The War at Home (The West Wing)

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“The War at Home”
The West Wing episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 36
Written by	Aaron Sorkin
Directed by	Christopher Misiano
Guest stars	Stockard Channing Emily Procter Marlee Matlin Tony Plana Richard Riehle Ted McGinley Bill O'Brien Adam Alexi-Malle Kathryn Joosten Glenn Morshower Gregalan Williams Ed Begley, Jr.
Production no.	226214
Original airdate	February 14, 2001
Season 2 episodes
In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part I In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part II The Midterms In this White House And It's Surely to Their Credit The Lame Duck Congress The Portland Trip Shibboleth Galileo Noël The Leadership Breakfast The Drop-In Bartlet's Third State of the Union The War at Home Ellie Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail The Stackhouse Filibuster 17 People Bad Moon Rising The Fall's Gonna Kill You 18th and Potomac Two Cathedrals
List of The West Wing episodes

"The War at Home" is the 36th episode of The West Wing.

[edit] Plot

An attempt to rescue the DEA agents held hostage in Colombia backfires and nine soldiers are killed. The President and his staff weigh more military action and the effects of appeasing terrorists. The hostages are later released after the Colombian President covertly releases a recently imprisoned drug lord. The President asks Josh and Sam to attempt to come up with a solution to the drug problem in America, with Leo later says is the war that's fought at home. Toby is forced by Sam to meet with a very liberal Senator who threatens a run for the Presidency because of non-support for his Social Security reform plans. Ainsley gets another chance to meet the President. Joey Lucas has an insight into Josh and Donna after they finish the poll about gun control laws. The First Lady continues to be aggravated with her husband over his intentions to run for re-election in opposition to a prior agreement between them three years ago.

[edit] Trivia

Filmed in 2000, Leo compares the crisis to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Two years later, in 2005, the world would find out that this 'crisis' was a pretext for starting the war in vietnam based on intelligence reports that had been deliberately distorted by the NSA.