"The West Wing" Hartsfield's Landing (2002)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Vincent Misiano

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Aaron Sorkin (written by)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

27 February 2002 (Season 3, Episode 15)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A fictitious small town in N.H. is the site of the first presidential primary vote, and the results from Hartsfield's Landing...

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
Anna Deavere Smith	...	Nancy McNally
James Hong	...	Chinese Ambassador
NiCole Robinson	...	Margaret Hooper
James Keane	...	Hartsfield's Landing Registrar of Voters
Gregory Alan Williams	...	Robbie Mosley (as Gregalan Williams)
Thomas Kopache	...	Assistant Secretary of State Bob Slatterly
Dennis Cockrum

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

John Wells Productions

Trivia:

The fictional town in the episode is based on Dixville Notch, an unincorporated small village in the Dixville township of Coos County, New Hampshire, USA. Dixville Notch is best known in connection with its longstanding middle-of-the-night vote in the U.S. Presidential Election, including during the New Hampshire primary. Since 1960, voters cast their ballots at midnight and polls officially close one minute later. Ever since 1968, the candidate who comes out on top in Republican Primary has been the eventual Republican nominee for President. Twenty-six voters took part in the 2004 elections.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Sam enters his office and first sees the chessboard, the queens should be on the exact same file. The white queen, assuming it is the tallest piece, is on the wrong square. The rule is "Queen is on her color".

Quotes:

[CJ and Charlie are discussing a copy of the President's private schedule - which she has hidden in retaliation for him making her sign a copy out earlier - before walking into the office outside the Oval Office]
Charlie Young: Look C.J...
C.J. Cregg: You'll find it in your filing cabinet under A for "anal".
Larry: I don't really wanna know what he's going to find in his filing cabinet, do you?
Ed: No.