This could have been a good episode, especially if you're a fan of Vinick and want to seem some balance in the writing during the campaign (which would seem to be leaning in favour of Santos)
It was quite a joy to see Vinick brush aside all the conflicting advice from the licks of Bruno, Braun & Bob Mayer over the handling of the nuclear leak in is home state of California.
Rather than listening to them he decides to take his own advice, fly out to the nuclear reactor site, and have a detailed Q&A with the media. He knows what he is doing because he will talk and talk and talk until they're out of questions, thus putting the incident and his involvement with pushing through the red tape behind the construction of the site 25 years ago well and truly behind him.
But rather than leave on a high note, a subplot is thrown in involving Santos' brief case, which just happens to be in the same room as Vinick's senior staff, and discovered by Bruno of all people. And despite Vinick's moral stance against wanting to know its contents, you just know what will happen.
Therefore, the ending left a sour taste in the mouth, because I really didn't think the writing would have to resort to a form of intimidation and blackmail - that's the stuff of lame soap operas, and not quality political dramas!
It was quite a joy to see Vinick brush aside all the conflicting advice from the licks of Bruno, Braun & Bob Mayer over the handling of the nuclear leak in is home state of California.
Rather than listening to them he decides to take his own advice, fly out to the nuclear reactor site, and have a detailed Q&A with the media. He knows what he is doing because he will talk and talk and talk until they're out of questions, thus putting the incident and his involvement with pushing through the red tape behind the construction of the site 25 years ago well and truly behind him.
But rather than leave on a high note, a subplot is thrown in involving Santos' brief case, which just happens to be in the same room as Vinick's senior staff, and discovered by Bruno of all people. And despite Vinick's moral stance against wanting to know its contents, you just know what will happen.
Therefore, the ending left a sour taste in the mouth, because I really didn't think the writing would have to resort to a form of intimidation and blackmail - that's the stuff of lame soap operas, and not quality political dramas!