Contemptuous Words

This highly topical episode made during Bill Clinton's second term is loaded with references to his presidency including the Lewinsky scandal, and even has a quip using "that won't happen until Chelsea's second term" as a measure of a long period of time, that had me laughing out loud in hindsight.

Social issues are treated in interesting, if rather superficial fashion: the still alarming rightwing media exploiting our hero when he gets in trouble for a message traced back to his computer making threats against the Prez; and a fun yet dramatic and soap-operaish subplot concerning the frozen sperm of a dead man whose bride to be is devoted to having his child, but clashing with his divorce-pending widow's wishes to have the sperm destroyed.

With Fox News' current well-deserved legal troubles this particular episode takes on renewed relevance.