The West Wing — Episode Guide

5-11
2004.01.14
The Benign Prerogative
A thumbnail sketch of the episode until the full recap goes live.


Ep. Title Air/Pub'l Author
5-11 Recaplet The Benign Prerogative
The Benign Prerogative - A thumbnail sketch of the episode until the full recap goes live.
2004.01.14
2004.01.15
Miss Alli
5-10 Recap Battlefield Earth
The Stormy Present - When a former president dies, Jed meets up with two other ex-presidents to travel to his funeral. On the agenda is a flare-up in Saudi Arabia. At home, Josh mediates a dispute over the Bill of Rights, and C.J. tries to figure out whether the Pentagon is in the business of mind control.
2004.01.07
2004.01.12
Miss Alli
Extra Shoe Money Tonight!
Celebrity Poker Showdown - Jed, Leo, C.J., Toby, and Danny play Texas Hold'em for their favourite causes. Find out who knows when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em.
2003.12.09
2004.01.11
Deborah
5-9 Recap "Dying/ Is an art/ Like everything else"
Abu el Banat - POTUS, FLOTUS and all the little OTUSes get together for dinner at the White House. Oh, not all in one room. Silly! And, well, it's no "In Excelsis Deo." Or "Noel." Or even "Bartlet for America." But, uh, it might be better than "Silent Night." Merry Chrismukkah!
2003.12.03
2003.12.09
Deborah
5-8 Recap Deus Ex Mehchina
Shutdown - The government is shut down over the budget crisis for three days, and then everything is more or less magically resolved when Abby returns and gets Jed to let Josh out of the doghouse.
2003.11.19
2003.11.21
Deborah
5-7 Recap One Foot In The Grave
Separation Of Powers - The budget negotiations go from bad to worse, and the Bartlet administration subtly tries to muscle the ailing Chief Justice of the Supreme Court out of his job.
2003.11.12
2003.11.14
Deborah
5-6 Recap 20 Hours Behind Schedule In America
Disaster Relief - Jed joins the Red Cross, Josh tries to keep his head down and take his medicine after the Carrick fuckup, and Deborah struggles to find as many synonyms as possible for "Leo yells for Margaret." Also, Josh wants to throw down with the Capitol Building, but the Capitol just turns the other cheek, like Jesus taught it.
2003.11.05
2003.11.07
Deborah
5-5 Recap The 101st Senator
Constituency Of One - Nobody's having a very good day: not Jed, not Leo, not C.J., not Toby, and especially not Josh or Amy. Then again -- VPOTUS Russell, who just snagged Will as his new Communications Director -- is probably pretty pleased with himself. Will had better watch his back.
2003.10.29
2003.11.03
Deborah
5-4 Recap Han Solo
Han - When a North Korean pianist wishes to defect to the United States, it puts Bartlet in an awkward position, since the U.S. is in the midst of secret negotiations with North Korea over the issue of nuclear weapons. C.J.'s disillusionment with the administration grows. Toby and Will manage to embarrass themselves in a totally implausible way, and Josh want to talk with Amy about where things are going.
2003.10.22
2003.10.24
Deborah
5-3 Recap Blue Berryhill
Jefferson Lives - The country needs a VPOTUS, so Berryhill's out and Bingo Bob's in. Zoey begins recovering from her ordeal. Abby seethes. And Amy and Josh suck face.
2003.10.08
2003.10.10
Deborah
5-2 Recap I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
The Dogs of War - Well, the U.S. attacks Qumar, and somebody finds Zoey. You'd think that'd make for some pretty compelling drama and dialogue, wouldn't you?
2003.10.01
2003.10.03
Deborah
5-1 Recap Auto-Da-F�
7A WF 83429 - Zoey's still missing, and as her family and Bartlet's staff struggle to deal with the abduction, they must also adjust to the new Republican regime in the White House. The United States' assassination of Shareef becomes public knowledge, and a bombing in Turkey takes eighty lives. Walken decides to bomb Qumar.
2003.09.24
2003.09.26
Deborah
4-23 Recap Breathe Regular
Twenty Five - Sorkin waltzes out and sticks us with a Republican President. Like we don't have enough real-life problems in that department. Dude, that's just harsh.
2003.05.14
2003.05.16
Deborah
4-22 Recap X Marks the Spot
Commencement - Zoey Bartlet is missing. And so are five suspected terrorists.
2003.05.07
2003.05.10
Deborah
4-21 Recap It's a Godawful Small Affair
Life on Mars - It turns out that on Joe Quincy's first day as Associate Counsel, he has to bring the Vice-President to his knees. Aw, not like that! Grow up.
2003.04.30
2003.05.02
Deborah
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