"The West Wing" In This White House (2000)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Ken Olin

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Aaron Sorkin (teleplay)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

25 October 2000 (Season 2, Episode 4)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After a Republican commentator trounces Sam on television, President Bartlett decides to hire her over the objections of the staff...

Plot Keywords:

President | Political | Secretary | White House | First Lady

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
Emily Procter	...	Ainsley Hayes
Zakes Mokae	...	President Nimbala
Michael Chinyamurindi	...	Nimbala's Translator
Michael Cavanaugh	...	Pharmaceutical Executive
Len Cariou	...	Pharmaceutical Executive
Ted McGinley	...	Mark Gottfried
NiCole Robinson	...	Margaret Hooper

Runtime:

Germany:42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

John Wells Productions

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the segment marked "Tuesday", Bartlett asks Leo, "Did you see Sam get pureed on Capitol Beat last night?" In the next segment however, Leo says that "the woman who was on Capitol Beat with Sam Sunday."

Quotes:

[about Ainsley Hayes]
President Josiah Bartlet: We should hire her.
Leo McGarry: That'd be funny.
President Josiah Bartlet: No, I mean it.
Leo McGarry: Mean what?
President Josiah Bartlet: We should hire her.
Leo McGarry: Well, you mean as a joke on Sam?
President Josiah Bartlet: No, not as a joke, I mean we should hire her as a reality. We should hire her.
Leo McGarry: She's a Republican.
President Josiah Bartlet: So are half of the people in this country.
[...]

Soundtrack:

He is an Englishman