WEST WING, THE: IN EXCELSIS DEO (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramas about the day-to-day running of the White House and the lives of its staff. In this episode, as Mandy is frantically preparing the White House for Christmas, Josh consults with Leo on a strategy for dealing with the imminent exposure of the chief of staff's pill-popping past. Josh suggests they contact Sam's call-girl friend, Laurie, and ask her to give them information to use in a counterstrike against the Republicans, but Leo vetoes the idea.
Meanwhile, C. J. is up in arms about hate-crime legislation when it is discovered that a gay high-school senior has been beaten to death by a group of thirteen year olds, and Toby is haunted by the death of a Korean War veteran who has died of exposure during Christmas week.
Highlights include President Bartlet's shopping trip and Mrs. Landingham's heart-to-heart talk with Charlie about her holiday melancholia. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: December 15, 1999 Wednesday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:44:05
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:58981
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Christmas - Drama; Presidents - Staff - Drama; U S - Presidency - Drama; White House, Washington, D.C.
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1999-2006
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Thomas Schlamme … Executive Producer
- John Wells … Executive Producer
- Aaron Sorkin … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Kristin Harms … Producer
- Llewellyn Wells … Producer
- Jeff Reno … Consulting Producer
- Ron Osborn … Consulting Producer
- Michael Hissrich … Co-Producer
- Rick Cleveland … Co-Producer, Writer
- Julie Herlocker … Associate Producer
- Alex Graves … Director
- Walden, W. G. Snuffy … Music by
- Stuart Goetz … Music Editor
- Ann Kline … Music Supervisor
- Rob Lowe … Cast, Sam Seaborn
- Moira Kelly … Cast, Madeline (Mandy) Hampton
- Allison Janney … Cast, Claudia Jean (C. J.) Cregg
- Richard Schiff … Cast, Toby Ziegler
- John Spencer … Cast, Leo McGarry
- Bradley Whitford … Cast, Joshua Lyman
- Martin Sheen … Cast, President Josiah (Jed) Bartlet
- Dule Hill … Cast, Charlie Young
- Timothy Busfield … Cast, Danny Concannon
- Janel Moloney … Cast, Donna Moss
- Lisa Edelstein … Cast, Laurie
- Renee Estevez … Cast, Nancy
- Christian Copelin … Cast, Jeffrey
- Jana Lee Hamblin … Cast, Bobbi
- Bradley James … Cast, Donnie
- Kathryn Joosten … Cast, Mrs. Landingham
- Devika Parikh … Cast, Bonnie
- Morina Pierce … Cast, Jessica
- Lance Reddick … Cast, a DC police officer
- Nicole Robinson … Cast, Margaret
- Kim Webster … Cast, Ginger
- Becky Woodley … Cast, an Aide
- Paul Austin … Cast, George Huffnagle
- Tom Quinn … Cast, John Noonan
- Raynor Scheine … Cast, Homeless Man