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Privateers

Episode Number: 83    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Wednesday March 26, 2003    Prod Code: 175318
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. inducttion; 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.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Paul Redford, Debora Cahn, Aaron Sorkin
Story: Paul Redford, Debora Cahn
Director: Alex Graves
Star: Martin Sheen (President Jed Bartlet),  Dulé Hill (Charlie Young),  Allison Janney (Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg),  Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler),  John Spencer (Leo McGarry),  Bradley Whitford (Josh Lyman),  Janel Moloney (Donna Moss (Episodes 23-, recurring previously)),  Stockard Channing (Abbey Bartlet (Episodes 45-, recurring previously)),  Joshua Malina (Will Bailey (Episodes 78-, recurring previously))
Recurring Role: Mary-Louise Parker (Amy Gardner),  Elisabeth Moss (Zoey Bartlet),  Trent Ford (Jean Paul),  Devika Parikh (Bonnie),  Kim Webster (Ginger),  Ivan Allen (Roger Salier)
Guest Star: Jeff Perry (Burt Ganz),  Andrea Savage (Heidi Choat),  Amanda Carlin (Hillary Toobin),  Benjamin Brown (Mike),  Nathan Anderson (Matt Lambert),  Helen Slayton-Hughes (Marion Cotesworth-Haye),  Steven Hack (Paul Hendricks),  Gregory Linington (Don Novak),  Eric Lemler (Nat),  Christopher Carroll (Mr. Thomas),  Robert Noble (Steward),  Michael J. London (Usher)

Notes

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Awards and Nominations:
Stockard Channing was nominated for an Emmy in 2003 in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in this episode and in "Twenty Five" (edit)

Quotes

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Toby: How come he knows about the rule, but...
Josh: Everybody knows about that.
Toby: Was something else on your mind that moment in law school when they taught that rule? Were you distracted by a bumblebee? (edit)
Josh: It's a good package, and I'm celebrating tonight.
Amy: With the Daughers of the American Revolution?
Josh: The daughters of any revolution. (edit)
Charlie: I got a "Dear John" letter from Zoe. She breaking up with me again. An e-mail. It's a "Dear John" e-mail from my ex-girlfriend. This is going to be a high self-image day for me. (edit)
Will: Amy, we have a problem for your office.
Amy: No, you can't, 'cause it's my first day and already Mrs. Bartlet has me overthrowing the government. (edit)
Will: I'm just telling you that if this day ends up with me face-to-face with Marion Cotesworth-Haye, I'm gonna, you know...
CJ: Laugh inappropriately?
Will: There's a very real possibility. (edit)

Trivia

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The country of Kuhndu does not exist. (edit)

Allusions

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Josh: (to C.J. and Will Bailey) He got called by the Globe about Captain Feathersword.

Captain Feathersword is a "friendly pirate" and a character in the immensely popular Austrailian childrens' entertainment group, the Wiggles. (edit)
Abbey: What's the trouble, Sheriff Taylor?

Sheriff Taylor was a character on The Andy Griffith Show, a sitcom of the 1960s. He was an easy-going rural sheriff played by Andy Griffith. (edit)

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9.1
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Privateers
"Silly"
Another example of Sorkin wit.
Continue » Posted Jun 20, 2006 11:09 am PST
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Privateers
"Fine example"
The post-Sam era begins -- with a bang.
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