1x11 Lord John Marbury - The West Wing Episode Guide

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- Episode 01x11

Episode: 01x11
Title: Lord John Marbury
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 225910
First Aired: Jan. 05, 2000

Season 1 » Episode #11 - Lord John Marbury

Summary: When India and Pakistan go to war with each other and threaten nuclear war, Bartlet calls British diplomat Lord Marbury for advise on how to handle the crisis. Josh gets subpoenaed to testify in Lillenfield’s investigation of Leo’s prior drug and alcohol abuse. Toby accuses C.J. of being overly friendly with the media and Charlie asks Bartlet permission to date his daughter.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Mandy Hampton	played by Moira Kelly
President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet	played by Martin Sheen
Percy Fitzwallace	played by John Amos
Lord John Marbury	played by Roger Rees
Zoey Bartlet	played by Elisabeth Moss
Claypool	played by John Diehl
Chinese Ambassador	played by James Hong
Pakistani Ambassador	played by Erick Avari
Joe	played by Clyde Kusatsu

	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Lord John Marbury Lord John Marbury: So, uh, tell me, how can I be of service to you? If it's within my power to give, you shall have it.
	Season 1 / Episode 11: - Lord John Marbury Leo McGarry: [on Lord John Marbury] He thinks I'm the butler. President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet: For the first couple of weeks, so did I.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FACT: Director of Central Intelligence informs the President that the "KH Superplatform" has been ordered into a stationary orbit over the northern subcontinent. There is only one stationary orbit, the GEO or Geosynchrous Stationary orbit with a semimajoral axis of about 42 000 km directly above the equator. The satellite can be parked at a specific longitude and can generally not be moved from that position. Satellite tasking is not done lightly and takes time as it uses on-board consumables. Photo-surveillance satellites are generally placed in elliptic LOE (Low Earth Orbit) (orbiting 150 - 500 km above the surface) at high inclinations (around 90 degrees) thus almost polar orbits. GEO is a circular orbit. Thus it is impossible to have live coverage of an area for long time. In order to obtain photographic surveillance on short notice reconnaissance aircraft are employed (if possible).
CONT: In the opening scene, one of the intelligence agents examining the satellite photo confirms that there are '2 CVE's' (aircraft carriers), and '4 destroyers' in the Indian battle group. But in the situation room, the type and numbers of ships are flip-flopped, and the Chief of Staff reporting to the president says it's reported as '4 CVE's and '2 destroyers' (a rather large discrepancy given the circumstances).
GEOG: The map in the Situation Room labels Pakistani-controlled Kashmir as "Jamu" [sic] and Indian-controlled Kashmir as "Kashmir". In actuality, the Pakistani-controlled region is composed of "Azad Kashmir" on the west and the "Northern Areas" to the north, whereas the Indian-controlled territory is the Indian state of "Jammu and Kashmir." ("Jammu" has 2 M's in it.)