We all wept at the end of this season. Not because of the death of yet another character, but because of the departure not only of our beloved Sam Seaborn, but also the departure at the end of the season of the show's creator, executive producer and head writer, Aaron Sorkin. The Sorkinverse has never been the same. Of course this season's scripts finally started getting better around the mid-way point of the season but the light at the end of the tunnel may have been the 5:15.

Due to space limitations on my servers, I have split this season between two mirror servers.

• Group 1: 1. 20 Hours in America, Part I through 13. The Long Goodbye - Go there
• Group 1: 14. Inauguration, Part I through 23. Twenty Five - Below

I have included a link to the synopsis for each episode from the West Wing Continuity Guide. To read a most excellent recap of any episode visit Television Without Pity's West Wing Recaps & Extras page. You may need to change the option for how many episodes to display and how you want them sorted, but it will definitely be worth your while. Deborah, Glark, Shack and the other recappers do a great job bringing the episodes to the web, and more often than not they bring the funny, even when the show's writers and directors don't.

Clip	Description	Dialog	Source
14. Inauguration, Part I			Synopsis Recap
	The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court startes writing his decisions in verse, but that's not the worst part of the week. The inauguration speech isn't going well, especially when Will takes great issue with the foreign policy section after genocide raises it's head in the Republic of Equatorial Kundu. Donna doesn't have it much easier when her Lt. Commander Stud follows a Presidential Order and gets reassigned to Italy.
	The Clips:
	Congressional Use of Force Cotton Candy Ass
15. Inauguration: Over There			Synopsis Recap
	POTUS watches Lauren & Hardy's Babes in Toyland and at the last minute POTUS decides Will is right about the foreign policy section of the inauguration speech and after Will gets the full 'White House call in the middle of the night' treatment everyone has to rush to change the speech. Will ends up with not only a job offer, but the job of Deputy Communications Director (Sam's old job before he just got promoted). Charlie vows to win Zoey back and Danny finds a twist in the Shareef matter but gets a quote from Donna's beau makes a comment that lands people in hot water.
	The Clips:
	POTUS' Request
16. The California 47th			Synopsis Recap
	POTUS heads to California to support Sam in his election bid, but they have to decide whether to respond to the Republican tax plan since responding would doom Sam's chances of getting elected. Back in Washington Leo and Fitzwallace have to beal with a worsening situation in Kundu while Will finds the speechwriting staff gone and he's left with the support of The Laurens (and Cassie). Of course POTUS makes a comment about the French just loud enough to be heard over the microphones, Donna meets with a Communist, and Toby and Charlie have to hog the last scene of the episode as they get arrested for a bar fight.
I couldn't find any clips to make from this episode. If I find some I'll make them.
17. Red Haven's On Fire			Synopsis Recap
	Toby takes over Sam's campaign as he and Charlie are getting out of jail. POTUS goes back to deal with the Kundu situation (including 3 U.S. soldiers who were kidnapped) but leave Charlie and C.J. to assist FLOTUS as she flys out to honor his speaking commitments. Will works his interns to death, and Josh really puts his foot in it when a comment to FLOTUS about her nephew ends up with She-who-will-not-be-named getting hired as her CoS. And we thought we were rid of her, too.
	The Clips:
	Sputnik Crashed You're Gonna Lose
18. Privateers			Synopsis Recap
	A melting Alaskan glacier is overrunning a city, one of FLOTUS' ancestors causes problems with the DAR (I ain't taking no shoutouts from this ep), Amy's first day in the office as FLOUTS' Chief of Staff is filled with both lots of running around and an inability to hang things on a wall (hee!), Charlie gets a Dear John e-mail from Zoey, and Toby gets in trouble thanks to an old roommate who wants to do the right thing.
I couldn't find any clips to make from this episode. If I find some I'll make them.
19. Angel Maintenance			Synopsis Recap
	A technical glitch on Air Force One strands POTUS, some of his staff (including a nervous Will) and a bunch of reporters, and CJ gets the fun job of cutting off access to the outside world until they can get back on the ground. Josh has to discuss a polution regulations with a Republican Representative that major Republicans don't like. Toby gets to find out that a member of the Congressional Black Caucus is against what we're doing in Kundu, especially after one of his constituents dies by friendly fire. Plus Donna asks for more responsibility and Ed gets a kiss from C.J., although Larry thinks it should have been his.
	The Clips:
	Phones Back On Gripes My Ass
20. Evidence of Things Not Seen			Synopsis Recap
	We have a poker game, C.J. talking about balancing eggs, a card flip contest, shots fired at the White House and Charlie getting past the Secret Service, and that's just in the teaser! For the rest of the hour (or 43 minutes, depending on how you time it) we have a downed spy plane in Kaliningrad and Chandler from Friends interviewing for Ainsley's job as resident legal Republican eye candy.
I don't have any clips from this episode. If you know of some please let me know.
21. Life On Mars			Synopsis Recap
	So Chandler, I mean Joe Quincy, gets the job, and what's his first duty? To send VPOTUS packing for Mandyville. Of course even TWW doesn't do such one-note shows (at least not in this season) and before the show's over we find there's a report of life on Mars (thus the title), an attack ad about fuel efficiency (with Will working on a counter ad with the Laurens), and a tell-all book that gets C.J. making nice with a new gossip collumnist in town.
	The Clips:
	Do What He Gotta Do Hate Me Will Advises Toby Stop It
22. Commencement			Synopsis Recap
	Josh starts the process of selecting a new VPOTUS (the candidates include one of our good friends, and IMHO a perfect choice), Zoey graduates from Georgetown, gets new members of her Sectret Service Protection Detail and shares a hidden bottle of Champagne with Charlie; Toby has a surprise for Andy, the senior staff find out the truth about Shareef (finally), a cargo ship in Portland, OR, is missing a container, Danny tells C.J. he has enough on the story to print it, and we find that there's reason to be afraid, very afraid, when the weather in the Pacific Northwest gets bad. Especially when five Bahji terrorists disappear.
	The Clips:
	I Can Kill You Jed on Tartuffe The Things We Can Do Covert Skills Good Guy
23. Twenty Five			Synopsis Recap
	Our beloved ABS runs out on us, but not before POTUS finds out that his daughter has been kidnapped (shades of Mr. WIllis from Ohio) and we meet President Flintstone (TM deborah). (Oh yeah, I drank the Sorkinade. May I help you?)
	The Clips:
	Dead Languages Key Witness You'll Be A Great Dad You've Got Hats I'm Dad Leo Was Right Small Band	Leo Would Know #1 Leo Would Know #2 Walken's First Words One Warning Babys Come With Hats You're Relieved
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