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Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Peter Noah (teleplay) ...
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Original Air Date:
22 October 2003 (Season 5, Episode 4)
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A North Korean pianist announces his intention to defect in the Oval Office. While the staff passionately... more | add synopsis
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Leo Rules the Roost Again more (1 total)
Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Dulé Hill | ... | Charlie Young |
 | 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 |
 | Mary-Louise Parker | ... | Amy Gardner |
 | Jesse Bradford | ... | Ryan Pierce |
 | Gary Cole | ... | Vice President Bob Russell |
 | Ron Canada | ... | Under Secretary of State Theodore Barrow |
 | Christopher Cousins | ... | Rep. Theo |
 | Tony Lee | ... | Jai Yung Ahn - Pianist |
| NiCole Robinson | ... | Margaret Hooper |
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the immensely-educated Will Bailey is writing the State of the Union speech, he mentions to the Undersecretary of State that "Article I" gives the president power of Commander-in-Chief, while the power actually comes under the Constitution's Article II. more
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Toby Ziegler:
In a triumph of the middling, a nod to mediocrity, and with gorge rising, it gives me great nausea to announce Robert Russell - Bingo Bob, himself - as your new Vice President.
Will Bailey:
This lapdog of the mining interests is as dull as he is unremarkable...
Toby Ziegler:
...as lackluster as he is soporific. This reversion to the mean...
Will Bailey:
...this rebuke to the exemplary...
Toby Ziegler:
...gives hope to the millions unfavored by the exceptional... Bob Russell: not the worst, not the best, just what we're stuck with.
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Etudes, Op.10 - No. 12. in C minor 'Revolutionary' more
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I was particularly taken aback by the lack of action concerning the defection request by the North Korean pianist. I felt the President had a clear call to honor the request yet he let Leo decide the matter. He lamely said at the end that the North Korean did not understand freedom, ignoring the initial request in the Oval Office. This lack of active acceptance came just after the President had welcomed new citizens and talked about freedom. It did not matter if the man did not understand freedom in English - he knew what he needed and that was way more than enough. This episode showed Bartell to be weak and indecisive.