Today i watched the episode shutdown season 5, episode 8, which, not so surprisingly, was about a government shutdown. A budget impasse with speaker haffley steven culp leads to a government shutdown taking. November 19, 2003 a budget impasse with speaker haffley steven culp leads to a government shutdown taking charlie and donna, among 940,000 others, off. Apr 28, 2004 the west wing season 5 episode 20 no exit. Popcorn time online is currently not supported by your device. West wing looks for another successful term by alan pergament september 24, 2003 buffalo news. Download to watch offline and even view it on a big screen using chromecast. The president has relinquished office to a republican speaker of the house because the vacancy of vice president had not been filled. The final season of this gripping drama focuses on. Oct 02, 20 west wing shutdown season 5, episode 8 so, the government shutdown. In shutdown, the fiscal year is nearing its september 30 close. In defense of the west wings season 5 the andrew blog. Oct 22, 2019 the west wing season 5 episode 8 shutdown. At a meeting to agree upon a third continuing resolution for the budget while negotiations.
West wing shutdown season 5, episode 8 realfactsandbeer. But after the events of september 11, that changed for one episode. But i have to say that by season 4 i was the odd great episode apart getting rather weary of aaron sorkins increasingly familiar tropes. Jul 11, 2017 about a decade ago, the fifth season of the acclaimed nbc series the west wing dealt with a similar scenario. The west wing was always careful to avoid actual political issues, happy to exist in its own parallel universe. The fifth season of the american political drama television series the west wing. Season 5 of the west wing explores those kinds of challenges with a depth and a commitment unmatched in the seriess prior four seasons, and that makes it not merely a worthy successor to sorkins work, but a space where the show was allowed to evolve and flourish from the groundwork laid before it, and become something more.
Stay tuned to find out if it happens stay tuned to find out if it happens filed under. It is set in the west wing of the white house, the location of the oval office and offices of presidential senior staff, during the fictional democratic administration of josiah bartlet martin sheen. Sam is gone and will bailey played by josh malina has taken over as deputy communications director. President bartlet refuses to let speaker of the house haffley hold him hostage on. An unlikely party comes to the aid of the administration as it seeks to discover the party responsible for nuclear testi. For my blog, i will be comparing the idealized government depicted in the west wing, to our real government. The fifth season of the american political drama television series the west wing aired in the united states on nbc from september 24, 2003, to may 19, 2004, and consisted of 22 episodes. The cast of the white house drama the west wing had hauled in flags and busts for verisimilitude, setdressing the third floor into a standin for someplace in the nations capital. The crackpots and these women carissa pavlica at september 22, 2017 4. Would you be game for west wing season 8 revival or reboot series. Previously on the west wing spoken by leo a disastrous fiscal crisis looms when the federal government is shut down after the president engages in a war of wills with the powerful gop house speaker over an extra two percent in budget reductions that would trim many of bartlets key social programs and the democrats are blamed based on opinion polls. Buy stickers featuring the more memorable quotes from the show, as well as bartlet for president bumper stickers.
Watch the west wing season 5, episode the warfare of genghis khan. Watch the west wing season 5 episode 7 online separation of powers. Aug 02, 2018 the west wing season 5 episode 8 shutdown. The west wing transcripts search episode dialogue, summaries, and titles of all episodes of the west wing tv show seasons 1 through 6.
Bartlet and the speaker of the house continue to disagree about the budget, and the fiscal crisis. This weeks west wing weekly, covering requiem, left me feeling terribly unsatisfied with how the hosts reacted to josh lymans storyline in the episode i see both requiem and transition as a downward spiral for josh, as the culmination of this incredible presidential campaign leads into a nightmare, almost a condensed version of what hes subjected to in seasons 5 and 6. Previously on the west wing spoken by leo a disastrous fiscal crisis looms when the federal. All 18 songs featured in the west wing season 5 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. The west wing government shutdown episode is frighteningly. Shock of shocks since im a big west wing fan and needed to write some form of blog post i will tackle the west wings government shutdown and compare it to our current situation. Jeds decision not to be held hostage by haffley shuts down the federal government.
Watch the west wing season 5 episode 8 full online for. This was the first season with executive producer john wells as showrunner after series creator aaron sorkin departed the series at the end of the previous season. Nov 19, 2003 season 5, episode 8 shutdown first aired. With stockard channing, dule hill, allison janney, joshua malina. It consisted of twentytwo episodes, the first of which aired on september 24, 2003 and the last on may 19, 2004.
Seven hours have passed since zoeys kidnapping and and the republicans are in charge of the white house. The west wing season 5 episode 8 shutdown dailymotion. About a decade ago, the fifth season of the acclaimed nbc series the west wing dealt with a similar scenario. For the sixth season, regular staff writers were wells, flint, noah, young, attie, debora cahn, josh singer, and former democratic chief of staff on the senate committee on finance, lawrence odonnell. Season 5 episode index the west wing episode guide. Sep 09, 2015 for my blog, i will be comparing the idealized government depicted in the west wing, to our real government.
S05e08 shutdown posted on december 30, 20 by mark oshiro in the eighth episode of the fifth season of the west wing, the white house scrambles over bartlets decision to shut down the government rather than make an unwanted deal with the speaker of the house over the budget. The west wing gets transported to the redverse, where alt. President bartlet refuses to let speaker of the house haffley hold him hostage on the budget and allows the government to be shut down. Lucie, florida he is proud of his home state, and, in season 5, episode 10, is quoted as saying go whalers. Bartlet and the speaker of the house continue to disagree about the budget, and the fiscal crisis results in the federal government being shut down. Cast member bradley whitford wrote his first episode of the. Shock of shocks since im a big west wing fan and needed to write some form of blog post i will tackle the west wing s government shutdown and compare it to our current situation. Walken and leo clash after joshs suspicion that the opposition is using walkens tenure in the oval office to advance their agenda is confirmed. The sophomore season finds the white house reeling from an.
Feb 11, 2004 watch the west wing season 5, episode the warfare of genghis khan. This brilliantly acted series that won 26 emmys was voted the no. For me season 1 was the best i just fell in love with it within minutes of the first episode. President bartlet sticks it to the speaker after he pulls a bait and switch and the government is shut down. May 15, 2016 the west wing was always careful to avoid actual political issues, happy to exist in its own parallel universe. But the west wing on a bad year is still good tv, and if you got sucked in by the first four years or reruns of the show, season five is still worth it to get to the last two seasons. Entering its fifth season with a total of 24 emmys, the west wing begins as the president and the nation faces the traumatic kidnapping of his youngest daughter, and that it may be the result of his controversial political actions. The west wing transcripts search transcripts, summaries. Josh is an avid new york mets fan, once trying to finish all his work quickly in order to travel to a mets intrasquad spring training game in port st. Leo inflicts a new bombs drop on qumar upon walkens orders. Season 2 season 1 season 4 season 3 season 7 season 5 season 6. Sep 24, 2003 season 5 of the west wing aired on american television network nbc. As chief justice ashlands health problems continue to mount, joe quincy, ashlands former clerk, is pressed into service to persuade him to retire. As the president steps down temporarily, handing executive powers to the speaker of the house john.