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The West Wing Season 5 Episode 4

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AIRED: 10/22/03

Josh fails to sway an unruly congressman who insists on voting against the administration on the vice presidential confirmation, but Ryan reaches out to get him to change his mind; Leo fears that the potential defection of a prominent North Korean pianist will jeopardize secret nuclear disarmament talks; Will and Toby are humiliated when an early draft of a speech outlining their struggle to laud Bob Russell's confirmation is erroneously substituted for the final version; Donna's aunt and uncle from Wisconsin pay a visit, testing Josh's ability to refrain from bad cheesehead jokes during their tour of the White House; the staff struggles over how to language the state of the economy; fearing that the administration is drifting off-course, Toby wants to hand over more responsibilities to Will in order to focus on getting back to their core message.moreless

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Such a sad but also beautiful episode

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By Parricida, May 29, 2011

I have no words. This was brilliant episode. The whole story.. it was just magnificent. I really feel when you make a break of some serie, when you just have had enough of it or too much, and then coming back later, it just reminds you how amazing the show really is. This episode really proved me it.

I love the whole story about that pianist. The choices they had and what they had to do.. I mean.. in so many ways they should have helped them.. and how CJ had that "usual" human effect - she wanted no matter to keep that pianist here and not let him go back.. but things went different and the irony in the end..

beautiful episode.moreless
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Martin Sheen	President Jed Bartlet
Dule Hill	Charlie Young
Allison Janney	Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg
Richard Schiff	Toby Ziegler
John Spencer	Leo McGarry
Bradley Whitford	Josh Lyman

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Christopher Cousins	Rep. Thiele	Guest Star
Tony Lee	Jai Yung Ahn	Guest Star
Benjamin Brown	Mike	Guest Star
Mary-Louise Parker	Amy Gardner	Recurring Role
Gary Cole	Bob Russell	Recurring Role
Jesse Bradford	Ryan Pierce	Recurring Role

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- Although Josh Lyman makes a lot of insulting Wisconsin jokes, Bradley Whitford is actually from Wisconsin.
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- Stockard Channing does not appear in this episode.
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- Music: The piano piece played at the end of the
  episode is Frederic Chopin's "Revolutionary" Etude, Opus 10 No. 12 in C Minor, a prime recording of which is by Maurizio Pollini.
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