1x15 Celestial Navigation - The West Wing Episode Guide

The West Wing

- Episode 01x15

Episode: 01x15
Title: Celestial Navigation
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 225914
First Aired: Feb. 16, 2000

Season 1 » Episode #15 - Celestial Navigation

The West Wing - 01x15 Celestial Navigation

Summary: Sam and Toby rush to Connecticut when Roberto Mendoza, Bartlet’s Supreme Court nominee, is jailed for drunk driving. There, Sam and Toby try to secure the secret release of the nominee while doing damage control along the way. Meanwhile, Josh does his best as a replacement White House spokesman when C.J. has an emergency root canal.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Mandy Hampton	played by Moira Kelly
President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet	played by Martin Sheen
Deborah O'Leary	played by CCH Pounder
Secretary of Housing & Urban Development	played by CCH Pounder
Danny Concannon	played by Timothy Busfield
David Nessler	played by Robert David Hall
Sgt. MacNamara	played by Vaughn Armstrong
Judge Roberto Mendoza	played by Edward James Olmos
Margaret	played by NiCole Robinson

	Season 1 / Episode 15: - Celestial Navigation Danny Concannon: [At a press conference] Is the reason you won't tell us about it that it's a secret? Josh Lyman: Yeah, Danny. We have a secret inflation plan.
	Season 1 / Episode 15: - Celestial Navigation Leo McGarry: Mr. President, we experienced a few public relations - what's the word? Toby Ziegler: Catastrophes. Leo McGarry: ...incidents, in the few hours you were away last night.

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TRIVIA

Sam and Toby walk into a Connecticut police station to spring their Supreme Court nominee. When they introduce themselves as presidential aides, the duty officers don't believe them until the senior man recognizes Toby from a picture, with the President in the Oval Office, that appeared in that day's paper. Three seasons later, in the Christmas episode "Holy Night", we see Toby's father, Julie Ziegler, admiring the same front page that has found its way into a frame and onto the wall in Toby's office.
The exterior of the police station in "Celestial Navigation" is the show's post-production office.