"The West Wing" The Portland Trip (2000)

Director:

Paris Barclay

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Aaron Sorkin (teleplay)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

15 November 2000 (Season 2, Episode 7)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

C.J. joins the President on a flight to Portland after a wisecrack about Notre Dame; Josh seeks to defeat an anti-gay marriage bill; Sam wants to rewrite an education speech; an oil tanker appears to be violating UN sanctions; Josh teases Donna over her dating record.

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
Timothy Busfield	...	Danny Concannon
Emily Procter	...	Ainsley Hayes
Charley Lang	...	Congressman Skinner
David Graf	...	Colonel Chase
NiCole Robinson	...	Margaret Hooper
Michael Tomlinson	...	Republican Congressman
Gregg Daniel	...	Steve Adamley

Runtime:

Germany:41 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

John Wells Productions

Trivia:

Ainsley tries to get a can of Fresca, but they do not keep Fresca in the building. According to historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Lyndon Johnson loved the soda Fresca so much he had a fountain installed in the Oval Office that dispensed the beverage, which the president could operate by pushing a button on his desk chair.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopter is incorrectly referred to as the CH-47 Seahawk. The Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopter is not used by the US Navy and therefore cannot be the helicopter in question. It is possible, however unlikely, that the writers intended to refer to the Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight from which the CH-47 was developed.

Quotes:

Charlie Young: Mr. President, if this was an idea, somebody would've had it already.
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet: I find fault with that formula.