The U.S. Poet Laureate

The U.S. Poet Laureate

Infobox Television episode
Title = The U.S. Poet Laureate
Series = The West Wing


Caption =
Season = 3
Episode = 60
Airdate = March 272002
Production = 227217
Writer = Aaron Sorkin (teleplay)
Laura Glasser (story)
Director = Christopher Misiano
Guests = Laura Dern
Emily Procter
NiCole Robinson
Renee Estevez
Volanda Lloyd Delgado
Beth Littleford
James Eckhouse
Episode list = List of "The West Wing" episodes
Season list = Infobox The West Wing season 3 episode list
Prev =
Next ="The U.S. Poet Laureate" is episode 60 of "The West Wing".

Plot

Bartlet makes a disparaging comment about a potential Republican nominee after a television interview, presumably not realizing that he is still being recorded. For days, C.J. must control the scandal, and Sam recalls Republican White House legal counsel Ainsley Hayes from vacation to help formulate the administration's official response. Sam also gets the green light from Leo to give Ainsley a promotion to a more senior White House Counsel's Office position. C.J. is surprised and admiring when she realizes that the President deliberately made the comment and came out ahead in the subsequent tumult. Meanwhile, Toby tries to dissuade the newly named U.S. poet laureate, Tabatha Fortis (Laura Dern), from publicly objecting to the government's lack of support for a treaty on land mines. Toby tells her that the U.S. would sign the treaty if it included a waiver for the border between South Korea and North Korea. And Josh is both repulsed and intrigued by the fact that there is a fan-based Web site devoted to him, getting involved with posting on the site to the extent C.J. has to tell him to cut it out or she'll stick the CPU where the flash drive don't shine.

Notes

*This is the final episode featuring Emily Procter in the recurring role as Deputy White House Counsel Ainsley Hayes. Though her departure was never explained in this episode, Hayes briefly returned in a season 7 episode "Requiem" in which she revealed her whereabouts.
*The website that alternately praises and vilifies Josh, lemonlyman.com, is based on Television Without Pity and the experiences Aaron Sorkin had while posting online about his show.

External links

* [http://epguides.com/WestWing/ The West Wing Episode Guide]


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