Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Season 2 - Episode 13: Bartlet's Third State of the Union
Overview
The President delivers his 3rd State of the Union address, what critics call "the speech of his political career" and ends up angering Abbey by what he does and doesn't say; Josh must work the polling center with Joey Lucas, but a power outage delays the results; Sam attempts to introduce Ainsley to the President with disastrous results; CJ must juggle a live recording of the show "Capitol Beat" being broadcast within the White House and run damage control when a cop has a (possibly undeserved) black mark on his record; Leo and Bartlet must handle the matter of five DEA officials who are taken hostage by Columbian terrorists.
Episode Information
TV Show
The West Wing
Season
Season 2
Episode Number
13
Air Date
February 7, 2001
Runtime
41 minutes
Rating
3.8/5
Guest Stars

Stockard Channing
Abbey Bartlet

NiCole Robinson
Margaret Hooper

Marlee Matlin
Joey Lucas

Emily Procter
Ainsley Hayes

Tony Plana
Mickey Troop

Ted McGinley
Mark Gottfried
Crew
Allison Abner
Writer

Christopher Misiano
Director

Aaron Sorkin
Writer

Dee Dee Myers
Writer