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The West Wing (1999)

S5E10 The Stormy Present

Jan 07, 2004 Season 5 Episode 10 Drama

President Bartlet finds himself at the memorial service of a past president alongside fellow ex-presidents Glenallen Walken and D. Wire Newman, all while keeping an eye on a developing crisis in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Josh Lyman steps in to resolve a dispute between a Connecticut representative and her North Carolina counterpart, who demands the return of her state's version of the Bill of Rights. On another front, CJ expresses her apprehensions regarding a scientist's new creation that poses a threat to individual privacy rights.