Noël (The West Wing)

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“Noël”
The West Wing episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 32
Written by	Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) Peter Parnell (story)
Directed by	Thomas Schlamme
Guest stars	Adam Arkin Paxton Whitehead Gregalan Williams Gary Cervantes Daniel von Bargen Yo-Yo Ma
Production no.	226210
Original airdate	December 20, 2000
Season 2 episodes
In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part I In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Part II The Midterms In this White House And It's Surely to Their Credit The Lame Duck Congress The Portland Trip Shibboleth Galileo Noël The Leadership Breakfast The Drop-In Bartlet's Third State of the Union The War at Home Ellie Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail The Stackhouse Filibuster 17 People Bad Moon Rising The Fall's Gonna Kill You 18th and Potomac Two Cathedrals
List of The West Wing episodes

"Noël" is the 32nd episode of The West Wing.

1 Plot
2 Awards
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Josh spends the day with a psychotherapist from ATVA (American Trauma Victims Association) recounting events that ended in him putting his hand through a window in his apartment. He admits to Leo that he has posttraumatic stress disorder and Leo promises him "as long as I got a job, you got a job."

[edit] Awards

The episode won the ASC award for cinematography.^[1]

[edit] Trivia

While filming the episode, the 2000 Election was taking place and cast and crew were gravitating to watch. Bradley Whitford, a campaigner for candidate Al Gore, commented "I'd worked hard on the campaign and was very anxious. Thank God it's an episode where I'm supposed to be emotionally discombobulated."^{[citation needed]}

As of May 2007, it is one of the top 5 West Wing episodes^[2].

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma makes a guest appearance, as himself.