Hartsfield's Landing

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The West Wing episode
"Hartsfield's Landing"
Episode no.	58
Prod. code	227215
Orig. airdate	February 27, 2002
Writer(s)	Aaron Sorkin
Director	Vincent Misiano
Guest star(s)	Anna Deavere Smith James Hong NiCole Robinson James Keane Gregalan Williams Thomas Kopache Dennis Cockrum
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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"Hartsfield's Landing" is episode 58 of The West Wing.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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Bartlet engages both Sam and Toby in intricate chess matches that mirror the wily game of brinksmanship that Bartlet is playing with the Chinese, who are conducting war games in the Taiwan Strait. The Chinese threaten real war if Taiwan begins test firing its new U.S.-made Patriot defense missiles. Meanwhile, Josh is nervous about the 42 votes in a remote New Hampshire town's election called Hartsfield's Landing, which are counted immediately and always predict the winner of that state's primary. It's loosely based on the true location Hart's Location and Dixville Notch. Mischievous C.J. tries to upset Charlie by hiding his copy of the President's top-secret daily schedule—prompting a spat of playful tricks.