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May 17, 2000 · What Kind of Day Has It Been: Directed by Thomas Schlamme. With Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney. A stealth fighter is shot down over Iraq, leading to Bartlet ordering a military rescue as Toby worries about his brother trapped on a space shuttle orbiting the Earth.
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- Thomas Schlamme
- 2000-05-17
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LIVE TOWN HALL MEETINGTHE NEWSEUMROSSLYN, VIRGINIA President Bartlet is on-stage at a "town hall" meeting, while the staff continues to move behind the scenes to make everything flow smoothly: Charlie is pleased that the President used some material that he had given the President, and thanks Josh for encouraging him to share the information; Sam takes a phone call from a man named Peter Jobson intended to for Toby, which results in the staff passing a mysterious signal around, ending with Le...
Act One
12 HOURS EARLIER In the Situation Room, Admiral Fitzwallace tells Leo that a plane has gone down in Iraq, but he needs 10 minutes to confirm the details before they involve the President. President Barlet discusses with Charlie his desire to watch a woman's softball game when he returns from the town hall meeting later that night, then goes into the Press Room to rehearse for the Town Hall meeting. The President asks Sam to find out why the Columbia shuttle didn't land the previous night, sug...
Act Two
Leo tells CJ about the downed airplane and the pending rescue mission. Leo gives Josh some advice about his meeting with the Vice-President, while various staffers wonder about how a stealth fighter was shot down. Sam informs Toby that the Columbia hasn't landed yet because there is a technical problem with one of the payload doors, and tells Toby that he's been in contact with Peter Jobson, and we learn that he's the Mission Commander at NASA for the Columbia mission. Josh and Vice-President...
Rob Lowe as Sam SeabornMoira Kelly as Mandy HamptonDulé Hill as Charlie YoungAllison Janney as C.J. CreggRichard Schiff as Toby ZieglerJohn Spencer as Leo McGarryAaron Sorkin took the title for this episode from the Sports Night finale, he also later used it as the title for the finales of Studio 60 and The Newsroom.President Bartlet's supposed ancestor Josiah Bartlett (written with two "t"s), of whom the president speaks during the town hall meeting, was, in fact, one of the signatories of the Declaration of..."What Kind of Day Has It Been" is the 22nd episode of The West Wing, the season finale of the show's first season. It originally aired on NBC on May 17, 2000. [1] Events circle around the attempted rescue of a US fighter pilot in Iraq , and the president taking part in a town hall meeting in Rosslyn , Virginia .
- May 17, 2000
- Thomas Schlamme
- 225.9K
- Aaron Sorkin
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Dec 15, 2014 · The West Wing, “What Kind of Day Has It Been?” Originally aired: May 17, 2000. This finale is much more dire. With an in-medias-res beginning that implied awful things to come,...
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May 20, 2013 · This season’s story with C.J. has been leading to “What Kind of Day Has It Been.” After having dealt with the stress and frustration of having misinformed the press unknowingly, Leo deals C.J. another disaster: She must willingly mislead the press in the interest of national security.
Directed by Thomas Schlamme. Written by Aaron Sorkin. At a town hall meeting in Rosslyn, Virginia, President Bartlet is telling jokes to the (mostly) college-age audience. The moderator asks if they have time for one more question, and Bartlet concedes he hasn't really answered "Suzanne's" question.
"What Kind of Day Has It Been" is the 22nd episode of The West Wing, the season finale of the show's first season. It originally aired on NBC on May 17, 2000. Events circle around the attempted rescue of a US fighter pilot in Iraq, and the president taking part in a town hall meeting in Rosslyn, Virginia.
