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The West Wing :: The Stackhouse Filibuster (02x17)

Episode Information

Title:

The Stackhouse Filibuster

Episode #:

02x17

Production Number:

226217

Original Airdate:

Wednesday March 14th, 2001

*Also Known As:

Obstruction parlementaire ( France [France 2])

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Other Release Dates: (Edit)
Country:	Aired On:

FR (France 2)	Nov 20, 2003

Episode Crew
Director:	Bryan Gordon (1)
Story:	Peter McCabe (3)
Teleplay:	Aaron Sorkin

Episode Summary

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The staff, eager to begin their weekend, are blindsided when a stubborn, elderly Senator takes the floor to stage a Friday-night filibuster against the Family Wellness Act bill everyone thought they had in the bag. Toby becomes suspicious when the Vice President, who typically supports the oil industry, suddenly supports a fuel-emission standards bill. Meanwhile, C.J. racks her brain in order to find a ceramic cat statue given to the President by an Egyptian official who expects to see it on his next visit to the White House; and Josh works hurriedly in order to catch his flight to Florida to see the New York Mets' spring training camp.

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Guest Stars

Special Guest Stars
•Tim Matheson	played	John Hoynes	Recurring (7th appearance)
Guest Stars
•George Coe	played	Senator Howard Stackhouse	Recurring (first appearance)
•Cara DeLizia	played	Winifred Hooper
Co-Guest Stars
•Andy Milder	played	Mark, V. P. Assistant	Recurring (second appearance)
•Charles Noland	played	Steve	Recurring (14th appearance)
•David O. Katz (1)	played	Staffer #3 (as David Katz)	Recurring (first appearance)
•Jana Lee Hamblin	played	Bobbi, Reporter #2	Recurring (10th appearance)
•Larry Stahoviak	played	Staffer #1	Recurring (second appearance)
•Lisa Croisette	played	Staffer #2	Recurring (second appearance)
•Melissa Fitzgerald	played	Carol Fitzpatrick	Recurring (33rd appearance)
•Mindy Seeger	played	Chris	Recurring (10th appearance)
•Peter James Smith (3)	played	Ed	Recurring (12th appearance)
•Randy Brooks (1)	played	Arthur Leeds (as Randolph Brooks)	Recurring (6th appearance)
•Robyn Pedretti	played	Candy, V. P. Aide #1	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Shishir Kurup	played	Zach	Recurring (first appearance)
•Timothy Davis-Reed (1)	played	Mark	Recurring (5th appearance)
•William Duffy (2)	played	Larry	Recurring (11th appearance)
•Darren Foreman	played	V.P. Aide #2
•Dilva Henry	played	News Anchor
•Harrison Young	played	Senator Tom Grissom
•Jessica Pennington	played	Sally
•Pete Leal	played	Steward
•Ron Harper	played	Chairman

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

This is the first appearance of Tim Matheson (John Hoynes) since "In The Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part 1".

Episode Quotes

Bartlet: We'll just pretend that there's no candlelight.
Leo: And that we're not paranoid homophobes.

Sam: Hey, I'm senior staff.
Winifred: Gee, genuflect when you say that, fella.

Senator Stackhouse: That is how you prepare Virginia Green apple pie. Let's turn now to David Copperfield.

C.J.: It's our first filibuster, and I'm not a rules expert, but the rules of a filibuster are simple enough - you keep the floor as long as you hold the floor. What does that mean? It means you can't stop talking, ever. You can't eat, and you can't drink, which is fine, because you can't leave the chamber to use the bathroom, either. But all that's nothing compared to this: you're not allowed to sit down-you're not allowed to lean on anything or, for that matter, anyone.

Episode Goofs

While Josh is typing on his computer, Donna enters his office and asks what he's doing and during this time you can see screen of the computer. The shot changes and Josh types a couple of letters and then it returns to the computer screen. Now two more paragraphs have appeared since the last shot, but seeing that Josh only typed a couple of letters, there is no way he was able to type two entire paragraphs.