The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
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The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
Season 3 episodes
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Bartlet's decision about Haiti falls under scrutiny; C.J. makes a horrible blunder in a press conference and is hounded about the president's health by reporters; the staff disagrees about whether Bartlet should apologize for not revealing his medical condition; Abbey is angry that Jed has decided to run for reelection.
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Directed by Thomas SchlammeWritten by Aaron SorkinGuest stars Stockard Channing, Timothy Davis-Reed, Connie Britton, NiCole Robinson, Jim Beaver, Marlee Matlin, Renée Estevez, Anna Deavere Smith
The senior staff clash with the consultants who are to work on Bartlet's reelection campaign; C.J. is concerned that the press senses the Bartlets' marriage could be in trouble; Josh asks Leo to let him use his connection to postpone the FDA's drug announcement; the situation on Haiti comes to a head.
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Directed by Thomas SchlammeWritten by Aaron SorkinGuest stars Stockard Channing, Connie Britton, NiCole Robinson, Marlee Matlin, Anna Deavere Smith, Ron Silver, Bill O'Brien, Evan Handler
The Special Prosecutor sets his probe in motion; Sam and Bruno are concerned about the loyalty of a powerful labor leader; Toby and Josh are preoccupied with a congressional battle over the estate tax; Ainsley fixes up Donna with a Republican.
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Directed by Alex GravesWritten by Aaron Sorkin, Eli Attie, Gene SperlingGuest stars Timothy Davis-Reed, Connie Britton, NiCole Robinson, Emily Procter, Ron Silver, Miguel Sandoval, Nicholas Pryor, Oliver Platt
When Bartlet vetoes the "death tax", the staff must scramble to keep the veto from being overridden; Josh tries to smooth talk a promising governor who is considering running against the President; Charlie is urged to ask for immunity in his upcoming testimony.
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Directed by Christopher MisianoWritten by Aaron Sorkin, Paul Redford, Nanda ChitreGuest stars Stockard Channing, Timothy Davis-Reed, NiCole Robinson, Anna Deavere Smith, Kris Murphy, Cliff DeYoung, Kevin Tighe, Thomas Kopache
The President has a showdown; Donna lies when she appears before the Congressional committee investigating the President; Leo debates with an old friend about the US future stance regarding the war crimes tribunal; Sam tries to find the logic in a Congressman's proposed legislation to eliminate the penny.
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Directed by Alex GravesWritten by Allison Abner, Aaron SorkinGuest stars Stockard Channing, Renée Estevez, Michael O'Keefe, Tim Matheson, Mark Feuerstein, Melissa Fitzgerald, Gerald McRaney, Kim Webster
When an American spy submarine suddenly goes silent in hostile North Korea, Bartlet must decide whether to inform the enemy or attempt a secret rescue operation; Abbey learns her past malpractice suits might compromise Bartlet's criminal investigation; Toby meets with a representative from an appropriations committee who wants to funnel money away from Congress's funding of avant-garde artists.
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Directed by Jon HutmanWritten by Aaron Sorkin, Laura Glasser, Julia DahlGuest stars Stockard Channing, Connie Britton, Hal Holbrook, Anna Deavere Smith, Ron Silver, Gregory Alan Williams, Oliver Platt, Valerie Mahaffey
While Bartlet worries about where he will be on Thanksgiving--and how to best cook a gourmet turkey -- C.J. meets with two Native Americans, Maggie and Jack, who are camped in the White House lobby.
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Directed by Paris BarclayWritten by Allison Abner, Aaron Sorkin, Allison Abner, Kevin FallsGuest stars Stockard Channing, Timothy Davis-Reed, NiCole Robinson, Gary Farmer, Georgina Lightning, Armando Pucci, Jenny Gago, Shashawnee Hall
At Abbey's urging, Josh meets with a powerful women's caucus over the proposed language of a United Nations treaty banning prostitution.
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Directed by Alex GravesWritten by Aaron Sorkin, Laura Glasser, Felicia Wilson, Julia DahlGuest stars Stockard Channing, Timothy Davis-Reed, Mary-Louise Parker, Anna Deavere Smith, Kris Murphy, Bill Erwin, Bruce Kirby, Christian Clemenson
Leo fears the worst when he testifies in the congressional investigation into Bartlet's lack of public disclosure about his illness.
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Directed by Thomas SchlammeWritten by Aaron SorkinGuest stars Stockard Channing, Joanna Gleason, NiCole Robinson, Clark Gregg, Kathryn Joosten, Dennis Haskins, Carlos Jacott, Steven Gilborn
Leo defiantly rejects the Congressional Oversight Committee's offer of a public censure of Bartlet that would finally bring an end to the investigation and spare Leo of any possible personal repercussions.
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Directed by Vincent MisianoWritten by Aaron Sorkin, Eli AttieGuest stars Joanna Gleason, Mary-Louise Parker, NiCole Robinson, Mark Feuerstein, Melissa Fitzgerald, Peter James Smith, Kim Webster, William Duffy
On State of the Union night, Sam is being trailed by a magazine reporter to whom he was once engaged; the President' Congressional censure weighs heavily on staffers' minds as they debate whether to include an anti-cancer initiative in the President's address; Josh can't get Amy Gardner to talk to him.
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Directed by David NutterWritten by Aaron SorkinGuest stars Mary-Louise Parker, Marlee Matlin, Bill O'Brien, Traylor Howard, Brian Baker, Nancy Linehan Charles, Melissa Fitzgerald, Peter James Smith
On the day of the Democratic Caucus, Bartlet, Toby and C.J. go to Iowa to kick off the presidential race, and disagree over Bartlet's making a statement about affirmative action. Back in Washington, Leo forces Josh to intercede with an old friend leading a protest against Navy arms testing at Vieques, Puerto Rico. Sam meets with Bob Engler again, who is now acting on behalf of two congressmen who want an inventory of Fort Knox because they believe that most of the gold bullion has been replaced with alien bodies recovered from Area 51 in Roswell, New Mexico. After Josh rebuffs her request, Donna seeks Sam's help in getting out of jury duty. Josh brings a little bit of Tahiti to his relationship with Amy Gardner.
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Directed by Alex GravesWritten by Aaron Sorkin, Gene Sperling, Kevin FallsGuest stars Mary-Louise Parker, NiCole Robinson, Renée Estevez, Kim Webster, Elizabeth Liang, Ted Garcia, Tom Knickerbocker, Thomas Porter
Stanley Keyworth revisits the White House to uncover the reason Bartlet hasn't been able to sleep since the night of the Iowa caucus; C.J. enlists Leo's help in freeing a White House reporter kidnapped while on assignment in the Congo; Toby and Andy joust over an upcoming presidential speech condemning Islamic fanaticism by name; Donna is offered a lucrative dot.com job by an old friend; Sam sparks an exchange on radical versus lipstick feminism when he comments on Ainsley's evening attire immediately after asking her to review language in Bartlet's U.N. address.
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Directed by Christopher MisianoWritten by Aaron SorkinGuest stars Timothy Davis-Reed, Kathleen York, NiCole Robinson, Emily Procter, Kris Murphy, Carmen Argenziano, Alanna Ubach, Adam Arkin
On the day before the New Hampshire primary, Josh drafts Donna as his frontwoman to ensure that Bartlet wins the nation's first primary in the small town of Hartsfield's Landing; C.J. and Charlie play an ever-escalating game of practical jokes; Jed plays simultaneous chess games with Sam and Toby while he plays delicate diplomatic and military games with the Chinese government over Taiwan.
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Directed by Vincent MisianoWritten by Aaron SorkinGuest stars Timothy Davis-Reed, James Hong, NiCole Robinson, Anna Deavere Smith, Kris Murphy, Gregory Alan Williams, Thomas Kopache, Melissa Fitzgerald
Concern arises over the medical board's decision on Abbey's actions in treating Jed's M.S.; Sam tries to get a Senator he doesn't like to pass a bill for a super-conducter that he doesn't even understand; Amy tries to influence Josh; Lord Marbury explains to Toby why a member of the IRA cannot be invited to the White House; Donna receives shocking news when the Secret Service won't give her clearance to attend Abbey's birthday party.
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Directed by Alex GravesWritten by Aaron Sorkin, Paul RedfordGuest stars Stockard Channing, Roger Rees, Mary-Louise Parker, NiCole Robinson, Héctor Elizondo, Robin Thomas, Jerry Lambert
Toby looks forward to meeting the new U.S. Poet Laureate; Jed fires the first salvo of his reelection campaign when he calls his likely opponent less than brilliant, and the national press just can't get enough of it; Ainsley gets promoted; Josh overreacts to posts on the message board of a website devoted to "all things Josh".
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Directed by Christopher MisianoWritten by Aaron Sorkin, Laura GlasserGuest stars Timothy Davis-Reed, NiCole Robinson, Emily Procter, Renée Estevez, Kris Murphy, James Eckhouse, Beth Littleford, Laura Dern
Hoynes and Bartlet each make an unexpected announcement about Hoynes' place on the ticket; fears of a terrorist attack arise when a truck carrying depleted uranium-fuel rods is involved in a head-on collision in an Idaho tunnel; Donna seeks a Presidential Proclamation to honor her high-school teacher/mentor who's retiring; and Bartlet's insistence on helping Charlie with his tax return sparks a discussion on the true nature of a tax rebate.
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Directed by Jeremy KaganWritten by Aaron Sorkin, Dee Dee Myers, Eli AttieGuest stars NiCole Robinson, Tim Matheson, Peter James Smith, Kim Webster, William Duffy, David Dunard, Randy Oglesby, Felton Perry
The revelation that a Russian company may be building a heavy water reactor in Iran puts Jed in a difficult position as he prepares to meet with the new Russian president; Jed orders the Secret Service to protect C.J. when she receives death threats after making a comment at a press conference about the deaths of Saudi girls; Leo wants to find a way to help a major campaign contributor whose company is faced with a massive product recall; Charlie ponders the mystery of a strangely out of context letter written to the President.
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Directed by Alex GravesWritten by Aaron Sorkin, Paul RedfordGuest stars Timothy Davis-Reed, Michael O'Neill, Renée Estevez, Kris Murphy, Bill Cobbs, Peter Scolari, Gregory Itzin, Ian McShane
Bartlet and the staff are on high alert when they receive reports of an impending attack on a military installation; Josh is furious when he discovers that a gift he passed on to Donna, who in turn passed in on to an unpaid intern, ends up for sale on eBay; C.J. takes her niece shopping for a prom dress while the threats on her life continue, and her stalker manages to get close to her despite the protection of the Secret Service.
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Directed by Christopher MisianoWritten by Aaron SorkinGuest stars NiCole Robinson, Ron Silver, Thomas Kopache, Mark Harmon, Melissa Fitzgerald, John Amos, Kim Webster, Devika Parikh
While Jed, Leo and Fitzwallace grapple with terrorism and moral absolutes, Josh and Amy grapple with each other over a welfare-reform bill; Donna represents the White House at a North Dakota state-party caucus whose goal is to remove the word "North" from the state's name; Toby doesn't want Jed to attend a New York fund-raiser because Ritchie will be there; Charlie is assigned the responsibility of finding Jed a new secretary; C.J. discovers that Simon Donovan is a very straight shooter
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Directed by Thomas SchlammeWritten by Aaron SorkinGuest stars Mary-Louise Parker, Thomas Kopache, William Thomas, Jr., Mark Harmon, Glenn Morshower, Kurt Fuller, Bob Morrisey, Nicki Micheaux
Bartlet continues to struggle over the wisdom of assassinating the terrorist Qumari defense minister; after Ritchie declines to meet Bartlet, Sam and Toby play a dirty trick; as the search for Mrs. Landingham's replacement continues, Charlie finds the perfect candidate, who makes less than a stellar first impression on Bartlet; Josh's determination to pass a welfare bill costs Amy; as C.J.'s stalker is finally captured, the night ends in tragedy.
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Directed by Alex GravesWritten by Aaron SorkinGuest stars Timothy Davis-Reed, Mary-Louise Parker, NiCole Robinson, James Brolin, Michael O'Neill, Renée Estevez, Lily Tomlin, Kris Murphy
