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"The West Wing" Noël (TV Episode 2000) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Dec 20, 2000 · Noël: Directed by Thomas Schlamme. With Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney. Josh speaks to a psychiatrist about the events of the last three weeks: Toby hired musicians for the foyer, an Air Force pilot disobeyed orders, Yo-Yo Ma performed at the White House, and Josh managed to cut his hand quite badly.
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- Drama
- Thomas Schlamme
- 2000-12-20
Plot. Due to his colleagues' growing concern over his behavior Josh spends the day with Stanley Keyworth, a psychotherapist from the American Trauma Victims Association (ATVA). Stanley notices Josh's bandaged hand and asks about it.
The West Wing (TV Series 1999–2006) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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A RELUCTANT JOSH IS ORDERED TO CONFRONT HIS TRAUMATIC DEMONS DURING HEIGHT OF CHRISTMAS SEASON -- Christmas draws near as Josh (Bradley Whitford) is ordered by Leo (John Spencer) to consult with a doctor who specializes in analyzing trauma victims -- but Josh's denial of his occasional emotional outbursts belie the fact that he isn't fully recovere...
Opening - Christmas Eve
Josh walks into a room and meets with Dr. Stanley Keyworth and Kaytha Trask. The two of them are representatives of ATVA, the American Trauma Victims Association. Stanley immediately asks Josh what happened to his hand. Josh replies that he broke it on a glass. Stanley gives Josh some background on ATVA, which Josh already knows, responding sarcastically to Stanley. Josh accuses Stanley of lying, which Stanley admits to - who in turn asks Josh not to lie to him either. Stanley asks Josh again how he cut his hand.
Act I
Stanley begins the conversation by asking Josh to recount the events on the night he was shot. Josh is still being overly aggressive and tells Stanley that he came out of the building, heard gunshots, and woke up in a hospital. Stanley changes tacks and asks Josh what happened three weeks ago. Josh starts to shut down, telling Stanley, "I don't know what you're referring to." Josh admits that his colleagues may have been referring to "the pilot," but there was a lot going on and he can't be sure. Stanley pushes him and he gets Josh to start talking about the pilot. [flashing back three weeks ago] The White House is getting ready for the Christmas season. Josh and Toby are discussing the presence of a brass quintet in the lobby of the White House. Josh is bothered by them, but Toby is determined to fill the White House with Christmas spirit. Josh and Toby discuss how the Assistant Energy Secretary, Ben Zaharian, spoke the night before and during a Q&A, stated that "drilling in the SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) has a lot of merit." Toby tells Sam to get into it and to give C.J. a heads up. Sam goes into the press briefing and slips her a note, just as she gets a question about it. The briefing ends and Sam and C.J. discuss a previous question about a woman getting agitated on the White House tour. C.J. tells him that it happens about five times a week. She then bumps into Josh and asks him where the president is. Josh responds that he is in the Situation Room, and C.J. asks what's going on - and Josh replies, something about a pilot. In the Situation Room, the President and Leo get a briefing about a pilot that has broken off from his group and is now flying alone over the Mountain West. His intentions are not yet clear, whether he intends to blow something up [with his missiles] or to defect with a military asset. The military is going to send up fighter jets to determine if the pilot is dead due to a sudden lack of air pressure or if he is alive, he will be directed to land at a designated spot. Back in the meeting with Stanley and Josh, Stanley asks Josh if that was the first time he had heard about the pilot. Josh responds that he wasn't in the Situation Room, but he was asked later to look into the pilot's background. Josh is startled when there is a knock on the door. Stanley tells him that it is only the coffee.
Act II
[returning to three weeks ago] Josh and Leo are discussing the pilot and Leo asks Josh to find out more about the pilot and how he could have gotten through such an extensive psychological training and find themselves in this situation. He sees Donna moments later, who already has the pilot's personnel file [they called her ten minutes ago - though she tries to tell him that she is tuned to him]. She asks Josh if she can go to the Congressional Christmas Party, because she really wants to see Yo-Yo Ma, who will be playing. He agrees. As he begins to review the file, he immediately notices that he shares a birthday with the rogue pilot. Sam comes to see Josh to tell him that he spoke with someone at Energy and while he chastised them, Sam thinks the government should change its policy on the SPR - he is going to talk to Leo about it. C.J. meets with Bernard Thatch, from the White House Visitors Office, about the woman who got upset on the White House Tour. Bernard gives C.J. a report on the incident and the painting that caused it. Charlie comes to see the President, who is getting another briefing about the pilot. Charlie asks the President about the White House Christmas cards - the President wants to sign them all by hand, but Charlie explains that isn't practical, as there are 1.1 million cards to be sent out. Leo comes in to tell the President that he is needed in the Situation Room. Back with Stanley and Josh, Josh tells Stanley the pilot was dead. Stanley asks Josh about what he had learned in the interim before the situation resolved itself. Josh again tries to deflect. [returning to three weeks ago] Leo comes into Josh's office to tell him that it was over - the pilot flew into a mountain in New Mexico. Josh asks if he was alive prior to that, Leo responds that he was. There was a radio message from the pilot, who said, "it wasn't the plane." The pilot had committed suicide. Leo asks Josh what he had learned and [flashing back and forth between Leo and Stanley] Josh tells about their shared birthday and the medals he had been awarded and that the pilot had been shot down over Bosnia and there had been some injuries.
Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn
Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
Janel Moloney as Donna Moss
Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler
John Spencer as Leo McGarry
Leo: How'd it go?
Josh: Did you wait around for me?
Leo: How'd it go?
Josh: He thinks I might have an eating disorder.
Leo: Josh -
Josh: And a fear of rectangles. That's not weird is it?
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