The Birnam Wood

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Bartlet has convinced Israel and Palestine to visit Camp David for a round of peace negotiations. Leo stays back in order to give the official okay to strike the Ein Hawa terrorist training camp in Syria.

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

• Stockard Channing as Abbey Bartlet
• Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
• Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
• Joshua Malina as Will Bailey
• Mary McCormack as Kate Harper
• 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

• Armin Mueller-Stahl as Eli Zahavy
• Makram J. Khoury as Chairman Nizar Farad
• and Lily Tomlin as Deborah Fiderer

[edit] Guest Starring

• Terry O'Quinn as General Nicholas Alexander
• Steven Culp as Jeff Haffley
• NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper
• Natalija Nogulich as Shira Galit
• Marcelo Tubert as Saeb Mukarat
• Eli Danker as Doran Mazar

[edit] Co-Starring

• Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick
• Kris Murphy as Katie Witt
• Ann Ducati as Maya Zahavy
• Cameron Steele as Garner
• Wadi Sadellah as Prayer Leader

[edit] Trivia

"Birnam wood" is referenced in "Macbeth": "SCENE IV. Country near Birnam wood." [1]

Quote: "We then heard from an anonymous source who said, "the gist is this: Macbeth is told he's safe until Birnam Wood shall come to Dunsinane Castle. He assumes that means he's safe forever, because the woods don't generally move (except in Tolkein, and this is Shakespeare, right?). But when Malcolm comes to fight Macbeth, he has each of his soldiers cut a bough from a tree and carry it with him. Thus his soldiers move to Dunsinane, Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane, and Macbeth is defeated. "When Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane - when the impossible happens - and it does." [2]

Some interior scenes were shot at the Thorpewood Retreat Center, in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont, MD - the actual "Camp David." Visit the Thorpewood site here: [3]

[edit] Goofs

General Alexander says that the U.S. has bombed a terrorist training camp "in the Kingdom of Syria". Syria is not a kingdom; it is a republic. [4]

There is a terrorist attack in the Turkish town of Antalya. On the TV screen we see a Tel-Aviv ambulance treating the injured.

[edit] Quotes

Leo McGarry: I can't support this decision...
President Bartlet: We can't keep having this argument.
Leo McGarry: No sir, we can't. If my counsel is no longer of use to you, perhaps--
President Bartlet: So, if I disagree with your advice, you have to threaten me?
Leo McGarry: This is your own League of Nations and it will ruin you like it ruined Wilson.
President Bartlet: Okay. I'll need your successor in place before you leave.

[edit] References

"The West Wing" The Birnam Wood (2004)
The West Wing Episode Guide http://www.westwingepguide.com/
The West Wing Unofficial Continuity Guide
The West Wing: The Birnam Wood

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