The Black Vera Wang
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| The Black Vera Wang | |
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| Season: | 3 |
| Episode: | 20 |
| Written By: | Aaron Sorkin |
| Directed By: | Christopher Misiano |
| Airdate: | May 8, 2002 |
| Guest Stars: | Mary-Louise Parker Sam Lloyd |
The President (Martin Sheen) and his staff scramble to head off a predicted terrorist attack over a broad area while C.J. (Allison Janney) chafes under the protective collar provided by handsome but capable Secret Service agent Simon Donovan (Mark Harmon).
Sam (Rob Lowe) receives a video tape inside an unsealed envelope with not return address. It turns out to be an opposition TV ad that is devastatingly critical of Bartlet and his hiding of his MS. Although Bruno (Ron Silver)and the others tell him to forget about it, Sam opts to take the tape to a friend on the Ritchie campaign. This friend then turns around and leaks the tape to the press, along with a description of his conversation with Sam. Sam has basically given the Ritchie campiagn free advertising of a negative ad.
Also, Toby (Richard Schiff) plays hardball with network executives over future political convention TV coverage, with the execs wanting to cut coverage of the conventions and debates down to a bare minimum.
Finally, Josh (Bradley Whitford) gives Donna (Janel Maloney)a box of cured moose meat from his recent trip to Helsinki with the President, which turns out to cause more headaches than it should.
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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 Stars
- Mark Harmon as Simon Donovan
- Ron Silver as Bruno Gianelli
- with John Amos as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace
[edit] Guest Starring
- Evan Rachel Wood as Hogan Cregg
- Patrick Breen as Kevin Kahn
- Gerry Becker as Network News Director
- Leon Russom as Network News Director
- Michael Holden as Network News Director
- Thomas Kopache as Bob Slatterly
- NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper
- Ned Schmidtke as Admiral
[edit] Co-Starring
- Kim Webster as Ginger
- Devika Parikh as Bonnie
- Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick
- [[Kate Palmer as Assistant
- [[Maggie Baird as Carney
- [[Steve Tom as General
- [[Ivy Jones as Martha
- Ralph Meyering Jr. as Civilian
- David Katz as Assistant
- William J. Jones as Secret Service Agent Jamie
- David Burtka as Bruce
- Penny Griego as TV Reporter
- Richard Saxton as TV Reporter Alan
[edit] Quotes
"It's on free media, everywhere. All day, all night, for free. You got played, Sam. And you forgot that all warfare is based on deception."- Bruno Gianelli
