The Birnam Wood

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“The Birnam Wood”
The West Wing episode
Episode no. Season 6
Episode 112
Written by John Wells
Directed by Alex Graves
Guest stars Armin Mueller-Stahl
Makram J. Khoury
Lily Tomlin
Terry O'Quinn
Steven Culp
NiCole Robinson
Natalija Nogulich
Marcelo Tubert
Eli Danker
Production no. 2T5002
Original airdate October 27, 2004
Season 6 episodes
  1. NSF Thurmont
  2. The Birnam Wood
  3. Third-Day Story
  4. Liftoff
  5. The Hubbert Peak
  6. The Dover Test
  7. A Change Is Gonna Come
  8. In the Room
  9. Impact Winter
  10. Faith Based Initiative
  11. Opposition Research
  12. 365 Days
  13. King Corn
  14. The Wake Up Call
  15. Freedonia
  16. Drought Conditions
  17. A Good Day
  18. La Palabra
  19. Ninety Miles Away
  20. In God We Trust
  21. Things Fall Apart
  22. 2162 Votes
List of The West Wing episodes

"The Birnam Wood" is episode 112 of The West Wing.

[edit] Plot

Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at Camp David result in a momentous peace accord. President Bartlet fires White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry, who was strongly against the talks. Moments later, Leo suffers a massive heart attack.

"The Birnam Wood" is believed to be a reference to the warning given to Macbeth in the Shakespeare play of the same name, in which he is warned that "Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until / Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill / Shall come against him."

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