The Stackhouse Filibuster

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“The Stackhouse Filibuster”
The West Wing episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 39
Written by	Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) Pete McCabe (story)
Directed by	Bryan Gordon
Guest stars	Tim Matheson George Coe Cara DeLizia
Production no.	226217
Original airdate	March 14, 2001
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

"The Stackhouse Filibuster" is the 39th episode of The West Wing.

[edit] Plot

The episode is told via the dramatic device of three of the main characters e-mailing their respective parents to apprise them what's going on. C.J. is explaining to her father why she cannot attend his 70th birthday celebration; Josh is writing to thank his mother for a pair of shoes; and Sam is writing to his father in an attempt to thaw the atmosphere between them following the disclosure of his dad's (28-year) affair. Everyone is at rather a loose ends, awaiting the outcome of an unexpected filibuster.

President Bartlet invites Leo to join him for dinner, and a comical conversation takes place between them along the lines of "We don't talk any more." Eventually Donna sees a way of resolving the filibuster after realizing that the Senator's grandson has a syndrome –autism– which he regards as not being adequately funded, and the episode ends on a poignant note,

[edit] See also

• United States Filibuster
• Rule 22 of the Senate

[edit] External links

• The West Wing Episode Guide
• Rule XXII of the Senate