"The West Wing" Lord John Marbury (2000)

Director:

Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

5 January 2000 (Season 1, Episode 11)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

When India sends troops across the border into Kashmir, President Bartlett calls for a British former ambassador to India to help out - over Leo's strong objections. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title | President | Political | Secretary | White House

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 12

9:00 AM

BRAVO

Lord John Marbury

#1.11

Cast

Rob Lowe	...	Sam Seaborn
Moira Kelly	...	Mandy Hampton
Dulé Hill	...	Charlie Young
Allison Janney	...	Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg
Richard Schiff	...	Toby Ziegler
John Spencer	...	Leo McGarry
Bradley Whitford	...	Josh Lyman
Martin Sheen	...	President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet
John Amos	...	Percy Fitzwallace
Roger Rees	...	Lord John Marbury
Janel Moloney	...	Donna Moss
Elisabeth Moss	...	Zoey Bartlet
John Diehl	...	Claypool
James Hong	...	Chinese Ambassador
Erick Avari	...	Pakistani Ambassador (as Eric Avari)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

Erick Avari, who plays the Pakistani ambassador, is Indian, while Iqbal Theba, who plays the Indian ambassador, is actually from Pakistan.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Director of Central Intelligence informs the President that the "KH Superplatform" has been ordered into a stationary orbit over the northern subcontinent. There is only one stationary orbit, the GEO or Geosynchrous Stationary orbit with a semimajoral axis of about 42 000 km directly above the equator. The satellite can be parked at a specific longitude and can generally not be moved from that position. Satellite tasking is not done lightly and takes time as it uses on-board consumables. Photo-surveillance satellites are generally placed in elliptic LOE (Low Earth Orbit) (orbiting 150 - 500 km above the surface) at high inclinations (around 90 degrees) thus almost polar orbits. GEO is a circular orbit. Thus it is impossible to have live coverage of an area for long time. In order to obtain photographic surveillance on short notice reconnaissance aircraft are employed (if possible).

Quotes:

President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet: He
[Charlie]
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet: wants to go out with Zoey.
[Leo cracks a huge smirk]
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet: Shut up.

Movie Connections:

References Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)