Charlie and Zoey signal the Prez, who asks for everyone's attention. He says that the chili is ready and that "since I told you [that] you would enjoy it, I am reasonably certain that you will." Chuckles all around, except from Toby. The Prez mentions that Zoey will be starting school in Georgetown, "prior to medical school and a life of celibacy." Josh comments, "Yeah, right!" The Prez pledges to provide a college education for anyone who wants it. Applause. Then the Prez turns to the meetings the staff had that day. "You all start out so cynical, but it never fails, by the end of the day there's always one or two converts." As C.J. laughs, the Prez suggests she'll be up all night writing a position paper about wildlife protection. The Prez says he doesn't mind paying for the highway, "It's the segregation. The ACLU is going to file a petition on behalf of some reindeer, and then we're all screwed." The Prez turns to Sam, and tells him that the mysterious UFO Bob mentioned was just an old Soviet satellite falling into the atmosphere. As "Ave Maria" starts up in the background, The Prez concludes by asking, "What will be the next thing that challenges us, Toby? That makes us go farther and work harder? Do you know that when smallpox was eradicated it was considered the single greatest humanitarian achievement of the twentieth century? Surely we can do it again, as we did in a time when our eyes looked toward the heavens, and with outstretched fingers, we touched the face of god." With a final toast to friends, absent and present, the show ends.
If that's how well the Prez improvises, I'm not surprised he was elected.













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