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- Season 5 overviewSep 24, 2003-May 19, 200422 episodesSeason 5 episodes1. 7A WF 83429 Sep 24, 2003
- The desperate search continues for the president's abducted daughter.
- 2. The Dogs of War Oct 1, 2003
- Walken presides over the bombardment of camps; abductors issue an ultimatum.
- 3. Jefferson Lives Oct 8, 2003
- Bartlet endures the process of nominating a candidate for vice president.
- 4. Han Oct 22, 2003
- North Korean pianist signals the president that he wants to defect.
- 5. Constituency of One Oct 29, 2003
- Josh skirmishes with a senator over military promotions; CJ angers Leo.
- 6. Disaster Relief Nov 5, 2003
- The president flies to Oklahoma to lend support to tornado victims; Josh is in the dog house.
- 7. Separation of Powers Nov 12, 2003
- Toby dispatches a former Supreme Court clerk to check on the condition of Chief Justice.
- 8. Shutdown Nov 19, 2003
- Bartlet engages in a war of wills with the House speaker, resulting in a government shutdown.
- 9. Abu El Banat Dec 3, 2003
- News overshadows tree-lighting ceremony; Bartlet's daughters arrive.
- 10. The Stormy Present Jan 7, 2004
- En route to a funeral, Bartlet commiserates with two former leaders.
- 11. The Benign Prerogative Jan 14, 2004
- Bartlet ponders a list of prisoners eligible for a presidential pardon.
- 12. Slow News Day Feb 4, 2004
- Bartlet sanctions Toby's hush-hush mission to reform Social Security.
- 13. The Warfare of Genghis Khan Feb 11, 2004
- An unknown nation detonates a nuclear device over the Indian Ocean.
- 14. An Khe Feb 18, 2004
- The president dispatches a Navy SEAL team to retrieve five downed pilots.
- 15. Full Disclosure Feb 25, 2004
- Ex-Vice President Hoynes plans to write a tell-all about the Bartlet White House.
- 16. Eppur Si Muove Mar 3, 2004
- A congresswoman uses the president's daughter to suggest a conflict of interest.
- 17. The Supremes Mar 24, 2004
- President Bartlet must find a deceased Supreme Court justice's replacement.
- 18. Access Mar 31, 2004
- Film crew tags along with C.J. on a typical day at the White House.
- 19. Talking Points Apr 21, 2004
- Josh learns the president will reverse himself on outsourcing American jobs.
- 20. No Exit Apr 28, 2004
- Detection of a foreign substance inside results in a White House lockdown.
- 21. Gaza May 12, 2004
- A congressional fact-finding team's car is bombed while in the Gaza strip.
- 22. Memorial Day May 19, 2004
- Bartlet weighs his choices when U.S. officials are killed in Gaza.
The fifth season of the American political drama television series The West Wing aired in the United States on NBC from September 24, 2003, to May 19, 2004, and consisted of 22 episodes. This was the first season with executive producer John Wells as showrunner after series creator Aaron Sorkin departed the series at the end of the previous season.
Find out the plot, cast, and ratings of each episode of season 5 of the acclaimed political drama The West Wing. Watch options and trivia are also available for each episode.
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Season 5 of The West Wing aired on American television network NBC. It consisted of twenty-two episodes, the first of which aired on September 24, 2003 and the last on May 19, 2004.
Zoey Bartlet has been kidnapped. The President has relinquished office to a Republican Speaker of the House because the vacancy of Vice President had not been filled. After the crisis has been resolved, there is the selection of a new Vice President, the former Vice President’s tell all autobiography, the shutdown of the Federal government, the res...
Guest Cast
•Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner •Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon •Matthew Perry as Joe Quincy •Glenn Close as Evelyn Baker Lang •John Goodman as Glen Allen Walken (uncredited) •Jason Isaacs as Colin Ayres •James Cromwell as D. Wire Newman •Mary McCormack as Kate Harper •John Amos as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace •Lily Tomlin as Deborah Fiderer •Marlee Matlin as Joey Lucas •Tim Matheson as John Hoynes •Jesse Bradford as Ryan Pierce •William Fichtner as Christopher Mulready •William Devane as Lewis Berryhill •Armin Mueller-Stahl as Israeli Prime Minister Eli Zahavy •Gary Cole as Bob Russell •Gerald McRaney as Alan Adamley •Jay Mohr as Taylor Reid •Gabrielle Union as Meeshell Anders •Tom Skerritt as Senator Chris Carrick •Dylan Baker as Alan Fisk •Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet •Michael O'Neill as Ron Butterfield •Michael Hyatt as Angela Blake •Steven Culp as Speaker of the House Jeff Haffley •H. Richard Greene as Sen. Robert Royce •Mitchell Ryan as Senator Roland Pierce •Nina Siemaszko as Ellie Bartlet •Kathleen York as Rep. Andy Wyatt •Stephen Tobolowsky as Dr. Max Milkman •Terry O'Quinn as General Nicholas Alexander •Allison Smith as Mallory O'Brien •Anna Deavere Smith as Dr. Nancy McNally •Clark Gregg as Special Agent Michael Casper •Milo O'Shea as Roy Ashland •Annabeth Gish as Elizabeth Bartlet •Geoff Pierson as Senator Tripplehorn •Melissa Marsala as Marina •Zeljko Îvanek as Steve Atwood •Steven Eckholdt as Doug Westin •Cherry Jones as Barbara Layton •Philip Baker Hall as Senator Matt Hunt •Joaquim de Almeida as Carlos Carrio •Robert Picardo as E. Bradford Shelton •Reed Diamond as Dr. Mike Gordon •Bill O'Brien as Kenny Thurman •NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper •Renée Estevez as Nancy •Sam Robards as Greg Brock •Steve Ryan as Miles Hutchinson •Nick Searcy as Nate Singer •Ron Canada as Ted Barrow •Thomas Kopache as Bob Slatterly •Ryan Cutrona as George Sliger
John Wells admirably tries to maintain the spirit of Aaron Sorkin's vision after succeeding him, but The West Wing's fifth season is a decidedly rocky changing of the guard. Read...
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The West Wing. Season 5. Intense and dedicated presidential advisers get their personal lives hopelessly tangled up with professional duties as they try to conduct the business of running a country with fictional Democratic President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet. 1,506 IMDb 8.9 1999 22 episodes. X-Ray TV-14. Drama. Free trial of Max or buy. Watch with Max.
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The West Wing: Created by Aaron Sorkin. With Allison Janney, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen. Inside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.
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Season 5 Episode Guide. 22 Episodes 2003 - 2004. The fifth series of The West Wing begins with US forces successfully rescuing Zoey Bartlet from her abductors, and President...
