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The West Wing
S7.E19
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Transition

  • Episode aired Apr 23, 2006
  • TV-14
  • 42m
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Rob Lowe in The West Wing (1999)
Drama

Eyebrows are raised when the President-elect places a call to the president of China and offers a different position than that of Bartlet. Meanwhile, Josh picks his deputy chief of staff.Eyebrows are raised when the President-elect places a call to the president of China and offers a different position than that of Bartlet. Meanwhile, Josh picks his deputy chief of staff.Eyebrows are raised when the President-elect places a call to the president of China and offers a different position than that of Bartlet. Meanwhile, Josh picks his deputy chief of staff.

  • Director
    • Nelson McCormick
  • Writers
    • Aaron Sorkin
    • Peter Noah
  • Stars
    • Alan Alda
    • Kristin Chenoweth
    • Allison Janney
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    726
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    • Director
      • Nelson McCormick
    • Writers
      • Aaron Sorkin
      • Peter Noah
    • Stars
      • Alan Alda
      • Kristin Chenoweth
      • Allison Janney
    • 1User review
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    Alan Alda
    Alan Alda
    • Senator Arnold Vinick
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    Kristin Chenoweth
    Kristin Chenoweth
    • Annabeth Schott
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    Allison Janney
    Allison Janney
    • C.J. Cregg
    Joshua Malina
    Joshua Malina
    • Will Bailey
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    Mary McCormack
    Mary McCormack
    • Kate Harper
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    Janel Moloney
    Janel Moloney
    • Donna Moss
    John Spencer
    John Spencer
    • Leo McGarry
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    Bradley Whitford
    Bradley Whitford
    • Josh Lyman
    Jimmy Smits
    Jimmy Smits
    • Matthew Santos
    Martin Sheen
    Martin Sheen
    • President Josiah Bartlet
    Janeane Garofalo
    Janeane Garofalo
    • Louise Thornton
    Teri Polo
    Teri Polo
    • Helen Santos
    Lily Tomlin
    Lily Tomlin
    • Deborah Fiderer
    Steve Ryan
    Steve Ryan
    • Secretary of Defense Miles Hutchinson
    Anna Deavere Smith
    Anna Deavere Smith
    • Nancy McNally
    Matthew Del Negro
    Matthew Del Negro
    • Bram Howard
    Karis Campbell
    Karis Campbell
    • Ronna
    Ramon De Ocampo
    Ramon De Ocampo
    • Otto
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    • Director
      • Nelson McCormick
    • Writers
      • Aaron Sorkin
      • Peter Noah
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    • Trivia
      This episode marks Rob Lowe's first appearance on the show since the seventeenth episode of Season Four.
    • Goofs
      When CJ and Josh talk about pranks conducted by the departing administration, Josh remarks that on his first day, he needed a crowbar to open the drawer on his desk. However, in Debate Camp (2002), flashbacks show that Josh does not have a desk at all on his first day.
    • Quotes

      Donna Moss: Be still and listen to me. I don't know what this is. And you don't either, which is perfectly fine and understandable. Whatever the build up, it's all happened amid absurdly heightened emotional circumstances. The election. Leo's death. There's been no moment to so much as take a breath, much less figure any of this out. And now this roller coaster's plunging into the transition, with its time-pressure demands and then the inauguration and it's hit the ground running and the first hundred days, and before you know it, the midterms and the new Congress and then we're running again and four years becomes eight, and we've never had the talk. And you can lose that look of panic in your eyes, we're not going to have it now; we don't ever have to have it. But there's a window. I'd say four weeks. If we can't get it together in that time to figure out what we want from each other, then clearly, it's not worth the trouble.

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      Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Most Satisfying TV Reunions (2018)
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      West Wing Main Title
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      Written by W.G. Snuffy Walden

      Performed by Pete Anthony

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    • Release date
      • April 23, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 23, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • John Wells Productions
      • Warner Bros. Television
      • thinkfilm
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    • Runtime
      42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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