Manchester Part II

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“Manchester Part II”
The West Wing episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 46
Written by	Aaron Sorkin
Directed by	Thomas Schlamme
Guest stars	Ron Silver Marlee Matlin Anna Deavere Smith Evan Handler Connie Britton NiCole Robinson Bill O'Brien Glenn Morshower Victor McCay
Production no.	227202
Original airdate	October 17, 2001
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

"Manchester Part II" is episode 46 of The West Wing.

[edit] Plot

Nobody's in a good mood as the two-part third-season opener concludes. For starters, senior staffers are clashing with newly hired political operative Bruno and his aides Connie and Doug. Toby has a tense conversation with Doug in the kitchen of the President's farm, in which Doug tells him "You're more pissed at him than the press!," referring to the President's disclosure of his MS. Josh is upset because Leo won't let him "wave off the FDA" on RU-486. And C.J. is concerned because the press senses that there might be a problem with the Bartlets' marriage. At least there's good news from Haiti, but Leo "benches" C.J. because of her gaffe in the press room the previous week. National Security Advisor Nancy McNally briefs the press on Haiti, while C.J. reassesses her future with the Bartlet administration.