"The West Wing" The Benign Prerogative (2004)

Director:

Chris Misiano

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator) and
Carol Flint (writer)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

14 January 2004 (Season 5, Episode 11)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In inexplicably finishing the speech early Toby is left with nothing to do. However, the State of the Union speech needs testing, so Toby flies out to meet Joey Lucas to perform mall tests. |

Plot Keywords:

President | Political | Secretary | White House | First Lady

Cast

Stockard Channing	...	Abbey Bartlet
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
Gabrielle Union	...	Meeshel Anders
Marlee Matlin	...	Joey Lucas
Michael Hyatt	...	Angela Blake
Melissa Marsala	...	Rina
NiCole Robinson	...	Margaret Hooper
Bill O'Brien	...	Kenny Thurman

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

Josh Lyman: If you wanna throw light on how minimums and guidelines conspire to produce disproportionate punishments...
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet: ... and worse: leave judges impotent! Our judicial system is predicated on an individual's right to a fair trial. But how individual is that process, if a 258 box grid seales your fate before you ever step foot in front of a judge, a FEDERAL judge, that my office has invested considerable effort in selecting...