"The West Wing" Swiss Diplomacy (2002)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Chris Misiano

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Kevin Falls (writer) ...

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

20 November 2002 (Season 4, Episode 9)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A 15 year old boy needs a heart and lung transplant. He also happens to be the son of the Iranian Ayatollah who is not a supporter of the Bartlet Administration.

Plot Keywords:

President | Political | Secretary | White House | First Lady

Cast

Stockard Channing	...	Abbey Bartlet
Dulé Hill	...	Charlie Young
Allison Janney	...	Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg
Rob Lowe	...	Sam Seaborn
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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joel Anderson	...	Aide
Leigh Curran	...	NASA Aide
Anita Dashiell	...	Jo
Timothy Davis-Reed	...	Mark O'Donnell
Renée Estevez	...	Nancy
Melissa Fitzgerald	...	Carol Fitzpatrick
Lucinda Jenney	...	Karen Kroft
Tim Matheson	...	Vice President John Hoynes
Danica McKellar	...	Elsie Snuffin
Wolf Muser	...	Ambassador von Rutte
Dennis Neal	...	Springer
Paul Vincent O'Connor	...	Laney
Devika Parikh	...	Bonnie
Emiko Parise	...	Aide
Jennifer Parsons
Geoffrey Pierson	...	Senate Minority Leader Tripplehorn (as Geoff Pierson)
Michael Raysses	...	Reporter
NiCole Robinson	...	Margaret Hooper
Faran Tahir	...	Manny
Lily Tomlin	...	Deborah Fiderer
Kim Webster	...	Ginger
Bernard White	...	Dr. Essan Mohebi

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Leo McGarry tells President Bartlet, "K2 isn't in Pakistan, you only think it is." K2 actually is partly in Pakistan, on the border with China.

Quotes:

President Josiah Bartlet: You going to campaign on prescription drugs?
Sam Seaborn: Our prescription drug bill -- yes, sir -- and our Medicare reforms and the Bartlet Energy Plan.
President Josiah Bartlet: Sam...
Sam Seaborn: Yes Sir?
President Josiah Bartlet: It's okay to run away from me when you need to.
Sam Seaborn: I would never, Mr. President. I simply would never do that. That's not how I'm getting votes.
President Josiah Bartlet: I appreciate that, but that's not what I'm talking about. You disagreed with me on Medicare. I remember the meeting right here. Then you wrote a five page memo. Run towards yourself. I'm wrong about that. Walk. You're not going to be used to your surroundings.
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Movie Connections:

References To Sir, with Love (1967)