The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
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Martin Sheen
Josiah Bartlet
Allison Janney
C.J. Cregg
John Spencer
Leo McGarry
Bradley Whitford
Josh Lyman
Joshua Malina
Will Bailey
Alan Alda
Arnold Vinick
Jimmy Smits
Matthew Santos
Kristin Chenoweth
Annabeth Schott
Mary McCormack
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22 episodes • 1999Avg: 8.4Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Sep 22, 1999 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc | Sep 29, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 3 | A Proportional Response | Oct 6, 1999 | 8.6 |
| 4 | Five Votes Down | Oct 13, 1999 | 8.1 |
| 5 | The Crackpots and These Women | Oct 20, 1999 | 8.5 |
| 6 | Mr. Willis of Ohio | Nov 3, 1999 | 8.6 |
| 7 | The State Dinner | Nov 10, 1999 | 8.2 |
| 8 | Enemies | Nov 17, 1999 | 7.9 |
| 9 | The Short List | Nov 24, 1999 | 8.6 |
| 10 | In Excelsis Deo | Dec 15, 1999 | 9.2 |
| 11 | Lord John Marbury | Jan 5, 2000 | 8.1 |
| 12 | He Shall, from Time to Time | Jan 12, 2000 | 8.6 |
| 13 | Take out the Trash Day | Jan 26, 2000 | 8.3 |
| 14 | Take This Sabbath Day | Feb 9, 2000 | 8.8 |
| 15 | Celestial Navigation | Feb 16, 2000 | 8.9 |
| 16 | 20 Hours in L. A. | Feb 23, 2000 | 7.8 |
| 17 | The White House Pro-Am | Mar 22, 2000 | 7.7 |
| 18 | Six Meetings Before Lunch | Apr 5, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 19 | Let Bartlet Be Bartlet | Apr 26, 2000 | 8.9 |
| 20 | Mandatory Minimums | May 3, 2000 | 8.1 |
| 21 | Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics | May 10, 2000 | 8.5 |
| 22 | What Kind of Day Has It Been | May 17, 2000 | 9.2 |
22 episodes • 2000Avg: 8.5Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (1) | Oct 4, 2000 | 9.4 |
| 2 | In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (2) | Oct 4, 2000 | 9.3 |
| 3 | The Midterms | Oct 18, 2000 | 8.3 |
| 4 | In this White House | Oct 25, 2000 | 8.7 |
| 5 | And It's Surely to Their Credit | Nov 1, 2000 | 8.4 |
| 6 | The Lame Duck Congress | Nov 8, 2000 | 7.6 |
| 7 | The Portland Trip | Nov 15, 2000 | 7.7 |
| 8 | Shibboleth | Nov 22, 2000 | 8.4 |
| 9 | Galileo | Nov 29, 2000 | 8.2 |
| 10 | Noël | Dec 20, 2000 | 9.4 |
| 11 | The Leadership Breakfast | Jan 10, 2001 | 7.9 |
| 12 | The Drop-In | Jan 24, 2001 | 7.7 |
| 13 | Bartlet's Third State of the Union | Feb 7, 2001 | 8.2 |
| 14 | The War at Home | Feb 14, 2001 | 8.4 |
| 15 | Ellie | Feb 21, 2001 | 8.1 |
| 16 | Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail | Feb 28, 2001 | 8.6 |
| 17 | The Stackhouse Filibuster | Mar 14, 2001 | 8.8 |
| 18 | 17 People | Apr 4, 2001 | 9.0 |
| 19 | Bad Moon Rising | Apr 25, 2001 | 8.7 |
| 20 | The Fall's Gonna Kill You | May 2, 2001 | 8.4 |
| 21 | 18th and Potomac | May 9, 2001 | 9.0 |
| 22 | Two Cathedrals | May 16, 2001 | 9.7 |
21 episodes • 2001Avg: 8.2
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester (1) | Oct 10, 2001 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Manchester (2) | Oct 17, 2001 | 8.1 |
| 3 | Ways and Means | Oct 24, 2001 | 8.1 |
| 4 | On the Day Before | Oct 31, 2001 | 7.8 |
| 5 | War Crimes | Nov 7, 2001 | 7.9 |
| 6 | Gone Quiet | Nov 14, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 7 | The Indians in the Lobby | Nov 21, 2001 | 7.9 |
| 8 | The Women of Qumar | Nov 28, 2001 | 8.1 |
| 9 | Bartlet for America | Dec 12, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 10 | H. Con-172 | Jan 9, 2002 | 9.1 |
| 11 | 100,000 Airplanes | Jan 16, 2002 | 8.1 |
| 12 | The Two Bartlets | Jan 30, 2002 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Night Five | Feb 6, 2002 | 7.8 |
| 14 | Hartsfield's Landing | Feb 27, 2002 | 8.2 |
| 15 | Dead Irish Writers | Mar 6, 2002 | 8.5 |
| 16 | The U.S. Poet Laureate | Mar 27, 2002 | 8.2 |
| 17 | Stirred | Apr 3, 2002 | 8.0 |
| 18 | Enemies Foreign and Domestic | May 1, 2002 | 8.3 |
| 19 | The Black Vera Wang | May 8, 2002 | 8.4 |
| 20 | We Killed Yamamoto | May 15, 2002 | 8.2 |
| 21 | Posse Comitatus | May 22, 2002 | 8.3 |
23 episodes • 2002Avg: 8.2
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Hours in America (1) | Sep 25, 2002 | 8.6 |
| 2 | 20 Hours in America (2) | Sep 25, 2002 | 8.8 |
| 3 | College Kids | Oct 2, 2002 | 7.9 |
| 4 | The Red Mass | Oct 9, 2002 | 7.7 |
| 5 | Debate Camp | Oct 16, 2002 | 8.1 |
| 6 | Game On | Oct 30, 2002 | 8.9 |
| 7 | Election Night | Nov 6, 2002 | 8.6 |
| 8 | Process Stories | Nov 13, 2002 | 7.9 |
| 9 | Swiss Diplomacy | Nov 20, 2002 | 7.6 |
| 10 | Arctic Radar | Nov 27, 2002 | 7.8 |
| 11 | Holy Night | Dec 11, 2002 | 8.2 |
| 12 | Guns Not Butter | Jan 8, 2003 | 7.7 |
| 13 | The Long Goodbye | Jan 15, 2003 | 7.7 |
| 14 | Inauguration (1) | Feb 5, 2003 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Inauguration: Over There (2) | Feb 12, 2003 | 8.3 |
| 16 | The California 47th | Feb 19, 2003 | 7.9 |
| 17 | Red Haven's on Fire | Feb 26, 2003 | 7.8 |
| 18 | Privateers | Mar 26, 2003 | 7.5 |
| 19 | Angel Maintenance | Apr 2, 2003 | 7.7 |
| 20 | Evidence of Things Not Seen | Apr 23, 2003 | 8.2 |
| 21 | Life on Mars | Apr 30, 2003 | 8.7 |
| 22 | Commencement | May 7, 2003 | 9.0 |
| 23 | Twenty Five | May 14, 2003 | 9.3 |
22 episodes • 2003Avg: 7.9
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7A WF 83429 | Sep 24, 2003 | 8.6 |
| 2 | The Dogs of War | Oct 1, 2003 | 8.1 |
| 3 | Jefferson Lives | Oct 8, 2003 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Han | Oct 22, 2003 | 7.7 |
| 5 | Constituency of One | Oct 29, 2003 | 7.5 |
| 6 | Disaster Relief | Nov 5, 2003 | 7.6 |
| 7 | Separation of Powers | Nov 12, 2003 | 7.9 |
| 8 | Shutdown | Nov 19, 2003 | 8.6 |
| 9 | Abu el Banat | Dec 3, 2003 | 7.6 |
| 10 | The Stormy Present | Jan 7, 2004 | 7.5 |
| 11 | The Benign Prerogative | Jan 14, 2004 | 7.5 |
| 12 | Slow News Day | Feb 4, 2004 | 7.9 |
| 13 | The Warfare of Genghis Khan | Feb 11, 2004 | 7.7 |
| 14 | An Khe | Feb 18, 2004 | 7.6 |
| 15 | Full Disclosure | Feb 25, 2004 | 7.8 |
| 16 | Eppur Si Muove | Mar 3, 2004 | 7.6 |
| 17 | The Supremes | Mar 24, 2004 | 9.2 |
| 18 | Access | Mar 31, 2004 | 7.1 |
| 19 | Talking Points | Apr 21, 2004 | 7.5 |
| 20 | No Exit | Apr 28, 2004 | 7.9 |
| 21 | Gaza | May 12, 2004 | 8.5 |
| 22 | Memorial Day | May 19, 2004 | 8.2 |
22 episodes • 2004Avg: 8.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NSF Thurmont | Oct 20, 2004 | 8.0 |
| 2 | The Birnam Wood | Oct 27, 2004 | 8.3 |
| 3 | Third-Day Story | Nov 3, 2004 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Liftoff | Nov 10, 2004 | 8.3 |
| 5 | The Hubbert Peak | Nov 17, 2004 | 7.6 |
| 6 | The Dover Test | Nov 24, 2004 | 7.5 |
| 7 | A Change Is Gonna Come | Dec 1, 2004 | 7.7 |
| 8 | In the Room | Dec 8, 2004 | 8.3 |
| 9 | Impact Winter | Dec 15, 2004 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Faith Based Initiative | Jan 5, 2005 | 7.9 |
| 11 | Opposition Research | Jan 12, 2005 | 7.8 |
| 12 | 365 Days | Jan 19, 2005 | 7.6 |
| 13 | King Corn | Jan 26, 2005 | 7.9 |
| 14 | The Wake Up Call | Feb 9, 2005 | 7.6 |
| 15 | Freedonia | Feb 16, 2005 | 8.1 |
| 16 | Drought Conditions | Feb 23, 2005 | 8.0 |
| 17 | A Good Day | Mar 2, 2005 | 8.4 |
| 18 | La Palabra | Mar 9, 2005 | 8.2 |
| 19 | Ninety Miles Away | Mar 16, 2005 | 7.1 |
| 20 | In God We Trust | Mar 23, 2005 | 8.2 |
| 21 | Things Fall Apart | Mar 30, 2005 | 8.0 |
| 22 | 2162 Votes | Apr 6, 2005 | 8.9 |
22 episodes • 2005Avg: 8.3
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ticket | Sep 25, 2005 | 7.9 |
| 2 | The Mommy Problem | Oct 2, 2005 | 7.8 |
| 3 | Message of the Week | Oct 9, 2005 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Mr. Frost | Oct 16, 2005 | 7.9 |
| 5 | Here Today | Oct 23, 2005 | 8.5 |
| 6 | The Al Smith Dinner | Oct 30, 2005 | 7.9 |
| 7 | The Debate | Nov 6, 2005 | 8.8 |
| 8 | Undecideds | Nov 13, 2005 | 8.0 |
| 9 | The Wedding | Dec 11, 2005 | 7.7 |
| 10 | Running Mates | Jan 8, 2006 | 8.2 |
| 11 | Internal Displacement | Jan 15, 2006 | 7.9 |
| 12 | Duck and Cover | Jan 22, 2006 | 8.4 |
| 13 | The Cold | Mar 12, 2006 | 8.2 |
| 14 | Two Weeks Out | Mar 19, 2006 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Welcome to Wherever You Are | Mar 26, 2006 | 7.7 |
| 16 | Election Day (1) | Apr 2, 2006 | 8.6 |
| 17 | Election Day (2) | Apr 9, 2006 | 9.1 |
| 18 | Requiem | Apr 16, 2006 | 8.8 |
| 19 | Transition | Apr 23, 2006 | 8.5 |
| 20 | The Last Hurrah | Apr 30, 2006 | 8.3 |
| 21 | Institutional Memory | May 7, 2006 | 8.6 |
| 22 | Tomorrow | May 14, 2006 | 9.1 |
