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The West Wing :: And It's Surely to Their Credit (02x05)

Episode Information

Title:

And It's Surely to Their Credit

Episode #:

02x05

Production Number:

226205

Original Airdate:

Wednesday November 01st, 2000

*Also Known As:

Le Président vous parle ( France [France 2])

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FR (France 2)	Oct 02, 2003

Episode Crew
Director:	Christopher Misiano
Teleplay:	Aaron Sorkin Kevin Falls Laura Glasser

Episode Summary

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Ainsley Hayes has a rough first day as new White House counsel after she receives her first assignment: clean up after two staffers who gave an inaccurate testimony before the House. Her day isn't made any easier when she gets a less then welcome response from the staff and is later humiliated by two other staffers, Mark Brookline and Steve Joyce. Meanwhile, Josh's insurance denies his claims for his recent medical bills and Sam urges Josh to sue the shooters -- which happens to be the Ku Klux Klan.

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Guest Stars

Special Guest Stars
•Stockard Channing	played	Abbey Bartlet	Recurring (6th appearance)
•John Larroquette	played	Lionel Tribbey
Guest Stars
•Emily Procter	played	Ainsley Hayes	Recurring (second appearance)
•Kathryn Joosten	played	Delores Landingham	Recurring (19th appearance)
•NiCole Robinson	played	Margaret	Recurring (23rd appearance)
•Daniel Roebuck	played	Lt. Buckley
•Paul Perri	played	Steve Joyce
•Steven Flynn (1)	played	Mark Brookline
•Tom Bower (1)	played	Ed Barrie
Co-Guest Stars
•Bradley James	played	Donnie	Recurring (8th appearance)
•Kim Webster	played	Ginger	Recurring (14th appearance)
•Melissa Fitzgerald	played	Carol Fitzpatrick	Recurring (22nd appearance)
•Jack Shearer	played	Engineer
•Karen Lockhart	played	OEOB Staffer

Main Cast

•Martin Sheen	played	President Jed Bartlet
•John Spencer	played	Leo McGarry
•Allison Janney	played	Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg
•Bradley Whitford	played	Josh Lyman
•Janel Moloney	played	Donna Moss
•Rob Lowe (1)	played	Sam Seaborn
•Richard Schiff	played	Toby Ziegler
•Dule Hill	played	Charlie Young

Episode Notes

The song that the staff sing in the basement is "He Is an Englishman" from H.M.S. Pinafore. The episode title is a line from the song that they sing.

Episode Quotes

Ainsley: I just want to die.
Leo: Oh, it's the White House. You'll get used to that feeling.

Bartlet: Sorry everybody, this is gonna be it. Four is my lucky number.
Donna: This is take five, sir.
Bartlet: Five is my lucky number. Fifth-take-Bartlet, that's what Jack Warner used to call me.
Donna: Did you really know Jack Warner, Mr. President?
Bartlet: Yeah, because I used to be a contract player in Hollywood and I'm 97 years old.
Donna: Okay.

(to Abbey about Nellie Bly's 72-day tour)
Bartlet: She sounds like an incredible woman, Abbey. I'm particularly impressed that she beat a fictional record. If she goes twenty-one thousand leagues under the sea, I'll name a damn school after her. Let's have sex.

Cultural References

Episode Title: And It's Surely to Their Credit

"And It's Surely to Their Credit" is a line from Gilbert and Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore".

Abbey: You don't know who Nellie Bly is, do you?

Nellie Bly is a 19th-20th century journalist and is noted as one of the first female journalists.

Bartlet: I’m sorry. Leaf peeping? Is that something we do now?

Leaf peeping is a common hobby where people watch the leaves change colors during the fall and admire the autumn colors.

Bartlet: One-take Bartlet. That’s what old Jack Warner used to call me.

Director Jack Warner is the co-founder of Warner Brothers Studios along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and Sam. For his contributions to the entertaiment industry, Jack received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.