By clicking one of these links, you can see a summary and transcript of every episode of Season 2 of The West Wing.
Directors, writers, and air date can be found in the table below these links.
Season 2 – Episode 1 – “In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (1)”
Season 2 – Episode 2 – “In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (2)”
Season 2 – Episode 3 – “The Midterms”
Season 2 – Episode 4 – “In This White House”
Season 2 – Episode 5 – “And It’s Surely to Their Credit”
Season 2 – Episode 6 – “The Lame Duck Congress”
Season 2 – Episode 7 – “The Portland Trip”
Season 2 – Episode 8 – “Shibboleth”
Season 2 – Episode 9 – “Galileo”
Season 2 – Episode 10 – “Noel”
Season 2 – Episode 11 – “The Leadership Breakfast”
Season 2 – Episode 12 – “The Drop In”
Season 2 – Episode 13 – “Bartlet’s Third State of the Union”
Season 2 – Episode 14 – “The War at Home”
Season 2 – Episode 15 – “Ellie”
Season 2 – Episode 16 – “Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail”
Season 2 – Episode 17 – “The Stackhouse Filibuster”
Season 2 – Episode 18 – “17 People”
Season 2 – Episode 19 – “Bad Moon Rising”
Season 2 – Episode 20 – “The Fall’s Gonna Kill You”
Season 2 – Episode 21 – “18th and Potomac”
Season 2 – Episode 22 – “Two Cathedrals”
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| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | “In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (Part I)“ | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | October 4, 2000 | 226201 |
| 24 | 2 | “In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (Part II)“ | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | October 4, 2000 | 226202 |
| 25 | 3 | “The Midterms” | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin | October 18, 2000 | 226203 |
| 4 | “In This White House” | Ken Olin | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Peter Parnell & Allison Abner |
October 25, 2000 | 226204 | |
| 27 | 5 | “And It’s Surely to Their Credit” | Christopher Misiano | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Kevin Falls & Laura Glasser |
November 1, 2000 | 226205 |
| 28 | 6 | “The Lame Duck Congress“ | Jeremy Kagan | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Lawrence O’Donnell, Jr. |
November 8, 2000 | 226206 |
| 29 | 7 | “The Portland Trip” | Paris Barclay | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Paul Redford |
November 15, 2000 | 226207 |
| 30 | 8 | “Shibboleth” | Laura Innes | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Patrick Caddell |
November 22, 2000 | 226208 |
| 31 | 9 | “Galileo” | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin and Kevin Falls | November 29, 2000 | 226209 |
| 32 | 10 | “Noël“ | Thomas Schlamme | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Peter Parnell |
December 20, 2000 | 226210 |
| 33 | 11 | “The Leadership Breakfast” | Scott Winant | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Paul Redford |
January 10, 2001 | 226211 |
| 34 | 12 | “The Drop-In” | Lou Antonio | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Lawrence O’Donnell, Jr. |
January 24, 2001 | 226212 |
| 35 | 13 | “Bartlet’s Third State of the Union” | Christopher Misiano | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Allison Abner & Dee Dee Myers |
February 7, 2001 | 226213 |
| 36 | 14 | “The War at Home” | Christopher Misiano | Aaron Sorkin | February 14, 2001 | 226214 |
| 37 | 15 | “Ellie” | Michael Engler | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Kevin Falls & Laura Glasser |
February 21, 2001 | 226215 |
| 38 | 16 | “Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail” | Jessica Yu | Paul Redford & Aaron Sorkin | February 28, 2001 | 226216 |
| 39 | 17 | “The Stackhouse Filibuster” | Bryan Gordon | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Pete McCabe |
March 14, 2001 | 226217 |
| 40 | 18 | “17 People” | Alex Graves | Aaron Sorkin | April 4, 2001 | 226218 |
| 41 | 19 | “Bad Moon Rising” | Bill Johnson | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Felicia Wilson |
April 25, 2001 | 226219 |
| 42 | 20 | “The Fall’s Gonna Kill You” | Christopher Misiano | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Patrick Caddell |
May 2, 2001 | 226220 |
| 43 | 21 | “18th and Potomac” | Robert Berlinger | Teleplay: Aaron Sorkin Story: Lawrence O’Donnell, Jr. |
May 9, 2001 | 226221 |
| 44 | 22 | “Two Cathedrals“ | Thomas Schlamme | Aaron Sorkin | May 16, 2001 | 226222 |