Toby explains in an interview that he found C.J. working in PR when he was involved with a senatorial campaign in New York. Toby says that they were thirty-six points down when she came aboard, and thanks to her great work, they gained two or three points before losing. Hilarious. NOT. NOT NOT NOT. NOT! NEEEEEXT!

I am drowning in suck. Oh, won't someone please, please throw me a rope?

Back at the heavily populated meeting the likes of which we have never seen, chattering continues while FNG tells us that "the accelerated release of information is a concern of everyone." Except me. "They all have to consider how the message will play in the press," he says. That line was for all the regular viewers of this show who don't know that the White House staff considers how things will "play" in the "press." I know this show has sometimes been a little advanced, and I'm really grateful that they still offer the remedial class.

C.J. asks Leo whether the FBI put something on Jed's schedule. "Who's asking?" Leo wonders. "So far, just me," C.J. says. "No," Leo comes back. Sparkly dialogue, indeed.

In Josh's obligatory interview, he says that, sometimes, they don't tell C.J. things, because if she knew them, she'd be "ethically bound" to share them. "I don't want to put her in that position," he says. You know, I made pumpkin waffles this morning for breakfast. They were really good. Shall I tell you about them? No? More mockumentary? Are you sure? I'm telling you, the waffles were a LOT better.

"Martin Sheffield," allegedly a former White House press secretary, talks about how being press secretary is a hard job. All the old ones who are still alive like to get together, because it's a "club." They know what it's like to "take those bullets," and so on and so forth. "There's a loneliness in this job," he says in a forlorn fashion. Poor, poor Martin Sheffield. All he has to keep him company in his older years is his club of former press secretaries and his giant tote bag full of clichés. Unfortunately, long after all of the press secretaries have died, the clichés will probably linger on.