Manchester Part I

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The West Wing episode
"Manchester Part I"
Episode no.	45
Prod. code	227201
Orig. airdate	October 10, 2001
Writer(s)	Aaron Sorkin
Director	Thomas Schlamme
Guest star(s)	Oliver Platt Ron Silver Marlee Matlin Anna Deavere Smith Evan Handler Connie Britton NiCole Robinson Renee Estevez Bill O'Brien Victor McCay Jim Beaver Earl Boen Glenn Morshower Dennis Cockrum 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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"Manchester Part I" is the 45th episode of The West Wing and was filmed as the third season (2001-2002) premiere. Its originally scheduled broadcast, however, was delayed by the September 11 attacks, and a special non-canon episode, "Isaac and Ishmael", was written and filmed within two weeks of the attacks and broadcast the week before "Manchester Part I" finally aired.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Plot

President Bartlet wastes no time making his intentions clear ("Yeah. And I'm gonna win.") as the third season begins. Not surprisingly, that is the first question at the press conference that follows his MS disclosure. His answer is a surprise to everybody who thought he would not run, from his staff to the Vice President to his wife. But everyone knows that his predicament will make the reelection campaign exceedingly difficult. Adding to Bartlet's problems is Abbey's reaction to his decision, not to mention Haiti's obstreperous dictator, who's giving National Security Advisor Nancy McNally fits. Meanwhile, the White House press corps is making life particularly miserable for C.J.