Pilot (The West Wing)

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The West Wing episode
"Pilot"
Episode no.	1
Prod. code	475151
Orig. airdate	September 22, 1999
Writer(s)	Aaron Sorkin
Director	Thomas Schlamme
Guest star(s)	Annie Corley Lisa Edelstein Suzy Nakamura Allison Smith Marc Grapey Janel Moloney F. William Parker
Season 1 September 22 1999 – May 17 2000
Pilot Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc A Proportional Response Five Votes Down The Crackpots and These Women Mr. Willis of Ohio The State Dinner Enemies The Short List In Excelsis Deo Lord John Marbury He Shall, From Time To Time... Take Out The Trash Day Take This Sabbath Day Celestial Navigation 20 Hours In L.A. The White House Pro-Am Six Meetings Before Lunch Let Bartlet Be Bartlet Mandatory Minimums Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics What Kind of Day Has It Been
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"Pilot" is the first episode of the American serial drama, The West Wing.

1 Plot
2 Trivia
3 Emmy Awards
4 References
5 External link

[edit] Plot

In the series premiere, the White House staff is being called into work in the early hours of the morning to run damage control on two public relations issues. Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman has insulted millions of Christians by, after provocation from Christian-activist Mary Marsh, stating "Lady, the God you pray to is too busy being indicted for tax fraud." Meanwhile, President Josiah Bartlet has crashed his bicycle into a tree in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, much to the enjoyment of the press. Also, Deputy Communications Director Sam Seaborn unknowingly spends an evening with Laurie (Lisa Edelstein), a call girl, and then accidentally tells White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry's daughter, Mallory O'Brien, about it.

[edit] Trivia

In one of the first few scenes, Communications Director Toby Ziegler is on a plane and, in an attempt to use his cell phone while still in-flight, declares to the flight attendant that the plane they were flying on was a Lockheed L-1011 that came off the line 20 months ago. However, Lockheed discontinued the L-1011 in 1984 as a result of declining sales. In fact, by 1999, most domestic airlines still in service had abandoned the Lockheed L-1011 in favor of newer designs from Boeing and Airbus.^[1]

[edit] Emmy Awards

Won:

Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series (recipients: Jon Hutman, Tony Fanning, and Ellen Totleben)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (recipient: Thomas Del Ruth, A.S.C.)
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (recipient: Thomas Schlamme)

Nominated: