"The West Wing" Abu el Banat (2003)

Director:

Lesli Linka Glatter

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator) and
Debora Cahn (writer)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

3 December 2003 (Season 5, Episode 9)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The entire Bartlet family tries to gather for an early Christmas dinner at the w.h., but inevitable delays occur...

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | President | Political | Secretary | White House

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
Lily Tomlin	...	Deborah Fiderer
Dylan Baker	...	Attorney General Alan Fisk
Elisabeth Moss	...	Zoey Bartlet
Annabeth Gish	...	Liz Westin
Steven Eckholdt	...	Doug Westin
Nina Siemaszko	...	Ellie Bartlet

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

CJ's secret service codename is Flamingo, Zoey's is Book Bag, Sam Seaborn's was Princeton, and the President is either Eagle or Liberty (depending on the episode). Bartlet's grandson Gus (in the episode "Abu el Banat") is Tonka.

Quotes:

President Josiah Bartlet: I'm not dwelling. I think it's fine. I think we should all spend Christmas at Liz's in-laws.
Abbey Bartlet: We're invited.
President Josiah Bartlet: Never again. I still have flashbacks

Soundtrack:

We Three Kings