Swiss Diplomacy

Infobox Television episode
Title = Swiss Diplomacy
Series = The West Wing


Caption =
Season = 4
Episode = 74
Airdate = November 202002
Production = 175307
Writer = Kevin Falls & Eli Attie
Director = Christopher Misiano
Guests = Lily Tomlin
Joshua Malina
Tim Matheson
Geoff Pierson
Lucinda Jenney
Danica McKellar
Renee Estevez
Bernard White
NiCole Robinson
Wolf Muser
Paul Vincent O'Connor
Faran Tahir
Episode list = List of "The West Wing" episodes
Season list = Infobox The West Wing season 4 episode list
Prev =
Next ="Swiss Diplomacy" is episode 74 of "The West Wing". It is the first episode not written by Aaron Sorkin.

Plot

As the Bartlet Administration begins its 2nd term in office, various foreign and domestic issues pop up for the senior staff to deal with. On the former front, a Swiss friend of Leo's tells him that the grandson of an Iranian Ayatollah needs a heart-lung transplant that can only be done in the U.S.--and it turns out, can only be performed by an Iranian-American surgeon whose father was murdered by the Ayatollah's forces and whose family still lives in Iran. On the latter front, a very liberal Senator named Tripplehorn (Geoff Pierson) threatens to withhold support from Josh's legislative plans after learning that heavyweight party precinct captains have been promised to John Hoynes in 2006. Josh thinks Hoynes is manipulating the situation, but reads it wrong and manages to badly insult the VP. Meanwhile, Leo accepts the resignations of the entire Cabinet, and Toby tries without success to find a Presidential-appointment position for a Democrat who ran for Congress in Michigan and lost because she called for an enormous gasoline tax.

External links

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