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| The West Wing Season 1 : |
| The first season of The West Wing aired in the United States from September 22 1999 to May 17 2000 and consisted of 22 episodes. It aired in the United States on NBC a terrestrial television network. |
| Episode 1 - [Pilot] |
| Details : In the series premiere the White House staff is being called into work in the early hours of the morning to the news that the President of the United States has crashed his bicycle into a tree much to the enjoyment of the press. The staff must run damage control on this and a gaffe by Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman who after provocation by Christian activist Mary Marsh on a televised debate quips Lady the God you pray to is too busy being indicted for tax fraud. Also Deputy Communications Director Sam Seaborn meets and spends an evening with Laurie (Lisa Edelstein) not knowing she is a call girl and then accidentally tells White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry's daughter Mallory O'Brien about it. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lisa Edelstein | Suzy Nakamura | F. William Parker | Marlene Warfield | Marc Grapey | Annie Corley | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Allison Smith as Mallory O'Brien | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Thomas Schlamme | |
| Air Date : Sep. 22, 1999 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc] |
| Details : The Vice President refuses to fall in line with Bartlet; Sam discusses the problem of Laurie with Josh and Toby; the plane carrying President Bartlet's doctor a naval officer is shot down en route to Jordan; Bartlet hires Mandy as his consultant. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lisa Edelstein | Merrin Dungey | Suzy Nakamura | Tim Matheson | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Renée Estevez | Rose Rollins | Pete Doherty | J. August Richards | John Bedford Lloyd | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Thomas Schlamme | |
| Air Date : Sep. 29, 1999 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [A Proportional Response] |
| Details : 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 hires Charlie to be Bartlet's new personal assistant. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Amos | Suzy Nakamura | Renée Estevez | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Marc Buckland | |
| Air Date : Oct. 06, 1999 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [Five Votes Down] |
| Details : 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 accused of manipulating the stock market by having a friend testify to Commerce on internet stocks; Leo's wife gets fed up with his long hours. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jillian Armenante | Jay Underwood | Tim Matheson | Mark Blum | Sara Botsford | Thom Barry | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Lawrence O'Donnell | Director : Michael Lehmann | Writer : Patrick Caddell | |
| Air Date : Oct. 13, 1999 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [The Crackpots And These Women] |
| Details : The staffers spend the day (Big Block of Cheese day) dealing with private organizations aka the crackpots. Throughout the day Sam deals with a UFO nut CJ gets a proposal to build a wolves-only road Toby and Bartlet clash over everything and Josh is overwhelmed by guilt regarding his sister's death. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Sam Lloyd | Suzy Nakamura | Nick Offerman | Guy Boyd | Renée Estevez | Juwan Howard | Nicholas Cascone | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Anthony Drazan | |
| Air Date : Oct. 20, 1999 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [Mr Willis Of Ohio] |
| Details : Toby and Mandy push for a commerce bill with a census-counting provision with three votes as the deciding factor; Sam tutors C.J. on the finer points of the census; Josh And Sam take Charlie out for a beer and are joined by Zoey and Mallory. Zoey faces a potentially dangerous situation when she goes out for the evening. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Suzy Nakamura | Michael O'Neill | Renée Estevez | Al Fann | Kenneth Tigar | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Allison Smith as Mallory O'Brien | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Christopher Misiano | |
| Air Date : Nov. 03, 1999 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [The State Dinner] |
| Details : The president of Indonesia is honored at a state dinner; the staff deals with Hurricane Sarah a potential teamster strike and a raid involving children in Idaho; a reporter flirts with C.J. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lisa Edelstein | David Rasche | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | William Lucking | John Kapelos | Sal Landi | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Paul Redford | Director : Thomas Schlamme | |
| Air Date : Nov. 10, 1999 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [Enemies] |
| Details : Bartlet and Hoynes argue in front of the Cabinet; C.J. fends off Danny's advances when she suspects he's after a big story; Mallory asks Sam out; the staff leaps hurdles to pass a banking bill. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Tim Matheson | Renée Estevez | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Allison Smith as Mallory O'Brien | Writer : Jeff Reno | Writer : Ron Osborn | Writer : Lawrence O'Donnell | Writer : Rick Cleveland | Director : Alan Taylor | Writer : Patrick Caddell | |
| Air Date : Nov. 17, 1999 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 9 - [The Short List] |
| Details : 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 staff claiming that 1 in 3 use drugs. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ken Howard | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Edward James Olmos as Roberto Mendoza | Mason Adams | Holmes Osborne | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Writer : Dee Dee Myers | Director : Bill D'Elia | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Patrick Caddell | |
| Air Date : Nov. 24, 1999 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [In Excelsis Deo] |
| Details : 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 attacking Leo because of his prior drug and alcohol problem; CJ tries to get the staff to revisit the hate crimes issue; Bartlet sneaks out to do some last minute shopping. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lisa Edelstein | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Raynor Scheine | Reiner Schöne | Renée Estevez | Lance Reddick | Paul Austin | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Rick Cleveland | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Dec. 15, 1999 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 11 - [Lord John Marbury] |
| Details : War breaks out between India and Pakistan and Bartlet consults with Lord John Marbury; Toby accuses C.J. of being too friendly with the press when she objects to being kept in the dark; the staff realizes that Lillienfield's efforts to bring down Leo are going to get ugly when Josh gets a subpoena. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Amos | James Hong as Chinese ambassador | Erick Avari as Pakistani ambassador | Clyde Kusatsu as Joe | John Diehl | Iqbal Theba as Indian ambassador | Bill Stevenson | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Lawrence O'Donnell | Director : Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Writer : Patrick Caddell | |
| Air Date : Jan. 05, 2000 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [He Shall From Time To Time] |
| Details : Bartlet collapses before his first State of the Union address; Leo publicly admits to his former alcoholism and drug abuse; things get interesting romantically for both Sam and C.J.; Lord John Marbury helps the staff negotiate an agreement between India and Pakistan. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Roger Rees as Lord John Marbury | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | NiCole Robinson as Margaret | John Amos as Percy Fitzwallace | Allison Smith as Mallory O'Brien | Harry Groener as Secretary of Agriculture Roger Tribbey | Kathryn Joosten as Mrs. Landingham | Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Arlene Sanford | |
| Air Date : Jan. 12, 2000 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 13 - [Take Out The Trash Day] |
| Details : 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't think a couple should be present at the signing of a new hate crimes bill instigated by the death of their son. Toby contends with some of PBS's detractors. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dakin Matthews | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Suzy Nakamura | Liza Weil | Renée Estevez | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Director : Ken Olin | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | |
| Air Date : Jan. 26, 2000 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 14 - [Take This Sabbath Day] |
| Details : After the Supreme Court refuses to stay the execution of a convicted murderer Bartlet has forty-eight hours to decide whether or not to commute the sentence; Josh faces off with Joey Lucas about his staff's not backing her candidate as vigorously as she'd like. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Karl Malden as Father Thomas Cavanaugh | Bill O'Brien | Felton Perry | David Proval | Renée Estevez | Noah Emmerich | Marlee Matlin as Joey Lucas | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Paul Redford | Writer : Lawrence O'Donnell | Director : Thomas Schlamme | |
| Air Date : Feb. 09, 2000 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 15 - [Celestial Navigation] |
| Details : Toby and Sam travel to Connecticut to get Roberto Mendoza released from jail; Josh must run a press briefing when C.J. has an emergency root canal. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Vaughn Armstrong as Sgt. McNamara | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Edward James Olmos as Roberto Mendoza | CCH Pounder as Deborah O'Leary | Robert David Hall as David Nessler | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Writer : Dee Dee Myers | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Lawrence O'Donnell | Director : Christopher Misiano | |
| Air Date : Feb. 16, 2000 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 16 - [20 Hours In L A] |
| Details : Bartlet and the senior staff fly to California to attend an important fundraiser; Hoynes must decide whether he will support Bartlet's stance or go with his convictions when the Senate is deadlocked on an ethanol tax bill. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jay Leno as Himself | Bill O'Brien | David Hasselhoff as Himself | Tim Matheson | Michael O'Neill | John de Lancie | Chris Hogan | Marlee Matlin as Joey Lucas | Jorja Fox as Agent Gina Toscano | Bart Braverman as Shapiro | Bob Balaban as Ted Marcus | Veronica Webb | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Alan Taylor | |
| Air Date : Feb. 23, 2000 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 17 - [The White House Pro-AM] |
| Details : Abbey keeps the staff busy with the fallout when she leaks her personal preference for a Federal Reserve Board appointment and discusses child labor on a talk show prompting a Congresswoman to offer an amendment which could shoot down the entire international tariff bill; Charlie's date with Zoey is cancelled because of threats by a white supremacist group. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Amy Aquino | Richard Fancy | Brandon Hammond | Nadia Dajani | Jorja Fox as Agent Gina Toscano | Rolonda Watts | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Director : Ken Olin | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Paul Redford | Writer : Lawrence O'Donnell | |
| Air Date : Mar. 22, 2000 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 18 - [Six Meetings Before Lunch] |
| Details : 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 that he wrote supporting school vouchers; Josh meets with Jeff Breckenridge who is irritating certain Congressmen with his stance on slavery reparations. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lindsay Sloane | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Suzy Nakamura | Michael O'Neill | Carl Lumbly | Jorja Fox as Agent Gina Toscano | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Allison Smith as Mallory O'Brien | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Clark Johnson | |
| Air Date : Apr. 05, 2000 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 19 - [Let Bartlet Be Bartlet] |
| Details : Mandy's old memo about Bartlet administration weaknesses surfaces; Josh tries to get administration nominees appointed to the Federal Elections Committee; Sam works to get a better policy on gays in the military. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Amos | Paul Provenza | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Aaron Lustig | David Brisbin | Renée Estevez | Richard Penn | James DuMont | Ted Marcoux | Andy Buckley | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Writer : Peter Parnell | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Patrick Caddell | Director : Laura Innes | |
| Air Date : Apr. 26, 2000 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 20 - [Mandatory Minimums] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Paul Provenza | Bill O'Brien | Bruce Weitz | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Suzy Nakamura | Kathleen York | John de Lancie | Marlee Matlin as Joey Lucas | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Robert Berlinger | |
| Air Date : May. 03, 2000 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 21 - [Lies Damn Lies And Statistics] |
| Details : Bartlet gets closer to making the FEC campaign finance reform-friendly but his opponents strike back by making Sam's former dalliance with the call girl public knowledge; CJ waits anxiously for the administration's approval rating. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lisa Edelstein | Reiko Aylesworth | Bill O'Brien | Lawrence Pressman | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Thom Gossom Jr. | Renée Estevez | Austin Pendleton | Marlee Matlin as Joey Lucas | David Huddleston | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Don Scardino | |
| Air Date : May. 10, 2000 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 22 - [What Kind Of Day Has It Been] |
| Details : 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 won't close; Bartlet and the senior staff walk into trouble as they leave a town meeting. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Amos | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Suzy Nakamura | Tim Matheson | Michael O'Neill | Jorja Fox as Agent Gina Toscano | Janel Moloney as Donna Moss | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Thomas Schlamme | |
| Air Date : May. 17, 2000 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |