Hartsfield's Landing

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“Hartsfield's Landing”
The West Wing episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 58
Guest stars	Anna Deavere Smith James Hong NiCole Robinson James Keane Gregalan Williams Thomas Kopache Dennis Cockrum
Written by	Aaron Sorkin
Directed by	Vincent Misiano
Production no.	227215
Original airdate
Season 3 episodes
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
List of The West Wing episodes

"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 communities of 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.