"The West Wing" Disaster Relief (2003)

Director:

Lesli Linka Glatter

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator) and
Alexa Junge (story)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

5 November 2003 (Season 5, Episode 6)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Leo is left manning the fort when the President goes AWOL whilst visiting tornado victims. Josh is not in the position to lend a hand as he deals with the fallout from a gross miscalculation and lack of judgment. |

Plot Keywords:

President | Political | Secretary | White House | First Lady

Cast

Allison Janney	...	Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg
Joshua Malina	...	Will Bailey
Janel Moloney	...	Donna Moss
Richard Schiff	...	Toby Ziegler
John Spencer	...	Leo McGarry
Bradley Whitford	...	Josh Lyman
Martin Sheen	...	President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet
Gary Cole	...	Vice President Bob Russell
Jesse Bradford	...	Ryan Pierce
Michael Hyatt	...	Angela Blake
Terry O'Quinn	...	General Nicholas Alexander
Steve Ryan	...	Secretary of Defense Miles Hutchinson
Nick Searcy
NiCole Robinson	...	Margaret Hooper
Renée Estevez	...	Nancy

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Goofs:

Continuity: On Air Force One, C.J. is going to speak to the President, there is a shot of her walking on the plane and she clearly has a short "bob" haircut, when she gets to the President's office she has longer, layered hair and her necklace has changed.

Quotes:

Leo McGarry: I've got a cap gains tax cut tacked on to an appropriations bill, two Bronze Age civilizations threatening to blow each other up over some goats and a major ally that's gonna to be in the lobby leafing through dog-eared copies of Congressional Quarterly while the President is singing "Kumbaya"! I want the President back here now, C.J! This was your idea, fix it!

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars (1977)