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Pilot
"Pilot" is the first episode of the American serial drama The West Wing.
In the series premiere, the White House staff is being called into work in the early hours of the morning to the news that the President of the United States has crashed his...
Episode number:
- 1
Series:
Holy Night
"Holy Night" is episode 76 of The West Wing. It marks the first instance of Will Bailey played by Joshua Malina as a main star.
It is two days before Christmas and who should appear but reporter Danny Concannon He's dressed as St. Nick, but isn't...
Episode number:
- 76
Series:
The Dover Test
"The Dover Test" is episode 116 of The West Wing, a popular TV Series.
The peace mission suffers its first American casualty, whose father is sharply critical of the administration; Santos breaks ranks with the party by signing onto Republican...
Episode number:
- 116
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Arctic Radar
"Arctic Radar" is episode 75 of the drama television series The West Wing.
Sam heads out to California to begin his campaign, leaving Toby in need of speechwriting help. Sam's suggestion: Will Bailey. Meanwhile, a celebrated female fighter pilot is...
Episode number:
- 75
Series:
Let Bartlet Be Bartlet
"Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" is the 19th episode of The West Wing.
When a damaging memo which is critical of the President is discovered, the White House press cover it with zest, much to CJ's dismay. Later it is revealed that Mandy wrote it when she...
Episode number:
- 19
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Stirred
"Stirred" is episode 61 of The West Wing.
When a large truck carrying uranium fuel rods crashes in a remote Idaho tunnel, Bartlet's staff prepares for a potential - environmental or terrorist — crisis.
Meanwhile, Bartlet's campaign staff has...
Episode number:
- 61
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The Stormy Present
"The Stormy Present" is episode 98 of The West Wing.
When former President Owen Lassiter dies, two other ex-Presidents (former President D. Wire Newman and former Acting President Glen Allen Walken) fly on Air Force One with President Josiah Bartlet...
Episode number:
- 98
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Process Stories
"Process Stories" is episode 73 of The West Wing.
It is election night, and Bartlet isn't the only winner. The Democrats make slight gains in the House of Representatives as well. Horton Wilde won his House race in Orange County, Cal., which puts...
Episode number:
- 73
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Gaza
"Gaza" is episode 109 of The West Wing.
A fact-finding congressional delegation to the hotly disputed Gaza Strip includes Donna, Admiral Fitzwallace, Andrea Wyatt and a few members of congress as they sort through the thicket of rival issues between...
Episode number:
- 109
Series:
365 Days
"365 Days" is episode 122 of The West Wing.
On the day after Bartlet gives his last State of the Union address, Leo returns to the West Wing in an undefined role (later revealed to be a Special Counselor to the President), figuring out what to do...
Episode number:
- 122
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Shibboleth
"Shibboleth" is the 30th episode of The West Wing.
The episode begins with a scene on the California coast, where a group of Chinese Christians have been apprehended by US agents. It turns out that they are seeking asylum in the United States...
Episode number:
- 30
Series:
Lord John Marbury
"Lord John Marbury" is the 11th episode of The West Wing. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was quoted in Time magazine as saying this episode had one of the best expositions on foreign policy she'd seen on TV.
The Kashmir border...
Episode number:
- 11
Series:
Memorial Day
"Memorial Day" is episode 110 of The West Wing.
In the season finale, Gaza slayings of key U.S. officials might drag the fuming President into an unending cycle of violence. Events in the tinderbox Gaza Strip spin out of control after the murders of...
Episode number:
- 110
Series:
A Good Day
"A Good Day" is episode 127 of The West Wing. This episode was said to have played a hand in defeating Tony Blair's government in the British House of Commons on January 31, 2006, in what became known as the "West Wing Plot". The plan was allegedly...
Episode number:
- 127
Series:
17 People
"17 People" is the 40th episode of The West Wing. The episode was written as a "bottle episode" to save money as the series had run up large over time costs. The episode starts the same night as the Stackhouse Filibuster, and takes place entirely...
Episode number:
- 40
Series:
20 Hours in America, Part II
"20 Hours in America Part II" is episode 67 of The West Wing. See "20 Hours in America, Part I" for a plot summary.
On May 6, 2006, NBC Sports aired a special program before the Kentucky Derby that plagiarized two passages from "20 Hours in America...
Episode number:
- 67
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The Al Smith Dinner
"The Al Smith Dinner" is episode 138 of The West Wing. An independent Republican party organisation releases an attack ad against Matt Santos concerning his voting record on abortion. Arnold Vinick wants the party to condemn the ad, before the...
Episode number:
- 138
Series:
The Mommy Problem
"The Mommy Problem" is episode 134 of The West Wing.
Vinick and his campaign team take the opportunity to criticize Santos for the Bartlet administration's decision to stop their investigation of the shuttle leak. Greg Brock goes to prison for...
Episode number:
- 134
Series:
Access
"Access" is episode 106 of The West Wing.
Producing a program on past and present White House press secretaries, a television documentary crew follows C.J. around to film a "typical" day. But the presence of outsiders adds stress when a crisis...
Episode number:
- 106
Series:
Five Votes Down
"Five Votes Down" is the 4th episode of The West Wing. Presidential chief of staff Leo McGarry needs five more House votes to pass a bill restricting the sale of automatic firearms -- but the cost might be too high, especially if he has to go to the...
Episode number:
- 4
Series:
18th and Potomac
"18th and Potomac" is the 43rd episode of The West Wing.
In this episode Donna is told by Toby about the President's condition. He tells her "You're the first at the assistant level to know." In a brief conversation with Mrs. Landingham, directly...
Episode number:
- 43
Series:
Han
"Han" is episode 92 of The West Wing.
A renowned North Korean pianist (Tony Lee) is greeted at the White House for a solo performance, but the formalities change when the musician slips a message to the President stating that he wants to defect....
Episode number:
- 92
Series:
An Khe
"An Khe" is the 102nd The West Wing episode and 14th of the fifth season. It originally aired on NBC February 18, 2004. Events circle around the rescue of five US pilots shot down over North Korea. Written by John Wells and directed by Alex Graves,...
Episode number:
- 102
Series:
Posse Comitatus
"Posse Comitatus" is episode 66 of The West Wing. The name of the episode refers to the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878.
In the season finale, Bartlet makes a life-or-death decision regarding a foreign Minister of Defence who is a known terrorist...
Episode number:
- 65
Series:
Bad Moon Rising
"Bad Moon Rising" is the 41st episode of The West Wing.
The President tells White House Counsel Oliver Babish of his MS. Babish conducts a pointed interview with the President where they discuss key issues such as whether Jed Bartlet ever lied about...
Episode number:
- 41
Series:
Mr. Frost
"Mr. Frost" is episode 136 of The West Wing.
Margaret appears before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence as subpoenas continue to be served to members of the White House. The Santos campaign's "education week" is derailed by a controversy...
Episode number:
- 136
Series:
Disaster Relief
"Disaster Relief" is episode 94 of The West Wing.
A national emergency is declared by Bartlet in light of a killer tornado in Oklahoma that then preoccupies him. He flies there to lend his support. But his compassion overrules good judgment, and...
Episode number:
- 94
Series:
The California 47th
"The California 47th" is episode 81 of The West Wing.
While U.S. troops intervene to stop the ongoing genocide in Kundu, the President flies to California to campaign for Sam, right after he lets the Kundunese Ambassador know that he's taken over...
Episode number:
- 81
Series:
Constituency of One
"Constituency of One" is episode 93 of The West Wing.
After Josh is hailed as the "101st Senator" in a newspaper profile, he clashes with conservative Senator Carrick (Tom Skerritt), a Democrat from Idaho. Carrick withholds his approval of a backlog...
Episode number:
- 93
Series:
The Warfare of Genghis Khan
"The Warfare of Genghis Khan" is the 101st The West Wing episode and 13th of the fifth season. It originally aired on NBC February 1, 2004. Events circle around the detection of a nuclear detonation over the Indian Ocean. Written by Peter Noah and...
Episode number:
- 101
Series:
The Long Goodbye
"The Long Goodbye" is episode 78 of The West Wing.
C. J. Cregg goes home to Dayton—and finds herself in the middle of an achingly sad family crisis—in this poignant change-of-pace episode. She's making the trip to speak at her 20th high-school...
Episode number:
- 78
Series:
A Change Is Gonna Come
"A Change Is Gonna Come" is episode 117 of The West Wing.
While preparing the upcoming China summit, the Chinese are insulted by President Bartlet's acceptance of a Taiwanese independence movement flag at a prayer breakfast. Meanwhile, former Vice...
Episode number:
- 117
Series:
Debate Camp
"Debate Camp" is episode 70 of The West Wing.
As the West Wingers prep for the presidential debates at a North Carolina conference center, a vexing question about a failed nomination from very early in the Bartlet Administration leads to flashbacks...
Episode number:
- 70
Series:
Take this Sabbath Day
"Take This Sabbath Day" is the 14th episode of The West Wing. The episode addresses the death penalty and the United States government's custom of not scheduling executions between sundown Friday and sundown Sunday in order to avoid conducting an...
Episode number:
- 14
Series:
Ninety Miles Away
"Ninety Miles Away" is episode 129 of The West Wing.
When speculations fly surrounding the nexus between communist Cuba and the democratic United States, President Bartlet is propelled into a dubious conundrum--that is, to continue secret talks with...
Episode number:
- 129
Series:
Impact Winter
"Impact Winter" is episode 119 of The West Wing.
In China, an impaired President Bartlet is having trouble sitting through meetings following his MS attack, but pushes through on his plans to meet individually with the Chinese Premier about North...
Episode number:
- 119
Series:
Noël
"Noël" is the 32nd episode of The West Wing.
Josh spends the day with a psychotherapist from ATVA (American Trauma Victims Association) recounting events that ended in him putting his hand through a window in his apartment. He recounts that on the...
Episode number:
- 32
Series:
Two Cathedrals
"Two Cathedrals" is the 44th episode, and second season finale of The West Wing.
President Bartlet is beset by memories of Mrs. Landingham as her funeral approaches. Meanwhile, the staff deals with a crisis in Haiti and questions from congressional...
Episode number:
- 44
Series:
On the Day Before
"On the Day Before" is the forty-eighth The West Wing episode and fourth of the third season. It originally aired on NBC October 31, 2001. The episode deals with a suicide bomber in Jerusalem, as well as continued negotiations over the estate tax....
Episode number:
- 48
Series:
Inauguration over There
"Inauguration: Over There" is episode 80 of The West Wing.
Will Bailey's work on the inaugural address makes quite an impression (as does the foreign-policy doctrine it espouses), and Danny Concannon's reporting makes quite a splash. Meanwhile,...
Episode number:
- 80
Series:
Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail
"Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail" is the 38th episode of The West Wing.
The title is a lyric from the Don Henley song "New York Minute," from the album The End of the Innocence. The song is featured in the episode.
The staff...
Episode number:
- 38
Series:
The Last Hurrah
"The Last Hurrah" is episode 152 of The West Wing.
The transition is speeding ahead, and Matt and Helen Santos are overwhelmed by almost everything about their new lives -- including Secret Service protection, choosing a DC school for their kids,...
Episode number:
- 152
Series:
In God We Trust
"In God We Trust" is episode 130 of The West Wing.
Senator Vinick wins the Republican nomination for the Presidency and begins working on his campaign. He gets political advice from Bruno about choosing a vice president and how to deal with the...
Episode number:
- 130
Series:
Running Mates
"Running Mates" is episode 142 of The West Wing. It begins with an introduction from Martin Sheen, who pays tribute to John Spencer, the actor who played Leo McGarry. Spencer had died of a heart attack in December.
The Vice-Presidential debate...
Episode number:
- 142
Series:
The Supremes
"The Supremes" is episode 105 of The West Wing and the 17th of the fifth season. The episode centers on the appointment of a new Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Owen Brady, the conservative anchor of the Supreme Court, has died. Evelyn Baker...
Episode number:
- 105
Series:
Bartlet for America
"Bartlet for America" is the 53rd episode of The West Wing.
It is December 23, but no one at the White House is feeling much in the Christmas spirit. Indeed, the most pressing holiday matter is a threat to firebomb black churches in Tennessee on...
Episode number:
- 53
Series:
Twenty Five
"Twenty-Five" is episode 88 of The West Wing.
The season four finale to The West Wing centers around the graduation of President Bartlet's youngest daughter, Zoey. In the post-graduation parties, and unwittingly under the influence of GHB, Zoey is...
Episode number:
- 88
Series:
The Midterms
"The Midterms" is the 25th episode of The West Wing.
This episode is fast paced, taking course over 12 weeks at the end of the 106th Congress, and focusing exclusively on campaigning for the Midterm elections. Josh is out of the office for the...
Episode number:
- 25
Series:
The Crackpots and These Women
"The Crackpots and These Women" is the 5th episode from Season 1 of The West Wing.
The staff participates in "Big Block of Cheese Day," a fictional workday on which White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry encourages his staff to meet with fringe...
Episode number:
- 5
Series:
The Women of Qumar
"The Women of Qumar" is the 52nd episode of The West Wing. This episode marks the first appearance of Amy Gardner, played by Mary-Louise Parker, who guests stars in every following season of The West Wing.
Allison Janney submitted this episode in...
Episode number:
- 52
Series:
The Leadership Breakfast
"The Leadership Breakfast" is the 33rd episode of The West Wing.
Toby wants real issues to be discussed at a breakfast to herald the start of the new legislative session, including minimum wage and health care coverage. He cuts a deal with the new...
Episode number:
- 33
Series:
Documentary Special
"Documentary Special" is a special episode of The West Wing.
"The West Wing" blends drama with reality in this groundbreaking documentary episode that includes interviews with former Presidents and White House figures. Paying tribute to the real...
Episode number:
- 0
Series:
Jefferson Lives
"Jefferson Lives" is episode 91 of The West Wing.
With President Bartlet back in the Oval Office, attention is turned to nominating a new vice president. The ideal choice is current Secretary of State, Lewis Berryhill. The new Speaker of the House,...
Episode number:
- 91
Series:
In this White House
"In this White House" is the 26th episode of The West Wing.
Sam appears on political talk show Capital Beat with a "blonde leggy Republican" named Ainsley Hayes. She clearly wins the debate (to great joy from Toby, who asks Ginger to get the popcorn...
Episode number:
- 26
Series:
Freedonia
"Freedonia" is episode 125 of The West Wing. "Freedonia" refers to a fictional country in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup.
It is five days before the New Hampshire primary, and Josh is desperately trying to find a "silver bullet" that will get his...
Episode number:
- 125
Series:
The Fall's Gonna Kill You
"The Fall's Gonna Kill You" is the 42nd episode of The West Wing.
The episode begins with CJ being summoned to the office of the White House Counsel Oliver Babish, who menacingly questions CJ about the President's MS cover-up, despite the fact she...
Episode number:
- 42
Series:
Guns Not Butter
"Guns Not Butter" is episode 77 of The West Wing.
On the administration's agenda: a foreign-aid bill. However, Senate Republicans—and some Democrats—have other ideas. And it is up to Josh to get the vote to come out right. So he sends Donna in...
Episode number:
- 77
Series:
The White House Pro-Am
"The White House Pro-Am" is the 17th episode of the first season of The West Wing.
The First Lady begins the day appearing on a morning talk show with a teenage boy discussing the issue of child labor. Meanwhile, Bernard Dahl, the Chairman of the...
Episode number:
- 17
Series:
Six Meetings Before Lunch
"Six Meetings Before Lunch" is the 18th episode of The West Wing.
Toby celebrates the confirmation of their Supreme Court nominee Roberto Mendoza, Josh discusses slavery reparations with a civil-rights attorney and Sam and Mallory battle over school...
Episode number:
- 18
Series:
Manchester Part II
"Manchester Part II" is episode 46 of The West Wing.
Nobody's in a good mood as the two-part third-season opener concludes. For starters, senior staffers are clashing with newly hired political operative Bruno and his aides Connie and Doug. Toby...
Episode number:
- 46
