The State Dinner

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The West Wing episode
"The State Dinner"
Episode no.	7
Prod. code	225906
Orig. airdate	November 10, 1999
Writer(s)	Aaron Sorkin and Paul Redford
Director	Thomas Schlamme
Guest star(s)	Stockard Channing Lisa Edelstein Timothy Busfield Janel Moloney David Rasche Dennis Cockrum John Kapelos Peter Kors Sal Landi William Lucking Steve Rankin Jeff Williams
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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"The State Dinner" is the 7th episode of The West Wing.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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

[edit] Plot

The President tries to focus on key problems—a hostage standoff, a hurricane, and an impending truckers' union strike—all while trying to prepare for an important state dinner with the Indonesian President. While the dinner is going on, Toby and Josh attempt to work out a deal with one of the Indonesian President's aides to release a friend of Toby's from custody.

[edit] Trivia

This is the first time that First Lady Abigail Bartlet makes an actual appearance.

[edit] Emmy Awards

Nominated:

Outstanding Costumes for a Series (nominees: Lyn Elizabeth Paolo, Alice Daniels)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (nominee: Stockard Channing) (submitted along with He Shall, From Time To Time...)

[edit] Goofs

President Bartlet threatens the striking truck workers that he would nationalize the trucking industry to avert the strike, using the precedent that Truman did it in 1952 to avert the coal mines striking. Truman actually seized the steel mills and his seizure was ruled unconstitutional in the Supreme Court case Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer.