"The West Wing" The Fall's Gonna Kill You (2001)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Chris Misiano

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Aaron Sorkin (teleplay)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

2 May 2001 (Season 2, Episode 20)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

White House Counsel Oliver Babbish interviews CJ once she learns of the President's condition. The First Lady learns she may be legally vulnerable. Donna frets over news of a falling satellite. |

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
Stockard Channing	...	Abbey Bartlet
Oliver Platt	...	White House Counsel Oliver Babish
Marlee Matlin	...	Joey Lucas
Lee Wilkof	...	Martin Connelly
NiCole Robinson	...	Margaret Hooper
Rosalind Chao	...	Jane Gentry
Spencer Garrett	...	Richard Will

Runtime:

44 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | American Sign Language

Color:

Color

Company:

John Wells Productions

Trivia:

The agricultural poll pretense for bringing in Joey Lucas (we're eating more beets) is another tribute to Doonesbury. When USA Today was in its infancy, Doonesbury poked fun at it and its use of graphs and "We're eating more beets!" was a line in one of the strips. It's also the title of the collection in which the series is found.

Quotes:

Toby Ziegler: He calls you and me the Batman and Robin of speech-writing.
Sam Seaborn: Well, I don't think he does.
Toby Ziegler: He doesn't, but he should, 'cause that's what we are.
Sam Seaborn: Okay.
Toby Ziegler: We're Batman and Robin.
Sam Seaborn: Which one's which?
Toby Ziegler: Look at me, Sam. Am I Robin?
Sam Seaborn: I'm not Robin.
Toby Ziegler: Yes you are.
Sam Seaborn: Okay, well, let's move off this.
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Movie Connections:

References "ABC News Nightline" (1980)