"Take out the Trash Day" is the 13th episode of The West Wing.
A wide variety of unpleasant issues face the White House staffers on a busy Friday. The main problem comes from increasing calls for Leo McGarry to step down as Chief of Staff. A man named Simon, whom Leo says is his friend but whom the President feels is untrustworthy, proves the Commander-in-Chief correct when he pens an Op-Ed essay calling for Leo to resign. However, Leo ends up be...
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"Take out the Trash Day" is the 13th episode of The West Wing.
A wide variety of unpleasant issues face the White House staffers on a busy Friday. The main problem comes from increasing calls for Leo McGarry to step down as Chief of Staff. A man named Simon, whom Leo says is his friend but whom the President feels is untrustworthy, proves the Commander-in-Chief correct when he pens an Op-Ed essay calling for Leo to resign. However, Leo ends up being rescued by two separate twists of fate. The first one comes when Sam and Josh go to Capitol Hill and meet with Republican Congressman Bruno. Bruno offers a deal: if the White House shelves a controversial sex-education report, he'll stop investigating Leo. He lambastes Sam and Josh for behaving like children and reminds them to think about this the next time they're trashing all Republicans. Although C.J. is visibly unhappy at the trade off, the President goes ahead with it.
The other twist comes when an incompetent C-level advance man for...
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