EPISODE
SEASON
The West Wing - Season 5
Season 5 opens with Zoey has been kidnapping for 7 hours and the Republicans being in charge of the White House. Rifts are appearing in the leadership of both parties further complicated by the arrival of a ransom note demanding the release of terrorists.
7 October 1959, Syracuse, New York, USA
30 November 1937, Paducah, Kentucky, USA
28 October 1969, Bluefield Sanitarium, Bluefield, West Virginia, USA
10 August 1923, Otsego, Michigan, USA
3 August 1986, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
17 December 1930, Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany [now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia]
9 February 1979, Schenectady, New York, USA
16 February 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 July 1967, New York City, New York, USA
13 November 1948, New York City, New York, USA
19 June 1947, Manhattan, New York, USA
20 February 1971, Taipei, Taiwan
19 August 1956, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
24 September 1964, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
13 December 1969, Brooklyn, New York, USA
15 August 1949, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
1 May 1950, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
November 17, 2017
The West Wing is stocked with great characters and truly wonderful actors. That, more than anything Wells did in this first episode, is the reason it's still important and rewarding to watch The West Wing.

