S3.E17

The U.S. Poet Laureate

Name: The U.S. Poet Laureate
Genre: Drama
Released: 2002-03-27
Duration: 42 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney

Episode aired Mar 27, 2002
TV-14
42m

IMDb RATING

8.0/10

905

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Bradley Whitford in The West Wing (1999)

Drama

Poet laureate Tabitha Fortis visits D.C. to attend a White House dinner in her honor, and Toby develops a bit of a crush on her, but he also must admonish the somewhat flighty beauty against... Read allPoet laureate Tabitha Fortis visits D.C. to attend a White House dinner in her honor, and Toby develops a bit of a crush on her, but he also must admonish the somewhat flighty beauty against publicly criticizing the president for his refusal to sign an international anti-land min... Read allPoet laureate Tabitha Fortis visits D.C. to attend a White House dinner in her honor, and Toby develops a bit of a crush on her, but he also must admonish the somewhat flighty beauty against publicly criticizing the president for his refusal to sign an international anti-land mine treaty; Donna discovers a website devoted to Josh, and he soon becomes sucked into the o... Read all

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

905

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See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Josh falling afoul of posters on the message board at 'lemonlyman.com' was taken from Aaron Sorkin's own experiences dealing with the message board at the TV site televisionwithoutpity.com.

Goofs
When Toby says that the North Koreans have 900,000 soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea, he means north of the DMZ. By definition, the Demilitarized Zone has no soldiers (or land mines) in it.

Quotes
C.J. Cregg: Let me explain something to you; this is sort of my field. The people on these sites: they're the cast of One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest. The muumuu wearing Parliament smoker? That's Nurse Ratched. When Nurse Ratched's unhappy the patients are unhappy. You? You're McMurphy! You swoop in there with your card games and your fishing trips...
Josh Lyman: I didn't swoop in! I came in exactly the same way everybody else did.
C.J. Cregg: Well, now I'm telling you to open the ward room window and climb on out before they give you a pre-frontal lobotomy and I have to smother you with a pillow.
Josh Lyman: You're Chief Brom...
C.J. Cregg: I'm Chief Bromden yes at this particular moment. I'm assigning an intern from the press office to that website. They're going to check it every night before they go home. If they discover you've been there, I'm going to shove a motherboard so far up your ass... what?
Josh Lyman: Well, technically, I outrank you.
C.J. Cregg: So far up your ass!