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|Title = A Proportional Response |
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|DirectedBy = [[Marc Buckland]] |
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|WrittenBy = Aaron Sorkin |
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|10|6}} |
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|ShortSummary = An angry President [[Josiah Bartlet]] seeks vengeance after Syrian operatives blow up a jet carrying his personal physician and dozens of American passengers. The Pentagon comes up with what they call a "proportional response" to the attack, which involves air strikes on three low-level targets in Syria as well as one against the Syrian intelligence agency headquarters. However, President Bartlet wants a stronger response, and the Joint Chiefs respond with an attack plan on a much more prominent target: the international airport in Damascus. The subtext of the story involves the President's unease around the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] and his worries about receiving their respect despite never having served in the military. [[Leo McGarry]] talks to Admiral [[Percy Fitzwallace]] who tells him the President is doing fine. Despite this, Fitzwallace earlier told the President that his desired response is disproportionate, saying that he "will have doled out five thousand dollars worth of punishment for a fifty buck crime." Leo confronts the President about the disproportionate response and says that he will stand up against him if he continues to insist on it. President Bartlet confesses he has personalized the terrorist attack because his physician, a good man with a newborn daughter, was among the victims. He then authorizes the proportional response and gives a televised speech in which he explains the situation to the American people. |
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|ShortSummary = President Bartlet seeks vengeance for a downed transport plane carrying his personal physician, while [[Charlie Young]] applies for a White House job, and C.J. talks reporter [[Danny Concannon]] out of writing a story involving [[Sam Seaborn|Sam]]. |
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In other story lines, [[Charlie Young]] applies for a White House job and [[C.J. Cregg]] talks reporter [[Danny Concannon]] out of writing a story about [[Sam Seaborn]]'s relationship with a call girl. Charlie, who was applying for a messenger job, impresses [[Josh Lyman]] enough that Josh insists on hiring Charlie as the President's personal aide, or "[[body man]]". |
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'''Guest stars''': [[John Amos]], [[Renee Estevez]], [[Janel Moloney]] and [[Suzy Nakamura]] |
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Revision as of 13:01, 17 January 2012
| The West Wing (season 1) | |
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| Season 1 | |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 22, 1999 – May 17, 2000 |
| Season chronology | |
The first season of The West Wing aired in the United States from September 22, 1999 to May 17, 2000 and consisted of 22 episodes. It aired in the United States on NBC, a terrestrial television network.
Cast
The first season introduces the main characters:
- Martin Sheen as Josiah Bartlet, President of the United States
- John Spencer as Leo McGarry, White House Chief of Staff
- Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler, White House Communications Director
- Allison Janney as C. J. Cregg, White House Press Secretary
- Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman, White House Deputy Chief of Staff
- Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn, Deputy White House Communications Director
- Janel Moloney as Donna Moss, Senior Assistant to Josh Lyman
- Dulé Hill as Charlie Young, Personal Aide to the President
Plot
The first season, which begins in the middle of Bartlet's first year in office, is loaded with images of a West Wing "stuck in neutral" and powerless to govern (thought by many to mimic President Clinton's early days in office, when he was forced to compromise on campaign promises such as gays in the military). Several episodes (notably "Five Votes Down" and "Mr. Willis of Ohio") feature the White House desperately digging for a backdoor through which to pass a particular piece of legislation. This powerlessness ends in "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" when Leo and the president finally agree to fight any battle they believe to be important, even if they are not sure they can win. The season ends with a cliffhanger assassination attempt with an ominous call over a Secret Service radio: "Who's been hit?! Who's been hit?!"
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | September 22, 1999 |
| 2 | 2 | "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | September 29, 1999 |
| 3 | 3 | "A Proportional Response" | Marc Buckland | Aaron Sorkin | October 6, 1999 |
| 4 | 4 | "Five Votes Down" | Michael Lehmann | Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Patrick Caddell (story) | October 13, 1999 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Crackpots and These Women" | Anthony Drazan | Aaron Sorkin | October 20, 1999 |
| 6 | 6 | "Mr. Willis of Ohio" | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | November 3, 1999 |
| 7 | 7 | "The State Dinner" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin & Paul Redford | November 10, 1999 |
| 8 | 8 | "Enemies" | Alan Taylor | Rick Cleveland, Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. & Patrick Caddell (story) Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno (teleplay) | November 17, 1999 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Short List" | Bill D'Elia | Aaron Sorkin & Dee Dee Myers (story) Aaron Sorkin & Patrick Caddell (teleplay) | November 24, 1999 |
| 10 | 10 | "In Excelsis Deo" | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin & Rick Cleveland | December 15, 1999 |
| 11 | 11 | "Lord John Marbury" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Aaron Sorkin & Patrick Caddell (teleplay) Patrick Caddell & Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. (story) | January 5, 2000 |
| 12 | 12 | "He Shall, from Time to Time..." | Arlene Sanford | Aaron Sorkin | January 12, 2000 |
| 13 | 13 | "Take out the Trash Day" | Ken Olin | Aaron Sorkin | January 26, 2000 |
| 14 | 14 | "Take This Sabbath Day" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. & Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin (story) | February 9, 2000 |
| 15 | 15 | "Celestial Navigation" | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) Dee Dee Myers & Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. (story) | February 16, 2000 |
| 16 | 16 | "20 Hours in L.A." | Alan Taylor | Aaron Sorkin | February 23, 2000 |
| 17 | 17 | "The White House Pro-Am" | Ken Olin | Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. & Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin | March 22, 2000 |
| 18 | 18 | "Six Meetings Before Lunch" | Clark Johnson | Aaron Sorkin | April 5, 2000 |
| 19 | 19 | "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" | Laura Innes | Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) Peter Parnell and Patrick Caddell (story) | April 26, 2000 |
| 20 | 20 | "Mandatory Minimums" | Robert Berlinger | Aaron Sorkin | May 3, 2000 |
| 21 | 21 | "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics" | Don Scardino | Aaron Sorkin | May 10, 2000 |
| 22 | 22 | "What Kind of Day Has It Been" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | May 17, 2000 |
References
- General references
- "The West Wing Episodes on NBC". TV Guide. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
- "Shows A-Z - west wing, the on nbc". the Futon Critic. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
- "The West Wing - Episode Guide". MSN TV. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
- "The West Wing: Episode Guide". Zap2it. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
- "The West Wing Episode Guides". NBC. Archived from the original on August 3, 2006. Retrieved January 7, 2012.