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writers= [[Aaron Sorkin]] and<br>[[Paul Redford]] |
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director= [[Thomas Schlamme]]|
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|director= [[Thomas Schlamme]]
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airdate= [[November 10]], [[1999]]|
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|airdate= [[November 10]], [[1999]]
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guests= [[Stockard Channing]]<br>[[Lisa Edelstein]]<br>[[Timothy Busfield]]<br>[[Janel Moloney]]<br>[[David Rasche]]<br>[[Dennis Cockrum]]<br>[[John Kapelos]]<br>[[Peter Kors]]<br>[[Sal Landi]]<br>[[William Lucking]]<br>[[Steve Rankin]]<br>[[Jeff Williams]] |
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|guests= [[Stockard Channing]]<br>[[Lisa Edelstein]]<br>[[Timothy Busfield]]<br>[[Janel Moloney]]<br>[[David Rasche]]<br>[[Dennis Cockrum]]<br>[[John Kapelos]]<br>[[Peter Kors]]<br>[[Sal Landi]]<br>[[William Lucking]]<br>[[Steve Rankin]]<br>[[Jeff Williams]]
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|previous="[[Mr. Willis of Ohio]]"
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}}"'''The State Dinner'''" is the seventh episode of the [[Season 1|first season]] of ''[[The West Wing]]''.
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As a state dinner honoring the Indonesian President looms in the background, President Bartlet and his staff keep their eyes on several potentially explosive problems: an FBI hostage standoff with dozens of militant survivalists, a Class-4 hurricane bearing down on a carrier group at sea and an impending national trucker's strike. Behind the scenes, the gracious First Lady prepares to host the dinner, a reporter flirts with C.J., Josh and Toby set up a meeting with an Indonesian government official to ask a favor, and a surprised Sam spies his call girl friend Laurie at the event.
  
As a state dinner honoring the Indonesian President looms in the background, President Bartlet and his staff keep their eyes on several potentially explosive problems: an FBI hostage standoff with dozens of militant survivalists, a Class-4 hurricane bearing down on a carrier group at sea and an impending national trucker's strike. Behind the scenes, the gracious First Lady prepares to host the dinner, a reporter flirts with C.J., Josh and Toby set up a meeting with an Indonesian government official to ask a favor, and a surprised Sam spies his call girl friend Laurie at the event.
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== Summary ==
  
== Summary ==
   
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== Cast ==
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==Credits==
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===Starring===
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===Cast===
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====Starring====
 
*[[Rob Lowe]] as [[Sam Seaborn]]
  
*[[Rob Lowe]] as [[Sam Seaborn]]
 
*[[Moira Kelly]] as [[Mandy Hampton]]
  
*[[Moira Kelly]] as [[Mandy Hampton]]
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*[[Bradley Whitford]] as [[Josh Lyman]]
  
*[[Bradley Whitford]] as [[Josh Lyman]]
 
*and [[Martin Sheen]] as President [[Josiah Bartlet]]
  
*and [[Martin Sheen]] as President [[Josiah Bartlet]]
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===Special Guest Star===
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====Special Guest Star====
 
*[[Stockard Channing]] as [[Abbey Bartlet]]
  
*[[Stockard Channing]] as [[Abbey Bartlet]]
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===Guest Starring===
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====Guest Starring====
 
*[[Lisa Edelstein]] as [[Laurie]]
  
*[[Lisa Edelstein]] as [[Laurie]]
 
*[[Timothy Busfield]] as [[Danny Concannon]]
  
*[[Timothy Busfield]] as [[Danny Concannon]]
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*[[Steve Rankin]] as FBI Agent #2
  
*[[Steve Rankin]] as FBI Agent #2
 
*[[Jeff Williams]] as [[Harold Lewis]]
  
*[[Jeff Williams]] as [[Harold Lewis]]
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===Co-Starring===
  
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====Co-Starring====
 
*[[Kathryn Joosten]] as [[Dolores Landingham]]
  
*[[Kathryn Joosten]] as [[Dolores Landingham]]
 
*[[Melissa Fitzgerald]] as [[Carol Fitzpatrick]]
  
*[[Melissa Fitzgerald]] as [[Carol Fitzpatrick]]
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*[[J.P. Stevenson]] as Reporter [[Jonathan (reporter)|Jonathan]]
  
*[[J.P. Stevenson]] as Reporter [[Jonathan (reporter)|Jonathan]]
 
*[[Colin K. Gray]] as Reporter [[Bruce]]
  
*[[Colin K. Gray]] as Reporter [[Bruce]]
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===Crew===
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'''Opening credits'''
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#[[Aaron Sorkin]] - [[Creator]]
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#[[W.G. Snuffy Walden]] - [[Music]]
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#[[Michael Hissrich]] - [[Co-producer]]
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#[[Kristin Harms]] - [[Producer]]
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#[[Jeff Reno]] - [[Consulting Producer]]
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#[[Ron Osborn]] - Consulting Producer
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#[[Llewellyn Wells]] - [[Episodic Producer]]
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#Aaron Sorkin and
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#[[Paul Redford]] - [[Writer]]s
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#[[Thomas Schlamme]] - [[Director]]
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'''Closing credits'''
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#Aaron Sorkin - [[Executive Producer]]
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#Thomas Schlamme - Executive Producer
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#[[John Wells]] - Executive Producer
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#[[Rick Cleveland]] - Co-producer
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#[[Peter Parnell]] - [[Executive Story Editor]]
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#[[Paul Redford]] - [[Story Editor]]
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#[[Patrick Caddell]] - [[Consultant]]
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#[[Dee Dee Myers]] - Consultant
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#[[Robert W. Glass, III]] - [[Associate Producer]]
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#[[Julie Herlocker]] - Associate Producer
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#[[Thomas Del Ruth]] - [[Director of Photography]]
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#[[Kenneth Hardy]] - [[Production Designer]]
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#[[Tina Hipsch]] - [[Editor]]
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#[[Robert P. Cohen]] - [[Unit Production Manager]]
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#[[Rodney Hooks]] - [[First Assistant Director]]
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#[[Stacy Fish]] - [[Second Assistant Director]]
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#[[Barbara Miller]] - [[Executive in Charge of Casting]]
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#[[John Levey]] - [[Casting]]
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#[[Kevin Scott]] - Casting
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{{Col-end}}
   
 
== Trivia ==
  
== Trivia ==
 
The was the first episode to show Mrs. Bartlet on-screen.
  
The was the first episode to show Mrs. Bartlet on-screen.
   
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It is later revealed in the Season 2 episode [[Two Cathedrals]] that the tender ship ''USS Hickory ''that the President talks to at the end of this episode was sunk in the hurricane, presumably with all hands lost.
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It is later revealed in the Season 2 episode "[[Two Cathedrals]]" that the tender ship ''USS Hickory ''that the President talks to at the end of this episode was sunk in the hurricane, presumably with all hands lost.
   
 
== Goofs ==
  
== Goofs ==

Revision as of 12:06, 13 July 2012

"The State Dinner" is the seventh episode of the first season of The West Wing.

As a state dinner honoring the Indonesian President looms in the background, President Bartlet and his staff keep their eyes on several potentially explosive problems: an FBI hostage standoff with dozens of militant survivalists, a Class-4 hurricane bearing down on a carrier group at sea and an impending national trucker's strike. Behind the scenes, the gracious First Lady prepares to host the dinner, a reporter flirts with C.J., Josh and Toby set up a meeting with an Indonesian government official to ask a favor, and a surprised Sam spies his call girl friend Laurie at the event.

Summary

Credits

Cast

Starring

Special Guest Star

Guest Starring

Co-Starring

Crew

Opening credits

  1. Aaron Sorkin - Creator
  2. W.G. Snuffy Walden - Music
  3. Michael Hissrich - Co-producer
  4. Kristin Harms - Producer
  5. Jeff Reno - Consulting Producer
  6. Ron Osborn - Consulting Producer
  7. Llewellyn Wells - Episodic Producer
  8. Aaron Sorkin and
  9. Paul Redford - Writers
  10. Thomas Schlamme - Director

Closing credits

  1. Aaron Sorkin - Executive Producer
  2. Thomas Schlamme - Executive Producer
  3. John Wells - Executive Producer
  4. Rick Cleveland - Co-producer
  5. Peter Parnell - Executive Story Editor
  6. Paul Redford - Story Editor
  7. Patrick Caddell - Consultant
  8. Dee Dee Myers - Consultant
  9. Robert W. Glass, III - Associate Producer
  10. Julie Herlocker - Associate Producer
  11. Thomas Del Ruth - Director of Photography
  12. Kenneth Hardy - Production Designer
  13. Tina Hipsch - Editor
  14. Robert P. Cohen - Unit Production Manager
  15. Rodney Hooks - First Assistant Director
  16. Stacy Fish - Second Assistant Director
  17. Barbara Miller - Executive in Charge of Casting
  18. John Levey - Casting
  19. Kevin Scott - Casting

Trivia

The was the first episode to show Mrs. Bartlet on-screen.

It is later revealed in the Season 2 episode "Two Cathedrals" that the tender ship USS Hickory that the President talks to at the end of this episode was sunk in the hurricane, presumably with all hands lost.

Goofs

President Bartlett threatens the striking truck workers that he would nationalize the trucking industry to avert the strike, using the precedent that Truman did it in 1952 to avert the coal mines. Truman actually seized the steel mills and his seizure was ruled unconstitutional in the Supreme court case Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer. [1] It is mentioned that the action was overturned in the episode.

Minaldi claims there is no such language as Indonesian, but this isn't the case. While it is true that most Indonesians speak a local language as their first language, nearly all of them do speak Indonesian.


When they realize the Hurricane is heading out to sea Leo refers to the fleet as a "Battle Carrier Group". Properly it is a Carrier Battle Group. In addition, they also refer to two battleships in the fleet when in actuality they have been retired since 1992.

Quotes

Sam Seaborn: Toby, do you really think it's a good idea to invite people to dinner and then tell them exactly how to run their lives?
Toby Ziegler: Absolutely. Otherwise, it's just a waste of food.


Sam Seaborn: Oh, for God's sakes. It's Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 US 335. You cite the precedent, you cite Black's opinion for the majority.
Laurie: Thank you for that display of geek bravado.

References

"The West Wing" The State Dinner (1999)

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