The West Wing

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Inside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.
  • 45min
  • Seasons: 7
  • Episodes: 155
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The West Wing

season 2

serie United States 1999 - 2006

Episode rating

Season 2
9.4
E1
9.3
E2
8.3
E3
8.7
E4
8.4
E5
7.6
E6
7.8
E7
8.4
E8
8.2
E9
9.4
E10
7.9
E11
7.7
E12
8.2
E13
8.3
E14
8.1
E15
8.6
E16
8.8
E17
9.0
E18
8.7
E19
8.4
E20
9.0
E21
9.7
E22

Cast of season 2

In order of relevance in the season

Episodes of season 222

  • 9.4
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    In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I
    episode S2.E1 october 2000
    The President is rushed to hospital following a shooting; staffers field questions on protection measures and executive authority. Flashbacks show how key staff members joined the Bartlet campaign.
  • 9.3
    /10

    In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part II
    episode S2.E2 october 2000
    A suspect in the presidential shooting is caught; staffers anxiously await news on Bartlet and Josh's injuries; flashbacks show how C.J. and Donna joined Bartlet's campaign.
  • 8.3
    /10

    The Midterms
    episode S2.E3 october 2000
    With the midterm elections coming up, Toby looks for a way to stop hate groups; Charlie and Zoey decide whether to continue their relationship; President Bartlet discovers the egg cream and is concerned about an ultra-right-wing candidate running for school board in his old district in New Hampshire; and Sam is asked to put White House help behind an old friend running for Congress. This episode includes the President's confrontation with a right-wing radio talk show host using a famous list of modern applications of Biblical laws. Oh, yes, and psychics at Cal Tech and the Fermi National Accelerator Lab ...
  • 8.7
    /10

    In This White House
    episode S2.E4 october 2000
    After a Republican commentator trounces Sam on television, President Bartlett decides to hire her over the objections of the staff. Josh and Toby mediate a conference between U.S. drug companies and an African President whose country is dying of AIDS.
  • 8.4
    /10

    And It's Surely to Their Credit
    episode S2.E5 november 2000
    Sam helps Josh battle his health insurance company; Ainsley Hayes encounters her firebrand boss and hostile colleagues; Abby gives the President some good news about his health; C.J. discovers a retiring General intends to publicly criticize the president.
  • 7.6
    /10

    The Lame Duck Congress
    episode S2.E6 november 2000
    The administration considers recalling Congress to pass a nuclear test ban treaty; a Ukranian politician arrives unannounced at the White House; Sam reluctantly asks Ainsley to summarize a position paper; C.J.'s personal and professional relationship with Danny becomes more complex.
  • 7.8
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    The Portland Trip
    episode S2.E7 november 2000
    C.J. joins the President on a flight to Portland after a wisecrack about Notre Dame; Josh seeks to defeat an anti-gay marriage bill; Sam wants to rewrite an education speech; an oil tanker appears to be violating UN sanctions; Josh teases Donna over her dating record.
  • 8.4
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    Shibboleth
    episode S2.E8 november 2000
    Dozens of Chinese stowaways are discovered in a container ship in California; Toby looks to pick a fight over school prayer with a recess appointment; Thanksgiving at the White House sees C.J. in charge of turkeys and Charlie looking for the ultimate carving knife.
  • 8.2
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    Galileo
    episode S2.E9 november 2000
    The President and NASA plan a TV event for a probe's landing on Mars; satellite photographs show a suspicious-looking fire in Russia; Leo asks Toby and Josh to decide on the next postage stamp; Sam and C.J. have personal reasons for not wanting to accompany the President to a concert.
  • 9.4
    /10

    Noël
    episode S2.E10 december 2000
    Josh speaks to a psychiatrist about the events of the last three weeks: Toby hired musicians for the foyer, an Air Force pilot disobeyed orders, Yo-Yo Ma performed at the White House, and Josh managed to cut his hand quite badly.
  • 7.9
    /10

    The Leadership Breakfast
    episode S2.E11 january 2001
    Toby wants to use a bipartisan breakfast to discuss real issues instead of making it a staged event; Sam floats the idea of moving the press room across the street; Leo wants Josh to apologize to a columnist on his behalf; Leo and Toby realize they need to start thinking about reelection.
  • 7.7
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    The Drop In
    episode S2.E12 january 2001
    Sam meticulously prepares a speech for the President to give to the environmental lobby, but Toby wants to sneak in some criticism of their failure to condemn environmental terrorism. Leo tries to convince the President to support his pet project - a missile defense shield - despite its continued failure to produce results, and the fact that it likely contravenes an anti-ballistic missile treaty. Several countries including Great Britain have sent new ambassadors to Washington to be recognized by the White House. C.J. travels to New York on a delicate mission to ask for a political favor from a comedian.
  • 8.2
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    Bartlet's Third State of the Union
    episode S2.E13 february 2001
    While a live TV show is broadcast from the West Wing following the State of the Union, the staff must covertly deal with a hostage situation in Colombia. CJ learns that a special guest at the state of the union has a black mark on his record that could taint the administration. Ainsley Hayes is afraid to meet the President in person.
  • 8.3
    /10

    The War at Home
    episode S2.E14 february 2001
    President Bartlet is fighting a war on two fronts as he tries to rescue hostages in Colombia and deal with explaining to his wife why he's breaking his word to her by running for a 2nd term.
  • 8.1
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    Ellie
    episode S2.E15 february 2001
    Comments made by Surgeon General Dr. Millicent Griffith concerning the medical effects of marijuana appear to reverse the President's stance on legalizing the drug.
  • 8.6
    /10

    Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail
    episode S2.E16 february 2001
    On this year's "Big Block of Cheese Day", a college friend of Donna's asks Sam to help her get her late grandfather, accused of being a Communist spy inside the U.S. government, a presidential pardon; dealing with the recent revelation that his father had been having an affair for the past 27 years, Sam faces off with an F.B.I. agent, and later with Nancy McNally, over the pardon. Elsewhere, a group of cartographers completely re-educates C.J. on her perception of the globe, and one-time protester Toby, with the help of a straight-talking female security guard, speaks for the w.h. at a rally to protest against U.S. participation in the WTO and various free trade agreements.
  • 8.8
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    The Stackhouse Filibuster
    episode S2.E17 march 2001
    Josh finalizes a $6B health care plan that has strong support from both parties in both houses and appears to be a slam dunk for passage, but 78-year-old Senator Howard Stackhouse pulls a last-minute surprise--he wants money added for autism research or he'll filibuster. Thinking it's just a bluff, Josh blows off the senator, who then filibusters for more than eight hours while the WW staff waits desperately to begin their weekend with the episode unfolding as staffers write e-mails to their family members describing the evening's action. Elsewhere, Sam tries to eliminate various costly government documents, for which he's taken to task by a very young intern.
  • 9
    /10

    17 People
    episode S2.E18 april 2001
    Following the Vice-President's remarks to him, Toby realizes the truth behind the President's illness: multiple sclerosis. Toby, Leo, and Bartlet discuss the possible political implications of this if it goes public including possible jail time for the 17 people who now know about the illness. Meanwhile Sam, Josh, Donna and the rest of the staff, unaware of the illness, struggle with a speech the President is to give at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
  • 8.7
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    Bad Moon Rising
    episode S2.E19 april 2001
    President Bartlett talks to the White House Counsel about the concealment of his MS. An enraged Toby has CJ grill the West Wing staff to find a leaker. Josh and Donna spar over a financial bailout of Mexico.
  • 8.4
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    The Fall's Gonna Kill You
    episode S2.E20 may 2001
    White House Counsel Oliver Babbish interviews CJ once she learns of the President's condition. The First Lady learns she may be legally vulnerable. Donna frets over news of a falling satellite.
  • 9
    /10

    18th and Potomac
    episode S2.E21 may 2001
    With hypothetical polling numbers showing them it will be political suicide, staffers prepare to announce the President's condition. As they do, a military crisis flares up in Haiti and Josh faces off against two senators who are against the Government's tobacco industry suit. But as badly as the day seems to be going, a tragedy will come from a car wreck at 18th and Potomac that will affect everything.
  • 9.7
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    Two Cathedrals
    episode S2.E22 may 2001
    As the Haitian army continues their seizure of the American embassy there, Bartlet and the staff prepare for the announcement that Bartlet has M.S. and the President must decide whether or he will seek re-election. As the funeral for Mrs. Landingham takes place and the announcement draws nearer, Bartlet thinks back to his past in search of the answer to the question everyone is asking: Will he seek re-election?