The West Wing: Season 4 [2002] (6 discs)
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Length:	990 minutes (16 hours 30 minutes)
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Synopsis: Bartlet's campaign is in full force and he has to battle to keep the job he currently has. Then the season ends with him having to decide whether to give it up anyway.

Reaction: The show continues some great stories and doesn't show any sign of stopping.

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Select Guest Cast

Adam Arkin

Dr. Stanley Keyworth ^{(Holy Night)}

Danny Jacobs

Jules Ziegler in 1954 ^{(Holy Night)}

Elisabeth Moss

Zoey Bartlet ^{(Holy Night)}

Jerry Adler

Jules Ziegler ^{(Holy Night)}

John Diehl

Claypool ^{(Holy Night)}

Trent Ford

Jean Paul ^{(Holy Night)}

Aimee Mann

Aimee Mann ^{(College Kids)}

Barenaked Ladies

Themselves ^{(College Kids)}

Charles Noland

Reporter Steve ^{(College Kids)}

Clark Gregg

FBI Special Agent Michael Casper ^{(College Kids)}

Glenn Morshower

Mike Chysler ^{(College Kids)}

Joanna Gleason

Atty. Jordon Kendall ^{(College Kids)}

Thomas Kopache

Assistant Secretary of State Bob Slatterly ^{(College Kids)}

Alan Dale

Secretary of Commerce Mitch Bryce ^{(20 Hours in America: Part I)}

Allison Smith

Mallory O'Brien ^{(20 Hours in America: Part I)}

Amy Adams

Cathy ^{(20 Hours in America: Part I)}

Anna Deavere Smith

Nancy McNally ^{(20 Hours in America: Part I)}

John Amos

Percy Fitzwallace ^{(20 Hours in America: Part I)}

Kim Webster

Ginger ^{(20 Hours in America: Part I)}

Kris Murphy

Katie Witt ^{(20 Hours in America: Part I)}

Peter James Smith

Ed ^{(20 Hours in America: Part I)}

Ren�e Estevez

Nancy ^{(20 Hours in America: Part I)}

Ron Silver

Bruno Gianelli ^{(20 Hours in America: Part I)}

Timothy Davis-Reed

Mark O'Donnell ^{(20 Hours in America: Part I)}

William Duffy

Larry ^{(20 Hours in America: Part I)}

Ashley Benson

Girl ^{(Game On)}

Danica McKellar

Elsie Snuffin ^{(Game On)}

Hal Holbrook

Asst. Secretary of State Albie Duncan ^{(Game On)}

James Brolin

Governor Robert Ritchie, R-FL ^{(Game On)}

Michelle Hotaling

President Bartlett's Daughter ^{(Game On)}

Tim Matheson

Vice President John Hoynes ^{(Game On)}

Tony Amendola

Qumari U.N. Ambassador Ali Nissir ^{(Game On)}

Audrey Wasilewski

Janice Trumbull ^{(Arctic Radar)}

Bernard White

Dr. Essan Mohebi ^{(Swiss Diplomacy)}

Faran Tahir

Manny ^{(Swiss Diplomacy)}

Geoff Pierson

Senate Minority Leader Tripplehorn ^{(Swiss Diplomacy)}

Lucinda Jenney

Karen Kroft ^{(Swiss Diplomacy)}

Bill O'Brien

Kenny Thurman ^{(Debate Camp)}

Bruce French

Bill Stark ^{(Debate Camp)}

John Aniston

Alexander Thompson ^{(Debate Camp)}

Kathleen York

Andrea Wyatt ^{(Debate Camp)}

Kathryn Joosten

Dolores Landingham ^{(Debate Camp)}

Marlee Matlin

Joey Lucas ^{(Debate Camp)}

Catherine Kwong

Lauren Chin ^{(The California 47th)}

Claire Coffee

Cassie Tatum ^{(The California 47th)}

J. Patrick McCormack

General Jimmy Wendall ^{(The California 47th)}

Kimberlee Peterson

Lauren Shelby ^{(The California 47th)}

Lara Phillips

Lauren Romano ^{(The California 47th)}

Christian Slater

Lt. Cmdr. Jack Reese ^{(Election Night)}

Devika Parikh

Bonnie ^{(Election Night)}

Megan Cavanagh

Voting Shortcut ^{(Election Night)}

Ron Ostrow

Reporter John ^{(Election Night)}

Don Perry

Muriel Keith ^{(20 Hours in America: Part II)}

Donald Moffat

Talmidge Cregg ^{(The Long Goodbye)}

Matthew Modine

Marco Arlens ^{(The Long Goodbye)}

Mindy Seeger

Chris ^{(The Long Goodbye)}

Verna Bloom

Molly Lapham ^{(The Long Goodbye)}

Emilio Estevez

Young Jed Bartlet ^{(Twenty Five)}

Harry Groener

Secretary of Agriculture Roger Tribbey ^{(Twenty Five)}

John Goodman

Glenallen Walken� ^{(Twenty Five)}

George Coe

Sen. Howard Stackhouse ^{(The Red Mass)}

Malachi Throne

Israeli Foreign Minister Ben Yosef ^{(The Red Mass)}

Gina Hecht

Julie, Panel Moderator on TV ^{(Process Stories)}

Tobin Bell

Colonel Whitcomb ^{(Process Stories)}

Helen Slayton-Hughes

Marion Cotesworth-Haye ^(Privateers)

Kimberly Bigsby

Molly O'Connor ^{(Commencement)}

Taye Diggs

Secret Service Agent Wesley ^{(Commencement)}

Matthew Perry

Joe Quincy ^{(Evidence of Things Not Seen)}

Michael O'Neill

Secret Service Agent Ron Butterfield ^{(Evidence of Things Not Seen)}

Natsuko Ohama

Dr. Gwendolyn Chen ^{(Guns Not Butter)}

Paul McCarthy-Boyington

Goat Handler Mike ^{(Guns Not Butter)}

Ramon Estevez

Businessman (as Ramon Luis Estevez) ^{(Guns Not Butter)}

Sam Pancake

Stu Winkle ^{(Life on Mars)}

Select Cast and Crew

Alex Graves	=>	Director
Bill D'Elia	=>	Director
Christopher Misiano	=>	Director
Jessica Yu	=>	Director
John David Coles	=>	Director
Lesli Linka Glatter	=>	Director
Paris Barclay	=>	Director
Thomas Schlamme	=>	Director
Vincent Misiano	=>	Director
Aaron Sorkin	=>	Writer

Debora Cahn	=>	Writer
Eli Attie	=>	Writer
Jon Robin Baitz	=>	Writer
Kevin Falls	=>	Writer
Paul Redford	=>	Writer
Allison Janney	=>	C.J. Cregg

Bradley Whitford	=>	Josh Lyman

Dul� Hill	=>	Charlie Young

Janel Moloney	=>	Donna Moss

John Spencer	=>	Leo McGarry

Joshua Malina	=>	Will Bailey

Lily Tomlin	=>	Deborah Fiderer

Martin Sheen	=>	President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet

Mary-Louise Parker	=>	Amy Gardner

Melissa Fitzgerald	=>	Carol Fitzpatrick

NiCole Robinson	=>	Margaret

Richard Schiff	=>	Toby Ziegler

Rob Lowe	=>	Sam Seaborn

Stockard Channing	=>	Abbey Bartlet

Timothy Busfield	=>	Danny Concannon

Random Trivia For This Title:

Guns Not Butter - The episode title refers to a common economic model that gives an example of how a country can apportion limited resources on either defence (guns) or production of domestic goods (butter) or a combination of both but to increase one you need to reduce the other
The Long Goodbye - Both Allison Janney and Martin Sheen were born and raised in Dayton, OH. Rob Lowe was raised there as well having moved to the city as a small child.
Arctic Radar - President Bartlett asks Leo if adultery is illegal under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and Leo answers that it is not. In reality adultery does in fact violate Article 134 of the UCMJ.
Twenty Five - While Toby is in the hospital room with his babies, the television is playing what is supposed to be home movie footage of Zoey as a child with her father. Even though the younger Jed Bartlet in the home movie is only seen very briefly, he is played by one of Martin Sheen's real-life sons, actor and director Emilio Estevez. This is the second time in their careers that Estevez has played a younger version of the same character that Martin Sheen was playing; the first time was in Nightbreaker.
Commencement - In this episode Zoey was kidnapped whilst going to the restroom in a club party. This scenario was depicted by President Bartlet when he was angry at Zoey in Season 1's The West Wing: [Mr. Willis of Ohio].
Inauguration: Part 1 - When Donna is describing the uniform Jack will be wearing she refers to the pants having 13 buttons. Dress Blue pants do have 13 buttons, but only for enlisted personnel, not Officer's uniforms.
Commencement - In the DVD commentary for this episode, Aaron Sorkin says that during shooting, he found out that Elisabeth Moss (who plays Zoey Bartlet) had never been high on illicit drugs, so Sorkin counseled her on how to play the scene in which Zoey has been drugged by Jean-Paul.
Twenty Five - Series creator Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme final episode.
Martin Sheen's somewhat unusual way of putting his jacket on is caused by an injury to his arm sustained at his birth.
Evidence of Things Not Seen - In The West Wing: [20 Hours in L.A.] at the LA party, Donna walks away from Josh to go stalk Matthew Perry. Matthew Perry appears as Joe Quincy and Donna comments on him being considered cute by most staff. He will also appear in Sorkin's next TV show [Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip].
The character of Amy Gardner was temporarily written off the show, because Mary-Louise Parker was visibly pregnant, and the producers couldn't hide it anymore.
20 Hours in America: Part I - When Toby and Josh are headed to the airport, they are pushed an hour back because Dearborn County, Indiana does not observe daylight saving time. As of 2006, every County in Indiana observes daylight saving time. Only Arizona, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands do not.
College Kids - The "Rock The Vote" event shown at Cambridge, MA is aimed at encouraging young people to vote in the US general election. The band playing at the event, Barenaked Ladies, are all born and raised in Canada.
20 Hours in America: Part II - When Toby and Josh are discussing governor Ritchie's intelligence on the train, Toby laments that Ritchie thinks ^[?] Neville Chamberlain led Britain during WW2. Chamberlain did in fact lead Britain in WW2, but only for the first 8 months before giving way to Winston Churchill. However, the reference Toby makes is to Richard Chamberlain.
Swiss Diplomacy - This was the second of only three episodes to not have a writing credit for Aaron Sorkin during the first four seasons, the others being season one's The West Wing: [Enemies] and this season's The West Wing: [The Long Goodbye].
Swiss Diplomacy - When Will Bailey (Joshua Malina ) is asked about who is helping Sam (Rob Lowe ) he mentions that his Political Director is Tom Baker, ^[?] Tom Baker was actually the name of the the Fourth Doctor in the original 1960's version of [Doctor Who].
In the DVD extras for season four, John Spencer and Stockard Channing both say that in the Abbey-Jed-Leo relationship dynamic, Abbey is (of course) Jed's wife, and Leo is Jed's mistress. Spencer hastened to add that he meant "political mistress", but Channing did not qualify the assessment.
20 Hours in America: Part I - A line from President Bartlet's speech memorializing the bombing victims, "the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight," was taken from Tom Hanks's 1993 acceptance speech for his Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia. Ironically, this happens in the same episode in which Sam says, "Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal outright". This is a variation on a quotation by ^[?] Pablo Picasso: "Good artists copy. Great artists steal." (Ironically, one of Sorkin's lines from this episode--"Every time we think we've measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we are reminded that that capacity may well be limitless"--was plagiarized during an NBC sports feature airing directly before the 2006 Kentucky Derby. The freelance writer who wrote the line was fired.

Episode List:
Episode Name	Disc	Disc Order	Directors	Writers	Synopsis	IMDB
20 Hours in America: Part I	1	1	Christopher Misiano	Aaron Sorkin	After Bartlet gives a campaign speech at an Indiana farm, Josh, Toby and Donna are left behind by the presidential motorcade and must work their way across the state with the help of the farmer's daughter and, later, a teenage campaign volunteer, enduring many setbacks along the way. Josh and Toby obsess and bicker over how best to play the president's intellectualism, viewed by many as snobbery, against Republican opponent Robert Ritchie's "regular guy" persona, while Donna must keep them on track and communicate with the real Americans they encounter along the way.	8.8
20 Hours in America: Part II	1	2	Christopher Misiano	Aaron Sorkin	Donna teaches Toby and Josh an important lesson as their trek homeward continues; Sam staffs the President in Josh's absence and welcomes an old friend home; Bartlet hires a secretary and C.J. finds a Big Brother for Anthony; the situation in Qumar continues to escalate; Bartlet gets spooked by a photo op as the Dow continues its dive; and a pipe bomb kills 44 students at a Midwest university swim meet.	8.9
College Kids	1	3	Alex Graves	Aaron Sorkin	Josh and Toby have a plan to make college cheaper. Leo starts talking to a lawyer about the Shareef assassination. A judicial ruling on third-party candidates has troubling implications for the campaign.	8.1
The Red Mass	1	4	Vincent Misiano	Aaron Sorkin	A possible third-party candidate threatens to upset the President's lead in the polls. As Qumar threatens to blame Israel for Shareef's death, Leo must convince the Israeli ambassador not to respond. Charlie teaches his new ward a lesson in basic government. When the committee in charge of presidential debates rules that there will only be two, Sam and CJ propose a risky strategy.	7.9
Debate Camp	2	1	Paris Barclay	Aaron Sorkin	Sequestered in North Carolina to prepare for the one and only debate between Bartlet and opponent Robert Richie, the staff and several consultants (incl. Andrea Wyatt and Joey Lucas) flash back to the days just before and after the president's first inauguration, which were marked by an ill-advised choice for attorney general and ongoing concerns about fertility for then-married Toby and Andrea. In the present, Sam plays Richie in mock debates and raises Bartlet's ire.	8.2
Game On	2	2	Alex Graves	Aaron Sorkin Paul Redford	Toby falls prey to a practical joke by the rest of the staff, after which everyone but Leo takes off for the debate in San Diego. Sam makes a side trip to Newport Beach to explain to the congressional campaign manager of the late Horton Wilde why the campaign has to fold even though Wilde is still on the ballot; what Sam doesn't expect is a stalwart named Will Bailey who, determined to keep the ideas of the campaign alive, continues to hold campaign events and do door-to-door canvassing. In San Diego, a nervous w.w. staff readies itself to spin for the president.	9.0
Election Night	2	3	Lesli Linka Glatter	Aaron Sorkin	As results come in across the country, Sam is focused on a single congressional election that will determine his own future. After realizing she accidentally voted for the Republican nominee, Donna tries to find a Ritchie supporter who will "swap votes" with her. The President tries to hide a recurrence of his M.S.	8.6
Process Stories	2	4	Christopher Misiano	Aaron Sorkin	Sam finds himself in a tricky position after the election in Orange County takes an unexpected turn. Toby and his ex-wife also find themselves in a delicate position, but decidedly one of their own making. And CJ tracks down the self aggrandizing source of some Process Stories.	8.0
Swiss Diplomacy	3	1	Christopher Misiano	Eli Attie Kevin Falls	A 15 year old boy needs a heart and lung transplant. He also happens to be the son of the Iranian Ayatollah who is not a supporter of the Bartlet Administration.	7.7
Arctic Radar	3	2	John David Coles	Aaron Sorkin	Women's groups, by default including the majority of the First Family, react passionately as a renowned female fighter pilot is sanctioned for an affair with a senior officer. Meanwhile Sam prepares for his campaign.	7.9
Episode Name	Disc	Disc Order	Directors	Writers	Synopsis	IMDB
Holy Night	3	3	Thomas Schlamme	Aaron Sorkin	Toby's estranged father appears in his office a couple of nights before Christmas. Leo and Jed find themselves trying to fix problems as well as their consciences.	8.2
Guns Not Butter	3	4	Bill D'Elia	Eli Attie Kevin Falls Aaron Sorkin	A fight for Foreign Aid brings the staff together. Meanwhile Danny is uncovering evidence that is making certain members of the administration increasingly uncomfortable.	7.8
The Long Goodbye	4	1	Alex Graves	Jon Robin Baitz	C.J. takes a short trip to her home in Dayton to check on her father, who is suffering from Alzheimer's Disease, and to give a speech at her high school reunion; at the Dayton airport, she meets an old high school acquaintance and they have a quick fling.	7.5
Inauguration: Part 1	4	2	Christopher Misiano	Aaron Sorkin	It is the day of Bartlet's second inauguration and yet the celebrations stutter as the staff are stunned by a betrayal in their midst.	8.0
Inauguration: Part 2 - Over There	4	3	Lesli Linka Glatter	Aaron Sorkin	Will struggles to find the words when the Inauguration speech seems to avoid current heart breaking issues.	8.2
The California 47th	4	4	Vincent Misiano	Aaron Sorkin	The president, first lady and w.w. staff travel to Orange County, Calif., to campaign for Sam's bid to win the 47th District congressional seat -- the Nov. winner in the heavily Republican district was, amazingly, a liberal Democrat who, more amazingly, had died a few weeks prior. The president orders Toby to fire Sam's campaign manager, a staunch realist, and take over the campaign with a more idealistic approach. Some conservative voters approach Andrea Wyatt in a bar and give her grief about her out-of-wedlock pregnancy, and Toby and Charlie step in forcefully.	8.0
Red Haven's on Fire	5	1	Alex Graves	Aaron Sorkin	Military action in Africa has unforeseen repercussions. Sam and Toby work together on the Orange County Campaign. Will has to find his leadership skills quickly as he is left with no one but interns to prepare remarks on the dry subjects of Taxes.	7.9
Privateers	5	2	Alex Graves	Paul Redford Debora Cahn Aaron Sorkin	Amy is challenged and tormented from all sides in her first day as Chief of Staff to the First Lady. Her first task is to prove that Abbey's relative was a privateer and not a pirate. And a glacier melts!	7.5
Angel Maintenance	5	3	Jessica Yu	Eli Attie Aaron Sorkin	The President, C.J. Cregg, Will Bailey, and others are returning from a long flight overseas. As Air Force One is about to land, the indicator light for the nose wheel fails to come on, prompting pilot Colonel Jessie Weiskopf to call off the landing, and notify the President of the possibility of terrorism. The White House Press Corps is on board, therefore CJ and Will must keep the story under wraps, due to it being a world market event. This becomes a challenge when a F-15 Eagle jet is sent to inspect the nose wheel on AFO.	7.7
Evidence of Things Not Seen	5	4	Christopher Misiano	Aaron Sorkin	Trying to participate in a late-night staff poker game proves difficult as news arrives that an unmanned U.S. spy plane has crashed in a remote part of Russia, and Bartlet and Leo have to deal with an incensed Russian President Chagorin and convince him via phone to let the military go in and recover the plane; C.J. obsesses over the fact that on the exact moment of the spring equinox (today), you can stand an egg on end; Toby and Will have a card-flipping contest in the press room, during which someone from the street fires several bullets into the room.	8.2
Episode Name	Disc	Disc Order	Directors	Writers	Synopsis	IMDB
Life on Mars	6	1	John David Coles	Aaron Sorkin	On his first day on the job, the new deputy counsel uncovers a trail of clues to a scandal that will end one person's career.	8.7
Commencement	6	2	Alex Graves	Aaron Sorkin	The assassination of Shareef threatens to become public, the president speaks at Zoe's graduation, and the unthinkable happens.	9.0
Twenty Five	6	3	Christopher Misiano	Aaron Sorkin	In the wake of his daughter's kidnapping, Bartlet must make a decision between being a father and being President.	9.2

The West Wing: Season 4 [2002] (6 discs)Pick a Random Episode

The West Wing: Season 4 [2002] (6 discs)
Pick a Random Episode