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| The West Wing Season 5 : |
| The fifth season of The West Wing aired in the United States from September 24 2003 to May 19 2004 and consisted of 22 episodes. It aired in the United States on NBC a terrestrial television network. |
| Episode 1 - [7a Wf 83429] |
| Details : As the search for Zoey continues Walken takes a hard line against the kidnappers that could contribute to her death; Danny releases the Shareef story and the revelation creates a rift that separates Jed from Abbey and Liz; tensions arise between Walken's staff and Bartlet's staff; the Democratic leadership in Congress assails Leo for allowing Jed to step aside; in retaliation for Shareef's death a movie theater in Turkey is bombed and eighty people including American soldiers are killed. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | NiCole Robinson as Margaret | John Amos as Percy Fitzwallace | Lily Tomlin as Deborah Fiderer | Nina Siemaszko as Ellie Bartlet | Anna Deavere Smith as Nancy McNally | Clark Gregg as Michael Casper | Zeljko Ivanek as Steve Atwood | Steven Eckholdt as Doug Westin | Geoff Pierson as Senator Tripplehorn | Writer : John Wells | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Sep. 24, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [The Dogs Of War] |
| Details : Bombs drop on Qumar upon Walken's orders; as the hours pass without any word on Zoey's whereabouts tensions increase within the Bartlet family; Walken and Leo clash after Josh's suspicion that the opposition is using Walken's tenure in the Oval Office to advance their agenda is confirmed; Andy takes the twins home; Leo inflicts a new intern from a prominent political family on an unwilling Josh; Jed's staff is less than thrilled when they learn who will succeed Walken as Speaker of the House; the search for a new Vice President is accelerated; Zoey is rescued. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | John Amos as Percy Fitzwallace | Jesse Bradford as Ryan Pierce | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Director : Christopher Misiano | Writer : John Wells | |
| Air Date : Oct. 01, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Jefferson Lives] |
| Details : When he realizes that his first choice for Vice President faces an uphill fight for nomination Jed nominates a congressman that none of the staff can get excited about; Josh is less than thrilled with his new intern. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lily Tomlin | Gary Cole | NiCole Robinson | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Michael O'Neill | William Devane | Jesse Bradford | Steven Culp | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Rebecca Avery as Anna - Reporter #1 / Co-Anchor / Aide / Reporter #3 | Geoff Pierson as Senator Tripplehorn | Writer : Carol Flint | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Oct. 08, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [Han] |
| Details : Josh fails to sway an unruly congressman who insists on voting against the administration on the vice presidential confirmation but Ryan reaches out to get him to change his mind; Leo fears that the potential defection of a prominent North Korean pianist will jeopardize secret nuclear disarmament talks; Will and Toby are humiliated when an early draft of a speech outlining their struggle to laud Bob Russell's confirmation is erroneously substituted for the final version; Donna's aunt and uncle from Wisconsin pay a visit testing Josh's ability to refrain from bad cheesehead jokes during their tour of the White House; the staff struggles over how to language the state of the economy; fearing that the administration is drifting off-course Toby wants to hand over more responsibilities to Will in order to focus on getting back to their core message. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tony Lee | Gary Cole | NiCole Robinson | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Jesse Bradford | Ron Canada | Benjamin Brown | Christopher Cousins | Writer : Paula Yoo | Writer : Mark Goffman | Director : Christopher Misiano | Director : Peter Noah | Writer : Peter Noah | |
| Air Date : Oct. 22, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [Constituency Of One] |
| Details : Will Bailey receives an offer to become Vice President Russell's top aide. Amy Parker does some skillful lobbying for domestic violence prevention which gets the wrath of Bartlett. A conservative democratic senator switches parties. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tom Skerritt | Gary Cole | NiCole Robinson | Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner | Erinn Hayes | Jesse Bradford | Renée Estevez | Writer : Eli Attie | Writer : Michael Oates Palmer | Director : Laura Innes | |
| Air Date : Oct. 29, 2003 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [Disaster Relief] |
| Details : The fallout on the Hill from Carrick's switch to the Republican party exiles Josh deep into a White House doghouse so C.J. gives Donna some tips on how she can support him; Jed gets a harsh reality check from C.J. when he lingers too long in a small Oklahoma town devastated by a deadly tornado; in Jed's absence Leo juggles an impending war between Albania and Greece a visit from the German chancellor a tussle over tax cuts and an over-reaching Secretary of Defense; Josh and Toby are less than thrilled when Leo brings Angela on board to assume some of Josh's responsibilities. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bryan Callen | Steve Ryan | Maree Cheatham | Gary Cole | NiCole Robinson | Steven Anderson | Terry O'Quinn | Jesse Bradford | Renée Estevez | Nick Searcy | Michael Hyatt | Jim Moret | Lauren Stamile | Writer : Alexa Junge | Director : Lesli Linka Glatter | Writer : Lauren Schmidt | |
| Air Date : Nov. 05, 2003 |
| Episode 7 - [Separation Of Powers] |
| Details : As Chief Justice Ashland's health problems continue to mount Joe Quincy Ashland's former clerk is pressed into service to persuade him to retire; as C.J. prepares Zoey for a sit-down interview about her kidnapping Abbey reveals that her relationship with her husband is still strained; Jed refuses to be held hostage by the Republican in the budget negotiations. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Obi Ndefo | Matthew Perry | Gary Cole | NiCole Robinson | Steven Culp | Milo O’Shea | Michael Hyatt | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Paul Redford | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Nov. 12, 2003 |
| Episode 8 - [Shutdown] |
| Details : Jed's decision not to be held hostage by Haffley shuts down the federal government; unable to get through to Jed and fearing the worst Leo calls in the reinforcements and Abbey returns to Washington to deliver a message and provide her husband with a little perspective; after being benched from the staff meetings Josh gets put back in the game by Jed and sets the stage for victory; disregarding the advice of more seasoned colleagues Haffley makes a major misstep and loses his advantage over the White House; Jed and Haffley meet and reach an accord on the budget. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Brandon Barash | Gary Cole | NiCole Robinson | Steven Culp | Michael Hyatt | JoAnne McGee | Joyce Guy | Melissa Marsala | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Writer : Mark Goffman | Director : Christopher Misiano | |
| Air Date : Nov. 19, 2003 |
| Episode 9 - [Abu El Banat] |
| Details : The Bartet clan attempts to gather for a holiday dinner. Jed must deal with a hostage situation in Sudan an assisted suicide in Oregon his son-in-law's yearn to run for the House of Representatives and his grandson's want to spend time with his grandpa. C.J. takes a stand on the assisted suicide because of her father's worsening condition. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lily Tomlin | Annabeth Gish | Mark Moses | NiCole Robinson | Dylan Baker | Ron Canada | Steven Eckholdt | Bruno Gunn | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Nina Siemaszko as Ellie Bartlet | Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet | Writer : Debora Cahn | Director : Lesli Linka Glatter | |
| Air Date : Dec. 03, 2003 |
| Episode 10 - [The Stormy Present] |
| Details : President Bartlet attends the funeral of a former president with other former presidents Glenallen Walken and D. Wire Newman while monitoring a possible situation in Saudi Arabia. Josh Lyman mediates an argument between a representative from Connecticut and one from North Carolina who wants her state's copy of the Bill of Rights returned. CJ is concerned about a scientist's invention which could interfere with privacy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick | James Cromwell as President D. Wire Newman | Michael Hyatt as Angela Blake | Stephen Tobolowsky as Dr. Max Milkman | Terry O'Quinn as General Nicholas Alexander | Allison Smith as Mallory O'Brien | Ron Canada as Under Secretary of State Theodore Barrow | Diana Douglas as Libby Lassiter | Steve Ryan as Secretary of Defense Miles Hutchinson | Maz Jobrani as Prince Bitar | Bellamy Young as MaryLou Meriwether | Ryan Cutrona as CIA Director George Rollie | John Goodman as Glenallen Walken | Writer : John Sacret Young | Director : John Sacret Young | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Jan. 07, 2004 |
| Episode 11 - [The Benign Prerogative] |
| Details : In the days leading up to the State of the Union address Toby gets crucial voter feedback when he accompanies Joey as she mall-tests the speech around the nation; Jed and the staff wrestle with the issues of presidential pardons and mandatory minimums; Charlie dates an attractive woman who's not what she seems; Joey Lucas derails Josh's plans when she arrives at the White House carrying a surprise; Jed and Abbey reach out to an old friend on the eve of his ex-wife's remarriage. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | NiCole Robinson as Margaret | Michael Hyatt as Angela Blake | Gabrielle Union as Meeshel Anders | Melissa Marsala as Rina | Writer : Carol Flint | Director : Christopher Misiano | |
| Air Date : Jan. 14, 2004 |
| Episode 12 - [Slow News Day] |
| Details : Toby gets Jed's support to seize a controversial window of opportunity to save Social Security but is hampered by Jed's mandate to keep the operation under wraps; desperate to feed the press corps beast on a glacially slow news day C.J. meets with an attache to discuss cabbage imports and has a little fun with a particularly dense reporter; Josh's brainstorm to help Will burnish Bob Russell's presentation problems and a persistent reporter endanger Toby's attempts to broker a deal on the Hill; Rina finds a friend in Donna and Josh isn't too happy about it; Toby is saved from having to fall on his sword when Josh and Jed devise a plan to rescue his deal from certain disaster. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Melissa Fitzgerald | Melissa Marsala | Josef Sommer | Kate Burton | Michael Nouri | Scott Allan Campbell | Joaquim de Almeida | Director : Julie Hébert | Writer : Eli Attie | |
| Air Date : Feb. 04, 2004 |
| Episode 13 - [The Warfare Of Genghis Khan] |
| Details : An unlikely party comes to the aid of the administration as it seeks to discover the party responsible for nuclear testing in the Indian Ocean; Will is unhappy but his boss doesn't seem to mind when a request to beef up the Vice President's issue profile results in Toby's handing him boring low-level minutae; Josh dismisses a NASA proposal for a manned Mars mission until an agency staffer shows him the error of his ways; a conservative talk show host makes a pathetic attempt to bait C.J. into appearing on his show. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Deavere Smith | Jay Mohr | Steve Ryan | Christina Chang | Gary Cole | Thomas Kopache | Terry O'Quinn | Renée Estevez | Christopher Maher | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Ryan Cutrona | Director : Bill D'Elia | Writer : Peter Noah | |
| Air Date : Feb. 11, 2004 |
| Episode 14 - [An Khe] |
| Details : When five navy E-2C Hawkeye crew members are stranded in North Korea Bartlet orders a risky Navy Seal rescue attempt. C.J. agrees to one on one with a motormouth conservative talk show host |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Philip Baker Hall | Lily Tomlin | Jay Mohr | NiCole Robinson | Terry O'Quinn | Jesse Bradford | Jeffrey DeMunn | Ron Canada | Brian Kerwin | Carlos Gómez | Anna Holbrook | Allan Kolman | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Writer : John Wells | Director : Alex Graves | |
| Air Date : Feb. 18, 2004 |
| Episode 15 - [Full Disclosure] |
| Details : He's back Former VP John Hoynes who resigned in sex scandal makes a bid for political resurrection by trashing Barlet and Leo in a tell-all book. But it's C.J. who's taking the news the hardest |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jay Mohr | James Pickens Jr. | Kenneth Kimmins | Tim Matheson | Sam Robards | NiCole Robinson | Jesse Bradford | Frank Ashmore | Peter James Smith | Melissa Marsala | Ron Dean | Michael Mantell | Writer : Lawrence O'Donnell | Director : Lesli Linka Glatter | |
| Air Date : Feb. 25, 2004 |
| Episode 16 - [Eppur Si Muove] |
| Details : When a conservative Republican Congresswoman targets Ellie's research project in an effort to discredit Jed Toby discovers that the source of the leak is uncomfortably close to home and Will realizes that they've all greatly underestimated his boss; Josh investigates the wisdom of a recess appointment as he tries to convince an old friend to be patient with the Sixth Circuit judicial nomination process and keep his hat in the ring; C.J. completely misreads Ben's intentions; Donna tracks down an AWOL Ryan; an opening is created on the Supreme Court; in an effort to redefine Abbey's image with the press C.J. sets her up to do a public service announcement with the Muppets which inspires Ellie to stand up before the press in defense of scientific research unhampered by politics. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lily Tomlin | Deirdre Lovejoy | Michael Gaston | Gary Cole | NiCole Robinson | Cherry Jones | Brian Kerwin | Kevin Clash | Carmen Osbahr | Melissa Marsala | Joey Mazzarino | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | John Lafayette | Nina Siemaszko as Ellie Bartlet | Writer : Alexa Junge | Director : Llewellyn Wells | |
| Air Date : Mar. 03, 2004 |
| Episode 17 - [The Supremes] |
| Details : Jed and the staff vet potential Supreme Court appointees; Toby and Andy don't see eye-to-eye on her fact-finding trip to the Middle East; Donna's parents are the unlikely inspiration for the resolution to the problems arising from the judicial confirmation process. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lily Tomlin | Kathleen York | Jesse Bradford | Milo O’Shea | Melissa Marsala | Glenn Close | William Fichtner | Mitchell Ryan | Director : Jessica Yu | Writer : Debora Cahn | |
| Air Date : Mar. 24, 2004 |
| Episode 18 - [Access] |
| Details : A documentary camera crew follows C.J. around for a not-so-typical day in the White House. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Will Lyman | Wilson Cruz | Sam Robards | NiCole Robinson | Clark Gregg | Albie Selznick | Joseph Vassallo | Brian Poth | Joyce Guy | Hira Ambrosino | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Rebecca Avery as Anna - Reporter #1 / Co-Anchor / Aide / Reporter #3 | Director : Alex Graves | Writer : Lauren Schmidt | |
| Air Date : Mar. 31, 2004 |
| Episode 19 - [Talking Points] |
| Details : Hail the conquering hero. Josh returns after nailing down details for a trade agreement. But the devil in the detail including information kept from Josh. C.J. fights megamedia ownership of local TV. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anna Deavere Smith | Lily Tomlin | John Amos | Sam Robards | Jesse Bradford | Steven Culp | Mary McCormack | Writer : Eli Attie | Director : Richard Schiff | |
| Air Date : Apr. 21, 2004 |
| Episode 20 - [No Exit] |
| Details : An airborne contamination alert locks down the West Wing forcing staffers to stay put until the all-clear is sounded; Toby and Will face off over Will's working for the vice president; C.J. tells Donna some things she's rather not hear about Josh and her career prospects; Leo confronts Abbey about the dangers of her recent coping mechanisms; Jed Debbie and Charlie are poked prodded and sent to the decontamination showers; Kate is initially reluctant to give Josh any information on a personal or professional level as they sit out the alert together. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lily Tomlin | Reed Diamond | Wilson Cruz | Michael O'Neill | Mary McCormack | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Director : Julie Hébert | Writer : Mark Goffman | Writer : Carol Flint | Writer : Debora Cahn | |
| Air Date : Apr. 28, 2004 |
| Episode 21 - [Gaza] |
| Details : Donna Moss Percy Fitzwallace Andrea Wyatt and a couple of congressmen are in the Middle East on a fact finding mission when their cars are blown up. President Bartlet considers possible military targets to bomb in retaliation. In flashbacks we see Donna becoming attracted to British photojournalist Colin Ayres. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Amos | Steve Ryan | Jason Isaacs | Kathleen York | Terry O'Quinn | Ron Canada | Mary McCormack | Ryan Cutrona | Director : Christopher Misiano | Writer : Peter Noah | |
| Air Date : May. 12, 2004 |
| Episode 22 - [Memorial Day] |
| Details : Jed weighs his options for responding to the bombing as Israeli and Palestinian forces face off against each other; Josh has an interesting reaction when Colin arrives at the hospital to visit Donna; Kate and Leo clash over the advice she's giving Jed; Josh assumes a diplomatic role when the Palestinians approach him to initiate settlement discussions; Toby and Charlie prepare a reluctant Jed for throwing out the first ball at Camden Yards; Donna's life is threatened when she develops a pulmonary embolism; Jed reflects on the days prior to his first inauguration. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Gerald McRaney | Lily Tomlin | Steve Ryan | Jason Isaacs | Gary Cole | Natalija Nogulich | Steven Culp | Ron Canada | Renée Estevez | Mary McCormack | Endre Hules | Hira Ambrosino | Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet | Director : Christopher Misiano | Writer : Josh Singer | Writer : John Sacret Young | |
| Air Date : May. 19, 2004 |