Западное крыло Faith-Based Initiative (1999–2006) Online
- Original Title :
- Faith-Based Initiative
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Drama
- Year :
- 1999–2006
- Directror :
- Christopher Misiano
- Cast :
- Stockard Channing,Dulé Hill,Allison Janney
- Writer :
- Aaron Sorkin,Bradley Whitford
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 44min
- Rating :
- 8.1/10
On the same day that an anti-gay-marriage amendment is attached to the federal budget, an Internet rumor surfaces that C.J. is a lesbian. Josh and Toby attempt to kill the amendment without forcing the President to publicly take a position on this unwinnable issue. Congressman Santos considers Josh's proposition that he run for President despite having told his wife that he's done with politics. Donna begins her new job while Josh struggles to cope with her difficult replacement. Abby and C.J. meet with the President's doctors to decide how to adapt his schedule to the increasingly debilitating effect of multiple sclerosis.
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Stockard Channing | - | Abbey Bartlet |
 | Dulé Hill | - | Charlie Young |
 | Allison Janney | - | C.J. Cregg |
 | Joshua Malina | - | Will Bailey |
 | Mary McCormack | - | Kate Harper |
 | Janel Moloney | - | Donna Moss |
 | Richard Schiff | - | Toby Ziegler |
 | John Spencer | - | Leo McGarry |
 | Bradley Whitford | - | Josh Lyman |
 | Jimmy Smits | - | Matthew Santos |
 | Martin Sheen | - | Jed Bartlet |
 | Kristin Chenoweth | - | Annabeth Schott |
 | Gary Cole | - | Vice President Bob Russell |
 | Teri Polo | - | Helen Santos |
 | Tim Matheson | - | John Hoynes |
In the first scene where CJ and Annabeth are having a "walk and talk", they exaggerated their height differences by having Kristin Chenoweth walk barefoot, while Allison Janney wore boots.
Bartlet has on his desk a plaque reading "O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small." John F. Kennedy had a plaque with the same inscription on his Oval Office desk
Bartlett recites, "How body from spirit does slowly unwind/Until we are pure spirit at the end." This comes from the poem "Infirmity" by Theodore Roethke.
When talking to Toby, Vice-President Robert Russell (Gary Cole) reveals he has a gay nephew. He also makes a somewhat prescient comment about same-sex marriage being legal in ten years if done right. In real life, the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, decided in June 2015, legalized same-sex marriage ten years and six months from the air date of this episode.
There are two fish in CJ (Allison Janney)'s fishbowl.
The school at which Santos announces his candidacy (Walter Reed Junior High School) is located in Los Angeles, CA.
"Previously on the West Wing" spoken by C.J. (Allison Janney).