Abu el Banat
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| Abu el Banat | |
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| Season: | 5 |
| Episode: | 9 |
| Written By: | Debora Cahn |
| Directed By: | Lesli Linka Glatter |
| Airdate: | December 3, 2003 |
| Guest Stars: | Lily Tomlin Dylan Baker Elisabeth Moss Annabeth Gish Steven Eckholdt Nina Siemaszko |
The festive Christmas spirit at the annual White House tree-lighting is dimmed when the President learns that Christian relief workers have been jailed in Islamic northern Sudan while he welcomes his three headstrong daughters -- including the returning Zoey -- and is surprised to learn that his son-in-law wants to run for Congress in New Hampshire. Meanwhile, when the licenses of some doctors in Oregon are suspended after they administer drugs in an assisted suicide, Toby tries to keep the administration from being bogged down in a debate -- and clashes with Will when he tries to convince the Vice President to address the political hot potato.
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[edit] Summary
[edit] Cast
[edit] Starring
- Stockard Channing as Abbey Bartlet
- Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
- Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
- Joshua Malina as Will Bailey
- 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 Star
[edit] Guest Starring
- Dylan Baker as Alan Fisk
- Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet
- Annabeth Gish as Elizabeth Bartlet Westin
- Steven Eckholdt as Doug Westin
- Nina Siemaszko as Ellie Bartlet
- Ron Canada as Ted Barrow
- NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper
- Mark Moses as Rep. Donald Richter
[edit] Co-Starring
- Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick
- Michael Krepack as Gus Westin
- Jonathan Brent as Jim
- Charles Currie as Steward John
- Jerry Giles as Mover
- Bruno Gioiello as Agent Len
[edit] Trivia
CJ's secret service codename is Flamingo, Zoey's is Book Bag, Sam Seaborn's was Princeton, and the President is either Eagle or Liberty. Bartlet's grandson Gus is Tonka.
[edit] Goofs
[edit] Quotes
President Bartlet: We had a guide, a Bedouin man, who called me 'Abu el Banat'. And whenever we'd meet another Bedouin, he'd introduce me as Abu el Banat. And the Bedouin would laugh and laugh and offer me a cup of tea. And I'd go to pay them for the tea and they wouldn't let me. 'Abu el Banat' means 'Father of daughters' They thought the tea was the least they could do.
[edit] References
"The West Wing" Abu el Banat (2003)
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