The West Wing/Season 5

Season 5 of The West Wing aired on American television network NBC. It consisted of twenty-two episodes, the first of which aired on September 24, 2003 and the last on May 19, 2004.
==Summary==
Zoey Bartlet has been kidnapped. The President has relinquished office to a Republican Speaker of the House because the vacancy of Vice President had not been filled. After the crisis has been resolved, there is the selection of a new Vice President, the former Vice President’s tell all autobiography, the shutdown of the Federal government, the rescue of Social Security, a visit from the cast of Sesame Street, the selection of two new Supreme Court Justices and a fact finding mission to Gaza that rattles the Senior Staff to the core.
==Cast==
:Stockard Channing as Abigail Bartlet
:Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
:Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
:Joshua Malina as Will Bailey
:Janel Moloney as Donna Moss
:Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler
:John Spencer as Leo McGarry
:Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman
:and Martin Sheen as President Bartlet
===Guest Cast===
*Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner
*Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon
*Matthew Perry as Joe Quincy
*Glenn Close as Evelyn Baker Lang
*John Goodman as Glen Allen Walken (uncredited)
*Jason Isaacs as Colin Ayres
*James Cromwell as D. Wire Newman
*Mary McCormack as Kate Harper
*John Amos as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace
*Lily Tomlin as Deborah Fiderer
*Marlee Matlin as Joey Lucas
*Tim Matheson as John Hoynes
*Jesse Bradford as Ryan Pierce
*William Fichtner as Christopher Mulready
*William Devane as Lewis Berryhill
*Armin Mueller-Stahl as Israeli Prime Minister Eli Zahavy
*Gary Cole as Bob Russell
*Gerald McRaney as Alan Adamley
*Jay Mohr as Taylor Reid
*Gabrielle Union as Meeshell Anders
*Tom Skerritt as Senator Chris Carrick
*Dylan Baker as Alan Fisk
*Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet
*Michael O'Neill as Ron Butterfield
*Michael Hyatt as Angela Blake
*Steven Culp as Speaker of the House Jeff Haffley
*H. Richard Greene as Sen. Robert Royce
*Mitchell Ryan as Senator Roland Pierce
*Nina Siemaszko as Ellie Bartlet
*Kathleen York as Rep. Andy Wyatt
*Stephen Tobolowsky as Dr. Max Milkman
*Terry O'Quinn as General Nicholas Alexander
*Allison Smith as Mallory O'Brien
*Anna Deavere Smith as Dr. Nancy McNally
*Clark Gregg as Special Agent Michael Casper
*Milo O'Shea as Roy Ashland
*Annabeth Gish as Elizabeth Bartlet
*Geoff Pierson as Senator Triplehorn
*Melissa Marsala as Marina
*Zeljko Îvanek as Steve Atwood
*Steven Eckholdt as Doug Westin
*Cherry Jones as Barbara Layton
*Philip Baker Hall as Senator Matt Hunt
*Joaquim de Almeida as Carlos Carrio
*Robert Picardo as E. Bradford Shelton
*Reed Diamond as Dr. Mike Gordon
*Bill O'Brien as Kenny Thurman
*NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper
*Renée Estevez as Nancy
*Sam Robards as Greg Brock
*Steve Ryan as Miles Hutchinson
*Nick Searcy as Nate Singer
*Ron Canada as Ted Barrow
*Thomas Kopache as Bob Slatterly
*Ryan Cutrona as George Sliger
== Episodes ==
# 		Title 	Writer 	Director 	Notes
1 		7A WF 83429 	John Wells 	Alex Graves 	
2 		The Dogs of War 	John Wells 	Christopher Misiano	
3 		Jefferson Lives 	Teleplay by Carol FlintStory by Carol Flint and Debora Cahn 	Alex Graves 	
4 		Han 	Teleplay by Peter NoahStory by Peter Noah, Mark Goffman and Paula Yoo 	Christopher Misiano	
5 		A Constituency of One 	Teleplay by Eli AttieStory by Eli Attie and Michael Oates Palmer 	Laura Innes 	
6 		Disaster Relief 	Teleplay by Alexa JungeStory by Alexa Junge and Lauren Schmidt 	Lesli Linka Glatter	
7 		Separation of Powers 	Paul Redford 	Alex Graves 	
8 		Shutdown 	Mark Goffman 	Christopher Misiano	
9 		Abu el Banat 	Debora Cahn 	Lesli Linka Glatter	
10		The Stormy Present 	Teleplay by John Sacret YoungStory by John Sacret Young and Josh Singer 	Alex Graves 	
11		The Benign Prerogative 	Carol Flint 	Christopher Misiano	
12		Slow News Day 	Eli Attie 	Julie Hébert 	
13		The Warfare of Genghis Khan	Peter Noah 	Bill D'Elia 	
14		An Khe 	John Wells 	Alex Graves 	
15		Full Disclosure 	Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. 	Lesli Linka Glatter	
16		Eppur Si Muove 	Alexa Junge 	Llewellyn Wells 	
17		The Supremes 	Debora Cahn 	Jessica Yu 	
18		Access 	Lauren Schmidt 	Alex Graves 	
19		Talking Points 	Eli Attie 	Richard Schiff 	
20		No Exit 	Teleplay by Carol Flint and Debora CahnStory by Carol Flint and Mark Goffman	Julie Hébert 	
21		Gaza 	Peter Noah 	Christopher Misiano	
22		Memorial Day 	John Sacret Young and Josh Singer 	Christopher Misiano