2x19 Bad Moon Rising - The West Wing Episode Guide

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- Episode 02x19

Episode: 02x19
Title: Bad Moon Rising
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 226219
First Aired: Apr. 25, 2001

Season 2 » Episode #19 - Bad Moon Rising

Summary: President Bartlet goes to Oliver Babbish for advice on the potential ramifications of hiding his MS. Meanwhile, an oil spill near the Delaware coast spikes Sam's personal interest; Josh deals with a Mexican economic crisis, all while bickering with Donna; and Toby orders C.J. to get rid of a White House leak about a change in the President's position on school vouchers.

Who appeared in this episode?

President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet	played by Martin Sheen
White House Counsel Oliver Babish	played by Oliver Platt
Ainsley Hayes	played by Emily Procter
Lt. Emily Lowenbrau	played by Jacqueline Kim
Congressional Committee Chair	played by Robert Curtis Brown
Dolores Landingham	played by Kathryn Joosten
Congressional Committee Chair	played by Scott Lawrence
Jamie Hotchkiss	played by Michael Mantell
Staffer #1	played by Eric Stonestreet

Season 2 / Episode 19: - Bad Moon Rising

Oliver Babish: If I stay, will you do exactly what I tell you to do?
President Josiah Bartlet: I guess it depends.
Oliver Babish: I'm afraid it can't depend, sir.
President Josiah Bartlet: [pauses and thinks] What would my first step be?
Oliver Babish: First tell your staff.
President Josiah Bartlet: Yeah.
Oliver Babish: Then, decide how to make a public announcement.
President Josiah Bartlet: Yeah.
Oliver Babish: Then, order the attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor. Not just any special prosecutor, the most blood-spitting, Bartlet-hating Republican in the Bar. He's gonna have an unlimited budget and a staff like an army. The new slogan around here is gonna be "Bring it on!" He's gonna have access to every piece of paper you ever touched. If you invoke executive privilege one time, I'm gone. An assistant D.A in Ducksworth wants to take your deposition, you're on the next plane. A freshman Congressman wants your testimony, you'll sit in his kitchen. They wanna drag you to The Hague and charge you with war crimes, what'll we say?
President Josiah Bartlet: Bring it on.

Season 2 / Episode 19: - Bad Moon Rising

Leo McGarry: [after listening to the President's statement on his MS] What do you think?
White House Counsel Oliver Babish: I am nowhere close to being able to answer that.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CHAR: The chess set in Babish's office is set up incorrectly. First, the lower right corner square for each player should be a white square, not a black one. Second, the kings and queens are reversed: the white king should be on the player's right, the black king on the player's left.