The Candidate

The West Wing Weekly by Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Nov 19, 202453:23TV & Film

Is The Candidate, in fact, the anti- West Wing ? A political story that ends not with a bang, but with a question of existential dread. Interview with screenwriter Jeremy Larner in Brooklyn Magazine The trailer for Downh...

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