Eppur Si Muove

"Eppur Si Muove" is the sixteenth episode of The West Wing's fifth season, and episode 104 from the start. It originally aired on NBC March 3, 2004. Events centre on a controversy relating to the National Institutes of Health, involving President Bartlet’s middle daughter Ellie. Written by Alexa Junge and directed by Llewellyn Wells, the episode contains guest appearances by Michael Gaston and Cherry Jones, as well as characters from Sesame Stree... more

"Eppur Si Muove" is the sixteenth episode of The West Wing's fifth season, and episode 104 from the start. It originally aired on NBC March 3, 2004. Events centre on a controversy relating to the National Institutes of Health, involving President Bartlet’s middle daughter Ellie. Written by Alexa Junge and directed by Llewellyn Wells, the episode contains guest appearances by Michael Gaston and Cherry Jones, as well as characters from Sesame Street. Republican Congresswoman Barbara Layton (Jones) starts a campaign against publicly funded NIH projects into sexual diseases. The attack is based on a list of seemingly useless projects, but by association, her real target becomes the president's daughter Ellie, who is working on a study into the Human papillomavirus that researched conditions for prostitutes in Puerto Rico. The President is infuriated at having a family member dragged into political battles, and Toby tries to discredit the attack by finding its source. At first the list... less