- Two Cathedrals
Infobox Television episode
Title = Two Cathedrals
Series = The West Wing
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Season = 2
Episode = 44
Airdate =May 16 2001
Production = 226222
Writer =Aaron Sorkin
Director =Thomas Schlamme
Guests =Stockard Channing Anna Deavere Smith Kirsten Nelson Jason Widener Don McManus
NiCole RobinsonLawrence O'Donnell Gregalan Williams John Bennett Perry Kathryn Joosten Fred Ornstein Bill Gratton
Episode list = List of "The West Wing" episodes
Season list = Infobox The West Wing season 2 episode list
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Next ="Two Cathedrals" is the 44th episode, and second season finale of "The West Wing".ynopsis
President Bartlet is beset by memories of
Mrs. Landingham as her funeral approaches. Meanwhile, the staff deals with a crisis inHaiti and questions from congressional Democrats regarding the President's health, following his disclosure that he suffers from MS. But the question on everybody's lips remains the same – will Bartlet seek re-election?Plot
Leo is talking to two Democrats who are convinced that the MS cover-up will be impossible to campaign with. When asked whether the President will run for re-election Leo says that they should watch the
press conference that night.Toby is preparing the Mural Room for the President's statement when Sam asks if he is ready, so soon after Mrs. Landingham's death. Toby tells him that they have no choice and despite her funeral they will be proceeding with the plan. As he walks off he is told that Leo's office put a meeting with Greg Summerhays back on his schedule.
CJ asks Carol to gather reporters from several news agencies in her office. Josh gives her a brief for a press briefing about the tobacco lawsuit.
Bartlet and his staff attend Mrs. Landingham's funeral. Afterwards, Bartlet remains alone in the cathedral, cursing God in
Latin . Later, in theOval Office , he has a vision of Mrs. Landingham, advising him to run for reelection. He then travels to the State Department to give a press conference – and is asked if he will seek a second term…Music
The music playing during the ending scenes is Brothers in Arms by English band
Dire Straits .Critical response, awards, and nominations
* In his "
Inside the Actors Studio " episode,Martin Sheen is told by hostJames Lipton that this episode was the best hour of television ever made.
* This episode is the highest-rated of the series onTV.com .
* This episode won an Emmy in 2001 for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series (Bill Johnson, A.C.E.).
*Martin Sheen was nominated for the 2001Emmy in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in this episode
* Won 2001 Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series along with several other episodes from the season
* Nominated for 2002 Banff Rockie Award for Continuing Series
* Nominated for 2001 DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series Night
* Won the 2002 Humanitas Prize in the 60 Minutes category
* Nominated for 2002 WGA Award in the category of Episodic DramaExternal links
* [http://epguides.com/WestWing/ The West Wing Episode Guide]
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