# List of The West Wing writers

The following is a list of writers for the television series The West Wing sorted by the number of episodes written. Contributions are noted in parentheses. Collaborations are noted by dashes.

## Aaron Sorkin

* 01-01: "Pilot"
* 01-02: "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc"
* 01-03: "A Proportional Response"
* 01-04: "Five Votes Down" (Teleplay)
* 01-05: "The Crackpots and These Women"
* 01-06: "Mr. Willis of Ohio"
* 01-07: "The State Dinner" — with Paul Redford
* 01-09: "The Short List" (Teleplay — with Patrick Caddell / Story — with Dee Dee Myers)
* 01-10: "In Excelsis Deo" — with Rick Cleveland
* 01-11: "Lord John Marbury" (Teleplay — with Patrick Caddell)
* 01-12: "He Shall, from Time to Time..."
* 01-13: "Take out the Trash Day"
* 01-14: "Take This Sabbath Day" (Teleplay / Story — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Paul Redford)
* 01-15: "Celestial Navigation" (Teleplay)
* 01-16: "20 Hours in L.A."
* 01-17: "The White House Pro-Am" — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Paul Redford
* 01-18: "Six Meetings Before Lunch"
* 01-19: "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" (Teleplay)
* 01-20: "Mandatory Minimums"
* 01-21: "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics"
* 01-22: "What Kind of Day Has It Been"
* 02-01: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
* 02-02: "The Midterms"
* 02-03: "In This White House" (Teleplay)
* 02-04: "And It's Surely to Their Credit" (Teleplay)
* 02-05: "The Lame Duck Congress" (Teleplay)
* 02-06: "The Portland Trip" (Teleplay)
* 02-07: "Shibboleth" (Teleplay)
* 02-08: "Galileo" — with Kevin Falls
* 02-09: "Noël" (Teleplay)
* 02-10: "The Leadership Breakfast" (Teleplay)
* 02-11: "The Drop-In" (Teleplay)
* 02-12: "Bartlet's Third State of the Union" (Teleplay)
* 02-13: "The War at Home"
* 02-14: "Ellie" (Teleplay)
* 02-15: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail" — with Paul Redford
* 02-16: "The Stackhouse Filibuster" (Teleplay)
* 02-17: "17 People"
* 02-18: "Bad Moon Rising" (Teleplay)
* 02-19: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You" (Teleplay)
* 02-20: "18th and Potomac" (Teleplay)
* 02-21: "Two Cathedrals"
* 03-01: "Manchester: Part I"
* 03-02: "Manchester: Part II"
* 03-03: "Ways and Means" (Teleplay)
* 03-04: "On the Day Before" (Teleplay)
* 03-05: "War Crimes" (Teleplay)
* 03-06: "Gone Quiet" (Teleplay)
* 03-07: "The Indians in the Lobby" (Teleplay — with Allison Abner and Kevin Falls)
* 03-08: "The Women of Qumar" (Teleplay)
* 03-09: "Bartlet for America"
* 03-10: "H. Con-172" (Teleplay)
* 03-11: "100,000 Airplanes"
* 03-12: "The Two Bartlets" (Teleplay — with Kevin Falls)
* 03-13: "Night Five"
* 03-14: "Hartsfield's Landing"
* 03-15: "Dead Irish Writers" (Teleplay)
* 03-16: "The U.S. Poet Laureate" (Teleplay)
* 03-17: "Stirred" (Teleplay — with Eli Attie)
* 03-18: "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" — with Paul Redford
* 03-19: "The Black Vera Wang"
* 03-20: "We Killed Yamamoto"
* 03-21: "Posse Comitatus"
* 04-01: "20 Hours in America"
* 04-02: "College Kids" (Teleplay)
* 04-03: "The Red Mass" (Teleplay)
* 04-04: "Debate Camp" (Teleplay)
* 04-05: "Game On" — with Paul Redford
* 04-06: "Election Night" (Teleplay)
* 04-07: "Process Stories" (Teleplay)
* 04-09: "Arctic Radar" (Teleplay)
* 04-10: "Holy Night"
* 04-11: "Guns Not Butter" — with Eli Attie and Kevin Falls
* 04-13: "Inauguration" (Teleplay)
* 04-14: "Inauguration: Over There" (Teleplay)
* 04-15: "The California 47th" (Teleplay)
* 04-16: "Red Haven's on Fire" (Teleplay)
* 04-17: "Privateers" (Teleplay — with Paul Redford and Debora Cahn)
* 04-18: "Angel Maintenance" (Teleplay — with Eli Attie)
* 04-19: "Evidence of Things Not Seen" (Teleplay)
* 04-20: "Life on Mars" (Teleplay)
* 04-21: "Commencement"
* 04-22: "Twenty Five"

## Eli Attie

* 03-03: "Ways and Means" (Story — with Gene Sperling)
* 03-10: "H. Con-172" (Story)
* 03-17: "Stirred" (Teleplay — with Aaron Sorkin)
* 04-03: "The Red Mass" (Story)
* 04-08: "Swiss Diplomacy" — with Kevin Falls
* 04-11: "Guns Not Butter" — with Kevin Falls and Aaron Sorkin
* 04-18: "Angel Maintenance" (Teleplay — with Aaron Sorkin / Story — with Kevin Falls)
* 04-19: "Evidence of Things Not Seen" (Story — with David Handelman)
* 05-05: "Constituency of One" (Teleplay / Story — with Michael Oates Palmer)
* 05-12: "Slow News Day"
* 05-19: "Talking Points"
* 06-03: "Third-Day Story"
* 06-11: "Opposition Research"
* 06-15: "Freedonia"
* 06-18: "La Palabra"
* 07-02: "The Mommy Problem"
* 07-06: "The Al Smith Dinner"
* 07-12: "Duck and Cover"
* 07-17: "Election Day Part II" — with John Wells
* 07-18: "Requiem" — with Debora Cahn and John Wells

## Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr.

* 01-04: "Five Votes Down" (Story — with Patrick Caddell)
* 01-08: "Enemies" (Story — with Rick Cleveland and Patrick Caddell)
* 01-11: "Lord John Marbury" (Story — with Patrick Caddell)
* 01-14: "Take This Sabbath Day" (Story — with Patrick Caddell and Aaron Sorkin)
* 01-15: "Celestial Navigation" (Story — with Dee Dee Myers)
* 01-17: "The White House Pro-Am" — with Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin
* 02-05: "The Lame Duck Congress" (Story)
* 02-11: "The Drop-In" (Story)
* 02-20: "18th and Potomac" (Story)
* 05-15: "Full Disclosure"
* 06-08: "In the Room"
* 06-20: "In God We Trust"
* 07-03: "Message of the Week"
* 07-07: "The Debate"
* 07-14: "Two Weeks Out"
* 07-20: "The Last Hurrah"

## Debora Cahn

* 04-02: "College Kids" (Story — with Mark Goffman)
* 04-16: "Red Haven's on Fire" (Story — with Mark Goffman)
* 04-17: "Privateers" (Teleplay — with Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin / Story — with Paul Redford)
* 05-03: "Jefferson Lives" (Story — with Carol Fint)
* 05-09: "Abu el Banat"
* 05-17: "The Supremes"
* 05-20: "No Exit" (Teleplay — with Carol Flint)
* 06-04: "Liftoff"
* 06-09: "Impact Winter"
* 06-16: "Drought Conditions"
* 07-01: "The Ticket"
* 07-08: "Undecideds"
* 07-13: "The Cold" (Teleplay / Story — with Lauren Schmidt)
* 07-18: "Requiem" — with Eli Attie and John Wells
* 07-21: "Institutional Memory"

## Paul Redford

* 01-07: "The State Dinner" — with Aaron Sorkin
* 01-14: "Take This Sabbath Day" (Story — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Aaron Sorkin)
* 01-17: "The White House Pro-Am" — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Aaron Sorkin
* 02-06: "The Portland Trip" (Story)
* 02-10: "The Leadership Breakfast" (Story)
* 02-15: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail" — with Aaron Sorkin
* 03-04: "On the Day Before" (Story — with Nanda Chitre)
* 03-15: "Dead Irish Writers" (Story)
* 03-18: "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" — with Aaron Sorkin
* 04-05: "Game On"
* 04-17: "Privateers" (Teleplay — with Debora Cahn and Aaron Sorkin / Story — with Debora Cahn)
* 04-20: "Life on Mars" (Story — with Dee Dee Myers)
* 05-07: "Separation of Powers"

## John Wells

* 05-01: "7A WF 83429"
* 05-02: "The Dogs of War"
* 05-14: "An Khe"
* 06-01: "NSF Thurmont"
* 06-02: "The Birnam Wood"
* 06-13: "King Corn"
* 06-22: "2162 Votes"
* 07-17: "Election Day Part II" — with Eli Attie
* 07-18: "Requiem" — with Eli Attie and Debora Cahn
* 07-22: "Tomorrow"

## Kevin Falls

* 02-04: "And It's Surely to Their Credit" (Story — with Laura Glasser)
* 02-08: "Galileo" — with Aaron Sorkin
* 02-14: "Ellie" (Story — with Laura Glasser)
* 03-07: "The Indians in the Lobby" (Teleplay — with Allison Abner and Aaron Sorkin)
* 03-12: "The Two Bartlets" (Teleplay — with Aaron Sorkin)
* 04-08: "Swiss Diplomacy" — with Eli Attie
* 04-11: "Guns Not Butter" — with Eli Attie and Aaron Sorkin
* 04-18: "Angel Maintenance" (Story— with Eli Attie)

## Peter Noah

* 05-04: "Han" (Teleplay / Story — with Mark Goffman and Paula Yoo)
* 05-13: "The Warfare of Genghis Khan"
* 05-21: "Gaza"
* 06-05: "The Hubbert Peak"
* 06-21: "Things Fall Apart"
* 07-05: "Here Today"
* 07-10: "Running Mates"
* 07-19: "Transition"

## Patrick Caddell

* 01-04: "Five Votes Down" (Story — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.)
* 01-08: "Enemies" (Story — with Rick Cleveland and Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.)
* 01-09: "The Short List" (Teleplay — with Aaron Sorkin)
* 01-11: "Lord John Marbury" (Teleplay — with Aaron Sorkin / Story — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.)
* 01-19: "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" (Story — with Peter Parnell)
* 02-07: "Shibboleth" (Story)
* 02-19: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You" (Story)

## Mark Goffman

* 04-02: "College Kids" (Story — with Debora Cahn)
* 04-16: "Red Haven's on Fire" (Story — with Debora Cahn)
* 05-04: "Han" (Story — with Peter Noah and Paula Yoo)
* 05-08: "Shutdown"
* 05-20: "No Exit" (Story — with Carol Flint)
* 06-12: "365 Days"

## Lauren Schmidt

* 04-08: "Process Stories" (Story — with Paula Yoo)
* 04-15: "The California 47th" (Story — with Paula Yoo)
* 05-06: "Disaster Relief" (Story — with Alexa Junge)
* 05-18: "Access"
* 07-13: "The Cold" (Story — with Debora Cahn)
* 07-16: "Election Day"

## Josh Singer

* 05-10: "The Stormy Present" (Story — with John Sacret Young)
* 05-22: "Memorial Day" — with John Sacret Young
* 06-07: "A Change is Gonna Come" (Teleplay — with John Sacret Young)
* 06-14: "The Wake Up Call"
* 07-09: "The Wedding"
* 07-15: "Welcome to Wherever You Are"

## Dee Dee Myers

* 01-09: "The Short List" (Story — with Aaron Sorkin)
* 01-15: "Celestial Navigation" (Story — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.)
* 02-12: "Bartlet's Third State of the Union" (Story — with Allison Abner)
* 03-17: "Stirred" (Story)
* 03-20: "Life on Mars" (Story — with Paul Redford)

## Laura Glasser

* 02-04: "And It's Surely to Their Credit" (Story — with Kevin Falls)
* 02-14: "Ellie" (Story — with Kevin Falls)
* 03-06: "Gone Quiet" (Story — with Julia Dahl)
* 03-08: "The Women of Qumar" (Story — with Felicia Wilson and Julia Dahl)
* 03-16: "The U.S. Poet Laureate" (Story)

## Carol Flint

* 05-03: "Jefferson Lives" (Teleplay / Story — with Debora Cahn)
* 05-11: "The Benign Prerogative"
* 05-20: "No Exit" (Teleplay — with Debora Cahn / Story — with Mark Goffman)
* 06-06: "The Dover Test"
* 06-17: "A Good Day"

## Allison Abner

* 02-03: "In This White House" (Story — with Peter Parnell)
* 02-12: "Bartlet's Third State of the Union" (Story — with Dee Dee Myers)
* 03-05: "War Crimes" (Story)
* 03-07: "The Indians in the Lobby" (Teleplay — with Kevin Falls and Aaron Sorkin / Story)

## Gene Sperling

* 03-03: "Ways and Means" (Story — with Eli Attie)
* 03-12: "The Two Bartlets" (Story)
* 04-09: "Arctic Radar" (Story)
* 04-14: "Inauguration: Over There" (Story — with David Gerken)

## John Sacret Young

* 05-10: "The Stormy Present" (Teleplay / Story — with Josh Singer)
* 05-22: "Memorial Day" — with Josh Singer
* 06-07: "A Change is Gonna Come" (Teleplay — with Josh Singer / Story)
* 06-19: "Ninety Miles Away"

## Peter Parnell

* 01-19: "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" (Story — with Patrick Caddell)
* 02-03: "In This White House" (Story — with Allison Abner)
* 02-09: "Noël" (Story)

## Michael Oates Palmer

* 04-04: "Debate Camp" (Story — with William Sind)
* 04-13: "Inauguration" (Story — with William Sind)
* 05-05: "Constituency of One" (Story — with Eli Attie)

## Paula Yoo

* 04-07: "Process Stories" (Story — with Lauren Schmidt)
* 04-15: "The California 47th" (Story — with Lauren Schmidt)
* 05-04: "Han" (Story — with Peter Noah and Mark Goffman)

## Rick Cleveland

* 01-08: "Enemies" (Story — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Patrick Caddell)
* 01-10: "In Excelsis Deo" — with Aaron Sorkin

## Felicia Wilson

* 02-18: "Bad Moon Rising" (Story)
* 03-08: "The Women of Qumar" (Story — with Laura Glasser and Julia Dahl)

## Julia Dahl

* 03-06: "Gone Quiet" (Story — with Laura Glasser)
* 03-08: "The Women of Qumar" (Story — with Felicia Wilson and Laura Glasser)

## William Sind

* 04-04: "Debate Camp" (Story — with Michael Oates Palmer)
* 04-13: "Inauguration" (Story — with Michael Oates Palmer)

## David Handelman

* 04-06: "Election Night" (Story — with David Gerken)
* 04-19: "Evidence of Things Not Seen" (Story — with Eli Attie)

## David Gerken

* 04-06: "Election Night" (Story — with David Handelman)
* 04-14: "Inauguration: Over There" (Story — with Gene Sperling)

## Alexa Junge

* 05-06: "Disaster Relief" (Teleplay / Story — with Lauren Schmidt)
* 05-16: "Eppur Si Muove"

## Bradley Whitford

* 06-10: "Faith Based Initiative"
* 07-11: "Internal Displacement"

## Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno

* 01-08: "Enemies" (Teleplay)

## Pete McCabe

* 02-16: "The Stackhouse Filibuster" (Story)

## Nanda Chitre

* 03-04: "On the Day Before" (Story — with Paul Redford)

## Jon Robin Baitz

* 04-13: "The Long Goodbye"

## Alex Graves

* 07-04: "Mr. Frost"