2x14 The War at Home - The West Wing Episode Guide

The West Wing

- Episode 02x14

Episode: 02x14
Title: The War at Home
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 226214
First Aired: Feb. 14, 2001

Season 2 » Episode #14 - The War at Home

Summary: As the crisis surrounding the captured DEA agents becomes increasingly worse, Bartlet authorizes a rescue, but the rescue attempt doesn't go as planned. C.J. continues to deal with the fallout of the merited police officer's accused beating while Toby deals with a Senator who threatens to run for President as a third-party candidate after the State of the Union's Social Security reform changes. Meanwhile, Sam arranges for Ainsley to meet the President, but she fails to make a good impression; Bartlet and Abbey talk about possibly running for a second term; and Josh finally gets the poll results from Joey Lucas all while being urged by Donna to ask her out.

Who appeared in this episode?

President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet	played by Martin Sheen
Ainsley Hayes	played by Emily Procter
Joey Lucas	played by Marlee Matlin
Mickey Troop	played by Tony Plana
Off. Jack Sloan	played by Richard Riehle
Mark Gottfried	played by Ted McGinley
Kenny Thurman	played by Bill O'Brien
President's Translator	played by Adam Alexi-Malle
Dolores Landingham	played by Kathryn Joosten

Season 2 / Episode 14: - The War at Home

Abbey Bartlet: Memory lapses, loss of cognitive function, failure to reason, failure to think clearly. And I can't tell you if it's going to happen. I don't know if it's going to get better, I don't know if it's going to get worse. But we had a deal. And that deal is how you justified keeping it a secret from the world. It's how you justified it to God... It's how you justified it to me.

Season 2 / Episode 14: - The War at Home

Leo McGarry: I fought a jungle war. I'm not doing it again. If I could put myself anywhere in time, it would be the Cabinet room, on August 4, 1964. When our ships were attacked by North Vietnam in the Tonkin Gulf. I'd say, "Mr. President... don't do it. Don't consider authorizing a massive commitment of troops and throwing in our lot with torturers and panderers, leaders without principle and soldiers without conviction; no clear mission, and no end in sight." This war is at home. The casualties are in our prisons, and not our hospitals. The amount of money the American government is spending in Columbia is the exact same amount American consumers are spending buying drugs from Columbia, we're funding both sides of this war and we'll never win it that way.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: While the President is being briefed about the hostages being moved in a scene shot from behind the President (time index 2:03) shows a photo being passed to a female military officer directly to the President's right. In the next shot the woman is now a man, Mickey.