Bartlet for America

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Episode of the series The West Wing - In the Center of Power
title Bartlet for America
Original title Bartlet for America
Country of production United States
original language English
length approx. 44 minutes
classification Season 3, episode 9,
53rd episode overall ( list )
First broadcast December 12, 2001 on NBC
German-language
first broadcast		 May 18, 2009 on FOX
Rod
Director Thomas Schlamme
script Aaron Sorkin
production Michael Hissrich
Alex Graves
Kristin Harms
music WG Snuffy Walden
camera Thomas Del Ruth
cut Lauren Schaffer
occupation
Guest appearance (s)

Bartlet for America (original title: Bartlet for America ) is the 9th episode of the third season of the American television series The West Wing - In the center of power .

occupation

Main cast

Supporting cast

  • David St. James as Rep. Darren Gibson
  • Greta Sesheta as Congresswoman
  • Joe O'Connor as Calhoun
  • Judy Kain as an event planner
  • Thomas Carrington as Congressional Staffer

action

opening

Leo McGarry speaks to Mike Casper, the FBI's special agent . According to Casper, seven African American churches in five different districts in the state of Tennessee have received threats. Josh Lyman and Casper are supposed to keep an eye on the situation, while McGarry and his attorney Jordon Kendall appear before Congress , which is investigating the circumstances of President Josiah Bartlet's long-kept MS .

Act I.

Congressman Joseph Bruno explains the process of the hearing and introduces Cliff Calley, who begins to question Leo. As Leo answers the questions, he recalls the day he convinced Bartlet, then governor of New Hampshire , to run for president. That day, Leo visited Bartlet in his New Hampshire office and gave him a napkin that he had previously labeled "Bartlet for America." In the hearing room, Leo is asked if he would have advised Bartlet to run if he had known about multiple sclerosis. Leo evades and instead talks to his lawyer. At the White House , Josh and Casper called on President Bartlet, who was talking to the governor of Tennessee and advisors about sending soldiers to protect the African American churches. After the meeting, Bartlet asks Josh what he plans to do with Rep. Darren Gibson if he interrogates Leo. Josh replies that they shouldn't have this conversation.

Act II

Rep. Paul Dearborn compares First Lady Abigail Bartlet to Edith Wilson , who indirectly ruled the country after her husband, President Woodrow Wilson , suffered a heart attack. As a result, Leo remembers the first few months of the election campaign, which was organized from a shop in Manchester . It was there that Sam, CJ and Toby decided that Bartlet should undergo a medical examination and that the results should be published. Bartlet and his wife, Abigail, consulted about this move, and she told him that his waning disease could not be detected. Bartlet expresses concern about whether keeping his illness secret is tantamount to a lie.

Act III

At the White House, Josh and Sam are currently debating how to get Gibson out of the hearing. Meanwhile, Leo is asked whether the Democratic party leadership should have been informed about the state of health of the president and whether the party might have chosen his opponent John Hoynes as a candidate instead of Bartlet. When MP Erickson implied that multiple sclerosis was a fatal disease, Leo contradicted him on behalf of all parents with children with MS. Leo therefore remembers the night Hoynes offered von Bartlet the office of vice president . Bartlet made this offer to Hoynes after first asking his staff for approval. As part of the conversation with Hoynes, Bartlet also confessed to his illness. In the present, Josh learns from Special Agent Casper that a teenage boy has been found making a Molotov cocktail . The FBI declares this to be a credible threat to a plot, which is why the governor of Tennessee is now able to protect his people. Josh now teaches President Bartlet that he failed to get MP Gibson out of the hearing. The chairman of the hearing calls on Gibson, who now begins to ask Leo his questions. He also asked Leo how often the president was unable to perform his office. Leo confirms two incidents, one during the election campaign and one during his presidency. This response surprised both his lawyer, Jordon Kendall, and the members of the committee. As a result, Jordon asked for the hearing to be postponed while Committee Members Joseph Bruno and Cliff Calley asked MP Gibson for an explanation. Josh notices the interruption and tells Leo over the phone that Gibson will not leave the hearing.

Act IV

Jordon asks Leo what MP Gibson knows about him in the episode. Leo looks back on the day of the last presidential debate and tells her that that evening he met with possible campaign donors in his hotel room. The small group started to drink and Leo also had a drink despite his alcoholic illness. When the group left the room, Leo got drunk. He now tells Jordan that Gibson was one of the people previously in the room. When the staff was preparing the president for the televised duel with his opponent, Bartlet was attacked. Leo, still in his hotel room, was informed of Bartlet's collapse by Josh and urged to come downstairs. Gibson came back into the room and saw the numerous alcoholic beverages. Leo then told him that Bartlet had collapsed and that he had to go to the site of the debate immediately. Leo tells his lawyer that only Josh and the President knew of his condition that night. After that, Jordon and Leo prepare to go back into the hall. Meanwhile, in a back room, Cliff Calley tries to dissuade MP Gibson from his questioning strategy in the presence of Bruno. When the hearing resumes, Joseph grants Bruno Gibson additional interview time, but ultimately announces the adjournment of the hearing. Leo then returns to the White House, where President Bartlet is already waiting for him in Leo's office. The president hands him the napkin that Leo gave him to run for the presidency. Bartlet also tells him that this was very nice of Leo. After the president leaves the office, Leo begins to cry.

reception

Awards

At the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2002 , John Spencer was recognized for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series . The main reason for this was his performance as an actor in this episode and in the episode We Killed Yamamoto . Even Thomas Del Ruth was honored for his Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series nominated for "Bartlet for America" for the Emmy, as well as Lauren A. Schaffer for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series .

That same year, Thomas Del Ruth won the American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 54nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners In: emmys.org, accessed January 28, 2018
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