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| The West Wing Season 3 : |
| The third season of The West Wing aired in the United States from October 3 2001 to May 22 2002 and consisted of 22 episodes. It aired in the United States on NBC a terrestrial television network. |
| Episode 1 - [Manchester Part 1] |
| Details : Bartlet's decision about Haiti falls under scrutiny; C.J. makes a horrible blunder in a press conference and is hounded about the president's health by reporters; the staff disagrees about whether Bartlet should apologize for not revealing his medical condition; Abbey is angry that Jed has decided to run for reelection. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Deavere Smith | Dayna Devon | Evan Handler | Glenn Morshower | Bill O'Brien | Connie Britton as Connie Tate | NiCole Robinson | Jim Beaver as Carl | Renée Estevez | Earl Boen | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Thomas Schlamme | |
| Air Date : Oct. 10, 2001 |
| Episode 2 - [Manchester Part 2] |
| Details : The senior staff clash with the consultants who are to work on Bartlet's reelection campaign; C.J. is concerned that the press senses the Bartlets' marriage could be in trouble; Josh asks Leo to let him use his connection to postpone the FDA's drug announcement; the situation on Haiti comes to a head. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Deavere Smith | Evan Handler | Glenn Morshower | Bill O'Brien | Connie Britton as Connie Tate | NiCole Robinson | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Thomas Schlamme | |
| Air Date : Oct. 17, 2001 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Ways And Means] |
| Details : The Special Prosecutor sets his probe in motion; Sam and Bruno are concerned about the loyalty of a powerful labor leader; Toby and Josh are preoccupied with a congressional battle over the estate tax; Ainsley fixes up Donna with a Republican. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mark Feuerstein | Evan Handler | Oliver Platt | Connie Britton as Connie Tate | NiCole Robinson | Ron Silver | Miguel Sandoval | Thom Barry | Nicholas Pryor | Emily Procter as Ainsley Hayes | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Eli Attie | Writer : Gene Sperling | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Oct. 24, 2001 |
| Episode 4 - [On The Day Before] |
| Details : When Bartlet vetoes the death tax the staff must scramble to keep the veto from being overridden; Josh tries to smooth talk a promising governor who is considering running against the President; Charlie is urged to ask for immunity in his upcoming testimony. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Deavere Smith | Cliff DeYoung | Kevin Tighe | NiCole Robinson | Thomas Kopache | John F. O'Donohue | Mary Mara | Scott Michael Campbell | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Writer : Nanda Chitre | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Paul Redford | Director : Christopher Misiano | |
| Air Date : Oct. 31, 2001 |
| Episode 5 - [War Crimes] |
| Details : The President has a showdown; Donna lies when she appears before the Congressional committee investigating the President; Leo debates with an old friend about the US future stance regarding the war crimes tribunal; Sam tries to find the logic in a Congressman's proposed legislation to eliminate the penny. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Gerald McRaney | Mark Feuerstein | Michael O'Keefe | Tim Matheson | Renée Estevez | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Writer : Allison Abner | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Nov. 07, 2001 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [Gone Quiet] |
| Details : When an American spy submarine suddenly goes silent in hostile North Korea Bartlet must decide whether to inform the enemy or attempt a secret rescue operation; Abbey learns her past malpractice suits might compromise Bartlet's criminal investigation; Toby meets with a representative from an appropriations committee who wants to funnel money away from Congress's funding of avant-garde artists. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Deavere Smith | Oliver Platt | Connie Britton as Connie Tate | Ron Silver | Hal Holbrook | Valerie Mahaffey | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Laura Glasser | Writer : Julia Dahl | Director : Jon Hutman | |
| Air Date : Nov. 14, 2001 |
| Episode 7 - [The Indians In The Lobby] |
| Details : While Bartlet worries about where he will be on Thanksgiving--and how to best cook a gourmet turkey -- C.J. meets with two Native Americans Maggie and Jack who are camped in the White House lobby. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Ron Silver as Bruno Gianelli | Gary Farmer as Jack Lone Feather | Renée Estevez as Nancy | NiCole Robinson as Margaret | Georgina Lightning as Maggie Morningstar Charles | Armando Pucci as Alberto Fedrigotti | Jenny Gago as Bernice Collette OMB | Shashawnee Hall as Russell Angler | Writer : Allison Abner | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Paris Barclay | Writer : Kevin Falls | |
| Air Date : Nov. 21, 2001 |
| Episode 8 - [The Women Of Qumar] |
| Details : At Abbey's urging Josh meets with a powerful women's caucus over the proposed language of a United Nations treaty banning prostitution. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Deavere Smith | Bill Erwin | Bruce Kirby | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Christian Clemenson | Ty Burrell | Dinah Lenney | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Writer : Felicia Wilson | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Laura Glasser | Writer : Julia Dahl | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Nov. 28, 2001 |
| Episode 9 - [Bartlet For America] |
| Details : Leo fears the worst when he testifies in the congressional investigation into Bartlet's lack of public disclosure about his illness. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mark Feuerstein | Dennis Haskins | Kathryn Joosten | Joanna Gleason | Tim Matheson | NiCole Robinson | Clark Gregg | Carlos Jacott | Steven Gilborn | Todd Waring | Ellis E. Williams | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Thomas Schlamme | |
| Air Date : Dec. 12, 2001 |
| Episode 10 - [H Con-172] |
| Details : Leo defiantly rejects the Congressional Oversight Committee's offer of a public censure of Bartlet that would finally bring an end to the investigation and spare Leo of any possible personal repercussions. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mark Feuerstein | Joanna Gleason | NiCole Robinson | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Eli Attie | Director : Vincent Misiano | |
| Air Date : Jan. 09, 2002 |
| Episode 11 - [100000 Airplanes] |
| Details : On State of the Union night Sam is being trailed by a magazine reporter to whom he was once engaged; the President' Congressional censure weighs heavily on staffers' minds as they debate whether to include an anti-cancer initiative in the President's address; Josh can't get Amy Gardner to talk to him. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Traylor Howard | Bill O'Brien | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Brian Baker | Nancy Linehan Charles | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : David Nutter | |
| Air Date : Jan. 16, 2002 |
| Episode 12 - [The Two Bartlets] |
| Details : On the day of the Democratic Caucus Bartlet Toby and C.J. go to Iowa to kick off the presidential race and disagree over Bartlet's making a statement about affirmative action. Back in Washington Leo forces Josh to intercede with an old friend leading a protest against Navy arms testing at Vieques Puerto Rico. Sam meets with Bob Engler again who is now acting on behalf of two congressmen who want an inventory of Fort Knox because they believe that most of the gold bullion has been replaced with alien bodies recovered from Area 51 in Roswell New Mexico. After Josh rebuffs her request Donna seeks Sam's help in getting out of jury duty. Josh brings a little bit of Tahiti to his relationship with Amy Gardner. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Kevin Falls | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Jan. 30, 2002 |
| Episode 13 - [Night Five] |
| Details : Stanley Keyworth revisits the White House to uncover the reason Bartlet hasn't been able to sleep since the night of the Iowa caucus; C.J. enlists Leo's help in freeing a White House reporter kidnapped while on assignment in the Congo; Toby and Andy joust over an upcoming presidential speech condemning Islamic fanaticism by name; Donna is offered a lucrative dot.com job by an old friend; Sam sparks an exchange on radical versus lipstick feminism when he comments on Ainsley's evening attire immediately after asking her to review language in Bartlet's U.N. address. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Adam Arkin | Carmen Argenziano | NiCole Robinson | Kathleen York | Alanna Ubach | Emily Procter as Ainsley Hayes | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Christopher Misiano | |
| Air Date : Feb. 06, 2002 |
| Episode 14 - [Hartsfield's Landing] |
| Details : On the day before the New Hampshire primary Josh drafts Donna as his frontwoman to ensure that Bartlet wins the nation's first primary in the small town of Hartsfield's Landing; C.J. and Charlie play an ever-escalating game of practical jokes; Jed plays simultaneous chess games with Sam and Toby while he plays delicate diplomatic and military games with the Chinese government over Taiwan. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Deavere Smith | James Hong as Chinese ambassador | NiCole Robinson | Thomas Kopache | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Vincent Misiano | |
| Air Date : Feb. 27, 2002 |
| Episode 15 - [Dead Irish Writers] |
| Details : Concern arises over the medical board's decision on Abbey's actions in treating Jed's M.S.; Sam tries to get a Senator he doesn't like to pass a bill for a super-conducter that he doesn't even understand; Amy tries to influence Josh; Lord Marbury explains to Toby why a member of the IRA cannot be invited to the White House; Donna receives shocking news when the Secret Service won't give her clearance to attend Abbey's birthday party. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Roger Rees as Lord John Marbury | Héctor Elizondo | NiCole Robinson | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Robin Thomas | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Paul Redford | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Mar. 06, 2002 |
| Episode 16 - [The U s Poet Laureate] |
| Details : Toby looks forward to meeting the new U.S. Poet Laureate; Jed fires the first salvo of his reelection campaign when he calls his likely opponent less than brilliant and the national press just can't get enough of it; Ainsley gets promoted; Josh overreacts to posts on the message board of a website devoted to all things Josh. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : James Eckhouse | NiCole Robinson | Beth Littleford | Laura Dern | Renée Estevez | Emily Procter as Ainsley Hayes | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Christopher Misiano | Writer : Laura Glasser | |
| Air Date : Mar. 27, 2002 |
| Episode 17 - [Stirred] |
| Details : Hoynes and Bartlet each make an unexpected announcement about Hoynes' place on the ticket; fears of a terrorist attack arise when a truck carrying depleted uranium-fuel rods is involved in a head-on collision in an Idaho tunnel; Donna seeks a Presidential Proclamation to honor her high-school teacher mentor who's retiring; and Bartlet's insistence on helping Charlie with his tax return sparks a discussion on the true nature of a tax rebate. |
| Air Date : Apr. 03, 2002 |
| Episode 18 - [Enemies Foreign And Domestic] |
| Details : The revelation that a Russian company may be building a heavy water reactor in Iran puts Jed in a difficult position as he prepares to meet with the new Russian president; Jed orders the Secret Service to protect C.J. when she receives death threats after making a comment at a press conference about the deaths of Saudi girls; Leo wants to find a way to help a major campaign contributor whose company is faced with a massive product recall; Charlie ponders the mystery of a strangely out of context letter written to the President. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bill Cobbs | John Amos | Peter Scolari | Gregory Itzin | Michael O'Neill | Ian McShane | Mark Harmon | Renée Estevez | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Paul Redford | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : May. 01, 2002 |
| The West Wing Season 3 Episode 19 |
| Episode 19 - [The Black Vera Wang] |
| Details : Bartlet and the staff are on high alert when they receive reports of an impending attack on a military installation; Josh is furious when he discovers that a gift he passed on to Donna who in turn passed in on to an unpaid intern ends up for sale on eBay; C.J. takes her niece shopping for a prom dress while the threats on her life continue and her stalker manages to get close to her despite the protection of the Secret Service. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Christopher Misiano | |
| Air Date : May. 08, 2002 |
| Episode 20 - [We Killed Yamamoto] |
| Details : While Jed Leo and Fitzwallace grapple with terrorism and moral absolutes Josh and Amy grapple with each other over a welfare-reform bill; Donna represents the White House at a North Dakota state-party caucus whose goal is to remove the word North from the state's name; Toby doesn't want Jed to attend a New York fund-raiser because Ritchie will be there; Charlie is assigned the responsibility of finding Jed a new secretary; C.J. discovers that Simon Donovan is a very straight shooter |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Kurt Fuller | John Amos | Glenn Morshower | Thomas Kopache | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Mark Harmon | William Thomas Jr. | Bob Morrisey | Nicki Micheaux | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Thomas Schlamme | |
| Air Date : May. 15, 2002 |
| The West Wing Season 3 Episode 21 |
| Episode 21 - [Posse Comitatus] |
| Details : Bartlet continues to struggle over the wisdom of assassinating the terrorist Qumari defense minister; after Ritchie declines to meet Bartlet Sam and Toby play a dirty trick; as the search for Mrs. Landingham's replacement continues Charlie finds the perfect candidate who makes less than a stellar first impression on Bartlet; Josh's determination to pass a welfare bill costs Amy; as C.J.'s stalker is finally captured the night ends in tragedy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Kurt Fuller | Lily Tomlin | Adam Arkin | John Amos | Glenn Morshower | NiCole Robinson | Thomas Kopache | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Michael O'Neill | Armin Shimerman | Mark Harmon | James Brolin | William Thomas Jr. | Renée Estevez | David Huddleston | Ken Thorley | Wren T. Brown | Andrew McFarlane | Basil Hoffman | Karen Tsen Lee | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : May. 22, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |