"The West Wing" Posse Comitatus (2002)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Alex Graves

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Aaron Sorkin (writer)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

22 May 2002 (Season 3, Episode 22)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Bartlet, Leo, Sam, Toby, and C.J. travel to New York City for a Catholic fund raiser at a long Broadway play called "The War of the Roses"...

Plot Keywords:

President | Political | Secretary | White House | First Lady

Cast

Dulé Hill	...	Charlie Young
Allison Janney	...	Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg
Rob Lowe	...	Sam Seaborn
Janel Moloney	...	Donna Moss
Richard Schiff	...	Toby Ziegler
John Spencer	...	Leo McGarry
Bradley Whitford	...	Josh Lyman
Martin Sheen	...	President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Amos	...	Percy Fitzwallace
Heidi Anderson	...	Waitress
Adam Arkin	...	Dr. Stanley Keyworth
James Brolin	...	Governor Robert Ritchie, R-FL
Randy Brooks	...	Arthur Leeds (as Randolph Brooks)
Wren T. Brown
Joshua Wolf Coleman	...	Chorus
John David Conti	...	Howell
Charles Currier	...	Chorus
Lisa Datz	...	Agent
Timothy Davis-Reed	...	Mark O'Donnell
Adrian Diamond	...	Young Boy
Mark Gerald Douglas	...	Secret Service Agent in NYC
Danny Downey	...	Thug #1
Russell Edge	...	Chorus
Renée Estevez	...	Nancy
Joshua Fardon	...	Chorus
Al Faris	...	Qumari Translator
Melissa Fitzgerald	...	Carol Fitzpatrick
Kurt Fuller	...	SitRoom Civilian Advisor
Richard Gould	...	Chorus
Jeanie Hackett	...	Queen Margaret (as Jeanie Hacket)
Mark Harmon	...	Agent Simon Donovan
Basil Hoffman
David Huddleston	...	Sen. Max Lobell, R
William Dennis Hunt	...	Duke of York
Ted Koch	...	Reporter
Thomas Kopache	...	Assistant Secretary of State Bob Slatterly
Glenn Kubota	...	Korean Grocer
Karen Tsen Lee	...	Reporter
Andrew McFarlane	...	Anthony, Simon Donovan's 'Little Brother'
Glenn Morshower	...	Mike Chysler
Kris Murphy	...	Katie Witt
Rob Nagle	...	Chorus
Charles Noland	...	Steve
Al No'mani	...	Qumari Def. Min. Prince Abdul Shareef
Paul Norwood	...	Bristol
Michael O'Neill	...	Secret Service Agent Ron Butterfield
Kevin Owers	...	Chorus
Mary-Louise Parker	...	Amy Gardner
S.E. Perry	...	General Thomas
Nate Reese	...	Cantwell
NiCole Robinson	...	Margaret Hooper
Fred Sanders
Orlando Seale	...	Young Clifford
Mindy Seeger	...	Chris
Graham Shiels	...	Ensemble
Armin Shimerman	...	Richard III
Richard Soto	...	Chorus
William Thomas Jr.	...	SitRoom Civilian Advisor David
Ken Thorley
Lily Tomlin	...	Deborah Fiderer
James Villani	...	Thug
Douglas Weston	...	Bedford

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

John Wells Productions

Trivia:

The song used at the end of the episode was originally written for the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" - the staging at the end of the play in the episode was heavily influenced by the RSC's production.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Josh and Amy are discussing welfare, they are doing so at a Tully's Coffee. Tully's Coffee only has stores in the western United States and none in Washington D.C.

Quotes:

President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet: Why did you leave the White House?
Deborah Fiderer: Well Mr. President, if you wanna talk about getting screwed with your pants on...
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet: Charlie!
Deborah Fiderer: ...I guess I got pretty well doinked.

Soundtrack:

The Patriotic Song