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The West Wing

Season released 4th Oct, 2000Rated TV-1422 episodes

IMDb8.9/ 10

Where to watch The West Wing Season 2

The West Wing season 2 is streaming in Australia on HBO Max (subscription) and Stan (subscription), and free on 9Now. You can also buy it on Apple TV from $29.99. Season 2 was released on 4 October 2000.

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The West Wing Season 2 episodes

  1. S02 E01

    In the Shadow of Two Gunmen

    44 mins · Wed, 4 Oct 2000

    An assassination attempt on President Bartlet leaves some of his team fighting for their lives, and a crisis in Iraq requires immediate action.

  2. S02 E02

    In the Shadow of Two Gunmen

    42 mins · Wed, 4 Oct 2000

    An assassination attempt on President Bartlet leaves some of his team fighting for their lives, and a crisis in Iraq requires immediate action.

  3. S02 E03

    The Midterms

    43 mins · Wed, 18 Oct 2000

    The staff try to recover their spirits in the aftermath of the assassination attempt. Toby suggests the use of the president's new-found popularity to crack down on extremist groups.

  4. S02 E04

    In This White House

    43 mins · Wed, 25 Oct 2000

    President Bartlet offers a Republican adviser an assistant position after she one-ups Sam during a televised debate program.

  5. S02 E05

    And It's Surely to Their Credit

    43 mins · Wed, 1 Nov 2000

    The new associate White House counsel has a rough first day when her fellow staffers give her the cold shoulder, and Sam tries to convince Josh to sue the men who shot him.

  6. S02 E06

    The Lame Duck Congress

    42 mins · Wed, 8 Nov 2000

    President Bartlet considers recalling the Senate from a winter holiday, in hopes of ratifying a nuclear test-ban treaty.

  7. S02 E07

    The Portland Trip

    42 mins · Wed, 15 Nov 2000

    While President Bartlet travels for an education speech, Leo stays behind to monitor a precarious situation in the Persian Gulf.

  8. S02 E08

    Shibboleth

    42 mins · Wed, 22 Nov 2000

    President Bartlet and his staff argue over granting asylum to a boatload of Chinese evangelical Christians.

  9. S02 E09

    Galileo

    43 mins · Wed, 29 Nov 2000

    Problems plague President Bartlet as he prepares to address thousands of schoolchildren, including a fire in a Russian nuclear missile silo, and lost communication with a Mars spacecraft.

  10. S02 E10

    Noel

    44 mins · Wed, 20 Dec 2000

    On Christmas Eve, Josh meets representatives from the American Trauma Victims Association, and the events of the three previous weeks are recounted.

  11. S02 E11

    The Leadership Breakfast

    43 mins · Wed, 10 Jan 2001

    A bipartisan breakfast with members of Congress promises to be divisive, and Josh and Sam start a fire in the Mural Room.

  12. S02 E12

    The Drop-In

    43 mins · Wed, 24 Jan 2001

    Leo tries to convince President Bartlet to approve a pricey missile defence system, while CJ attempts to dissuade a comic from performing at an annual dinner.

  13. S02 E13

    Bartlet's Third State of the Union

    43 mins · Wed, 7 Feb 2001

    Five American drug agents are taken hostage by Colombian rebels at the same time President Bartlet gives his third State of the Union address.

  14. S02 E14

    The War at Home

    43 mins · Wed, 14 Feb 2001

    Complications arise in a rescue effort to save federal drug agents taken hostage by Colombian terrorists, and a senator threatens to run for president.

  15. S02 E15

    Ellie

    43 mins · Wed, 21 Feb 2001

    Bartlet returns from overseas, and arrives amid controversy over Surgeon General Griffith's implications that marijuana may be legalised.

  16. S02 E16

    Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail

    43 mins · Wed, 28 Feb 2001

    Donna asks Sam to help secure an executive pardon for a friend's grandfather, who was imprisoned in the 1940s, and complications arise regarding the site for the presidential library.

  17. S02 E17

    The Stackhouse Filibuster

    43 mins · Wed, 14 Mar 2001

    An elderly senator attempts to thwart Bartlet's Family Wellness Act, and Toby questions the vice president's motives for supporting a fuel-emissions standards bill.

  18. S02 E18

    17 People

    44 mins · Wed, 4 Apr 2001

    Bartlet considers heightening airport security after a terrorist is caught carrying explosives, and Sam and Josh work on one-liners for an upcoming presidential speech.

  19. S02 E19

    Bad Moon Rising

    42 mins · Wed, 25 Apr 2001

    Bartlet could be in violation of full disclosure for neglecting to mention his multiple sclerosis, and Toby orders CJ to find the insider who leaked school voucher information.

  20. S02 E20

    The Fall's Gonna Kill You

    43 mins · Wed, 2 May 2001

    Josh searches for funds to prosecute tobacco companies, and Sam learns that the administration's proposed tax cut may be supported by a surplus estimate.

  21. S02 E21

    18th and Potomac

    43 mins · Wed, 9 May 2001

    The newly-elected Haitian president seeks asylum in the US Embassy after being attacked, and Josh encounters a roadblock in his campaign to raise money to fight big tobacco companies.

  22. S02 E22

    Two Cathedrals

    44 mins · Wed, 16 May 2001

    The US Embassy in Haiti is besieged by the Haitian army, and Bartlet continues to campaign for funding in the fight against big tobacco.

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