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Bad Moon Rising

Episode Number: 41    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Wednesday April 25, 2001    Prod Code: 226219
Bartlet confers with Babish on the legal ramifications of his MS cover-up; Sam has a personal interest in an oil spill off the coast of Delaware; Josh and Donna argue about a loan to Mexico; Toby orders C.J. to flush out a leak in the White House staff, which is far from easy.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Aaron Sorkin
Story: Felicia Willson
Director: Bill Johnson
Star: Martin Sheen (President Jed Bartlet),  Dulé Hill (Charlie Young),  Allison Janney (Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg),  Rob Lowe (Sam Seaborn (Episodes 1-84)),  Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler),  John Spencer (Leo McGarry),  Bradley Whitford (Josh Lyman),  Janel Moloney (Donna Moss (Episodes 23-, recurring previously))
Recurring Role: Oliver Platt (Oliver Babish),  Kathryn Joosten (Delores Landingham),  Melissa Fitzgerald (Carol Fitzpatrick),  Nicole Robinson (Margaret),  Kim Webster (Ginger),  Devika Parikh (Bonnie),  William Duffy (Larry),  Peter James Smith (Ed),  Charles Noland (Steve),  Randy Brooks (Arthur Leeds),  Timothy Davis-Reed (Mark),  Emily Procter (Ainsley Hayes)
Guest Star: Jacqueline Kim (Lt. Emily Lowenbrau),  Eric Stonestreet (Staffer # 1),  Scott Atkinson (Staffer # 2),  David Ackert (Babish Staffer),  Tracy Beaulieu (Cal),  Robert Curtis Brown (Jamie Hotchkiss),  Jossie Thacker (Staffer #3),  Scott Lawrence (Congressional Staffer),  Michael Mantell (Congressional Staffer),  Shishir Kurup (Zach)

Notes

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Music: In Ainsley's office the "Suite for Orchestra Number 3 in D Major (Air on a G String)" is playing. It was composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. (edit)
Music: Josh walks away from Donna singing a few lines from the song "The Wells Fargo Wagon" from the musical The Music Man. (edit)
Tracy Beaulieu, who has a small part in this episode, was co-creator of Mystery Science Theatre 3000. (edit)

Quotes

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Donna: I can't lie like this anymore.
C.J. (shocked): Are you saying it was you?
Donna : I feel horrible. I should've said something before, but I was afraid of what you'd...
C.J. (reassuring Donna): No, it's okay.
Donna: No, let me get this off my chest. It was me. I called Terry Cashin.
C.J. (amazed): Why?
Donna: I don't know. Why does anybody do anything?
C.J. (in complete disbelief): What are you talking about?
Donna: I'm a madwoman, C.J. And it doesn't stop with the leak.
C.J. (horrified): What do you mean?
Donna: Call the authorities. Send them to my parents' house in Madison.
C.J.: Why?
Donna (joking): They'll find the Lindbergh baby in the basement.
C.J. (finally figures it out): Okay...
Donna (continues): Also some post-its reminding me where I put Jimmy Hoffa.
C.J. (shouts): Get out!
Donna (makes a face): I framed Roger Rabbit.
C.J. (shouts louder): Get out! (edit)
Josh (indicating that the discussion is over): Close the door.
Donna (closing the door and pausing) With me on the other side?
Josh: Yeah. (edit)
Ginger (on the leaking tanker): It hit Delaware.
Sam: I'm amazed it found Delaware. (edit)

Trivia

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Leo and Oliver (Babish) were both, apparently, born in Chicago, Illinois. (edit)
In "Mr. Willis of Ohio", during the President's kidnapping speech, Zoey pointed out that she was starting college in a month and that she was 19 years old. In this episode Charlie states that Zoey was 17 when she applied for college and her health form required a parent's signature.

She would have been 17 when she applied to college and 19 when she started attending. (edit)

Allusions

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C.J.: It's me, okay? I am Spartacus.

This line was used in the movie Spartacus and refers to the scene in which the Roman powers arrive and decide to punish Spartacus for trying to free the Roman slaves. At that point, all of his followers stood up and said, "I am Spartacus.'' so the Romans wouldn't know which of the men Spartacus actually was. C.J. uses the line because she can't find out who leaked the school voucher information from Toby's meeting to a reporter and is jokingly taking the blame herself. It is also the name of a campaign started in 2000 to end censorship. (edit)
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