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7-22 2006.05.14 |
Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow The show ends with a whimper -- not a bang -- but it's a stately, dignified, slightly weepy whimper. Old friends move on; new friends move in; and in his final act as President, Jed pardons Toby. Not a bad way to end things. |
| 4-1 Recap |
"Didn't Vote For Him The First Time. Don't Plan To The Second Time."
20 Hours in America, Part I - Josh, Donna, and Toby get left in Indiana while campaigning. Sam has to staff POTUS; Leo and Fitz worry about the Qumar problem; and C.J. tries to recruit a Big Brother to replace Simon. |
2002.09.25 2002.09.27 |
B+ |
Deborah |
| Extra |
The Gospel According to Sorkin
The West Wing Script Book: Six Teleplays by Aaron Sorkin - A review of The West Wing Script Book: Six Teleplays by Aaron Sorkin. Perhaps not quite as good as a bunch of scripts about pilgrim detectives, but it'll do until that comes along. |
2002.07.09 2002.07.09 |
A |
Deborah |
| 3-22 Recap |
It's All In The Execution
Posse Comitatus - Political assassinations might not be wrong, C.J. might not be allowed to have a boyfriend ever, and Amy might just be the most annoying woman in Washington. All this, and Shakespeare, too. |
2002.05.22 2002.05.26 |
C |
Miss Alli |
| 3-21 Recap |
Bring It On
We Killed Yamamoto - Jed, Leo, and Fitzwallace declare war on terrorists. Sam declares war on Big Sugar. Amy declares war on the concept of political compromise. North Dakota declares war on South Dakota. |
2002.05.15 2002.05.17 |
B |
Shack |
| 3-20 Recap |
Never Look a Gift Moose in the Mouth
The Black Vera Wang - The stalking of C.J. continues, because we need time for her to build romantic chemistry with Simon. Sam inadvertently creates some very bad press for Bartlet by giving a secret attack ad developed by the GOP to the wrong guy. The defense minister of Qumar won't be attending the Folsom Street Fair anytime soon. Donna is haunted by the desiccated corpse of Bullwinkle. |
2002.05.08 2002.05.13 |
B+ |
Shack |
| 3-19 Recap |
The Bodyguard
Enemies Foreign and Domestic - C.J.'s being hunted. |
2002.05.01 2002.05.03 |
B- |
Deborah |
| 3-18 Recap |
And the Olive Represents the Electoral College
Stirred - The martini becomes an unusual choice for metaphor as a couple of potential crises -- an accident involving uranium fuel rods and a decision whether to punt Hoynes as vice-president -- fail to crack the...uh...ice of chaos and...uh...water down the liquor that is our great nation. Or something like that. In other words: a whole lotta shakin' isn't going on. |
2002.04.03 2002.04.06 |
A- |
Shack |
| Extra |
POTUS is in the House
The West Wing Meets Architectural Digest - Martin and Janet Sheen live way better than you do. Hell, the wastebaskets on The West Wing sets live better than you do. |
2002.05.02 2002.05.02 |
Deborah |
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| 3-17 Recap |
The Truth, and Other Nuisances
The U.S. Poet Laureate - Aaron Sorkin confuses the definition of "artist" with "entertainer," "smug" with "smart," and "critic" with "fan," among other things. |
2002.03.27 2002.03.30 |
C |
Shack |
| 3-16 Recap |
Voulez-Vous Soûler Avec Moi?
Dead Irish Writers - A stirring tribute to America Junior. Or not. Maybe just FLOTUS's birthday party. It's ass-tastic! |
2002.03.06 2002.03.08 |
C- |
Deborah |
| 3-15 Recap |
Chess: It's What's for Dinner
Hartsfield's Landing - While things heat up between China and Taiwan, Bartlet mentors Sam and lectures Toby using the miracle of chess. C.J. tries to take on Charlie in a practical-joke war, and loses badly. Josh orders Donna around like a mule, and Donna takes it. |
2002.02.27 2002.03.05 |
C |
Glark |
| 3-14 Recap |
Those Who Do Not
Night Five - Jed has an incredibly dull therapy session, Toby and Andy have a shouting match, C.J. gets involved in a futile attempt to rescue an abducted reporter from the Congo, Donna's offered a job at an internet startup, and Ainsley resurfaces to slap around non-lipstick-wearing forms of feminism. |
2002.02.06 2002.02.08 |
D |
Deborah |
| 3-13 Recap |
How Now, Butter Cow?
The Two Bartlets - Bartlet wins the Iowa caucus to no one's surprise; C.J. and Toby disagree about affirmative action; Josh and Amy move ahead in their relationship; Leo and Josh handle a protest in Vieques; Toby and Jed go a round in the Oval Office; Sam visits with one of the Funnel People. |
2002.01.30 2002.02.02 |
B |
Deborah |
| 3-12 Recap |
Sam, Sam, the Sunshine Man
100,000 Airplanes - Not so much, really. It's State of the Union night, and Sam is real sad...about a lot of things. |
2002.01.16 2002.01.18 |
B |
Deborah |
| 3-11 Recap |
Fall With Grace
H. Con - 172 - Jed finally steps up. |
2002.01.09 2002.01.11 |
A+ |
Deborah |
| 3-10 Recap |
Adeste Fideles
Bartlet for America - Who da man? If your answer is anyone other than John Spencer, go stand in the corner. |
2001.12.12 2001.12.14 |
A |
Deborah |
| Extra |
Crutching Teacher, Hidden Psychic
The Dead Zone - The scariest thing about this is probably Christopher Walken's hairdos. |
1983.10.21 2002.01.03 |
Deborah |
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| 3-9 Recap |
How Now Mad Cow?
The Women of Qumar - C.J. seethes over the government's willingness to make a self-serving deal with the fictional misogynist regime of Qumar; the administration faces the threat of mad cow disease; and Josh confronts the issue of global sexual trafficking. |
2001.11.28 2001.11.30 |
B+ |
Deborah |
| 3-8 Recap |
The Butterball Hotline
The Indians in the Lobby - There was something of an episode in here, but it turned out to be mostly a PSA about undercooked stuffing and a big-ass product placement for Butterball. |
2001.11.21 2001.11.22 |
B- |
Deborah |
| 3-7 Recap |
Sounds Worse Than It Really Is
Gone Quiet - Deborah thinks this one will be referred to as either "The Submarine Episode" or "The One Where C.J.'s Too Sexy." |
2001.11.14 2001.11.16 |
B+ |
Deborah |
| 3-6 Recap |
In For A Penny, In For A Pound
War Crimes - Everybody's working on a Sunday, as Bartlet and Hoynes talk turkey about gun control and the re-election campaign; Toby takes the junior staff to task over a leak; Donna is deposed by Cliff and then must ask Josh to help her out of a lie; Sam investigates the elimination of the penny, and Leo learns a stunning truth about his past. |
2001.11.07 2001.11.09 |
B+ |
Deborah |
| 3-5 Recap |
This Hot Pumpkin Soup Could Use Some NaCl
On the Day Before - The President's veto of the estate-tax repeal is endangered; Batman and Robin must come to the rescue. Josh neutralizes a potential threat to the Bartlet campaign. Leo and Nancy manage the international crisis du jour: a suicide bomb kills ten in Israel, including two Americans. Donna 'fesses up about Cliff. Abby's sick. And even if she doesn't carry around a copy of the Periodic Table of Elements, C.J. kicks ass seven ways to Sunday. Are you getting tired yet of hearing that, yet? Neither is Deborah. |
2001.10.31 2001.11.02 |
A |
Deborah |
| 3-4 Recap |
Now With 17% More Pedeconferencing!
Ways and Means - C.J. plays the press like a piano, Donna gets a date with a cute guy (no, not Josh) but just can't catch a break, Josh and Toby work on an estate-tax problem, Sam and Connie perform Sam's biannual quasi-mating ritual, and the White House fiddles while Wyoming burns. Oh, and everybody gets subpoenas. |
2001.10.24 2001.10.26 |
B- |
Deborah |
| 3-3 Recap |
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Manchester, Part II - In the second part of the season opener, a field trip to Bartlet's stunning farmhouse in bucolic Manchester culminates in a long-overdue and inadequate apology to the staff, followed by a hotly debated speech we don't get to hear. |
2001.10.17 2001.10.19 |
A |
Deborah |
| 3-2 Recap |
"Abortions for Some, Miniature American Flags for Others!"
Manchester, Part I - The season opener puts an end to the unbearable suspense by announcing Bartlet will run again. Now there's something to talk about other than "Isaac and Ishmael." |
2001.10.10 2001.10.12 |
A |
Deborah |
| 3-1 Recap |
A Very Special Episode of The West Wing
Isaac and Ishmael - Anvilicious! |
2001.10.03 2001.10.05 |
C- |
Deborah |
| Extra |
The Fall Doesn't Have to Kill You
Talk: "The Crack-Up" - Aaron Sorkin's had a wonderful, terrible year. When it rains, it pours... |
2001.09.01 2001.08.28 |
Deborah |
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| Extra |
"A Medium-Sized Nightmare"
The American President, Part II - Part II of The American President focuses on the personal and political complications that ensue when the widowed President takes up with a cute lobbyist. |
1995.11.17 2001.08.24 |
Deborah |
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| Extra |
"Dig it, Ms. Wade: You're the President's Girlfriend!"
The American President, Part I - It's just like the show, only Martin Sheen is playing the wrong character. Somehow, Deborah bravely soldiers on in order to provide you with this Extra. |
1995.11.17 2001.08.22 |
Deborah |
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"The Next Truthful Moment"
The West Wing on The Charlie Rose Show - Aaron Sorkin and several members of The West Wing cast drop in on PBS's Charlie Rose. They're all very entertaining and adorable together. Just like on TV! |
2001.08.02 2001.08.02 |
Deborah |