"The West Wing"
Han (2003)

Director:

Chris Misiano

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Peter Noah (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"The West Wing" (1999)

Original Air Date:

22 October 2003 (Season 5, Episode 4)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A North Korean pianist announces his intention to defect in the Oval Office. While the staff passionately...

Plot Keywords:

Politician | Marriage | Work Ethic | Secretary | First Lady

Cast

Dulé Hill	...	Charlie Young
Allison Janney	...	Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg
Joshua Malina	...	Will Bailey
Janel Moloney	...	Donna Moss
Richard Schiff	...	Toby Ziegler
John Spencer	...	Leo McGarry
Bradley Whitford	...	Josh Lyman
Martin Sheen	...	President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jesse Bradford	...	Ryan Pierce
Randy Brooks	...	Arthur Leeds (as Randolph Brooks)
Benjamin Brown	...	Mike
Ron Canada	...	Under Secretary of State Theodore Barrow
Cullen G. Chambers	...	CIA Operative / White House Photographer
Byron Chung	...	North Korean Handler
Gary Cole	...	Vice President Bob Russell
Christopher Cousins	...	Rep. Theo
William Duffy	...	Larry (as Bill Duffy)
Gil Glasgow	...	Uncle Ted
Tony Lee	...	Jai Yung Ahn - Pianist
Nathan Le Grand	...	Commerce Secretary
Ron Marasco	...	OMB Director
Kris Murphy	...	Katie Witt
Mary-Louise Parker	...	Amy Gardner
Mary Linda Phillips	...	Aunt Barbara
NiCole Robinson	...	Margaret Hooper
Ben Siegler	...	Reporter
Peter James Smith	...	Ed
Sean Smith	...	Immigration
Kim Webster	...	Ginger
Tom Yi	...	Translator

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Goofs:

When the immensely-educated Will Bailey is writing the State of the Union speech, he mentions to the Undersecretary of State that "Article I" gives the president power of Commander-in-Chief, while the power actually comes under the Constitution's Article II.

Quotes:

Toby Ziegler: In a triumph of the middling, a nod to mediocrity, and with gorge rising, it gives me great nausea to announce Robert Russell - Bingo Bob, himself - as your new Vice President.
Will Bailey: This lapdog of the mining interests is as dull as he is unremarkable...
Toby Ziegler: ...as lackluster as he is soporific. This reversion to the mean...
Will Bailey: ...this rebuke to the exemplary...
Toby Ziegler: ...gives hope to the millions unfavored by the exceptional... Bob Russell: not the worst, not the best, just what we're stuck with.