"The West Wing" Isaac and Ishmael (2001)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Chris Misiano

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (written by)
Aaron Sorkin (creator)

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

3 October 2001 (Season 3, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The West Wing goes under lock down as a suspected terrorist is found to be working at the White House...

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist Suspect | Old Testament | Lockdown | Islamic Extremism | Non Canon

Cast

Rob Lowe	...	Sam Seaborn
Stockard Channing	...	Abbey Bartlet
Dulé Hill	...	Charlie Young
Allison Janney	...	Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg
Janel Moloney	...	Donna Moss
Richard Schiff	...	Toby Ziegler
John Spencer	...	Leo McGarry
Bradley Whitford	...	Josh Lyman
Martin Sheen	...	President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet
Ajay Naidu	...	Rakim Ali
Michael O'Neill	...	Secret Service Agent Ron Butterfield
Jonathan Nichols	...	Agent Cleary
Jeanette Brox
Cyd Strittmatter	...	Joan
Frantz Turner	...	Agent Greg

Runtime:

41 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Company:

John Wells Productions

Trivia:

This episode was written and filmed in less than two weeks as the show's reaction to the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001. The episode was not written to be part of the show's continuity.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The analogy that Josh uses ("Islamic extremism is to Islamic as KKK is to Christianity") is grammatically incorrect. The first half relates a noun to an adjective whereas the second half relates a noun to a noun. The correct analogy would be "Islamic extremism is to *Islam* as KKK is to Christianity."

Quotes:

Josh Lyman: You're juniors and seniors. In honor of the SATs you're about to take, answer the following question:
[writing on dry eraseboard]
Josh Lyman: Islamic extremist is to Islamic as "blank" is to Christianity.

Soundtrack:

For What it's Worth