Swiss Diplomacy
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"Swiss Diplomacy" is episode 74 of The West Wing
. It is the second episode not written by Aaron Sorkin
, and the first since Season One's Enemies
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) threatens to withhold support from Josh's legislative plans after learning that heavyweight party precinct captains have been promised to John Hoynes
in 2006. Josh thinks Hoynes is manipulating the situation, but reads it wrong and manages to badly insult the VP. Meanwhile Toby tries without success to find a Presidential-appointment position for a Democratic Congresswoman from Michigan who lost her re-election bid because she called for an enormous gasoline tax.
The West Wing (TV series)
The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006...
. It is the second episode not written by Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Benjamin Sorkin is an Academy and Emmy award winning American screenwriter, producer, and playwright, whose works include A Few Good Men, The American President, The West Wing, Sports Night, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Social Network, and Moneyball.After graduating from Syracuse...
, and the first since Season One's Enemies
Enemies (The West Wing)
"Enemies" is the 8th episode of The West Wing. It is the only episode in the first three seasons not written by Aaron Sorkin.-Plot:The latest round of infighting between the President and the Vice President, Sam's foray into romance with the daughter of his boss, and a crucial effort to keep a...
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Plot
In the wake of the Bartlet Administration's landslide reelection, various foreign and domestic issues pop up for the senior staff to deal with. On the former front, the Swiss ambassador tells Leo that the son of the Iranian Ayatollah needs a heart-lung transplant that can only be done in the U.S.--and it turns out, can only be performed by an Iranian-American surgeon whose father was murdered by the Ayatollah's forces and whose family still lives in Iran. On the latter front, a very liberal Senator named Tripplehorn (Geoff PiersonGeoff Pierson
Geoff Pierson is an American actor known for his role on The WB series Unhappily Ever After as Jack Malloy, the father of a dysfunctional family whose best friend is a stuffed animal rabbit named Mr. Floppy...
) threatens to withhold support from Josh's legislative plans after learning that heavyweight party precinct captains have been promised to John Hoynes
John Hoynes
John Hoynes is a fictional character played by Tim Matheson on the American television series The West Wing. Hoynes is Vice President of the United States during the first four seasons of the show....
in 2006. Josh thinks Hoynes is manipulating the situation, but reads it wrong and manages to badly insult the VP. Meanwhile Toby tries without success to find a Presidential-appointment position for a Democratic Congresswoman from Michigan who lost her re-election bid because she called for an enormous gasoline tax.