Things Fall Apart (The West Wing)

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“Things Fall Apart”
The West Wing episode
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 131
Guest stars	Kristin Chenoweth Gary Cole Teri Polo Ed O'Neill Elisabeth Moss Sam Robards Steve Ryan Brett Cullen Mark L. Taylor Tim Kelleher Renee Estevez Karis Campbell
Written by	Peter Noah
Directed by	Nelson McCormick
Production no.	2T5021
Original airdate
Season 6 episodes
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List of The West Wing episodes

"Things Fall Apart" is episode 131 of The West Wing.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Plot

The clear organization of the Republican Convention is making the Democrats look in disarray as the three candidates continue to battle for a clear Democratic Presidential nominee. Bartlet asks Leo to take control and organize the Democratic Convention. Meanwhile, the International Space Station has a leak and is losing oxygen which jeopardizes the lives of the three astronauts aboard and morality and mortality are examined.

[edit] Trivia

This episode features Congressman Darren Gibson (R-MI) (David St. James), who was first featured in episode #309 Bartlet for America as a member of the House Government Oversight Committee investigating Bartlet who holds a dark secret in Leo's past. Here, he is shown railing against Bartlet during the Republican Convention. He is also featured in episode #606 The Dover Test.

The title comes from a line of the poem The Second Coming (poem) by William Butler Yeats.

'Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,'