20 Hours in America (Part II)
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| 20 Hours in America (Part II) | |
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| Season: | 4 |
| Episode: | 2 |
| Written By: | Aaron Sorkin |
| Directed By: | Christopher Misiano |
| Airdate: | September 25, 2002 |
| Guest Stars: | Ron Silver John Amos Lily Tomlin Anna Deavere Smith Allison Smith |
A study of 20 hours in America, while Toby, Josh and Donna try to get home from Indiana.[1]
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[edit] Summary
[edit] Cast
[edit] Starring
- Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn
- Stockard Channing as Abbey Bartlet
- Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
- Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
- Janel Moloney as Donna Moss
- Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler
- John Spencer as Leo McGarry
- Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman
- and Martin Sheen as President Jed Bartlet
[edit] Special Guest Stars
- Ron Silver as Bruno Gianelli
- with John Amos as Percy Fitzwallace
- and Lily Tomlin as Deborah Fiderer
[edit] Guest Starring
- Anna Deavere Smith as Nancy McNally
- Allison Smith as Mallory O'Brien
- NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper
- Renée Estevez as Nancy
- Victor McCay as Peter
- John Gallagher Jr. as Tyler
- John P. Connolly as Matt Kelley
- Don Perry as Muriel Keith
- Allan Wasserman as Donald McKittridge
- Andrew McFarlane as Anthony Marcus
[edit] Co-Starring
- Kim Webster as Ginger
- William Duffy as Larry
- Kris Murphy as Katie Witt
- Timothy Davis-Reed as Mark O'Donnell
- Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick
- David Early as Bartender
- Aaron Marcus as Deskman
- Jeff Gage as Train Conductor
- Susan Allenbach as Driver
- Robert Noble as Butler
- John Fletcher as Photographer
- Thomas Crawford as Bill Lacey
- Randolph Brooks as Arthur Leeds
- Albert Owens as Senator Fred Shuler
- Mary-Pat Green as Senator Choate
[edit] Trivia
Kennison State University is fictional. It is possible that it is meant to stand in for the University of Iowa, which is a Big Ten school and is also known as the Hawkeyes. Kennison State University is said to be in Cedar Rapids, while the Univeristy of Iowa is located in Iowa City, IA, placing it in the Central time zone. Cedar Rapids, IA and Iowa City are about thirty miles from one another. [2]
Bartlet’s line — “The streets of Heaven are too crowded with angels” — was lifted from Tom Hanks’ eloquent acceptance speech when he won the Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia. [3]
[edit] Goofs
The Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper ceased to exist in April, 1995 when it merged with the Milwaukee Journal. The resultiing newspaper, and the only daily paper in the city of Milwaukee, is known as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. [4]
[edit] Quotes
- Toby Ziegler: If our job teaches us anything, it's that we don't know what the next President's going to face. If we choose someone to inspire us then we'll be able to face what comes our way. Instead of telling people who's the most qualified. Instead of telling people who's got the better ideas. Let's make it obvious. It's going to be hard.
- President Bartlet: Hey, do we have a GPS-read on Josh and Toby? Have they been sighted?
- Sam Seaborn: I talked to them a little while ago, they're on their way.
- President Bartlet: 300 IQ points between them, they can't find their way home. I swear to God, If Donna wasn't there they'd have to buy a house.
- Sam Seaborn: Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.
- President Bartlet: Three swimmers from the men's team were killed, and two others are in critical condition, when, after having heard the explosion from their practice facility, they ran into the fire to help get people out. Ran into the fire. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight. They're our students and our teachers and our parents and our friends. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels, but every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless. This is a time for American heroes. We will do what is hard. We will achieve what is great. This is a time for American heroes and we reach for the stars.
- Bruno Gianelli: When did you write that last part?
- Sam Seaborn: In the car.
- Bruno Gianelli: Freak.
- Admiral Fitzwallace: Well, I'm with Dr. Strangelove on keeping our military secrets secret.
- Nancy McNally: Leo. Yeoman Fitzwallace.
- Admiral Fitzwallace: Dr. McNally.
- Nancy McNally: Let's attack.
- Admiral Fitzwallace: Who?
- Nancy McNally: Qumar. Let's recommend to the President that we attack.
- Leo McGarry: Why?
- Nancy McNally: 'Cause I've had it.
- Admiral Fitzwallace: I don't think the UN is going to let us do it for that reason.
- Nancy McNally: That's 'cause you're a sissy. You want peace in the Middle East? Give me a pair of third generation ICBM's and a compass. You get B-2 Spirit stealth bombers over Qumar right now as if the Qumari Air defense sytem requires stealth capability. Just fly in at night, and while you're at it, could you order the USS Louisians to fire off a D-5 Trident just to see if it works? What's the worst that could happen?
- Admiral Fitzwallace: Is she talking to me?
- Nancy McNally:: Yes!
- Admiral Fitzwallace: Well, 98% of all living organisms within a seven mile radius would die instantly in a torrent of fire.
- Nancy McNally: Admiral Sissymary... We're running out of options on the menu.
[edit] References
"The West Wing" 20 Hours in America: Part 2 (2002)
The West Wing Episode Guide
tv.com 20 Hours in America (2)
Mumblings of a Platonist
Fourth Season Media Questions
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