"The West Wing" A Proportional Response (1999)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Marc Buckland

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Aaron Sorkin (writer)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

6 October 1999 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After being offered "a proportional response" to the Syrian military's downing of a U.S. military plane...

Plot Keywords:

President | Political | Secretary | White House | First Lady

Cast

Rob Lowe	...	Sam Seaborn
Moira Kelly	...	Mandy Hampton
Dulé Hill	...	Charlie Young
Allison Janney	...	Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg
Richard Schiff	...	Toby Ziegler
John Spencer	...	Leo McGarry
Bradley Whitford	...	Josh Lyman
Martin Sheen	...	President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet
John Amos	...	Percy Fitzwallace
Renée Estevez	...	Nancy
Janel Moloney	...	Donna Moss
Suzy Nakamura	...	Cathy
Kathryn Joosten	...	Dolores Landingham
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ivan Allen	...	News Anchor Roger Salier
Jana Lee Hamblin	...	Reporter Bobbi
Christopher Kriesa	...	Officer #3
Marvin Krueger	...	Officer #1
Victor Love	...	Reporter Mike
George McDaniel	...	Officer #2
Chad McKnight	...	Staffer #2
Jack Montoya	...	Floor Manager
Devika Parikh	...	Bonnie
NiCole Robinson	...	Margaret Hooper
Rose Rollins	...	Suzanne
Mindy Seeger	...	Chris
Andrew Shaifer	...	Reporter #4
Hunter von Leer	...	Officer #4
Kim Webster	...	Ginger

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

Josh calls C.J. a "shiksa feminista". "Shiksa" is a Yiddish word used to refer to a non-Jewish woman. "Feminista" is a slang word used to describe a modern feminist.

Goofs:

Continuity: Right before they introduce Charlie to the president, Sam Seaborn is wearing glasses in one shot, is without them the next, and then has them on again.

Quotes:

[the President wants a disproportionate response to an American plane being shot down]
Leo McGarry: And do you think ratcheting up the body count is going to act as a deterrent?
President Josiah Bartlet: You're damn right I do.
Leo McGarry: Oh, well then you're just as stupid as these guys who think that capital punishment is going to be a deterrent for drug kingpins. As if drug kingpins didn't live their day-to-day lives under the possibility of execution. And their executions are a lot less dainty than ours...

Movie Connections:

References "Hard Copy" (1989)