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The Fall's Gonna Kill You

Episode Number: 42    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Wednesday May 2, 2001    Prod Code: 226220
Babish menacingly questions CJ and Abbey about their involvement in the MS cover-up while Josh asks Joey Lucas to create a hypothetical poll the gauge the public's reaction; Sam is happy with a projected smaller-than-expected budget surplus; Donna is the only one worried about a Chinese satellite hurling toward the Earth at 2,000 mph.

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Writer: Aaron Sorkin
Story: Patrick Caddell
Director: Christopher Misiano
Star: Martin Sheen (President Jed Bartlet),  Dulé Hill (Charlie Young),  Allison Janney (Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg),  Moira Kelly (Mandy Hampton (Episodes 1-22)),  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),  Marlee Matlin (Joey Lucas),  Peter James Smith (Ed),  William Duffy (Larry),  Nicole Robinson (Margaret),  Stockard Channing (Abbey Bartlet)
Guest Star: Lee Wilkof (Martin Connelly),  Rosalind Chao (Jane Gentry),  Spencer Garrett (Richard Will),  Ariel Felix (Bobby),  Lenore Foster (Staffer),  Katie Rimmer (Waitress),  Jon Wolfe Nelson (Dale Brackett),  Shannon Nelson (Staffer #2),  Julie A. Koehnen (Abby's Aide #2),  Emiko Parise (Carrie),  Barry Livingston (Speechwriter #2),  Debbie Ann Thomas (Speechwriter #1),  Lucia Vincent (Helen),  Douglas Roberts (Henry)

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Josh: You’re not talking to me about an agriculture poll.
Joey: No kidding.
Josh: You guessed that?
Joey: You think we’re eating more beets?
Josh: Well, we are, but... that’s not important. (edit)
Toby: We got good reviews on the commencement speech.
Sam: Yeah.
Toby: From Maynard Wachtel, of all places.
Sam: You got a second?
Toby: He calls you and me the Batman and Robin of speech-writing.
Sam: Well, I don’t think he does...
Toby: He doesn’t, but he should, ‘cause that’s what we are.
Sam: Okay.
Toby: We’re Batman and Robin!
Sam: Which one’s which?
Toby: Look at me, Sam. Am I Robin?
Sam: I’m not Robin.
Toby: Yes, you are.
Sam: Okay, well, let’s move off this.
Toby: You bet, little friend.
Sam: Listen, we’re really not Batman and Robin.
Toby: No, we’ll keep those identities secret. I’m Bruce Wayne, and you’re my ward...
Sam: Toby...
Toby: ...Dick something. (edit)
Donna: [terrified] A satellite is gonna crush into the Earth?
Ed and Larry: Yes!
Donna: Why are you laughing?
Ed: We thought it was funny. [The two of them turn to leave.]
Donna: I’m an assistant. What am I supposed to do with this information?
Larry: The fax was for C.J., just give it to her when you see her.
Woman: Donna, they say it’s not going to rain this afternoon.
Donna: Well, that’s a relief.
(edit)
Josh: Dale?
Joey Lucas: (spoken) Yes.
Josh: He's pretty good looking for an interpreter.
Joey: (spoken) He's good looking for anybody. (edit)
Josh: Yeah. (pause) I just brought it up because this Assistant A.G., Martin Connelly, when he left my office this morning he turned and said, "They perpetrated a fraud against the public." And the look on his face when he said it... They want to get these people.
Leo: We're not big tobacco. (edit)

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The title comes from a line in the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" where Sundance does not want to jump off a cliff into a river because he can't swim. Butch laughs and tells him not to worry because "the fall will probably kill you." (edit)
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The episodes building up to the announcement are so dramatic and great, and this one is no exception. Well written and preformed. Really just fantastic.
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