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He Shall, from Time to Time...

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He Shall, from Time to Time
Season: 1
Episode: 12
Written By: Aaron Sorkin
Directed By: Arlene Sanford
Airdate: January 5, 2000
Guest Stars: Stockard Channing
John Amos
Roger Rees
Allison Smith
Timothy Busfield
Janel Moloney
Harry Groener

The White House staff is in full crisis mode when President Bartlet is found unconscious as he prepares for the State of the Union speech while the India-Pakistan border skirmish flares again when a fearful Pakistan gives its field commanders control of its nuclear arsenal. While the President's condition is officially blamed on the flu, the First Lady knows better, and Toby is too busy to notice as he polishes his boss' upcoming address. Equally distracting is the inevitable disclosure of Leo's former substance-abuse problem by political rivals, as well as the reappearance of the amusing Lord John Marbury -- a besotted ladies' man who doubles as a key adviser on the India-Pakistan conflict. Despite the crises, C.J. and Mallory express their romantic feelings about two very different men.

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[edit] Special Guest Stars

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[edit] Trivia

The soap opera that Bartlet watches while laid up in bed with the flu is NBC's "Passions" (1999). [1]

Secretary of Agriculture Roger Tribbey appears again in the Season four finale episode Twenty-Five, when the Cabinet is deciding whether or not President Bartlet should be removed from office following Zoey Bartlet's kidnapping

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Leo McGarry refers to the G-7, but the summit hasn't been called that since 1997, when the EU joined to make it G-8.

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President Josiah Bartlet:Normal life expectency. Recover fully after an attack. Fever and stress are two things tend to bring on an attack.
Leo McGarry : Well, you're President of the United States. You're delivering a State of the Union address tomorrow night. India and Pakistan are pointing nuclear weapons at each other. And you have a 102° fever. So, I guess we're out of the woods. Jed, all the things you could have kept from me.


President Josiah Bartlet: Roger, If anything happens, you know what to do, right?
Secretary of Agriculture Roger Tribbey: I honestly hadn't thought about it, sir.
President Josiah Bartlet: First thing always is national security. Get your commanders together. Appoint Joint Chiefs, appoint a chairman. Take us to defcon 4. Have the governors send emergency delegates to Washington. The assistant Attorney General is going to be the Acting A.G. You got a best friend?
Secretary of Agriculture Roger Tribbey: Yes, sir.
President Josiah Bartlet: Is he smarter than you?
Secretary of Agriculture Roger Tribbey: Yes, sir.
President Josiah Bartlet: Would you trust him with your life?
Secretary of Agriculture Roger Tribbey: Yes, sir.
President Josiah Bartlet: That's your chief of staff.


President Josiah Bartlet:We meant "stronger" here, right?
Sam Seaborn: What's it say?
President Josiah Bartlet:I'm proud to report our country is stranger than it was a year ago?
Sam Seaborn: Could go either way.


President Josiah Bartlet: I was watching a television program with a sort of roving moderator who spoke to a seated panel of young women who are having problems with their boyfriends. Apparently the boyfriends have all slept with their girlfriends mothers. Then they brought all the boyfriends out and they fought right there on television. Toby, tell me these people don't vote, do they?

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"The West Wing" He Shall, from Time to Time... (2000)

Season 1
Pilot Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc Proportional Response Five Votes Down
The Crackpots and These Women Mr. Willis of Ohio The State Dinner Enemies
The Short List In Excelsis Deo Lord John Marbury He Shall, from Time to Time...
Take Out the Trash Day Take This Sabbath Day Celestial Navigation 20 Hours in L.A.
The White House Pro-Am Six Meetings Before Lunch Let Bartlet Be Bartlet Mandatory Minimums
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics What Kind of Day Has It Been?

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