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Storyline
While Vinick and the Republicans deliver a flawless albeit predictable convention, the Democratic convention looks to be more like a pie fight as there is no clear favorite. Russell tries to preempt the floor vote by hinting offers of the vice presidential nomination to both Santos and Governor Baker of Pennsylvania. Charlie and Zoey's relationship is becoming more serious, resulting in different reactions from the President and the First Lady. An air leak on the International Space Station will kill all three astronauts unless a rescue mission can be launched. NASA advises that their shuttles are unfit for flight, but then hints at another solution. Written by
Murray Chapman
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Trivia
This episode's title is taken from a part of a line in the poem "The Second Coming" by
William Butler Yeats. The phrase was also famously used by
Chinua Achebe as the title of his 1958 novel.
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Goofs
The ISS (International Space Station) develops a problem. It is stated that there are no means for evacuating the astronauts aboard. That is not true. A Russian Soyuz TMA spaceship is always docked to the station. It is capable of carrying three men and reenter into the atmosphere.
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Quotes
President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet:
Werner Von Braun's autobiography was titled 'I Aim for the Stars.' Mort Sahl joked, he should have added 'Only Sometimes I Hit London'.
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Connections
References
Eight Is Enough (1977)
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Soundtracks
"West Wing Main Title"
(uncredited)
Written by
W.G. Snuffy Walden
Performed by
Pete Anthony See more »