20 Hours in America, Part II
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“20 Hours in America Part II” | |
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The West Wing episode | |
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 67 |
Written by | Aaron Sorkin |
Directed by | Christopher Misiano |
Guest stars | Ron Silver John Amos Lily Tomlin Anna Deavere Smith Allison Smith NiCole Robinson Renee Estevez Victor McCay John Gallagher Jr. John P. Connolly Don Perry Allan Wasserman Andrew McFarlane |
Production no. | 175302 |
Original airdate | September 25, 2002 |
Season 4 episodes | |
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List of The West Wing episodes |
"20 Hours in America Part II" is episode 67 of The West Wing. See "20 Hours in America, Part I" for a plot summary.
[edit] Plagiarism
On May 6, 2006, NBC Sports aired a special program before the Kentucky Derby that plagiarized two passages from "20 Hours in America Part II", specifically "everytime we think we've measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we are reminded that that capacity may well be limitless" Ironically, the feature followed a commercial for the last two episodes of The West Wing, which were aired by NBC. The freelance writer responsible for the content was fired.[1] In the episode Sam Seaborn says, "Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright."
[edit] References
- ^ Sandomir, Richard. "NBC Admits Plagiarism in Feature Before Derby", The New York Times, 2006-05-11.