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.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: washington dc, usa, the white house, usa president, politics, government, usa politics, political conflict
- Cast: Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Joshua Malina, Alan Alda