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The West Wing :: Ways and Means (03x03)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Ways and Means
Episode #: 03x03
Production Number: 227203
Original Airdate: Wednesday October 24th, 2001
*Also Known As:
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Country: Aired On:
FR (France 2) Nov 11, 2004
Episode Crew
Director: Alex Graves
Story: Eli Attie
Gene Sperling
Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin
 
Episode Summary
 
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Special Prosecutor Clement Rollins begins his investigation into the President's non-disclosure of his illness. The White House staff isn't happy with getting Rollins as the Special Prosecutor, so C.J. shrewdly drops subtle clues to the press that might get the prosecutor replaced with someone more favorable to the staff. Meanwhile, a forest fire rages in Wyoming and the governor rages along with it when Bartlet backs up the forestry departments decision to let the fire burn itself out; Josh and Toby work on the estate tax that has been tied up in Congress; and Donna goes on a date with a Republican.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Special Guest Stars
Emily ProcterplayedAinsley HayesRecurring (9th appearance)
Oliver PlattplayedOliver BabishRecurring (5th appearance)
Ron SilverplayedBruno GianelliRecurring (third appearance)
Guest Stars
Connie BrittonplayedConnie TateRecurring (third appearance)
Evan HandlerplayedDoug WeglandRecurring (third appearance)
Mark FeuersteinplayedCliff CalleyRecurring (first appearance)
NiCole RobinsonplayedMargaretRecurring (39th appearance)
Thom BarryplayedMark RichardsonRecurring (second appearance)
Edmund L. ShaffplayedBill Horton 
Miguel SandovalplayedVictor Campos 
Nicholas PryorplayedClement Rollins 
Co-Guest Stars
Charles NolandplayedSteveRecurring (19th appearance)
Devika ParikhplayedBonnieRecurring (26th appearance)
Jana Lee HamblinplayedBobbiRecurring (11th appearance)
Kim WebsterplayedGingerRecurring (25th appearance)
Lewis GrenvilleplayedReporterRecurring (second appearance)
Melissa FitzgeraldplayedCarol FitzpatrickRecurring (37th appearance)
Timothy Davis-Reed (1)playedMarkRecurring (8th appearance)
Tom McCarthy (1)playedRandall ThomasRecurring (second appearance)
Andrea C. RobinsonplayedBarbara 
Felix SolisplayedHammaker 
Max ChalawskyplayedKinnis 
Nadia AxakowskyplayedReporter 
Stephanie CantuplayedReporter 
 
Main Cast
 
Martin SheenplayedPresident Jed Bartlet
John SpencerplayedLeo McGarry
Allison JanneyplayedClaudia Jean "C.J." Cregg
Bradley WhitfordplayedJosh Lyman
Janel MoloneyplayedDonna Moss
Rob Lowe (1)playedSam Seaborn
Richard SchiffplayedToby Ziegler
Stockard ChanningplayedAbbey Bartlet
Dule HillplayedCharlie Young
 
Episode Quotes
 
Carol: When a fire starts, it's not our policy to put it out?
C.J.: That's something they shouldn't say. Put that in the memo with a big red circle and a line going through it.
 
Ainsley: You need a haircut.
Sam: Shouldn't you be trying to keep me out of jail or something?
 
C.J.: I want you to get with one of your friends in the press room from a conservative paper.
Ainsley: You really think we have a secret handshake, don't you?
C.J.: Do you?
Ainsley: Yes.
 
Donna: You know what they do to a girl like me on the cell block? I've seen those movies.
Josh: Yeah, me too.
Donna: I bet you have.
 
Bartlet: Are we out of pens? That's a good pen, I need an everyday pen.
Charlie: I've got pens.
Bartlet: You've got crappy pens with plastic tops. I need a solid pen that feels good in my hand but it's not so formal I feel like a dandy.
Charlie: I'm making some trips to pen stores, aren't I, Mr. President?
 
Donna: Why are you a Republican?
Cliff: Because I hate poor people. I hate them, Donna. They're all so poor, and many of 'em talk funny, and don't have proper table manners. My father slaved away at the Fortune 500 company he inherited so that I could go to Choate, Brown and Harvard and see that this country isn't overrun by poor people and lesbians. No, I'm Republican because I believe in smaller government. This country was founded on the principle of freedom, and freedom stands opposed to contraints, and the bigger the government, the more the constraints.
Donna: Wow.
Cliff: You agree with that?
Donna: No, it's crap, but you're really cute.
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
During the episode it is mentioned that Bartlet has never vetoed a bill. However in "In This White House", it is mentioned on Capital Beat that Bartlet had vetoed an education package.
 
 
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