Gone Quiet

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The West Wing episode
"Gone Quiet"
Episode no.	50
Prod. code	227207
Orig. airdate	November 14, 2001
Writer(s)	Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) Julia Dahl & Laura Glasser (story)
Director	Jon Hutman
Guest star(s)	Oliver Platt Ron Silver Hal Holbrook Anna Deavere Smith Connie Britton Valerie Mahaffey Gregalan Williams
Season 3 October 10 2001 – May 22 2002
Isaac and Ishmael Documentary Special Manchester Part I Manchester Part II Ways and Means On the Day Before War Crimes Gone Quiet The Indians in the Lobby The Women of Qumar Bartlet for America H. Con-172 100,000 Airplanes The Two Bartlets Night Five Hartsfield's Landing Dead Irish Writers The U.S. Poet Laureate Stirred Enemies Foreign and Domestic The Black Vera Wang We Killed Yamamoto Posse Comitatus
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"Gone Quiet" is the 50th episode of The West Wing.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Plot

When an American spy submarine suddenly goes silent in hostile North Korean waters, an angry President receives advice from the Assistant Secretary of State and must decide whether he should notify the enemy or attempt a risky, secret rescue—while his wife, Abigail, learns that her past malpractice suits might be Bartlet's Achilles heel in his criminal investigation, as she technically broke laws in three states. In other White House action, C.J. is ecstatic over a potential presidential candidate's indecisive public remarks; Toby meets with a representative from an appropriations committee who wants to funnel money away from Congress' controversial funding of avant-garde artists.