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Length: | 990 minutes (16 hours 30 minutes) | MPAA Rating: | TV-14 | Sorting Category: | TV Show | Sorting Tub: | Kilo |
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Synopsis: Bartlet and his staff have to get their reelection running; Donna starts seeing a new kind of man; and drama with Qumar leads to some serious decisions.
Reaction: Great show. The writing is tight and the stories compelling. Love it.
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Select Guest Cast Adam ArkinAdam Arkin | => | Dr. Stanley Keyworth (Night Five) | | Kathleen YorkKathleen York | => | Andrea Wyatt (Night Five) | | Anna Deavere SmithAnna Deavere Smith | => | Nancy McNally (Manchester: Part 1) | | Bill O'BrienBill O'Brien | => | Kenny Thurman (Manchester: Part 1) | Connie BrittonConnie Britton | => | Connie Tate (Manchester: Part 1) | Earl BoenEarl Boen | => | Paulson (Manchester: Part 1) | | Glenn MorshowerGlenn Morshower | => | Mike Chysler (Manchester: Part 1) | | Kim WebsterKim Webster | => | Ginger (Manchester: Part 1) | Marlee MatlinMarlee Matlin | => | Joey Lucas (Manchester: Part 1) | | Oliver PlattOliver Platt | => | White House Counsel Oliver Babish (Manchester: Part 1) | | Peter James SmithPeter James Smith | => | Ed (Manchester: Part 1) | Renée EstevezRenée Estevez | => | Nancy (Manchester: Part 1) | | Ron SilverRon Silver | => | Bruno Gianelli (Manchester: Part 1) | | William DuffyWilliam Duffy | => | Larry (Manchester: Part 1) | Armin ShimermanArmin Shimerman | => | Richard III (Posse Comitatus) | | David HuddlestonDavid Huddleston | => | Sen. Max Lobell, R (Posse Comitatus) | James BrolinJames Brolin | => | Governor Robert Ritchie, R-FL (Posse Comitatus) | | Lily TomlinLily Tomlin | => | Deborah Fiderer (Posse Comitatus) | | Orlando SealeOrlando Seale | => | Young Clifford (Posse Comitatus) | | Wren T. BrownWren T. Brown | => | 'No' Vote Man (Posse Comitatus) | Bill CobbsBill Cobbs | => | Alan Tatum (Enemies Foreign and Domestic) | | Gregory ItzinGregory Itzin | => | State Dept. Representative (Enemies Foreign and Domestic) | | Ian McShaneIan McShane | => | Russian Negotiator Nikolai Ivanovich (Enemies Foreign and Domestic) | | John AmosJohn Amos | => | Percy Fitzwallace (Enemies Foreign and Domestic) | | Mark HarmonMark Harmon | => | Agent Simon Donovan (Enemies Foreign and Domestic) | | Bill ErwinBill Erwin | => | Ronald Cruikshank (The Women of Qumar) | | Mary-Louise ParkerMary-Louise Parker | => | Amy Gardner (The Women of Qumar) | | Ty BurrellTy Burrell | => | Tom Starks (The Women of Qumar) | | Clark GreggClark Gregg | => | FBI Special Agent Michael Casper (Bartlet for America) | | James HandyJames Handy | => | Rep. Joseph Bruno, R-PA (Bartlet for America) | | Joanna GleasonJoanna Gleason | => | Atty. Jordon Kendall (Bartlet for America) | | Kathryn JoostenKathryn Joosten | => | Dolores Landingham (Bartlet for America) | | Cliff De YoungCliff De Young | => | Rep. Kimball, D-TN (On the Day Before) | | Kevin TigheKevin Tighe | => | Gov. Jack Buckland, D-IN (On the Day Before) | | Thomas KopacheThomas Kopache | => | Assistant Secretary of State Bob Slatterly (On the Day Before) | | Devika ParikhDevika Parikh | => | Bonnie (Ways and Means) | Emily ProcterEmily Procter | => | Ainsley Hayes (Ways and Means) | | Mark FeuersteinMark Feuerstein | => | Clifford Calley (Ways and Means) | | Evan Rachel WoodEvan Rachel Wood | => | Hogan Cregg (The Black Vera Wang) | | Hal HolbrookHal Holbrook | => | Asst. Secretary of State Albie Duncan (Gone Quiet) | | James HongJames Hong | => | Chinese Ambassador (Hartsfield's Landing) | | Kurt FullerKurt Fuller | => | SitRoom Civilian Advisor (We Killed Yamamoto) | | Laura DernLaura Dern | => | U.S. Poet Laureate Tabatha Fortis (The U.S. Poet Laureate) | | Michael O'NeillMichael O'Neill | => | Secret Service Agent Ron Butterfield (Isaac and Ishmael) | | Randy OglesbyRandy Oglesby | => | Alcoholic Politician (Stirred) | | Roger ReesRoger Rees | => | Brit. Ambassador Lord John Marbury (Dead Irish Writers) | | Sam LloydSam Lloyd | => | Bob Engler, U.S. Space Command (The Two Bartlets) | | Tim MathesonTim Matheson | => | Vice President John Hoynes (War Crimes) | | Traylor HowardTraylor Howard | => | Lisa Shureborn (100,000 Airplanes) | |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - Although Lily TomlinLily Tomlin (Deborah Fiderer) did not join the cast until season three, episode twenty-two in 2002, her character was mentioned all the way back in season one, episode three ([A Proportional Response]) as Debbie DiLaguardia, the White House personnel employee, who first sent Charlie's resumé to Josh's attention. The name discrepancy is explained when she corrects Charlie (who has warmly greeted her as Mrs. DiLaguardia) by pointing out that she is no longer married to Mr. DiLaguardia, and she's plain old Ms. Fiderer now.
- Once while the show was filming in Georgetown at about three o'clock in the morning, an irate lady reportedly came out in a bathrobe with a bunch of guys. She said, "What the hell's going on? I have an early morning at the State Department, and, by the way, you people don't even have a Secretary of State on your show, and I think you should have one, and it should be a woman." The woman was Madeleine AlbrightMadeleine Albright.
- The Black Vera Wang - {Don't Know Why} by [?] Norah Jones, featured when CJ and her niece are shopping, also plays (albeit in a karaoke bar in Sorkin's other political program [The Newsroom].
- The Oval Office set originally designed by [?] Michael J. Taylor, was constructed for Dave and then subsequently used for The American President, which was also written by Aaron SorkinAaron Sorkin and included Martin SheenMartin Sheen, Joshua MalinaJoshua Malina, and Anna Deavere SmithAnna Deavere Smith in its cast. It was also used during the filming of Contact, when the carpet, made by the original company, had to be replaced for twenty-eight thousand dollars.
- Final project of John SpencerJohn Spencer, who quit acting in movies to fully concentrate in his role as Leo McGarry (which earned him one Emmy and two SAG Awards).
- Won the Best Drama Series Emmy in each of its first four seasons.
- In 2011, Kal PennKal Penn told The New York Times, that on the first night of his job in the Obama Administration's White House Office of Public Engagement, he was at the office until 11 p.m., and suggested to his colleagues that they order in some Chinese food. When his new co-workers told him that ordering food deliveries is not actually allowed in the White House, Penn's response was: "but they do it on West Wing!"
- Gone Quiet - Stockard ChanningStockard Channing really did break her ankle in real life (it was a hiking accident). Rather than shelving the character or severely limiting where she could be shown, it was decided to give the First Lady the same injury in the show.
- The Indians in the Lobby - When the Butterball hotline operator recognizes President Bartlet's voice, he thinks fast and makes up that he sounds familiar because he "does radio commercials for... products" (instead of the real reason, which is that he is the president). Martin SheenMartin Sheen, who plays Bartlet, has actually done many radio voice-overs for products such as Midas Auto Shops and causes such as Catholics for Working Families. He is also a frequent guest performer on the radio variety program [A Prairie Home Companion].
- The Women of Qumar - Qumar is not a real country.
- Dead Irish Writers - Although the Americans refer to him as Lord John Marbury, Marbury describes himself as "John, Lord Marbury" and gives a list of his other family titles. This means that he should always be addressed as Lord Marbury, not Lord John. The two are mutually exclusive. The only way he could be Lord John Marbury would be if he were the younger son of a Duke or Marquess, and thus not due to inherit the actual family title.
- Stirred - The reason a martini would be stirred is not to avoid chipping the ice, but to prevent air from being dissolved rapidly into the gin causing it to taste bitter. Regardless, James Bond prefers a vodka martini which is indeed supposed to be shaken so that it will get colder faster.
- Isaac and Ishmael - This episode was written and filmed in less than two weeks as the show's reaction to the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. The episode was not written to be part of the show's continuity.
- Manchester: Part 2 - The map in the situation room uses the Peter's Projection. In the Season 2 episode, The West Wing: [Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail] CJ meets with a group that wants the White House to encourage use of the Peter's Projection.
- Gone Quiet - The Assistant Secretary of State, played by Hal HolbrookHal Holbrook, refers to the U.S.S. Pueblo incident, saying, "I was there." Holbrook played the captain of the Pueblo in Pueblo.
- Enemies Foreign and Domestic - First appearance of Mark HarmonMark Harmon in a four episode arc as Secret Service agent Simon Donovan. It was Harmon's commanding performance that led [?] Donald P. Bellisario to cast him as Jethro Gibbs on [NCIS].
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Episode List: | Episode Name | Disc | Side | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | IMDB | Isaac and Ishmael | 1 | A | 1 | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | The West Wing goes under lock down as a suspected terrorist is found to be working at the White House. Stuck with a group of high school students who were visiting the White House, the staffers, President Bartlet, and the First Lady all debate the issues regarding terrorism. Meanwhile, Leo sits in on the questioning of the terrorist suspect and learns a lesson about our perceptions of terrorists. | 8.3 | Manchester: Part 1 | 1 | A | 2 | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | The staff is hunkered down in the Bartlets' hometown of Manchester, N.H., where they work with political consultants Bruno, Doug and Connie on the president's official announcement that he'll be seeking a second term; meanwhile, they all lament various W.H. events of the previous four weeks, including a huge strategic mistake by Josh, a pivotal FDA announcement scheduled for the same day as the president's speech, an ongoing battle between then president and first lady, and a major press room gaffe by C.J. | 8.3 | Manchester: Part 2 | 1 | A | 3 | Aaron Sorkin | Aaron Sorkin | With the staff all bickering with one another in Manchester, especially adversarial speech writers Toby and Doug, who angrily disagree about whether Bartlet should make a public apology for lying about his MS, and with the president sniping at everyone, the second-term announcement speech is locked. Abby ultimately forgives the president for deciding to run again without discussing it with her, and he ultimately apologizes to the staff in private for keeping his condition from them, which they expect will soon lead to a whole slew of grand jury subpoenas. | 8.3 | Ways and Means | 1 | A | 4 | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin | Special prosecutor Clem Rollins announces the grand jury subpoenas in the case of president's failure to disclose his MS to the public, and the list includes pretty much every West Wing staffer and Bartlet family member; Sam and Connie meet with an important Latino activist from Calif. who is considering supporting a primary challenger to Bartlet; C.J. convinces everyone that the special prosecutor is too reasonable, and that the W.H. needs a "better enemy" in the investigation, prompting the staff to provoke a Congressional inquiry. | 7.9 | On the Day Before | 1 | B | 1 | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | While the w.h. is hosting a gala dinner for Nobel Prize winners, Leo and the president learn of a suicide bomb in an Israeli cafe that took the lives of two American students in Tel Aviv for a soccer match, and the staff attempts to manage the president's first veto, of a House bill eliminating the estate tax, and the threat of an override the same night. Sam and Toby first try to sway a contentious Dem. From Tennessee who wants a whole list of farming and ranching concessions in exchange for his vote and three proxies. | 8.0 | War Crimes | 1 | B | 2 | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin | After a fatal shooting in Texas, the president asks Hoynes to go down there and speak out for gun control, in spite of his history opposing it. Donna makes a gaffe in front of the Congressional committee. Leo argues with an old friend about the creation of an international war crimes tribunal. | 8.0 | Gone Quiet | 1 | B | 3 | Jon Hutman | Aaron Sorkin | When the military loses contact with a submarine in hostile waters, the President must choose between risking the lives of the crew and provoking North Korea. CJ relishes the Majority Leader's flubbing of an interview. Babbish informs Abby that she is the weak link in the President's legal defense. | 8.0 | The Indians in the Lobby | 1 | B | 4 | Paris Barclay | Allison Abner Kevin Falls Aaron Sorkin | On the day before Thanksgiving, CJ has to deal with two Stockbridge-Munsee Indians who won't leave the lobby until they get an answer on an application their tribe submitted 15 years ago. Josh tries to arrange the extradition of an underage boy whose parents sent him to Italy after he killed his teacher. The President learns why Abby wants to have Thanksgiving at Camp David this year, and places an anonymous call to the Butterball Hotline. | 8.3 | The Women of Qumar | 2 | A | 1 | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin | CJ cannot control her outrage when the US agrees to an arms sale to Qumar, a country that brutally abuses women. Josh meets with Amy Gardner, a leading women's group lobbyist. The content of a Smithsonian exhibit draws protest from a veteran's group. Leo and the President discuss options when the possibility of a Mad Cow infection strikes the US beef industry. | 8.0 | Bartlet for America | 2 | A | 2 | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | In an episode dotted with flashbacks, Leo and his attorney Jordon Kendall (Joanna Gleason) face a Congressional inquiry into whether the president lied to the American people regarding his MS, but this particular day of hearings concerns itself more with Abby and her secretly medicating Jed, and later with Leo's having fallen off the wagon during the campaign (a politically motivated Republican rep on the committee witnessed Leo drunk in his room three days before the nomination). | 9.1 | Episode Name | Disc | Side | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | IMDB | H. Con-172 | 2 | A | 3 | Vincent Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | In a private, late-night, Cliff Calley informs Leo and Jordon he has negotiated a settlement in the Congressional witch hunt over Bartlet's MS: Bartlet can accept a joint congressional censure (House Concurrent Resolution 172, or H.Con. 172); Leo initially refuses to bring it to the president, insisting it will devastate the president and affect him for the rest of his life, but he does mull it over, and consults with Josh and repeatedly with Jordon about it. | 8.1 | 100,000 Airplanes | 2 | A | 4 | David Nutter | Aaron Sorkin | On the night of the State of the Union, Sam has to explain the process of writing the speech and grading reaction to it to a magazine reporter (Traylor Howard) throughout the evening; C.J. arranged the coverage aware that the reporter, Lisa Sherbourn, is Sam's ex-fiancée; flashing back to the speechwriting process, we see the president dining with several of Abbey's medical colleagues, and they ponder the future of cancer research, motivating Bartlet to ask that a section be added to the SOTU in which he calls for U.S. scientists to find a cancer cure by 2012. | 8.1 | The Two Bartlets | 2 | B | 1 | Alex Graves | Kevin Falls Aaron Sorkin | Toby is concerned when President Bartlett forgoes an opportunity to speak out in favor of affirmative action during the Iowa caucuses and confronts the President on the real reasons underlying his Dr. Jekyl & Uncle Fluffy personality shifts. Meanwhile Josh makes plans for a vacation with Amy and then must cancel them. | 8.0 | Night Five | 2 | B | 2 | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | Josh covertly brings a psychiatrist to the white house to meet with the President who has been unable to sleep for five days. | 8.2 | Hartsfield's Landing | 2 | B | 3 | Vincent Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | A fictitious small town in N.H. is the site of the first presidential primary vote, and the results from Hartsfield's Landing, announced at 12:07 a.m., will dominate the news all day until the final tally, so Josh wants favorable press for the president, prompting to ask Donna to persuade a local couple she knows to reconsider their vote. Elsewhere, Bartlet has just returned from India with a collection of antique chess sets he gives as gifts to the staff. | 8.5 | Dead Irish Writers | 2 | B | 4 | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin | Another lively episode centered around a lavish W.H. party, this one for Abbey's birthday the night before a N.H. medical board begins hearings on whether to suspend her license over her secret treatment of her husband's MS. Abbey repairs to the residence with C.J. and Amy Gardener to get blitzed on wine and discuss her concerns about her medical career. Donna is restricted from joining the party because a decades-old cartography error puts her birthplace in Canada. | 8.3 | The U.S. Poet Laureate | 3 | A | 1 | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | Poet laureate Tabitha Fortis visits D.C. to attend a White House dinner in her honor, and Toby develops a bit of a crush on her, but he also must admonish the somewhat flighty beauty against publicly criticizing the president for his refusal to sign an international anti-land mine treaty; Donna discovers a website devoted to Josh, and he soon becomes sucked into the online chat about his activities and ego. | 8.1 | Stirred | 3 | A | 2 | Jeremy Kagan | Aaron Sorkin Eli Attie | On a typical night in the west wing, Sam returns from a hockey game and Josh asks him to meet with V.P. Hoynes about saving an education bill. Back at the W.H., Josh, Toby, Leo, C.J., Larry and Ed all meet about the prospect of replacing Hoynes on the ticket in the next campaign. Bartlet helps Charlie do his federal taxes, and while both think Charlie should expect a refund, thanks to last year's so-called economic stimulus, he instead owes money to the IRS. | 8.3 | Enemies Foreign and Domestic | 3 | A | 3 | Alex Graves | Paul Redford Aaron Sorkin | A meeting with the new Russian president becomes politically dangerous when surveillance photos show Russia building a nuclear reactor in Iran. C.J. is assigned Secret Service protection after receiving death threats. | 8.5 | The Black Vera Wang | 3 | B | 1 | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | The President and Leo deal with reports of a planned terrorist attack, but more shocking is who is behind it. Sam receives an anonymous package with bad implications for the campaign. C.J. chafes under her Secret Service protection. | 8.2 | Episode Name | Disc | Side | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Synopsis | IMDB | We Killed Yamamoto | 3 | B | 2 | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | Bartlet and Leo debate on how to deal with the impending visit of the Qumari Defense Minister, whom U.S. intelligence officers have conclusively linked to terrorists. Sam dismisses an ingenious idea to trap Republican presidential opponent Robert Ritchie in an unsavory position over the Everglades, but comes around after talking to Toby. C.J. begins to develop a relationship with Secret Service agent assigned to her, Simon Donovan. Josh and Amy are locked into a battle over a welfare reform bill, whose outcome will cost one of them their job. | 8.4 | Posse Comitatus | 3 | B | 3 | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin | Bartlet, Leo, Sam, Toby, and C.J. travel to New York City for a Catholic fund raiser at a long Broadway play called "The War of the Roses". Josh steps up his efforts to beat his girlfriend, Amy, in their struggle over welfare reform, which leads to her forced resignation. C.J. and Secret Service agent Simon Donavon grow closer, but a tragic event cuts short their relationship. At the play, Bartlet comes face to face with Republican Presidential candidate Rob Ritchie and faces the decision of whether or not to assassinate the Qumari Defense Minister. | 9.1 |
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