100,000 Airplanes was the 11th episode of Season 3. A State of the Union episode, it introduced Sam's ex-fiancée, Lisa Sherborne.
Summary
On the night of the State of the Union, Sam has to explain the process of writing the speech and grading reaction to it to a magazine reporter throughout the evening; C.J. arranged the coverage unaware that the reporter, Lisa Sherborne, is Sam's ex-fiancée; flashing back to the speechwriting process, we see the President dining with several of Abbey's medical colleagues, and they ponder the future of cancer research, motivating Bartlet to ask that a section be added to the State of the Union in which he calls for U.S. scientists to find a cancer cure by 2013; the staff, convinced that the congressional censure is weighing heavily on the president, tries to talk him out of this bold but risky proposal.
Plot
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Cast
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
Special Guest Stars
- Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner
- and Marlee Matlin as Joey Lucas
Guest Starring
- Traylor Howard as Lisa Sherborne
- Bill O'Brien as Kenny Thurman
- Nancy Lineham Charles as Oncologist #1
- Howard S. Miller as Ken Walker
- Nicholas Hormann as Bobby
- Brian Baker as John Tandy
- Charles Walker as Oncologist #3
Co-Starring
- Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol
- Kim Webster as Ginger
- Peter James Smith as Ed
- William Duffy as Larry
- Marcus Eley as Bartender
Uncredited
- Lionel D. Carson as Tommy
Errors
- Toby says there are 173 words in the Ten Commandments. Common English translations have it at about 310 words. Toby might be referring to the original Hebrew or an overly abbreviated version.
See Also
- Other State of the Union episodes
- He Shall, from Time to Time... (Season 1)
- Bartlet's Third State of the Union (Season 2)
- The Benign Prerogative (Season 5)
- 365 Days (Season 6)
External Links
- 100,000 Airplanes on IMDb
- Transcript on The West Wing Transcripts
- 100,000 Airplanes on "The West Wing" Unofficial Continuity Guide
References
Gettysburg Address; Ten Commandments