Take This Sabbath Day

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The West Wing episode
"Take This Sabbath Day"
^{Marlee Matlin as Joey Lucas (foreground) and Martin Sheen as Bartlet (background)}
Episode no.	14
Prod. code	225913
Orig. airdate	February 9, 2000
Writer(s)	Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. & Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin (story)
Director	Thomas Schlamme
Guest star(s)	Marlee Matlin Noah Emmerich Janel Moloney Bill O'Brien David Proval Felton Perry Herb Mitchell Renee Estevez Karl Malden
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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"Take This Sabbath Day" is the 14th episode of The West Wing.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

1 Plot
2 Emmy Awards
3 Title
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Bartlet spends the weekend deciding on whether or not to commute the death sentence of a man convicted of drug-related murders. Josh is introduced to Joey (short for Josephine) Lucas (Marlee Matlin), who is deaf and trying to manage the campaign of Bill O'Dwyer in California.

[edit] Emmy Awards

Nominated:

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (nominee: Martin Sheen)

[edit] Title

The title of the episode is a reference to the bible, in which God instructs, "Observe/Safeguard the Sabbath day," in the Ten Commandments, Deuteronomy 5:1-22.