# List of The West Wing episodes

The West Wing is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that aired on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White House, where the Oval Office and offices of presidential senior staff are located, during the fictitious Democratic administration of Josiah Bartlet (played by Martin Sheen). During the course of the series, 154 episodes of The West Wing aired, including two specials over seven seasons.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | September 22, 1999 (1999-09-22) | May 17, 2000 (2000-05-17) |
| 2 | 22 | 22 | October 4, 2000 (2000-10-04) | May 16, 2001 (2001-05-16) |
| 3 | 21 | 21 | October 10, 2001 (2001-10-10) | May 22, 2002 (2002-05-22) |
| 4 | 23 | 23 | September 25, 2002 (2002-09-25) | May 14, 2003 (2003-05-14) |
| 5 | 22 | 22 | September 24, 2003 (2003-09-24) | May 19, 2004 (2004-05-19) |
| 6 | 22 | 22 | October 20, 2004 (2004-10-20) | April 6, 2005 (2005-04-06) |
| 7 | 22 | 22 | September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25) | May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (1999–2000)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | September 22, 1999 (1999-09-22) | 475151 | 16.91 |
| 2 | 2 | "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | September 29, 1999 (1999-09-29) | 225901 | 13.71 |
| 3 | 3 | "A Proportional Response" | Marc Buckland | Aaron Sorkin | October 6, 1999 (1999-10-06) | 225902 | 14.41 |
| 4 | 4 | "Five Votes Down" | Michael Lehmann | Story by : Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. and Patrick Caddell Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | October 13, 1999 (1999-10-13) | 225903 | 12.32 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Crackpots and These Women" | Anthony Drazan | Aaron Sorkin | October 20, 1999 (1999-10-20) | 225904 | 12.41 |
| 6 | 6 | "Mr. Willis of Ohio" | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | November 3, 1999 (1999-11-03) | 225905 | 13.37 |
| 7 | 7 | "The State Dinner" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin & Paul Redford | November 10, 1999 (1999-11-10) | 225906 | 13.66 |
| 8 | 8 | "Enemies" | Alan Taylor | Story by : Rick Cleveland, Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. & Patrick Caddell Teleplay by : Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno | November 17, 1999 (1999-11-17) | 225907 | 12.92 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Short List" | Bill D'Elia | Story by : Aaron Sorkin & Dee Dee Myers Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin & Patrick Caddell | November 24, 1999 (1999-11-24) | 225908 | 12.37 |
| 10 | 10 | "In Excelsis Deo" | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin & Rick Cleveland | December 15, 1999 (1999-12-15) | 225909 | 14.23 |
| 11 | 11 | "Lord John Marbury" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Story by : Patrick Caddell & Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin & Patrick Caddell | January 5, 2000 (2000-01-05) | 225910 | 13.65 |
| 12 | 12 | "He Shall, from Time to Time..." | Arlene Sanford | Aaron Sorkin | January 12, 2000 (2000-01-12) | 225911 | 13.96 |
| 13 | 13 | "Take Out the Trash Day" | Ken Olin | Aaron Sorkin | January 26, 2000 (2000-01-26) | 225912 | 14.92 |
| 14 | 14 | "Take This Sabbath Day" | Thomas Schlamme | Story by : Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. & Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | February 9, 2000 (2000-02-09) | 225913 | 14.18 |
| 15 | 15 | "Celestial Navigation" | Christopher Misiano | Story by : Dee Dee Myers & Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | February 16, 2000 (2000-02-16) | 225914 | 13.48 |
| 16 | 16 | "20 Hours in L.A." | Alan Taylor | Aaron Sorkin | February 23, 2000 (2000-02-23) | 225915 | 12.41 |
| 17 | 17 | "The White House Pro-Am" | Ken Olin | Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. & Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin | March 22, 2000 (2000-03-22) | 225916 | 15.76 |
| 18 | 18 | "Six Meetings Before Lunch" | Clark Johnson | Aaron Sorkin | April 5, 2000 (2000-04-05) | 225917 | 14.24 |
| 19 | 19 | "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" | Laura Innes | Story by : Peter Parnell and Patrick Caddell Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | April 26, 2000 (2000-04-26) | 225918 | 13.97 |
| 20 | 20 | "Mandatory Minimums" | Robert Berlinger | Aaron Sorkin | May 3, 2000 (2000-05-03) | 225919 | 12.89 |
| 21 | 21 | "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics" | Don Scardino | Aaron Sorkin | May 10, 2000 (2000-05-10) | 225920 | 14.33 |
| 22 | 22 | "What Kind of Day Has It Been" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | May 17, 2000 (2000-05-17) | 225921 | 13.30 |

### Season 2 (2000–01)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 2324 | 12 | "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | October 4, 2000 (2000-10-04) | 226201226202 | 25.05 |
| 25 | 3 | "The Midterms" | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin | October 18, 2000 (2000-10-18) | 226203 | 16.80 |
| 26 | 4 | "In This White House" | Ken Olin | Story by : Peter Parnell & Allison Abner Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | October 25, 2000 (2000-10-25) | 226204 | 17.11 |
| 27 | 5 | "And It's Surely to Their Credit" | Christopher Misiano | Story by : Kevin Falls & Laura Glasser Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | November 1, 2000 (2000-11-01) | 226205 | 18.47 |
| 28 | 6 | "The Lame Duck Congress" | Jeremy Kagan | Story by : Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | November 8, 2000 (2000-11-08) | 226206 | 18.48 |
| 29 | 7 | "The Portland Trip" | Paris Barclay | Story by : Paul Redford Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | November 15, 2000 (2000-11-15) | 226207 | 18.47 |
| 30 | 8 | "Shibboleth" | Laura Innes | Story by : Patrick Caddell Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | November 22, 2000 (2000-11-22) | 226208 | 17.48 |
| 31 | 9 | "Galileo" | Alex Graves | Kevin Falls and Aaron Sorkin | November 29, 2000 (2000-11-29) | 226209 | 18.99 |
| 32 | 10 | "Noël" | Thomas Schlamme | Story by : Peter Parnell Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | December 13, 2000 (2000-12-13) | 226210 | 12.23 |
| 33 | 11 | "The Leadership Breakfast" | Scott Winant | Story by : Paul Redford Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | January 10, 2001 (2001-01-10) | 226211 | 17.65 |
| 34 | 12 | "The Drop-In" | Lou Antonio | Story by : Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | January 24, 2001 (2001-01-24) | 226212 | 18.02 |
| 35 | 13 | "Bartlet's Third State of the Union" | Christopher Misiano | Story by : Allison Abner & Dee Dee Myers Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | February 7, 2001 (2001-02-07) | 226213 | 18.19 |
| 36 | 14 | "The War at Home" | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | February 14, 2001 (2001-02-14) | 226214 | 18.39 |
| 37 | 15 | "Ellie" | Michael Engler | Story by : Kevin Falls & Laura Glasser Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | February 21, 2001 (2001-02-21) | 226215 | 16.43 |
| 38 | 16 | "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail" | Jessica Yu | Paul Redford & Aaron Sorkin | February 28, 2001 (2001-02-28) | 226216 | 18.08 |
| 39 | 17 | "The Stackhouse Filibuster" | Bryan Gordon | Story by : Pete McCabe Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | March 14, 2001 (2001-03-14) | 226217 | 17.16 |
| 40 | 18 | "17 People" | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin | April 4, 2001 (2001-04-04) | 226218 | 16.56 |
| 41 | 19 | "Bad Moon Rising" | Bill Johnson | Story by : Felicia Wilson Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | April 25, 2001 (2001-04-25) | 226219 | 16.77 |
| 42 | 20 | "The Fall's Gonna Kill You" | Christopher Misiano | Story by : Patrick Caddell Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | May 2, 2001 (2001-05-02) | 226220 | 16.61 |
| 43 | 21 | "18th and Potomac" | Robert Berlinger | Story by : Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | May 9, 2001 (2001-05-09) | 226221 | 17.01 |
| 44 | 22 | "Two Cathedrals" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | May 16, 2001 (2001-05-16) | 226222 | 20.72 |
* ↑ In Canada; the US airing was pre-empted for one week by Al Gore's concession speech in the 2000 United States presidential election.

### Season 3 (2001–02)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 4546 | 12 | "Manchester" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | October 10, 2001 (2001-10-10) October 17, 2001 (2001-10-17) | 227201 227202 | 23.65 20.79 |
| 47 | 3 | "Ways and Means" | Alex Graves | Story by : Eli Attie & Gene Sperling Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | October 24, 2001 (2001-10-24) | 227203 | 21.47 |
| 48 | 4 | "On the Day Before" | Christopher Misiano | Story by : Paul Redford & Nanda Chitre Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | October 31, 2001 (2001-10-31) | 227204 | 17.78 |
| 49 | 5 | "War Crimes" | Alex Graves | Story by : Allison Abner Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | November 7, 2001 (2001-11-07) | 227205 | 19.48 |
| 50 | 6 | "Gone Quiet" | Jon Hutman | Story by : Julia Dahl & Laura Glasser Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | November 14, 2001 (2001-11-14) | 227207 | 19.89 |
| 51 | 7 | "The Indians in the Lobby" | Paris Barclay | Story by : Allison Abner Teleplay by : Allison Abner & Kevin Falls and Aaron Sorkin | November 21, 2001 (2001-11-21) | 227208 | 16.73 |
| 52 | 8 | "The Women of Qumar" | Alex Graves | Story by : Felicia Wilson & Laura Glasser & Julia Dahl Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | November 28, 2001 (2001-11-28) | 227209 | 20.86 |
| 53 | 9 | "Bartlet for America" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | December 12, 2001 (2001-12-12) | 227210 | 18.40 |
| 54 | 10 | "H. Con-172" | Vincent Misiano | Story by : Eli Attie Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | January 9, 2002 (2002-01-09) | 227211 | 18.38 |
| 55 | 11 | "100,000 Airplanes" | David Nutter | Aaron Sorkin | January 16, 2002 (2002-01-16) | 227212 | 19.05 |
| 56 | 12 | "The Two Bartlets" | Alex Graves | Story by : Gene Sperling Teleplay by : Kevin Falls and Aaron Sorkin | January 30, 2002 (2002-01-30) | 227213 | 19.12 |
| 57 | 13 | "Night Five" | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | February 6, 2002 (2002-02-06) | 227214 | 18.14 |
| 58 | 14 | "Hartsfield's Landing" | Vincent Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | February 27, 2002 (2002-02-27) | 227215 | 16.36 |
| 59 | 15 | "Dead Irish Writers" | Alex Graves | Story by : Paul Redford Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | March 6, 2002 (2002-03-06) | 227216 | 19.49 |
| 60 | 16 | "The U.S. Poet Laureate" | Christopher Misiano | Story by : Laura Glasser Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | March 27, 2002 (2002-03-27) | 227217 | 16.95 |
| 61 | 17 | "Stirred" | Jeremy Kagan | Story by : Dee Dee Myers Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin & Eli Attie | April 3, 2002 (2002-04-03) | 227218 | 17.26 |
| 62 | 18 | "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" | Alex Graves | Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin | May 1, 2002 (2002-05-01) | 227219 | 17.40 |
| 63 | 19 | "The Black Vera Wang" | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | May 8, 2002 (2002-05-08) | 227220 | 17.26 |
| 64 | 20 | "We Killed Yamamoto" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | May 15, 2002 (2002-05-15) | 227221 | 15.54 |
| 65 | 21 | "Posse Comitatus" | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin | May 22, 2002 (2002-05-22) | 227222 | 16.64 |

### Season 4 (2002–03)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 6667 | 12 | "20 Hours in America" | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | September 25, 2002 (2002-09-25) | 175301175302 | 18.16 |
| 68 | 3 | "College Kids" | Alex Graves | Story by : Debora Cahn and Mark Goffman Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | October 2, 2002 (2002-10-02) | 175303 | 16.70 |
| 69 | 4 | "The Red Mass" | Vincent Misiano | Story by : Eli Attie Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09) | 175304 | 15.99 |
| 70 | 5 | "Debate Camp" | Paris Barclay | Story by : William Sind & Michael Oates Palmer Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | October 16, 2002 (2002-10-16) | 175305 | 15.90 |
| 71 | 6 | "Game On" | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin & Paul Redford | October 30, 2002 (2002-10-30) | 175306 | 15.73 |
| 72 | 7 | "Election Night" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Story by : David Gerken and David Handelman Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | November 6, 2002 (2002-11-06) | 175308 | 16.22 |
| 73 | 8 | "Process Stories" | Christopher Misiano | Story by : Paula Yoo & Lauren Schmidt Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | November 13, 2002 (2002-11-13) | 175309 | 15.78 |
| 74 | 9 | "Swiss Diplomacy" | Christopher Misiano | Kevin Falls & Eli Attie | November 20, 2002 (2002-11-20) | 175307 | 15.03 |
| 75 | 10 | "Arctic Radar" | John David Coles | Story by : Gene Sperling Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | November 27, 2002 (2002-11-27) | 175310 | 14.28 |
| 76 | 11 | "Holy Night" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | December 11, 2002 (2002-12-11) | 175311 | 15.39 |
| 77 | 12 | "Guns Not Butter" | Bill D'Elia | Eli Attie & Kevin Falls and Aaron Sorkin | January 8, 2003 (2003-01-08) | 175312 | 13.96 |
| 78 | 13 | "The Long Goodbye" | Alex Graves | Jon Robin Baitz | January 15, 2003 (2003-01-15) | 175313 | 14.45 |
| 79 | 14 | "Inauguration: Part I" | Christopher Misiano | Story by : Michael Oates Palmer & William Sind Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | February 5, 2003 (2003-02-05) | 175314 | 13.03 |
| 80 | 15 | "Inauguration: Over There" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Story by : David Gerken & Gene Sperling Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | February 12, 2003 (2003-02-12) | 175315 | 13.59 |
| 81 | 16 | "The California 47th" | Vincent Misiano | Story by : Lauren Schmidt & Paula Yoo Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | February 19, 2003 (2003-02-19) | 175316 | 12.23 |
| 82 | 17 | "Red Haven's on Fire" | Alex Graves | Story by : Mark Goffman & Debora Cahn Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | February 26, 2003 (2003-02-26) | 175317 | 14.01 |
| 83 | 18 | "Privateers" | Alex Graves | Story by : Paul Redford & Debora Cahn Teleplay by : Paul Redford & Debora Cahn and Aaron Sorkin | March 26, 2003 (2003-03-26) | 175318 | 11.70 |
| 84 | 19 | "Angel Maintenance" | Jessica Yu | Story by : Eli Attie & Kevin Falls Teleplay by : Eli Attie and Aaron Sorkin | April 2, 2003 (2003-04-02) | 175320 | 12.72 |
| 85 | 20 | "Evidence of Things Not Seen" | Christopher Misiano | Story by : Eli Attie & David Handelman Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | April 23, 2003 (2003-04-23) | 175319 | 13.65 |
| 86 | 21 | "Life on Mars" | John David Coles | Story by : Paul Redford & Dee Dee Myers Teleplay by : Aaron Sorkin | April 30, 2003 (2003-04-30) | 175321 | 13.18 |
| 87 | 22 | "Commencement" | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin | May 7, 2003 (2003-05-07) | 175322 | 13.37 |
| 88 | 23 | "Twenty Five" | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | May 14, 2003 (2003-05-14) | 175323 | 13.79 |

### Season 5 (2003–04)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 89 | 1 | "7A WF 83429" | Alex Graves | John Wells | September 24, 2003 (2003-09-24) | 176051 | 18.32 |
| 90 | 2 | "The Dogs of War" | Christopher Misiano | John Wells | October 1, 2003 (2003-10-01) | 176052 | 16.32 |
| 91 | 3 | "Jefferson Lives" | Alex Graves | Story by : Carol Flint & Debora Cahn Teleplay by : Carol Flint | October 8, 2003 (2003-10-08) | 176053 | 13.43 |
| 92 | 4 | "Han" | Christopher Misiano | Story by : Peter Noah & Mark Goffman and Paula Yoo Teleplay by : Peter Noah | October 22, 2003 (2003-10-22) | 176054 | 12.06 |
| 93 | 5 | "Constituency of One" | Laura Innes | Story by : Eli Attie and Michael Oates Palmer Teleplay by : Eli Attie | October 29, 2003 (2003-10-29) | 176055 | 13.12 |
| 94 | 6 | "Disaster Relief" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Story by : Alexa Junge & Lauren Schmidt Teleplay by : Alexa Junge | November 5, 2003 (2003-11-05) | 176056 | 12.48 |
| 95 | 7 | "Separation of Powers" | Alex Graves | Paul Redford | November 12, 2003 (2003-11-12) | 176057 | 12.42 |
| 96 | 8 | "Shutdown" | Christopher Misiano | Mark Goffman | November 19, 2003 (2003-11-19) | 176058 | 13.49 |
| 97 | 9 | "Abu el Banat" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Debora Cahn | December 3, 2003 (2003-12-03) | 176059 | 12.77 |
| 98 | 10 | "The Stormy Present" | Alex Graves | Story by : John Sacret Young & Josh Singer Teleplay by : John Sacret Young | January 7, 2004 (2004-01-07) | 176060 | 13.28 |
| 99 | 11 | "The Benign Prerogative" | Christopher Misiano | Carol Flint | January 14, 2004 (2004-01-14) | 176061 | 11.86 |
| 100 | 12 | "Slow News Day" | Julie Hébert | Eli Attie | February 4, 2004 (2004-02-04) | 176062 | 10.84 |
| 101 | 13 | "The Warfare of Genghis Khan" | Bill D'Elia | Peter Noah | February 11, 2004 (2004-02-11) | 176063 | 11.64 |
| 102 | 14 | "An Khe" | Alex Graves | John Wells | February 18, 2004 (2004-02-18) | 176064 | 11.43 |
| 103 | 15 | "Full Disclosure" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. | February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25) | 176065 | 11.21 |
| 104 | 16 | "Eppur Si Muove" | Llewellyn Wells | Alexa Junge | March 3, 2004 (2004-03-03) | 176066 | 11.42 |
| 105 | 17 | "The Supremes" | Jessica Yu | Debora Cahn | March 24, 2004 (2004-03-24) | 176067 | 10.76 |
| 106 | 18 | "Access" | Alex Graves | Lauren Schmidt | March 31, 2004 (2004-03-31) | 176068 | 10.95 |
| 107 | 19 | "Talking Points" | Richard Schiff | Eli Attie | April 21, 2004 (2004-04-21) | 176069 | 11.10 |
| 108 | 20 | "No Exit" | Julie Hébert | Story by : Carol Flint & Mark Goffman Teleplay by : Carol Flint & Debora Cahn | April 28, 2004 (2004-04-28) | 176072 | 11.94 |
| 109 | 21 | "Gaza" | Christopher Misiano | Peter Noah | May 12, 2004 (2004-05-12) | 176070 | 10.76 |
| 110 | 22 | "Memorial Day" | Christopher Misiano | John Sacret Young & Josh Singer | May 19, 2004 (2004-05-19) | 176071 | 11.03 |

### Season 6 (2004–05)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 111 | 1 | "NSF Thurmont" | Alex Graves | John Wells | October 20, 2004 (2004-10-20) | 2T5001 | 12.27 |
| 112 | 2 | "The Birnam Wood" | Alex Graves | John Wells | October 27, 2004 (2004-10-27) | 2T5002 | 12.07 |
| 113 | 3 | "Third-Day Story" | Christopher Misiano | Eli Attie | November 3, 2004 (2004-11-03) | 2T5003 | 13.82 |
| 114 | 4 | "Liftoff" | Alex Graves | Debora Cahn | November 10, 2004 (2004-11-10) | 2T5004 | 15.26 |
| 115 | 5 | "The Hubbert Peak" | Julie Hébert | Peter Noah | November 17, 2004 (2004-11-17) | 2T5005 | 12.41 |
| 116 | 6 | "The Dover Test" | Laura Innes | Carol Flint | November 24, 2004 (2004-11-24) | 2T5006 | 11.76 |
| 117 | 7 | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Vincent Misiano | Story by : John Sacret Young Teleplay by : John Sacret Young & Josh Singer | December 1, 2004 (2004-12-01) | 2T5007 | 13.28 |
| 118 | 8 | "In the Room" | Alex Graves | Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. | December 8, 2004 (2004-12-08) | 2T5008 | 12.33 |
| 119 | 9 | "Impact Winter" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Debora Cahn | December 15, 2004 (2004-12-15) | 2T5009 | 12.53 |
| 120 | 10 | "Faith Based Initiative" | Christopher Misiano | Bradley Whitford | January 5, 2005 (2005-01-05) | 2T5010 | 11.74 |
| 121 | 11 | "Opposition Research" | Christopher Misiano | Eli Attie | January 12, 2005 (2005-01-12) | 2T5011 | 11.88 |
| 122 | 12 | "365 Days" | Andrew Bernstein | Mark Goffman | January 19, 2005 (2005-01-19) | 2T5012 | 10.92 |
| 123 | 13 | "King Corn" | Alex Graves | John Wells | January 26, 2005 (2005-01-26) | 2T5013 | 10.69 |
| 124 | 14 | "The Wake Up Call" | Laura Innes | Josh Singer | February 9, 2005 (2005-02-09) | 2T5014 | 9.62 |
| 125 | 15 | "Freedonia" | Christopher Misiano | Eli Attie | February 16, 2005 (2005-02-16) | 2T5015 | 10.17 |
| 126 | 16 | "Drought Conditions" | Alex Graves | Debora Cahn | February 23, 2005 (2005-02-23) | 2T5016 | 9.93 |
| 127 | 17 | "A Good Day" | Richard Schiff | Carol Flint | March 2, 2005 (2005-03-02) | 2T5017 | 10.66 |
| 128 | 18 | "La Palabra" | Jason Ensler | Eli Attie | March 9, 2005 (2005-03-09) | 2T5018 | 10.10 |
| 129 | 19 | "Ninety Miles Away" | Rod Holcomb | John Sacret Young | March 16, 2005 (2005-03-16) | 2T5019 | 9.75 |
| 130 | 20 | "In God We Trust" | Christopher Misiano | Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. | March 23, 2005 (2005-03-23) | 2T5020 | 8.96 |
| 131 | 21 | "Things Fall Apart" | Nelson McCormick | Peter Noah | March 30, 2005 (2005-03-30) | 2T5021 | 9.88 |
| 132 | 22 | "2162 Votes" | Alex Graves | John Wells | April 6, 2005 (2005-04-06) | 2T5022 | 11.62 |

### Season 7 (2005–06)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 133 | 1 | "The Ticket" | Christopher Misiano | Debora Cahn | September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25) | 2T6201 | 8.90 |
| 134 | 2 | "The Mommy Problem" | Alex Graves | Eli Attie | October 2, 2005 (2005-10-02) | 2T6202 | 7.66 |
| 135 | 3 | "Message of the Week" | Christopher Misiano | Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. | October 9, 2005 (2005-10-09) | 2T6203 | 7.95 |
| 136 | 4 | "Mr. Frost" | Andrew Bernstein | Alex Graves | October 16, 2005 (2005-10-16) | 2T6204 | 8.15 |
| 137 | 5 | "Here Today" | Alex Graves | Peter Noah | October 23, 2005 (2005-10-23) | 2T6205 | 7.85 |
| 138 | 6 | "The Al Smith Dinner" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Eli Attie | October 30, 2005 (2005-10-30) | 2T6206 | 8.51 |
| 139 | 7 | "The Debate" | Alex Graves | Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. | November 6, 2005 (2005-11-06) | 2T6207 | 9.58 |
| 140 | 8 | "Undecideds" | Christopher Misiano | Debora Cahn | December 4, 2005 (2005-12-04) | 2T6208 | 7.26 |
| 141 | 9 | "The Wedding" | Max Mayer | Josh Singer | December 11, 2005 (2005-12-11) | 2T6209 | 8.13 |
| 142 | 10 | "Running Mates" | Paul McCrane | Peter Noah | January 8, 2006 (2006-01-08) | 2T6210 | 11.74 |
| 143 | 11 | "Internal Displacement" | Andrew Bernstein | Bradley Whitford | January 15, 2006 (2006-01-15) | 2T6211 | 6.36 |
| 144 | 12 | "Duck and Cover" | Christopher Misiano | Eli Attie | January 22, 2006 (2006-01-22) | 2T6212 | 7.71 |
| 145 | 13 | "The Cold" | Alex Graves | Story by : Debora Cahn & Lauren Schmidt Teleplay by : Debora Cahn | March 12, 2006 (2006-03-12) | 2T6213 | 7.02 |
| 146 | 14 | "Two Weeks Out" | Laura Innes | Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. | March 19, 2006 (2006-03-19) | 2T6214 | 8.07 |
| 147 | 15 | "Welcome to Wherever You Are" | Matia Karrell | Josh Singer | March 26, 2006 (2006-03-26) | 2T6215 | 7.90 |
| 148 | 16 | "Election Day Part I" | Mimi Leder | Lauren Schmidt | April 2, 2006 (2006-04-02) | 2T6216 | 7.27 |
| 149 | 17 | "Election Day Part II" | Christopher Misiano | Eli Attie & John Wells | April 9, 2006 (2006-04-09) | 2T6217 | 8.39 |
| 150 | 18 | "Requiem" | Steve Shill | Eli Attie, Debora Cahn & John Wells | April 16, 2006 (2006-04-16) | 2T6218 | 8.29 |
| 151 | 19 | "Transition" | Nelson McCormick | Peter Noah | April 23, 2006 (2006-04-23) | 2T6219 | 8.42 |
| 152 | 20 | "The Last Hurrah" | Tim Matheson | Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. | April 30, 2006 (2006-04-30) | 2T6220 | 8.34 |
| 153 | 21 | "Institutional Memory" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Debora Cahn | May 7, 2006 (2006-05-07) | 2T6221 | 7.94 |
| 154 | 22 | "Tomorrow" | Christopher Misiano | John Wells | May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14) | 2T6222 | 10.11 |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| | 1 | 16.91 | 13.71 | 14.41 | 12.32 | 12.41 | 13.37 | 13.66 | 12.92 | 12.37 | 14.23 | 13.65 | 13.96 | 14.92 | 14.18 | 13.48 | 12.41 | 15.76 | 14.24 | 13.97 | 12.89 | 14.33 | 13.30 | – |
| | 2 | 25.05 | 25.05 | 16.80 | 17.11 | 18.47 | 18.48 | 18.47 | 17.48 | 18.99 | 12.23 | 17.65 | 18.02 | 18.19 | 18.39 | 16.43 | 18.08 | 17.16 | 16.56 | 16.77 | 16.61 | 17.01 | 20.72 | – |
| | 3 | 23.65 | 20.79 | 21.47 | 17.78 | 19.48 | 19.89 | 16.73 | 20.86 | 18.40 | 18.38 | 19.05 | 19.12 | 18.14 | 16.36 | 19.49 | 16.95 | 17.26 | 17.40 | 17.26 | 15.54 | 16.64 | – | – |
| | 4 | 18.16 | 18.16 | 16.70 | 15.99 | 15.90 | 15.73 | 16.22 | 15.78 | 15.03 | 14.28 | 15.39 | 13.96 | 14.45 | 13.03 | 13.59 | 12.23 | 14.01 | 11.70 | 12.72 | 13.65 | 13.18 | 13.37 | 13.79 |
| | 5 | 18.32 | 16.32 | 13.43 | 12.06 | 13.12 | 12.48 | 12.42 | 13.49 | 12.77 | 13.28 | 11.86 | 10.84 | 11.64 | 11.43 | 11.21 | 11.42 | 10.76 | 10.95 | 11.10 | 11.94 | 10.76 | 11.03 | – |
| | 6 | 12.27 | 12.07 | 13.82 | 15.26 | 12.41 | 11.76 | 13.28 | 12.33 | 12.53 | 11.74 | 11.88 | 10.92 | 10.69 | 9.62 | 10.17 | 9.93 | 10.66 | 10.10 | 9.75 | 8.96 | 9.88 | 11.62 | – |
| | 7 | 8.90 | 7.66 | 7.95 | 8.15 | 7.85 | 8.51 | 9.58 | 7.26 | 8.13 | 11.74 | 6.36 | 7.71 | 7.02 | 8.07 | 7.90 | 7.27 | 8.39 | 8.29 | 8.42 | 8.34 | 7.99 | 10.11 | – |

## Specials

Two special episodes were produced to complement the series and broadcast on NBC. The first was a terrorism-themed episode produced in the wake of the September 11 attacks. The episode pushed the scheduled season premiere back a week and encouraged viewers to donate to charity—profits from the episode and cast members' weekly pay were also donated. The episode "was written and produced in record time" – less than three weeks. Although timely and well-intentioned, the episode was criticized for being condescending and preachy.
The second special interspersed the characters' fictional lives with interviews of real West Wing personnel, including Presidents Ford, Carter and Clinton; press secretaries Marlin Fitzwater and Dee Dee Myers; presidential advisors David Gergen, Paul Begala and incumbent Karl Rove; Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; Chief of Staff Leon Panetta; presidential personal secretary Betty Currie; and speechwriter Peggy Noonan. The documentary won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2002 for "Outstanding Special Class Program". Both episodes ran within the season 3 television season and were included on the season's DVD.
A third retrospective "clip-and-interview" special was slated to air in the hour before the series finale; however, it was axed and replaced with a re-run of the "Pilot" episode, as cast members were not contracted to do the special and there were disputes over pay.
| Special No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code | Rating/share |
| S1 | "Isaac and Ishmael" | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | October 3, 2001 (2001-10-03) | 227206 | 18.0/25 |
| S2 | "Documentary Special" | William Couturié | Eli Attie, William Couturié & Felicia Willson (interview materials) | April 24, 2002 (2002-04-24) | 227223 | 11.7/17 |

### "A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote" (2020)

"A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote" is a reunion special that was released on HBO Max on October 15, 2020. The special serves as a stage version of the season 3 episode "Hartsfield's Landing". The special intended to raise awareness and support for When We All Vote, a non-profit organization that helps increase participation in United States elections.
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| "A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote" | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin Eli Attie (special material) | October 15, 2020 (2020-10-15) |