Life on Mars (The West Wing)

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“Life On Mars”
The West Wing episode

Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 86
Written by	Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) Paul Redford & Dee Dee Myers (story)
Directed by	John David Coles
Guest stars	Matthew Perry Tim Matheson Kiersten Warren Claire Coffee NiCole Robinson John Apicella Andy Umberger
Production no.	175321
Original airdate	April 30, 2003
Season 4 episodes
20 Hours in America, Part I 20 Hours in America, Part II College Kids The Red Mass Debate Camp Game On Election Night Process Stories Swiss Diplomacy Arctic Radar Holy Night Guns Not Butter The Long Goodbye Inauguration, Part I Inauguration Over There The California 47th Red Haven's on Fire Privateers Angel Maintenance Evidence of Things Not Seen Life on Mars Commencement Twenty Five
List of The West Wing episodes

"Life On Mars" is episode 86 of The West Wing.

[edit] Plot

The episode begins and ends with the resignation of John Hoynes. A grim faced White House receive the news in the opening scene: the rest of the episode relates how this happened.

C.J. Cregg is faced with a couple of press leaks that on the surface look relatively innocuous, one of them involving the alleged discovery of "fossilized water molecules in a meteorite from Mars". But Associate White House Counsel Joe Quincy (Matthew Perry), on his first day at work, draws a connection that will have critical implications for the administration. Recorded phone calls from the White House finally reveal that Hoynes has conducted a very indiscreet affair with an author who is now poised to publish her memoirs based upon indiscretions from Hoynes.

Meanwhile Will Bailey, with the help of his seriously depleted writing staff, is trying to counter a Republican attack ad.