themselves. Jed and Abbey Bartlet Ben Travers, writing for IndieWire, briefly touched on "Game On" as part of a list of "15(ish) Episodes of ‘The West Wing’ To Binge View In Celebration of America", released in commemoration of Independence Day. In his review, Travers focused on Bartlet's relationship with his wife Abbey, commenting that the two "make quite the pair, both fitting a perfect mold created by Sorkin of opinionated, loving, and sly individuals joining together to better each other in ways both expected and unexpected." Travers argues that the "glory" of Bartlet beating Ritchie in the debate really belongs to Abbey, after her last-minute help in preparing Jed for the debate. Heisler also examined the Bartlets' exchange before the debate, describing a scene where Jed Bartlet has to scramble to put on Josh's tie seconds before the debate as "the most frantic, claustrophobic scene in West Wing'' history". Heisler proceeds to poke fun at their relationship, writing that "If love isn’t a crazy woman waving the tie she just slashed from your chest, then, well, I don’t know what it is." Sam Seaborn and Will Bailey Heisler compares Will Bailey to a "young Jed Bartlet", full of unflinching idealism and a willingness to "stand up for the person who didn’t even realize he needed to be stood up for, but is awfully glad someone did." He further argues that Sam is at the bar with Will instead of celebrating with the White House senior staff, and volunteering to run in the special election, because he can recognize Bailey's merit as a campaign manager and person. References External links The West Wing (season 4) episodes 2002 American television episodes