I love The West Wing series not only for of its plot and quotes but also for show’s relevance to the real life. The West Wing is a kind of series which always tries to set an example for the citizens and it also guides us how and by whom the country should be run. When I finished watching ‘Isaac and Ishmael’, I felt that series was awesome. I had never watched anything of this sort. This particular episode was aired to pay a tribute to the victims of September 11 terrorist attacks.

In this episode, the White House is sealed as an employee is suspected of being a terrorist. John Spencer and his team, gets down for investigating the case. On the very same day, a group of high school overachievers is visiting the White House.The scenes when the group discusses who terrorists are and why they hate America are a bit painful. I think the character of Martin Sheen is mature and principled. Well, in this episode it was good to see White House residents such as President and First Lady participating in discussion which was held to find out the reasons behind terrorism.

Some issues such as fear, race and vengeance are very well tackled by the episode. The most notable issue of this episode is an analogy written on the board by Josh: “Islamic extremism is to Islam as KKK is to Christianity”. Some special picks from special episode for you guys-

Toby: Bad people can’t be recognized on sight. There’s no point in trying.

A student: What do you call a society that has to just live every day with the idea that the pizza place you are eating in could just blow up without any warning?
Sam: Israel.

Bartlet: We don’t need martyrs right now. We need heroes. A hero would die for his country but he’d much rather live for it… It was good meeting you all.