In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (Part II)

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In the two-hour season premiere of the record Emmy Award-winning drama, all the President's men and women scramble in the chaotic wake of an assassination attempt that leaves some victims fighting for their lives. Meanwhile, as a manhunt continues, the wounded drift in and out of surgery recalling how Bartlet's team came together during the dark months of his longshot primary campaign. Elsewhere, the press department is hounded by the media for details of the shooting while a military crisis looms in Iraq.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Cast 2.1 Starring 2.2 Special Guest Stars 2.3 Guest Starring 2.4 Co-Starring 3 Trivia 4 Goofs 5 Quotes 6 References

[edit] Summary

[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 Stars

• Stockard Channing as Abbey Bartlet
• Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon

[edit] Guest Starring

• Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet
• Michael O'Neill as Ron Butterfield
• NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper
• Grace Zabriskie as Isobel
• and Allen Garfield as Roger Becker

• Peter White as Jack Gage
• Ernie Lively as Mr. Loch
• Jody Wood as Mr. Cameron

[edit] Co-Starring

• Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick
• Devika Parikh as Bonnie
• Sean Moran as Dr. Holbrook
• Garret Wright as Carl Leroy
• Penny Griego as D.C. Anchor
• Richard Saxton as Alan
• Warner Saunders as Chicago Anchor
• Kris Murphy as Katie Witt
• Randolph Brooks as Arthur Leeds
• Charles Noland as Reporter Steve
• Laurie Hendler as Ellen
• Harris Mann as Rick
• Andy Brewster as Isobel's Assistant
• Chad McKnight as Aide #5
• Larry Carroll as TV Announcer

[edit] Trivia

When Josh and Bartlett are sitting in the airport at the end talking, over the loudspeaker you can hear Martin Sheen calling Josh's plane.

The saying "Its's the Economy Stupid" which was used by Bill Clinton when running for President in 1992, can be seen on the whiteboard during the scenes in the New Hampshire Campaign Office.

[edit] Goofs

In the next to last scene where Bartlett is shaking hands as he walks down the terminal concourse, the camera crane is reflected in the chrome panels of the wall in the top of the shot.[1]

This epsiode calls Bartlet "Former" New Hampshire Governor, although his was still Governor in October 1997. Also in "Memorial Day" he is Governor which shows him in the Governors office in New Hampshire days after the 1998 election.

While Josh and the Governor are speaking Josh says, "If you don't lose this election, it isn't going to be because we didn't try hard enough" to convince Bartlet to give his speech accepting the democratic nomination.

[edit] Quotes

President Josiah Bartlet: What was that, Josh? I couldn't hear.

Bartlet leans close to Josh's mouth and listens to him whisper. Then Bartlet straightens and strokes Josh's head.

President Josiah Bartlet: He said, "What's next?"

President Josiah Bartlet: Tonight, what began on the commons in Concord, Massachusetts, as an alliance of farmers and workers- of cobblers and tinsmiths, of statesmen and students, of mothers and wives, of men and boys-lives two centuries later as America. My name is Josiah Bartlet, and I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.

[edit] References

"The West Wing" In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part 2 (2000)

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