Ellie
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| Season: | 2 |
| Episode: | 15 |
| Story By: | Kevin Falls & Laura Glasser |
| Teleplay By: | Aaron Sorkin |
| Directed By: | Michael Engler |
| Airdate: | February 21, 2001 |
| Guest Stars: | Mary Kay Place Kathleen York Nina Siemaszko Robert Knepper Kathryn NiCole Robinson Paul Eiding John Capodice Renee Estevez Ned Schmidtke |
As the President (Martin Sheen) wings back from a Tokyo trade summit, a firestorm of controversy awaits him when Surgeon General Milly Griffith (Mary Kay Place) hints that marijuana should be decriminalized -- but Bartlet is even more incensed over his meek middle daughter Ellie's (Nina Siemaszko) public assurances that her father would never fire Griffith. When he confronts Ellie, the President gets a sobering reality check about their relationship. Eventually, he does not fire Griffith, acknowledging that there are worse reasons to do something than because a daughter asks you to.
Elsewhere: Toby (Richard Schiff) floats an idea of putting a controversial Senator on a special commission to study social security reform and encounters resistance to the notion of raising the retirement age; Sam (Rob Lowe) tries to head off the misleading story that the White House refused to screen an incendiary new film promoted by a savvy movie producer.
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[edit] Cast
[edit] Starring
- Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn
- 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 Jed Bartlet
[edit] Special Guest Star
[edit] Guest Starring
- Kathleen York as Rep. Andy Wyatt
- Nina Siemaszko as Ellie Bartlet
- Robert Knepper as Morgan Ross
- Kathryn Joosten as Mrs. Landingham
- NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper
- Paul Eiding as Labor Leader
- John Capodice as Lenny
- Renee Estevez as Nancy
- Ned Schmidtke as Industry Leader #1
[edit] Co-Starring
- Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick
- Kim Webster as Ginger
- Kris Murphy as Katie Witt
- Timothy Davis-Reed as Reporter Mark
- Mindy Seeger as Chris
- Greg Baker as Interviewer
- William Duffy as Larry
- Peter James Smith as Ed
- Greg Wrangler as Secret Service Agent
- James Kiriyama-Lem as Industry Leader #2
[edit] Quotes
- Ellie Bartlet: I didn't do it to make you unhappy, Dad.
- President Bartlet: Well, you sure didn't do it to make me happy.
- Ellie Bartlet: I don't know how to make you happy, Dad! For that you gotta talk to Zoey or Liz.
- [Later, Bartlet tries to reconcile:]
- President Bartlet: The only thing you ever had to do to make me happy was come home at the end of the day.
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| The War at Home | 
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