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| + | Leo arrives very early in the West Wing and heads for his office. He makes a phone call, speaking to somone on Spanish. The white board in Leo's office reads 329 days. The President arrives in Leo's office and the President reads from a Hemingway book and then Leo tells him there is a rumor about Castro. Leo wants to go to Florida (with an idea). |
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| + | Margaret looks for Leo - Charlie tells her that he saw Leo packing up earlier. Leo arrives in Key West at the home of Ernest Hemingway and is shown inside. C.J. and Charlie come to the Oval Office to ask the President where Leo is - the President has been expecting them and tells them that Leo has gone to Florida. Back at the Hemingway House, Leo is following a gentleman through the house and then is shown into a room where Fidel Castro is waiting. |
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| + | C.J. finds Charlie who tells her there will be exterminators in the White House, then she asks him if Charlie ever saw Leo reading Heminway. Charlie says no. In the Situation Room - Kate tells C.J. there is a rumor that Castro is seriously ill. The group is working to verify the report. C.J comes to the Oval Office and tells the President about the rumors. He brings her into the Oval Office to tell her what Leo is up to and that over the past year they began secret talks with the Cubans in Canda trying to orchestrate Castro's "retirement." |
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| + | Leaving the Oval Office, C.J. finds Cliff and directs him to meet with Senator Framhagen, who is concerned the Administration may be trying to make a deal on Cuba. In the Mural Room, Charlie is meeting with one of the exterminators who believes there may be termites in the walls. |
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| + | Cilff arrives for his meeting with Senator Framhagen and the Senator begins to rant at Cliff (who doesn't know what Framhagen is going on about) about "that NSA gal" at the White House (Kate) and the trouble she caused when she was in Cuba several years ago. |
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| + | Cliff returns to the White House to report back to C.J. about Framhagen's issue. C.J. asks Margaret to find Kate - Margaret tells C.J. she is gone for the day. In the Briefing Room - Toby is getting a lot of questions about Castro and Cuba. Kate arrives at a bar and meets with a man that she knows from her earlier days at the CIA - he warns her that any efforts in Cuba are not going to work out the way they want them to. |
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| + | Kate finds C.J. and asks her why she wasn't told that Leo was in Cuba talking to Castro. Kate warns C.J. this will all blow up if they are not very careful. C.J. heads for the Portico and finds the President talking to Leo, who has returned. Leo tells them both about his trip and what he has learned. Castro may be willing to talk. The President tells the two of them to think about what a statement would say if they announce Leo's meeting. C.J. returns to her office and asks Margaret to get her Kate's personnel file. |
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== Quotes == |
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: '''President Bartlet (quoting Hemmingway):''' The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. |
: '''President Bartlet (quoting Hemmingway):''' The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. |
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| + | :'''C.J. Cregg:''' You sure the country's ready for this? |
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| + | :'''President Bartlet:''' Who knows who's gonna be sitting here next? Who knows what will happen after Castro? All I know for sure is there's a moment here. Before I'm gone and he's gone I am not gonna let it pass. |
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== Trivia / Goofs == |
== Trivia / Goofs == |
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*Fidel Castro is the only real-life current head of state to be portrayed on The West Wing. All other on-screen presidents and prime ministers have been fictional characters, while only a handful of others (Queen Elizabeth II, Yasser Arafat) have been mentioned. |
*Fidel Castro is the only real-life current head of state to be portrayed on The West Wing. All other on-screen presidents and prime ministers have been fictional characters, while only a handful of others (Queen Elizabeth II, Yasser Arafat) have been mentioned. |
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Revision as of 21:03, 6 June 2014
"Previously on the West Wing" spoken by Toby
Speculations begin to circulate around the link between the US and communist Cuba, President Bartlet is forced to decide whether to lift an out-dated embargo on US citizens visiting Cuba (or, in this case, not) and continue to hold secret talks with the debilitated dictator of Cuba, or reinstitute the 40-year-old ban, while Kate recalls her connection with Leo, from before her time in politics.
Summary
Opening - Monday Morning
Leo arrives very early in the West Wing and heads for his office. He makes a phone call, speaking to somone on Spanish. The white board in Leo's office reads 329 days. The President arrives in Leo's office and the President reads from a Hemingway book and then Leo tells him there is a rumor about Castro. Leo wants to go to Florida (with an idea).
Margaret looks for Leo - Charlie tells her that he saw Leo packing up earlier. Leo arrives in Key West at the home of Ernest Hemingway and is shown inside. C.J. and Charlie come to the Oval Office to ask the President where Leo is - the President has been expecting them and tells them that Leo has gone to Florida. Back at the Hemingway House, Leo is following a gentleman through the house and then is shown into a room where Fidel Castro is waiting.
Act I - Tuesday Morning
C.J. finds Charlie who tells her there will be exterminators in the White House, then she asks him if Charlie ever saw Leo reading Heminway. Charlie says no. In the Situation Room - Kate tells C.J. there is a rumor that Castro is seriously ill. The group is working to verify the report. C.J comes to the Oval Office and tells the President about the rumors. He brings her into the Oval Office to tell her what Leo is up to and that over the past year they began secret talks with the Cubans in Canda trying to orchestrate Castro's "retirement." Leaving the Oval Office, C.J. finds Cliff and directs him to meet with Senator Framhagen, who is concerned the Administration may be trying to make a deal on Cuba. In the Mural Room, Charlie is meeting with one of the exterminators who believes there may be termites in the walls.
Cilff arrives for his meeting with Senator Framhagen and the Senator begins to rant at Cliff (who doesn't know what Framhagen is going on about) about "that NSA gal" at the White House (Kate) and the trouble she caused when she was in Cuba several years ago.
Act II
Cliff returns to the White House to report back to C.J. about Framhagen's issue. C.J. asks Margaret to find Kate - Margaret tells C.J. she is gone for the day. In the Briefing Room - Toby is getting a lot of questions about Castro and Cuba. Kate arrives at a bar and meets with a man that she knows from her earlier days at the CIA - he warns her that any efforts in Cuba are not going to work out the way they want them to.
Wednesday Morning
Kate finds C.J. and asks her why she wasn't told that Leo was in Cuba talking to Castro. Kate warns C.J. this will all blow up if they are not very careful. C.J. heads for the Portico and finds the President talking to Leo, who has returned. Leo tells them both about his trip and what he has learned. Castro may be willing to talk. The President tells the two of them to think about what a statement would say if they announce Leo's meeting. C.J. returns to her office and asks Margaret to get her Kate's personnel file.
Act III
Act IV
Quotes
- President Bartlet (quoting Hemmingway): The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially.
- C.J. Cregg: You sure the country's ready for this?
- President Bartlet: Who knows who's gonna be sitting here next? Who knows what will happen after Castro? All I know for sure is there's a moment here. Before I'm gone and he's gone I am not gonna let it pass.
Trivia / Goofs
- Fidel Castro is the only real-life current head of state to be portrayed on The West Wing. All other on-screen presidents and prime ministers have been fictional characters, while only a handful of others (Queen Elizabeth II, Yasser Arafat) have been mentioned.
- This episode reveals that Leo is apparently fluent in Spanish.
- The story that President Bartlet relates to CJ about President Kennedy sending Pierre Salinger out to find Cuban cigars the night before he signed the embargo against Cuban products is apparently true. More details can be found here.
- When C.J. Cregg reviews Kate Harper's C.I.A. File, the first two pages are the same. However, the pages have been redacted differently.
Cast
Starring
- Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
- Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
- Mary McCormack as Kate Harper
- Janel Moloney as Donna Moss
- Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler
- John Spencer as Leo McGarry
- Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman
- and Martin Sheen as President Jed Bartlet
Special Guest Stars
- Brian Dennehy as Senator Rafe Framhagen
- Mark Feuerstein as Cliff Calley
- and Lily Tomlin as Deborah Fiderer
Guest Starring
- NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper
- Ryan Cutrona as George Sliger
- Alex Fernandez as Andy Lazon
- Scott MacDonald as Cyrus Yolander
- P.J. Byrne as David Orbitz
- Kevin West as Randy Wysniewsky
Co-Starring
- Kris Murphy as Katie Witt
- Charles Noland as Steve
- Timothy Davis-Reed as Mark O'Donnell
- Manuel Urrego as Civil Man
- Michelle Courtney as Lisa Stanhower
References
"The West Wing" Ninety Miles Away (2005)
The West Wing Episode Guide