The West Wing - Season 1
Run Time: 45 mins
Air Date: Wed, 22 Sept 1999
Average Rating: ⭐ 8.3 (506 votes)
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Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1
The senior members of the White House staff are summoned to the office early in the morning to handle difficult situations: Hundreds of Cuba...
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
Season 1 - Episode 2
The Vice President refuses to fall in line with Bartlet. Sam discusses the problem of Laurie with Josh and Toby. Bartlet hires Mandy as his ...
A Proportional Response
Season 1 - Episode 3
Still enraged at Morris's death, Bartlet makes a show of deadly force. C.J. is upset about being kept out of the loop about Laurie. Josh hir...
Five Votes Down
Season 1 - Episode 4
Five votes keep a very important gun-control bill from being passed and the staff has 72 hours to track down the errant congressmen. Toby is...
The Crackpots and These Women
Season 1 - Episode 5
The staffers spend the day ("Big Block of Cheese day") dealing with private organizations, aka the crackpots. Throughout the day, Sam deals ...
Mr. Willis of Ohio
Season 1 - Episode 6
Toby and Mandy push for a commerce bill with a census-counting provision, with three votes as the deciding factor. Sam tutors CJ on the fine...
The State Dinner
Season 1 - Episode 7
The president of Indonesia is honored at a state dinner. The staff deals with Hurricane Sarah, a potential teamster strike, and a raid invol...
Enemies
Season 1 - Episode 8
Bartlet and Hoynes argue in front of the Cabinet. CJ fends off Danny's advances when she suspects he's after a big story. Mallory asks Sam o...
The Short List
Season 1 - Episode 9
Bartlet struggles to name a nominee to the Supreme Court when the perfect nominee turns out to be not so perfect. A congressman attacks the ...
In Excelsis Deo
Season 1 - Episode 10
Toby tries to arrange a proper funeral for a homeless veteran. Josh and Sam try to set up a preemptive strike against Lillienfield, who is a...
Lord John Marbury
Season 1 - Episode 11
War breaks out between India and Pakistan and Bartlet consults with Lord John Marbury. Toby accuses CJ of being too friendly with the press ...
He Shall, from Time to Time
Season 1 - Episode 12
Bartlet collapses before his first State of the Union address. Leo publicly admits to his former alcoholism and drug abuse. Things get inter...
Take out the Trash Day
Season 1 - Episode 13
Josh and Sam are able to make a bargain to keep Leo from going through a hearing, at the expense of a new sex education report. Mandy doesn'...
Take This Sabbath Day
Season 1 - Episode 14
After the Supreme Court refuses to stay the execution of a convicted murderer, Bartlet has forty-eight hours to decide whether or not to com...
Celestial Navigation
Season 1 - Episode 15
Toby and Sam travel to Connecticut to get Roberto Mendoza released from jail; Josh must run a press briefing when CJ has an emergency root c...
20 Hours in L. A.
Season 1 - Episode 16
Bartlet and the senior staff fly to California to attend an important fundraiser. Hoynes must decide whether he will support Bartlet's stanc...
The White House Pro-Am
Season 1 - Episode 17
Abbey keeps the staff busy with the fallout when she leaks her personal preference for a Federal Reserve Board appointment and discusses chi...
Six Meetings Before Lunch
Season 1 - Episode 18
Mendoza is confirmed by the Senate; Mandy needs Toby's help to replace a dead panda bear; Sam angers Mallory when she reads a position paper...
Let Bartlet Be Bartlet
Season 1 - Episode 19
Mandy's old memo about Bartlet administration weaknesses surfaces; Josh tries to get administration nominees appointed to the Federal Electi...
Mandatory Minimums
Season 1 - Episode 20
Andrea Wyatt insists that mandatory minimums be added to a new drug policy the staff is developing; C.J. makes a mistake and sets them back.
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
Season 1 - Episode 21
Bartlet gets closer to making the FEC campaign finance reform-friendly, but his opponents strike back by making Sam's former dalliance with ...
What Kind of Day Has It Been
Season 1 - Episode 22
The staff deals with the crisis of an American pilot who was shot down in Iraq; Toby's brother is in danger on a space shuttle whose doors w...