"The West Wing" Bad Moon Rising (2001)

Director:

Bill Johnson

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Aaron Sorkin (teleplay)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

25 April 2001 (Season 2, Episode 19)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

President Bartlett talks to the White House Counsel about the concealment of his MS. An enraged Toby has CJ grill the West Wing staff to find a leaker. Josh and Donna spar over a financial bailout of Mexico. |

Plot Keywords:

Multiple Sclerosis | President | Political | Secretary | White House

Cast

Rob Lowe	...	Sam Seaborn
Dulé Hill	...	Charlie Young
Allison Janney	...	Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg
Janel Moloney	...	Donna Moss
Richard Schiff	...	Toby Ziegler
John Spencer	...	Leo McGarry
Bradley Whitford	...	Josh Lyman
Martin Sheen	...	President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet
Oliver Platt	...	White House Counsel Oliver Babish
Emily Procter	...	Ainsley Hayes
Jacqueline Kim	...	Lt. Emily Lowenbrau
Robert Curtis Brown	...	Congressional Committee Chair
Kathryn Joosten	...	Dolores Landingham
NiCole Robinson	...	Margaret Hooper
Scott Lawrence	...	Congressional Committee Chair

Runtime:

43 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

John Wells Productions

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The chess set in Babish's office is set up incorrectly. First, the lower right corner square for each player should be a white square, not a black one. Second, the kings and queens are reversed: the white king should be on the player's right, the black king on the player's left.

Quotes:

Leo McGarry: [after listening to the President's statement on his MS] What do you think?
White House Counsel Oliver Babish: I am nowhere close to being able to answer that.

Movie Connections:

References Spartacus (1960)

Soundtrack:

The Wells Fargo Wagon