Written by Aaron Sorkin and Rick ClevelandDirected by Alex Graves In Excelsis Deo is the tenth episode of the first season of The West Wing and one of the series’ most memorable […]
Written by Aaron Sorkin, Patrick Caddell, and Dee Dee MyersDirected by Bill D’Elia The Short List is one of the more thoughtful episodes of The West Wing because it turns an apparently […]
Written by Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, and Rick ClevelandDirected by Alan Taylor The eighth episode of the first season marks one of the first episodes not written by Aaron Sorkin, and it […]
Written by Aaron Sorkin and Paul RedfordDirected by Thomas Schlamme On the surface, The State Dinner is an episode that doesn’t seem to have much to offer. There’s no great crisis or […]
Written by Aaron SorkinDirected by Christopher Misiano The episode opens with a series recap. Is it really necessary? Probably not. For the most part, these episodes stand on their own, but there […]
Written by Aaron SorkinDirected by Anthony Drazan The Crackpots and These Women is a character-building episode with a lot of humor in it. How the various members of the President’s staff handle […]
Written by Aaron Sorkin, Lawrence O’Donnell, and Patrick CaddellDirected by Michael Lehmann The fourth episode of the series sets the tone for what it’s going to be like. There’s lots of walking […]
Written by Aaron SorkinDirected by Marc Buckland Picking up where Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc left off, A Proportional Response is the first look at non-trivial issues faced by a President who […]
Written by Aaron SorkinDirected by Tommy Schlamme One of the main things that made The West Wing such a distinctive series was the rapid-fire dialogue. The show originated as being mostly about […]
Written by Aaron SorkinDirected by Thomas Schlamme My mother, rest her soul, could never expand her mind enough to imagine a fictional White House. This was my favorite show for seven seasons, […]
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