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| The West Wing Season 4 : |
| Season four follows the re-election of President Bartlet to his second term and we witness the gripping personal crisis that forces him to chose between the best interests of the country and those of his family. |
| Episode 1 - [20 Hours In America Part 1] |
| Details : Toby Josh and Donna learn the hard way about the lack of accessible public transportation in the heartland when they spend a long day trying to get back to Washington after the motorcade leaves them behind during a campaign stop in Indiana; Bartlet interviews potential replacements for Mrs Landingham while C.J. tries to find someone to fill Simon's shoes as Anthony's Big Brother; the Ritchie campaign whips up a furor when Abbey claims to be just a wife and mother; Qumar reopens the Shareef investigation; and the Dow takes a dive. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Deavere Smith | Lily Tomlin | Amy Adams | John Amos | John Gallagher Jr. | NiCole Robinson | Ron Silver | Alan Dale | Renée Estevez | Danielle Harris | Peter James Smith | Rohn Thomas | Jack Tate | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Tommy Lafitte | Valorie Armstrong | John P. Connolly | Andrew McFarlane | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Christopher Misiano | |
| Air Date : Sep. 25, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [20 Hours In America Part 2] |
| Details : Donna teaches Toby and Josh an important lesson as their trek homeward continues; Sam staffs the President in Josh's absence and welcomes an old friend home; Bartlet hires a secretary and C.J. finds a Big Brother for Anthony; the situation in Qumar continues to escalate; Bartlet gets spooked by a photo op as the Dow continues its dive; and a pipe bomb kills 44 students at a Midwest university swim meet. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Deavere Smith | Lily Tomlin | John Gallagher Jr. | NiCole Robinson | Renée Estevez | Mary-Pat Green | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Andrew McFarlane | Robert Noble | Allison Smith as Mallory O'Brien | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Christopher Misiano | |
| Air Date : Sep. 25, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [College Kids] |
| Details : Bartlet decides he needs a lawyer when Qumar goes after Israel; Josh is disturbed to learn that Stackhouse might not endorse Bartlet; a comment Deborah made years ago comes back to haunt her during a security check. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Oct. 02, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [The Red Mass] |
| Details : Leo meets with the Israeli Foreign Minister to enlist Israel's assistance with the Shareef investigation but is ultimately foiled by the Qumari; the debate about the Ritchie debates rages on until the staff comes up with a brilliant tactic; Josh and Amy argue over whether Stackhouse is siphoning votes from Bartlet; Ritchie tries to bait Bartlet on needle exchange programs; Bartlet is faced with resolving an 11 day standoff with the KSU bombers in Iowa who are holding an injured child; Josh sends Donna undercover to a seminar held by one of Ritchie's advisors in an effort to expose the fortune cookie candidacy; Stackhouse comes to a momentous decision about his campaign and provides inspiration for Bartlet. |
| Air Date : Oct. 09, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [Debate Camp] |
| Details : As the staff prepares for the presidential debates at a North Carolina conference center a vexing question about a failed attorney-general nomination (amid charges of racial profiling) leads to flashbacks of the administration's first weeks in office. Back then Toby's marriage to Andrea Wyatt was about to end; now Sam and Charlie are helping him in his effort to reconcile with her. Meanwhile the Israeli Air Force weighs in on the Qumari matter and Joey Lucas reports that the president is likely to lose New Hampshire. |
| Air Date : Oct. 16, 2002 |
| Episode 6 - [Game On] |
| Details : Bartlet Leo Josh Sam and C.J. pull a practical joke on Toby; Sam's mission to end the Wilde campaign leads him to make a career-altering decision; Jordan backs up Leo as he deals with the Qumari; Toby continues to press his case with a resistant Andrea; and Bartlet cleans Ritchie's clock in their debate. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Danica McKellar | Tony Amendola | Joanna Gleason | NiCole Robinson | Kathleen York | John Aniston | Hal Holbrook | James Brolin | Joshua Malina | Ashley Benson | Amy Bruckner | Stephanie Venditto | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Stacy Reed Payton as Girl in Bar | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Paul Redford | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Oct. 30, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [Election Night] |
| Details : Election day finally arrives with the staff eagerly anticipating the outcome; Sam is increasingly concerned about the Wilde campaign in Orange County; Toby worries about the effect of Andy's pregnancy on the voters; Donna accidentally votes for Richie and tries to rectify the situation by trying to find someone who will vote-swap; Josh resists Deborah's new office rules until she reveals their basis; Bartlet has some new health issues to worry about. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lily Tomlin | Danica McKellar | Kathleen York | Christian Slater | Megan Cavanagh | Joshua Malina | Omar Benson Miller | Peter James Smith | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Andrew McFarlane | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : David Gergen | Writer : David Handelman | Director : Lesli Linka Glatter | |
| Air Date : Nov. 06, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [Process Stories] |
| Details : The staff celebrates election night and encourages Sam to run for the seat in Orange County; Toby continues to worry about how Andrea's pregnancy will play politically for both of them; a coup develops in Venezuela; Jed and Abbey endure some interruptions at their private celebration. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Danica McKellar | Joanna Gleason | Tobin Bell | Thomas Kopache | Kathleen York | Ron Silver | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Christian Slater | Joshua Malina | Peter James Smith | Victor Raider-Wexler | Gina Hecht | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Wendy Braun | Writer : Paula Yoo | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Christopher Misiano | Writer : Lauren Schmidt | |
| Air Date : Nov. 13, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 9 - [Swiss Diplomacy] |
| Details : The 15-year old son of an Iranian leader needs a heart transplant in the U.S. Problem is the only man who could do it is an enemy of the Iranian government; The Senate minority leader threatens to thwart the President's legislative agenda when he believes that Hoynes is doing some political maneuvering for the next Presidential election; Toby offers a Congresswoman a Cabinet position but is forced to take back the offer. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lily Tomlin | Danica McKellar | Tim Matheson | NiCole Robinson | Wolf Muser | Faran Tahir | Lucinda Jenney | Renée Estevez | Joshua Malina | Bernard White | Dennis Neal | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Geoff Pierson as Senator Tripplehorn | Writer : Eli Attie | Director : Christopher Misiano | Writer : Kevin Falls | |
| Air Date : Nov. 20, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [Arctic Radar] |
| Details : When a celebrated female fighter pilot is threatened with a dishonorable discharge for refusing to end her affair with an enlisted man the staff though full of opinions agrees that the White House should not get involved; Donna asks Josh to find out if Jack Reese likes her and is horrified to discover some of the anecdotes about her that Josh has shared with Jack; Sam heads out to California to begin his election campaign and sends Will Bailey to the White House to help Toby with the inaugural address; despite the best efforts of Leo and Charlie to keep him out of it Bartlet blows a gasket over complaints from U.N. diplomats about parking enforcement in New York City; and Josh takes issue with a temporary worker's choice in accessories. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Amos | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Christian Slater | Vyto Ruginis | Renée Estevez | Joshua Malina | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Gene Sperling | Director : John David Coles | |
| Air Date : Nov. 27, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 11 - [Holy Night] |
| Details : It's December 23 and the holiday brings several visitors to the White House: Zoey comes home with her new French boyfriend in tow; aided by Josh Toby's father seeks a reconciliation; and Danny arrives bearing gifts of gold and a heads-up for C.J. about Shareef's death. Will moves into Sam's office at Toby's insistence and is treated to some good-natured ribbing by the rest of the staff. Bartlet and Leo try to exorcise their guilt about Shareef by adding eleventh hour funding to combat infant mortality in the federal budget and promoting peace in the Mideast respectively. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Thomas Schlamme | |
| Air Date : Dec. 11, 2002 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [Guns Not Butter] |
| Details : Josh determined to make sure a foreign aid bill passes even though it's a hopeless cause sends Donna out to track down a reluctant senator; in an attempt to impress Zoey's new boyfriend Charlie unwittingly gets over his head with the Department of Defense; Danny continues to pursue the Shareef matter; a Bartlet photo op with Heifer International creates unexpected opportunities -- for C.J. to perfect her spin-doctoring techniques and for the staff once again to test Will's mettle and sense of humor. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Megan Ward | Danica McKellar | Trent Ford | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Nicole Lyn | Natsuko Ohama | Peter James Smith | Paul McCarthy-Boyington | Jesse Burch | Pat Skipper | Ramon Estevez | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Director : Bill D'Elia | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Eli Attie | Writer : Kevin Falls | |
| Air Date : Jan. 08, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 13 - [The Long Goodbye] |
| Details : While Toby unsuccessfully attempts to fill her shoes in the briefing room C.J. returns to Dayton where she gives a speech at her high school reunion reconnects with an old friend and struggles with her father's worsening Alzheimer's. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Matthew Modine | Donald Moffat | Verna Bloom | Writer : Jon Robin Baitz | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Jan. 15, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 14 - [Inauguration Part I] |
| Details : The staff wrangles with the State Department over language in the inaugural address; a genocidal war breaks out in Kundu and Bartlet weighs his options as Will pushes for American military involvement based on Bartlet's statements in the past; the Chief Justice's increased propensity for writing opinions in verse causes concern about his competence; Bartlet keeps Charlie busy on the hunt for the perfect Bible for the inauguration; Donna becomes upset when Jack is transferred out of the White House and reassigned to Italy after getting caught in a squeeze play between the Oval Office and the Pentagon. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Danica McKellar | Steve Ryan | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Thomas Kopache | Granville Van Dusen | Faran Tahir | Nicole Lyn | John Cothran Jr. | Peter James Smith | Gibby Brand | Eddy Shalita as Patron (uncredited) | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : William Sind | Director : Christopher Misiano | Writer : Michael Oates Palmer | |
| Air Date : Feb. 05, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 15 - [Inauguration Over There (Part 2)] |
| Details : Toby discovers that Will's frankness stubbornness and commitment to ideals is much like his own; Charlie remains on the hunt for an inaugural Bible; Bartlet and the staff continue to debate over sending American troops into Kundu to stop a genocidal war until Laurel and Hardy provide some needed inspiration; Bartlet appoints Will Deputy Communications Director; Donna takes one for Jack when a comment he thinks he is making off the record is included in a Post article by Danny's editor. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Peter James Smith | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Lesli Linka Glatter | |
| Air Date : Feb. 12, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 16 - [The California 47th] |
| Details : Bartlet plays hardball to end the genocide in Kundu; after the entire speechwriting staff quits Will is forced to rely on Elsie and some inexperienced interns to write tax policy remarks; the trip to California to help Sam's campaign gets off to a rocky start; Sam refuses to let Bartlet hold off the Democratic response to the Republican tax plan because it might hurt the campaign; Toby and Charlie get arrested coming to Andy's defense after a drunk accosts her; Bartlet fires Sam's campaign manager and replaces him with Toby. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lily Tomlin | Danica McKellar | John Amos | Trent Ford | NiCole Robinson | Kathleen York | Matthew Glave | Renée Estevez | Peter James Smith | Alex Hyde-White | Kimberlee Peterson | Lara Phillips | Rick Najera | Henry G. Sanders | Catherine Kwong | Claire Coffee | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Paula Yoo | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Vincent Misiano | Writer : Lauren Schmidt | |
| Air Date : Feb. 19, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 17 - [Red Haven's On Fire] |
| Details : While Toby and C.J. are in California working on Sam's campaign Josh drops Abbey's agenda in favor of his own Jed deals with a military hostage situation and Will runs his intern writing staff ragged. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lily Tomlin | Danica McKellar | John Amos | NiCole Robinson | Thomas Kopache | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Carrie Snodgress | Renée Estevez | Lee Garlington | Daniel Zacapa | Giselle Fernández | Stephanie Venditto | Kimberlee Peterson | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Lara Phillips | Catherine Kwong | Karl T. Wright | Claire Coffee | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Mark Goffman | Writer : Debora Cahn | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Feb. 26, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 18 - [Privateers] |
| Details : Toby's old friend approaches him ready to blow the whistle on his employer's violations of environmental laws; staff pranks abound on Amy's first day at the office; Abbey charges Amy with the task of convincing the President to threaten a veto on a foreign aid bill containing an abortion gag rule provision; claiming that Abbey's ancestor was a pirate rather than a privateer a prominent member threatens to mount a boycott of the D.A.R. dinner at which Zoey will be inducted until Will C.J. and Amy devise a plan to defuse the situation; at the behest of Jean Paul Zoey sends Charlie a Dear John email but Charlie refuses to accept the brushoff and declares his love for Zoey; Donna is less than thrilled when Josh assigns her the job of shadowing a possible security risk at Zoey's D.A.R. induction; Will takes one for the team in putting an environmental and political face on the destruction and deaths which resulted from the melting of an Alaskan glacier. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Trent Ford | Andrea Savage | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Helen Slayton-Hughes | Jeff Perry | Benjamin Brown | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Robert Noble | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Paul Redford | Writer : Debora Cahn | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Mar. 26, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 19 - [Angel Maintenance] |
| Details : Air Force One is forced to keep aloft for almost 24 hours when an indicator light leads the flight crew to believe that the landing gear isn't functioning properly; Bartlet and Will have a spirited discussion on Colombian recertification which is ultimately rendered moot when Air Force One doesn't land on time; the Black Caucus plays hardball with the Oval Office to gain a Congressional debate on the merits of reinstating the draft; legislation to clean up Chesapeake Bay is sacrificed to partisan politics; Will is unsuccessful in hiding his fear of flying from C.J. and Charlie; deaths in Kundu continue to mount. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : James Morrison | Matt McCoy | NiCole Robinson | George Wyner | Gregory Jbara | Thom Barry | Peter James Smith | Director : Jessica Yu | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Eli Attie | Writer : Kevin Falls | |
| Air Date : Apr. 02, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 20 - [Evidence Of Things Not Seen] |
| Details : The White House is locked down after a gunman on the street fires shots into the West Wing; Josh interviews a candidate to replace Ainsley Hayes; Bartlet negotiates for the return of a spy plane is forced down over Russia; the staff plays poker. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lily Tomlin | Matthew Perry | NiCole Robinson | Michael O'Neill | Renée Estevez | Willie Gault | Jim Moret | Peter James Smith | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Writer : Eli Attie | Director : Christopher Misiano | Writer : David Handelman | |
| Air Date : Apr. 23, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 21 - [Life On Mars] |
| Details : On his first day at work Joe Quincy pieces together three news leaks and uncovers a scandal which forces Hoynes to resign. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : NiCole Robinson as Margaret | Matthew Perry as Joe Quincy | Tim Matheson as Vice President John Hoynes | Kiersten Warren as Blair Spoonhour | Claire Coffee as Cassie Tatum | John Apicella as Ralph Gish | Lara Phillips as Lauren Romano | Kimberlee Peterson as Lauren Shelby | Catherine Kwong as Lauren Chin | Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick | Krista Murphy as Katie Witt | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : John David Coles | |
| Air Date : Apr. 30, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 22 - [Commencement] |
| Details : Bartlet finally tells the staff the truth about the death of Shareef; Danny agrees to hold off on the story after five alleged terrorists go missing; Andy goes into labor after once again refusing Toby's marriage proposal; Zoey is kidnapped from a nightclub on the night of her college graduation. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Deavere Smith | John Amos | Trent Ford | Taye Diggs | Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | NiCole Robinson | Kathleen York | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Michael O'Neill | Arye Gross | Keith MacKechnie | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : May. 07, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 23 - [Twenty Five] |
| Details : When Bartlet learns that Zoey's kidnapping is the work of Qumari terrorists he invokes the 25th amendment to diminish their leverage and eliminate any conflict of interest; since there's no Vice President the power of the Presidency passes to Bartlet's chief political rival and the most powerful Republican in the country the Speaker of the House who immediately takes a very hard line; now that twins Huck and Molly have arrived Toby wonders if he's capable of loving them enough. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Deavere Smith | John Amos | Harry Groener | Trent Ford | Taye Diggs | NiCole Robinson | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Clark Gregg | Michael O'Neill | Alan Dale | Vernee Watson-Johnson | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Weston Blakesley | Haskell V. Anderson III | John Goodman as Glenallen Walken | Writer : Aaron Sorkin | Director : Christopher Misiano | |
| Air Date : May. 14, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★★ |