2x20 The Fall's Gonna Kill You - The West Wing Episode Guide

The West Wing

- Episode 02x20

Episode: 02x20
Title: The Fall's Gonna Kill You
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 226220
First Aired: May. 02, 2001

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The West Wing - 02x20 The Fall's Gonna Kill You

Summary: Oliver Babish questions both Abbey and C.J. about their involvement with President Bartlet's MS cover-up, and Josh secretly asks Joey Lucas to take a public opinion poll about a hypothetical situation similar to the one Bartlet is in. Meanwhile, Sam is happy to hear about a lowered surplus estimate; Josh tries to seek out more funding for the Justice Department and its prosecution of tobacco companies; and as a Chinese satellite sails towards Earth at 2000 miles per hour, none of the staff members are alarmed -- except Donna.

Who appeared in this episode?

President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet	played by Martin Sheen
White House Counsel Oliver Babish	played by Oliver Platt
Joey Lucas	played by Marlee Matlin
Martin Connelly	played by Lee Wilkof
Jane Gentry	played by Rosalind Chao
Richard Will	played by Spencer Garrett
Congressional Aide #1	played by Douglas Roberts
Congressional Aide #3	played by Lucia Vincent
Larry	played by William Duffy (II)

	Season 2 / Episode 20: - The Fall's Gonna Kill You White House Counsel Oliver Babish: I'm going to have to ask you some questions, and the less you can be pissed at the world for no particular reason, the better I think.
	Season 2 / Episode 20: - The Fall's Gonna Kill You Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg: One in forty American men wear women's clothing and we've had well over forty presidents. I'm just saying, one of these guys was dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress. Now let's get to the bottom of that.

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TRIVIA

The agricultural poll pretense for bringing in Joey Lucas (we're eating more beets) is another tribute to Doonesbury. When USA Today was in its infancy, Doonesbury poked fun at it and its use of graphs and "We're eating more beets!" was a line in one of the strips. It's also the title of the collection in which the series is found.