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18 October 2000
(Season 2, Episode 3)
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With the midterm elections coming up, Toby looks for a way to stop hate groups; Charlie and Zoey decide...
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Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 | |
| Elisabeth Moss | ... | Zoey Bartlet | |
| Claire Yarlett | ... | Dr. Jenna Jacobs | |
| Rebecca Creskoff | ... | Sarah Jordan | |
| James Denton | ... | Tom Jordan (as Jamie Denton) | |
| NiCole Robinson | ... | Margaret Hooper | |
| Alfonso Freeman | ... | Andrew Mackintosh | |
| Myles Kilpatrick | ... | Jeffrey Mackintosh (as Myles Killpatrick) |
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Right after President Bartlett spouts off a list of Bible quotes to Jenna Jacobs to illustrate their inapplicability, Sam Seaborn takes a crab puff from her. This is not an isolated gesture of stealing food; Leviticus 11:10 indicates that shellfish are an "abomination", so Sam's action in effect continues the President's argument. Also, Jacobs is wearing a brooch shaped like a crab on her lapel.
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Factual errors: Congressional candidate Tom Jordan is described as a graduate of Oberlin College who lived in an all-white fraternity. Oberlin College hasn't allowed its students to join fraternities since its founding in 1833.
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Leo McGarry:
We can't afford all the things we want, Sam.
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Edited into For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)
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This episode is fantastic. Not only does it show the best duologue and development of character and relationships on the program, but the skewering of the Dr. Laura character was well done. It's not about what faith you believe in, it's a bout how seriously you take yourself. Sorkin presents the clear message that whether you're Muslim or Christian, you can't go around calling people infidels or abomination. If you're going to cherry pick from you're sacred text, why do you have to pick the most negative parts? The part where they all meet with Josh is particularly moving. Sorkin has that perfect mix of funny and serious that you only really see on Scrubs. Not that the shows are similar, but they have stylistic similarities. This episode was a good refrain from the drama of the first and second episode of this season.