Five votes to a majority

Episode of the series The West Wing - In the Center of Power
title	Five votes to a majority
Original title	Five votes down
Country of production	United States
original language	English
length	approx. 42 minutes
classification	Season 1, episode 4 ; 4th episode in total ( list )
First broadcast	October 13, 1999 on NBC
German-language ; first broadcast	June 9, 2008 on FOX
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Director	Michael Lehmann
script	Aaron Sorkin (Actor) ; Lawrence O'Donnell ; Patrick Caddell
production	Kristin Harms
music	WG Snuffy Walden
camera	Thomas Del Ruth
cut	Bill Johnson
occupation
Guest appearance (s)
	Michael McGuire as Congressman Cal Tillinghouse; Thom Barry as Congressman Mark Richardson; Janel Moloney as Donna Moss; Jay Underwood as Christopher Wick; Mark Blum as Congressman Katzenmoyer; Sara Botsford as Jenny McGarry; Jillian Armenante as Leela; Tim Matheson as Vice President John Hoynes;

Five votes to a majority (original title: Five Votes Down ) is the fourth 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

Dulé Hill as Charlie Young, personal assistant to the President

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
Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol, assistant to CJ Cregg

action

Two days before an important vote in the House of Representatives , five MPs change their minds. Leo also forgets his wedding day when he is received by his wife at home late in the evening. The next day Toby is accused of stock market manipulation and thus of a federal crime. A block of shares he raised $ 5,000 the year before is now worth $ 125,000. On suspicion, he instigated a friend to mention the company on the trade committee. Josh, meanwhile, meets with one of the five MPs and successfully threatens to make his re-election more difficult. He secured the vote of another MP by offering one of his former college friends an exclusive photo opportunity with the president. Since Leo would have to call in the vice president for another vote, he meets with an African-American MP instead. The planned law on the control of firearms does not apply to all weapons, which is why it rejects the law. At the end of the day, Leo has to accept the separation from his wife, who cites her dissatisfaction with Leo's workload as the reason. In the subsequent conversation with the Vice President, he assures him of his support within the framework of the law. At a meeting in the Oval Office, the staff was discussing Toby's stock problem when the back pain-ridden president suddenly came in with an overdose of painkillers and was unable to help solve the problem. Vice President Hoynes can convince the last MP of the law and is ultimately portrayed in the media as the winner of the law passage. Finally, Leo attends an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting previously recommended to him by the Vice President.

reception

Awards

In the primetime Emmy Awards 2000 was Richard Schiff , who plays Toby Ziegler, in the category Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series award. In addition to his performance in the episode In Excelsis Deo, his work in five votes to a majority was decisive . John Spencer was nominated considering this episode.

Web links

Five votes for a majority 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