The West Wing (1999)

04x18 Privateers

Toby's old friend approaches him ready to blow the whistle on his employer's violations of environmental laws; staff pranks abound on Amy's first day at the office; Abbey charges Amy with the task of convincing the President to threaten a veto on a foreign aid bill containing an abortion gag rule provision; claiming that Abbey's ancestor was a pirate rather than a privateer, a prominent member threatens to mount a boycott of the D.A.R. dinner at which Zoey will be inducted until Will, C.J. and Amy devise a plan to defuse the situation; at the behest of Jean Paul, Zoey sends Charlie a "Dear John" email, but Charlie refuses to accept the brushoff and declares his love for Zoey; Donna is less than thrilled when Josh assigns her the job of shadowing a possible security risk at Zoey's D.A.R. induction; Will takes one for the team in putting an environmental and political face on the destruction and deaths which resulted from the melting of an Alaskan glacier.

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Allison Janney Allison Janney As: C.J. Cregg
Rob Lowe Rob Lowe As: Sam Seaborn
Martin Sheen Martin Sheen As: President Josiah Bartlet
Stockard Channing Stockard Channing As: Abbey Bartlet
Bradley Whitford Bradley Whitford As: Josh Lyman
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Toby's old friend approaches him ready to blow the whistle on his employer's violations of environmental laws; staff pranks abound on Amy's first day at the office; Abbey charges Amy with the task of convincing the President to threaten a veto on a foreign aid bill containing an abortion gag rule provision; claiming that Abbey's ancestor was a pirate rather than a privateer, a prominent member threatens to mount a boycott of the D.A.R. dinner at which Zoey will be inducted until Will, C.J. and Amy devise a plan to defuse the situation; at the behest of Jean Paul, Zoey sends Charlie a "Dear John" email, but Charlie refuses to accept the brushoff and declares his love for Zoey; Donna is less than thrilled when Josh assigns her the job of shadowing a possible security risk at Zoey's D.A.R. induction; Will takes one for the team in putting an environmental and political face on the destruction and deaths which resulted from the melting of an Alaskan glacier.


Certification: TV-14

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Aired: 27 March, 2003 at 4:00 am

Language: English

Country: United States

Runtime: 45m

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Cast

Allison Janney

Allison Janney

C.J. Cregg

Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe

Sam Seaborn

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

President Josiah Bartlet

Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

Abbey Bartlet

Bradley Whitford

Bradley Whitford

Josh Lyman

Richard Schiff

Richard Schiff

Toby Ziegler

John Spencer

John Spencer

Leo McGarry

Janel Moloney

Janel Moloney

Donna Moss

Dulé Hill

Dulé Hill

Charlie Young

Joshua Malina

Joshua Malina

Will Bailey

Timothy Davis-Reed

Timothy Davis-Reed

Mark O'Donnell

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