The Debate

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The Debate
The West Wing episode
Episode no. Season 7
Episode 139
Written by Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr.
Directed by Alex Graves
Guest stars Janeane Garofalo
Ron Silver
Teri Polo
Patricia Richardson
Forrest Sawyer
Production no. 2T6207
Original airdate November 6, 2005
Season 7 episodes
  1. The Ticket
  2. The Mommy Problem
  3. Message of the Week
  4. Mr. Frost
  5. Here Today
  6. The Al Smith Dinner
  7. The Debate
  8. Undecideds
  9. The Wedding
  10. Running Mates
  11. Internal Displacement
  12. Duck and Cover
  13. The Cold
  14. Two Weeks Out
  15. Welcome to Wherever You Are
  16. Election Day Part I
  17. Election Day Part II
  18. Requiem
  19. Transition
  20. The Last Hurrah
  21. Institutional Memory
  22. Tomorrow
List of The West Wing episodes

"The Debate" is episode 139 of The West Wing. The episode was broadcast live. Because of this, there are actually two versions of this episode; one performed live for east coast audiences and a second performed a few hours later for west coast broadcast. Only the west coast version appears on the season seven DVD.

The episode featured a debate between Arnold Vinick and Matt Santos, the two presidential candidates, with Forrest Sawyer serving as moderator.

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