Things Fall Apart (The West Wing)

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“Things Fall Apart”
The West Wing episode
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 131
Written by	Peter Noah
Directed by	Nelson McCormick
Guest stars	Kristin Chenoweth Gary Cole Teri Polo Ed O'Neill Elisabeth Moss Sam Robards Steve Ryan Brett Cullen Mark L. Taylor Tim Kelleher Renee Estevez Karis Campbell
Production no.	2T5021
Original airdate	March 30, 2005
Season 6 episodes
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List of The West Wing episodes

"Things Fall Apart" is episode 131 of The West Wing.

[edit] Plot

The clear organization of the Republican Convention is making the Democrats look in disarray as the three candidates continue to battle for a clear Democratic Presidential nominee. Bartlet asks Leo to take control and organize the Democratic Convention. Meanwhile, the International Space Station has a leak and is losing oxygen which jeopardizes the lives of the three astronauts aboard and morality and mortality are examined.

The title of the episode is a line from the WB Yeats poem "The Second Coming:"

“

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold

”