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The West Wing :: Message Of The Week (07x03)

Episode Information

Title:

Message Of The Week

Episode #:

07x03

Production Number:

2T6203

Original Airdate:

Sunday October 09th, 2005

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Episode Crew
Director:	Christopher Misiano
Writer:	Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr.

Episode Summary

Weeks into the campaign, Vinick decides to begin targeting immigration - an issue that Santos hasn't yet addressed. Santos pulls a stunt which leads to higher approval ratings and throws off the Vinick campaign. Meanwhile, Vinick has a meeting with Charles Frost.

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Guest Stars

Special Guest Stars
•Janeane Garofalo	played	Louise "Lou" Thornton	Recurring (second appearance)
•Patricia Richardson	played	Sheila Brooks	Recurring (third appearance)
•Ron Silver	played	Bruno Gianelli	Recurring (11th appearance)
Guest Stars
•Brett Cullen	played	Ray Sullivan	Recurring (third appearance)
•Diana-Maria Riva	played	Edie Ortega	Recurring (third appearance)
•Matthew Del Negro (1)	played	Bram	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Stephen Root	played	Bob Mayer	Recurring (third appearance)
•Tom Everett	played	Charles Frost	Recurring (first appearance)
•Chris Matthews (1)	played	Himself
•Julian Acosta	played	Leon Montero
•Peter MacKenzie (1)	played	George Rohr
•William Russ	played	Dan
Co-Guest Stars
•Annie Morgan	played	Anne	Recurring (second appearance)
•Becky Meister	played	TV Reporter	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Ben Siegler	played	Vinick Reporter #3	Recurring (8th appearance)
•Colette O'Connell	played	Ellen	Recurring (first appearance)
•Ken Michelman	played	Ted Zukosko	Recurring (first appearance)
•Kris Murphy (1)	played	Katie	Recurring (50th appearance)
•Phil Trask, Jr.	played	Kevin	Recurring (second appearance)
•Sumalee Montano	played	Vinick Reporter #1	Recurring (first appearance)
•Timothy Davis-Reed (1)	played	Vinick Reporter #2	Recurring (45th appearance)
•Alicia Lee	played	Senate Reporter
•Gavin Glennon	played	Secret Service Agent
•Michael Earl Reid	played	Harley Parker

Main Cast

•Bradley Whitford	played	Josh Lyman
•Stockard Channing	played	Abbey Bartlet
•Alan Alda	played	Senator Arnold Vinick
•Jimmy Smits	played	Matthew Santos

Episode Notes

Dule Hill (Charlie Young), Janel Maloney (Donna Moss), Joshua Malina (Will Bailey), Kristen Chenoweth (Annabeth Schott), Allison Janney (C.J. Cregg), Mary McCormick (Kate Harper), Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler), John Spencer (Leo McGarry) and Martin Sheen (President Jed Bartlet) do not appear in this episode.

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