The Ticket (The West Wing)
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| “The Ticket” | |
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| The West Wing episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 133 |
| Written by | Debora Cahn |
| Directed by | Christopher Misiano |
| Guest stars | Oliver Platt Teri Polo Timothy Busfield Marlee Matlin NiCole Robinson Renee Estevez Matthew Del Negro Karis Campbell Evan Arnold Diana-Maria Riva Ramón De Ocampo Bill O'Brien |
| Production no. | 2T6201 |
| Original airdate | September 25, 2005 |
| Season 7 episodes | |
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| List of The West Wing episodes | |
"The Ticket" is episode 133 of The West Wing.
The season opener starts with a scene from three years in the future; a reunion of several main characters at the opening of Bartlet's Presidential library (C.J. and Danny Concannon are married with a young child; Will Bailey has become a Congressman from Oregon and just got appointed to the Ways and Means Committee; Kate Harper wrote a book that dealt heavily with the European Union; Toby Ziegler is teaching at Columbia University; and President Bartlet himself was recently involved in some kind of peace negotiations in Jakarta, Indonesia) before Josh shows up and says "The President is here". The show then returns to the main timeline with the Santos/McGarry campaign getting off to a rough start with tensions between Santos and Leo and between the campaign and the White House, despite poll numbers which show the campaign doing better than expected. Donna wants to join the Santos campaign but Josh refuses to let her do so because she hammered Santos while working for Russell's campaign. Josh does hire Lou Thornton to be the campaign's Communications Director. C.J. is questioned by White House Counsel Oliver Babish as to her involvement with the leak about a secret military space shuttle. Josh is angry when C.J. and Toby want to accept an educational stimulus package from the Republicans in Congress that will undercut Santos' own education reform plans.
