With only a few days to go before Election Day, the campaigns ramp up a gear or two to reflect that there is still much work to be done, but not a lot of time in which to do it!
There is a sense of organised chaos going on with the Santos campaign, with lots of talking heads all trying to out-shout each other on the Santos bus & plane, travelling between cities and towns across Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, California and Florida over a 3 or 4 day period.
To match the chaos, the camerawork is no longer smooth or controlled; instead our view of their world is just as unsteady and chaotic as theirs, along with some fast editing and the need to focus on who is saying what to whom!
Inevitably this causes a lot of tension between Santos, Helen, Lou, Donna and Josh amongst others; and for Santos in particular, who is being deprived of a good night's sleep, and the goings on in Kazakhstan where over 150,000 US troops will be stationed that he will have to contend with thanks to Bartlet.
Tensions get so high that Santos' calm demeanour finally fails him as he questions the need to appear on a chat show dressed as Robin Hood, when far more important things need to be addressed first.
And for once, we see Josh become a Leo-in-the-making: he actually gets in Santos' face and tells him a few realties about priorities when campaigning.
It's nice to see Josh "man up" for once, without going into his usual temper-tantrum or recoils into a yes man.
The other key storyline here is another confrontation of sorts: this time Toby standing up to further indictment threats from ambitious US Attorney, Peter Blake, who wants to subpoena the likes of CJ and Leo over the shuttle leak, and thus completely trash the Santos campaign if Toby doesn't reveal his sources.
But again, like Josh, Toby steps up to the plate and calls Blake's bluff perfectly.
There is a sense of organised chaos going on with the Santos campaign, with lots of talking heads all trying to out-shout each other on the Santos bus & plane, travelling between cities and towns across Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, California and Florida over a 3 or 4 day period.
To match the chaos, the camerawork is no longer smooth or controlled; instead our view of their world is just as unsteady and chaotic as theirs, along with some fast editing and the need to focus on who is saying what to whom!
Inevitably this causes a lot of tension between Santos, Helen, Lou, Donna and Josh amongst others; and for Santos in particular, who is being deprived of a good night's sleep, and the goings on in Kazakhstan where over 150,000 US troops will be stationed that he will have to contend with thanks to Bartlet.
Tensions get so high that Santos' calm demeanour finally fails him as he questions the need to appear on a chat show dressed as Robin Hood, when far more important things need to be addressed first.
And for once, we see Josh become a Leo-in-the-making: he actually gets in Santos' face and tells him a few realties about priorities when campaigning.
It's nice to see Josh "man up" for once, without going into his usual temper-tantrum or recoils into a yes man.
The other key storyline here is another confrontation of sorts: this time Toby standing up to further indictment threats from ambitious US Attorney, Peter Blake, who wants to subpoena the likes of CJ and Leo over the shuttle leak, and thus completely trash the Santos campaign if Toby doesn't reveal his sources.
But again, like Josh, Toby steps up to the plate and calls Blake's bluff perfectly.