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Episode 1
In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (1)
October 4, 2000, 41 min
"In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" is the two-part second season premiere of the American political drama television series The West Wing. Both parts were written by Aaron Sorkin and…
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Episode 2
In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (2)
October 4, 2000, 40 min
With the accomplice in custody, it's revealed that the intended target was Charlie, not Bartlet. The staff still awaits news about Josh, and recalls how C.J. and Donna came to…
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Episode 3
The Midterms
October 18, 2000, 41 min
While Josh recovers from bullet wounds there's a noticeable tension among some of the White House Staff. Toby is gung-ho to go after extremist groups in light of the attack.…
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Episode 4
In this White House
October 25, 2000, 41 min
To investigate the cost and availability of AIDS medication needed in Africa, the White House plays host to representatives of American pharmaceutical companies and the president of an African nation;…
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Episode 5
And It’s Surely to Their Credit
November 1, 2000, 41 min
Leo tries to make Ainsley's arrival as painless as possible, despite resistance from her new boss and several other White House staffers; Donna helps with the President's weekly radio address;…
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Episode 6
The Lame Duck Congress
November 8, 2000, 40 min
The president considers recalling the Senate to push ratification of a nuclear-test-ban treaty. Meanwhile, Donna lobbies new legislation introducing ergonomic standards in the White House; A Ukrainian politician shows up…
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Episode 7
The Portland Trip
November 15, 2000, 40 min
After ridiculing Notre Dame, C.J. is forced to accompany the President on a trip to Oregon; Toby and Sam struggle to write Jed's education speech for the following day; back…
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Episode 8
Shibboleth
November 22, 2000, 40 min
Toby encourages the President to appoint Leo's controversial sister to a national education post, against Leo's objections; Bartlet must decide what the do with 83 Chinese citizens who stowed away…
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Episode 9
Galileo
November 29, 2000, 40 min
On the eve of Jed's participation in a national television conference with thousands of school children as the Galileo probe arrives at Mars, NASA loses the communication link; Leo contends…
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Episode 10
Noël
December 20, 2000, 41 min
Josh investigates the suicide of a pilot with whom he has things in common; Donna tries to get an invitation to the Congressional Christmas party to hear Yo-Yo Ma perform;…
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Episode 11
The Leadership Breakfast
January 10, 2001, 41 min
To get real issues to be discussed at a bi-partisan breakfast, Toby makes a deal with a former acquaintance who is the majority leader's new Chief of Staff to strike…
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Episode 12
The Drop-In
January 24, 2001, 40 min
The test of a missile defense program meets 9 of 10 essential criteria. But the 10th is the sticking point: hitting the target. Sam is livid when a speech he…
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Episode 13
Bartlet’s Third State of the Union
February 7, 2001, 41 min
The President delivers his 3rd State of the Union address, what critics call "the speech of his political career" and ends up angering Abbey by what he does and doesn't…
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Episode 14
The War at Home
February 14, 2001, 41 min
Bartlet authorizes a special ops team to rescue the five DEA agents only to have them caught in an ambush; CJ arranges for the host of "Capitol Beat" to have…
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Episode 15
Ellie
February 21, 2001, 41 min
During an online chat, the Surgeon General comments favorably on the legalization of marijuana. The controversy heightens when Ellie Bartlet tells a reporter that her father would never fire the…
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Episode 16
Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail
February 28, 2001, 41 min
It's Big Block of Cheese Day again. Toby meets with World Trade Organization protesters, and CJ meets with a group of cartographers who want the standards for maps changed to…
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Episode 17
The Stackhouse Filibuster
March 14, 2001, 41 min
The staff is blindsided when an elderly senator stages a Friday night filibuster to block their Family Wellness bill; Toby is confused when VP Hoynes, a strong supporter of the…
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Episode 18
17 People
April 4, 2001, 41 min
Toby, suspicious that there's something going on with the President, finds out about Bartlet's MS and informs Leo of the legal ramifications; Josh and Donna disagree about the date of…
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Episode 19
Bad Moon Rising
April 25, 2001, 40 min
Bartlet confers with Babish on the legal ramifications of his MS cover-up; Sam has a personal interest in an oil spill off the coast of Delaware; Josh and Donna argue…
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Episode 20
The Fall’s Gonna Kill You
May 2, 2001, 41 min
Babish menacingly questions CJ and Abbey about their involvement in the MS cover-up while Josh asks Joey Lucas to create a hypothetical poll the gauge the public's reaction; Sam is…
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Episode 21
18th and Potomac
May 9, 2001, 40 min
The staff prepares for the worst as they make arrangements for the public announcement of the President's condition; Sam and Babish grill Abbey about her medical treatment of the President's…
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Episode 22
Two Cathedrals
May 16, 2001, 41 min
On the day of Mrs. Landingham's funeral, the staff deals with a Haitian presidential crisis and the law suit against the big tobacco companies, and Bartlet must decide about running…