prexy's assassination attempt as a springboard to examining how three years earlier (via flashbacks), the team that put Bartlet into the West Wing was assembled, beginning in New Hampshire. This gives the viewer vital insight into the principal cast's basic back stories and is fascinating to watch.
First off, director Thomas Schlamme creates and sustains tremendous suspense as the focus shifts from Bartlet recovering from his injury to Josh in critical condition at the hospital. Janel Moloney is terrific showing the true pain and shock that everyone feels at seeing Josh near death's door, and CJ's vulnerability is exquisitely presented.
What's most impressive is how despite their often glib and sarcastic exteriors, we're permitted to see the true idealism and commitment of Leo, Toby and Sam. Also outstanding is that great character actress Anna Deavere Smith, sparring with Leo as a crisis in the Middle East must be faced without Bartlet available to make command decisions, and wannabe president Hoynes as veep clearly unsuitable.
In a uniformly solid cast, it was fun to see Jane Lynch, still years from being recognized for her talent, pop up for a strong moment on screen as one of the reporters bugging CJ for some straight answers at a press briefing.
First off, director Thomas Schlamme creates and sustains tremendous suspense as the focus shifts from Bartlet recovering from his injury to Josh in critical condition at the hospital. Janel Moloney is terrific showing the true pain and shock that everyone feels at seeing Josh near death's door, and CJ's vulnerability is exquisitely presented.
What's most impressive is how despite their often glib and sarcastic exteriors, we're permitted to see the true idealism and commitment of Leo, Toby and Sam. Also outstanding is that great character actress Anna Deavere Smith, sparring with Leo as a crisis in the Middle East must be faced without Bartlet available to make command decisions, and wannabe president Hoynes as veep clearly unsuitable.
In a uniformly solid cast, it was fun to see Jane Lynch, still years from being recognized for her talent, pop up for a strong moment on screen as one of the reporters bugging CJ for some straight answers at a press briefing.
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