The bicycle accident

Episode of the series The West Wing - In the Center of Power
title	The bicycle accident
Original title	pilot
Country of production	United States
original language	English
length	approx. 41 minutes
classification	Season 1, Episode 1 ; 1st episode overall ( list )
First broadcast	September 22, 1999 on NBC
German-language ; first broadcast	May 19, 2008 on FOX
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Director	Thomas Schlamme
script	Aaron Sorkin
production	Kristin Harms
music	WG Snuffy Walden
camera	Thomas Del Ruth
cut	Christopher Nelson
occupation
Guest appearance (s)
	Annie Corley as Mary Marsh; Lisa Edelstein as Laurie; Suzy Nakamura as Cathy; Allison Smith as Mallory O'Brian; Marc Grapey as Billy; Janel Moloney as Donna Moss; F. William Parker as Reverend Al Caldwell;

The bicycle accident (original title: pilot ) is the first episode of the first season of the American television series The West Wing - In the center of power .

occupation

Main cast

Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn, White House Assistant Director of Communications

Moira Kelly as Mandy Hampton, White House Media Advisor

Allison Janney as CJ Cregg, White House Press Secretary

Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler, White House Communications Director

John Spencer as Leo McGarry, White House Chief of Staff

Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman, White House Assistant Chief of Staff

Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlet, President of the United States

Supporting cast

Kathryn Joosten as Mrs. Landingham, Secretary to President Bartlet
NiCole Robinson as Margaret, Leo McGarry's assistant
Devika Parikh as Bonnie, assistant in the communications office
David Sage as John Van Dyke, member of the religious right
Melissa Fitzgerald as White House Staffer, assistant to CJ Cregg
Peter James Smith as a Congressional liaison 1 liaison to Congress
Bill Duffy as Congressional Liaison 2, Congressional Liaison

action

While senior White House staff learn of the President's bicycle accident, Josh faces job fears after an unfortunate television appearance. He had verbally attacked a member of the Christian right on a talk show . In addition to a wave of refugees arriving from Cuban Havana and the fact that Sam spent the last night with a call girl , the team also has to deal with a potential opponent in the next presidential election. On this occasion, Josh meets with his advisor Mandy, who is also his former girlfriend. Sam wants to impress his supervisor's daughter's daughter on a children's sightseeing tour, which is why he makes some mistakes when giving a talk on the history of the White House. Ultimately, he has to find out that Leo's daughter Mallory is the teacher of the school class, to whom he accidentally reports about his night with the call girl. In the afternoon, the President's Advisory Board meets with the Christian Right, which Josh uses to apologize. President Bartlet joins the group amid a heated discussion of the Ten Commandments . Almost recovered from the bicycle accident, he interrupts the conversation and is furious that his granddaughter was sent a doll with a knife in her throat by Christian rights, thus declaring the discussion to be over. At a final meeting with his advisory staff in the Oval Office , the president swears his staff to be productive again with regard to the Cuban refugees. He asks Josh in a one-on-one interview not to repeat his mistake on the talk show. Josh agrees and keeps his job.

reception

Awards

The episode The Bicycle Accident won a total of two awards and two nominations at the 2000 Primetime Emmy Awards . The episode was awarded in the categories Best Set Design for a Single Camera Series and Best Camera Work for a Single Camera Series . In addition, Aaron Sorkin was nominated for the script and Thomas Schlamme for directing.

Web links

The bicycle accident in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ 52nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners In: emmys.org, accessed July 14, 2016

[1] 52nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners In: emmys.org, accessed July 14, 2016