"The West Wing" The War at Home (2001)

Director:

Chris Misiano

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Aaron Sorkin (written by)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

14 February 2001 (Season 2, Episode 14)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

President Bartlett is fighting a war on two fronts as he tries to rescue hostages in Columbia and deal with explaining to his wife why he's breaking his word to her by running for a 2nd term. |

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
Emily Procter	...	Ainsley Hayes
Marlee Matlin	...	Joey Lucas
Tony Plana	...	Mickey Troop
Richard Riehle	...	Off. Jack Sloan
Ted McGinley	...	Mark Gottfried
Bill O'Brien	...	Kenny Thurman

Runtime:

Germany:42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

John Wells Productions

Trivia:

Martin Sheen starred in the film The War at Home (1996), which was also directed by his son Emilio Estevez.

Goofs:

Continuity: While the President is being briefed about the hostages being moved in a scene shot from behind the President (time index 2:03) shows a photo being passed to a female military officer directly to the President's right. In the next shot the woman is now a man, Mickey.

Quotes:

Josh Lyman: Five-day waiting period. That's all. A person can't wait five days to buy a gun? Someone needs a gun right now, right this second, isn't that something that the public should be concerned about?
Donna Moss: On the other hand, taking the feelings of gun owners into account, if you gotta shoot somebody, it probably isn't something that can wait.
Josh Lyman: Yeah.