![]() Note: The code in the episode title refers to Zoey Bartlet's case file number. Also, the full story behind the assassination of Abdul Shareef is revealed, and a deadly terrorist attack occurs in Turkey. Toby and Will prepare two speeches, one for each possible outcome of Zoey's abduction. The staffs of both presidents, now forced to work together in the West Wing, weigh options that include a preemptive military strike at terrorist targets - a move that could doom Zoey. The world watches the desperate search for Zoey Bartlet while rival administrations form an uneasy alliance as a result of President Jed Bartlet invoking the 25th amendment, causing Speaker of the House Glen Allen Walken, a Republican, to become acting President. By the end of the season, over a year has elapsed. The fifth season begins toward the end of Bartlet's first year of his second term (fifth year overall) in office. Bartlet regains some of his power, cutting a deal to get a liberal Chief Justice of the United States, and season five ends with a bombing in Gaza leading Bartlet to push for Israeli peace talks and Josh to be closer to Donna after she is critically wounded. The conflict with the new Speaker comes to a head in "Shutdown", when the Speaker tries to force Bartlet into cutting federal spending more than had been agreed to and Bartlet refuses to sign the budget, forcing the federal government into a shutdown. He comes to terms with his actions that led to his daughter's kidnapping, a new Republican Speaker of the House (Walken has had to resign in order to assume the presidency) who forces Bartlet into several decisions he does not want to make, including the nomination of an unimpressive Democrat, "Bingo Bob" Russell, for vice president. Bartlet takes the presidency back from acting president Walken, but is forced back into a level of powerlessness. The fifth season opens with US forces rescuing Zoey Bartlet from her abductors. Stockard Channing is only credited for the episodes in which she appears. The cast was credited in alphabetical order except for Martin Sheen, who was listed last. All nine of these were filled by returning main cast members from the fourth season. ![]() The fifth season had star billing for nine major roles. This was the first season with executive producer John Wells as showrunner after series creator Aaron Sorkin departed the series at the end of the previous season. ![]() The fifth season of the American political drama television series The West Wing aired in the United States on NBC from September 24, 2003, to May 19, 2004, and consisted of 22 episodes.
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