As the segment title suggests, this is an episode with lots of both trivial and even insoluble daily problems that come up for the White House staff to handle, and as expected our heroes Janney, Lowe and Whitford do an exemplary (and funny) job of handling them. The roster sounds familiar even decades later; school vouchers, reparations for slavery, a new panda bear for the national zoo, various romances, and even rightwing hate groups posing serious threats to Zoe and Charlie.
What writer Aaron Sorkin does so skilfully is juggle this array of content, and the heartwarming performances by our beloved set of regulars (especially Janney, who gets spotlighted this week), while sneaking in a high impact, thoughtful argument to end the episode. Guest star Carl Lumbly is perfect as a civil rights lawyer awaiting confirmation for a key Justice Department post who eloquently bests Whitford in their discussion of reparations.
