EPISODEIAIsaac and Ishmael2001
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Isaac and Ishmael
From The West Wing
A 60-minute drama episode from The West Wing, Season 3, Episode 1.
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The West Wing launches its third season with this special stand-alone episode, designed to address the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Producer Aaron Sorkin briefly interrupts the series' continuity (involving possible impeachment charges against President Jed Bartlett [Martin Sheen]) with a poignant hour-long glimpse behind the doors of the White House during an emergency lockdown in the wake of a 9/11-style disaster. Among those sequestered in the building are a group of gifted high-school students, for whom Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford) is conducting a guided tour. In the course of a very tense evening, Josh and the students come in contact with several other staffers, each one offering an opinion or reflection on the national crisis. Much to the students' surprise, President Bartlet himself shows up to field their questions and to mollify their fears (though ostensibly he is wandering the halls in search of a baked apple!). In a pointed reference to possible repercussions following the "real" 9/11 tragedy, one of Bartlet's aides finds his security clearance in question because of his Islamic background. Its title referring to a parable found in the pages of both the Bible and the Koran, "Isaac and Ishmael" was one of the most controversial -- and most memorable -- episodes of the 2001-2002 season.
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How long is Isaac and Ishmael?
Isaac and Ishmael runs for 1h for this episode.
What language is it available in?
The primary language listed for this title is English.
What kind of episode is this?
It is tagged under drama, politics.
How big is the series commitment?
This series currently shows 236 episodes across 7 seasons.
Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 194 hours 30 minutes (236 episodes)
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Episodes (236)
- - Documentary Special
- S01E01 - Pilot
- S01E10 - In Excelsis Deo
- S01E11 - Lord John Marbury
- S01E12 - He Shall, From Time to Time...
- S01E13 - Take Out the Trash Day
- S01E14 - Take This Sabbath Day
- S01E15 - Celestial Navigation
- S01E16 - 20 Hours in L.A.
- S01E17 - The White House Pro-Am
- S01E18 - Six Meetings Before Lunch
- S01E19 - Let Bartlet Be Bartlet
- S01E02 - Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
- S01E20 - Mandatory Minimums
- S01E21 - Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
- S01E22 - What Kind of Day Has It Been
- S01E03 - A Proportional Response
- S01E04 - Five Votes Down
- S01E05 - The Crackpots and These Women
- S01E06 - Mr. Willis of Ohio
- S01E07 - The State Dinner
- S01E08 - Enemies
- S01E09 - The Short List
- S02E01 - Aflevering 1
- S02E01 - Episode 1
- S02E01 - In the Shadow of Two Gunmen
- S02E10 - Aflevering 10
- S02E10 - Episode 10
- S02E10 - Noel
- S02E11 - The Leadership Breakfast
- S02E12 - The Drop-in
- S02E13 - Aflevering 13
- S02E13 - Bartlet's Third State of the Union
- S02E13 - Episode 13
- S02E14 - The War at Home
- S02E15 - Aflevering 15
- S02E15 - Ellie
- S02E15 - Episode 15
- S02E16 - Aflevering 16
- S02E16 - Episode 16
- S02E17 - Episode 17
- S02E17 - Aflevering 17
- S02E17 - The Stackhouse Filibuster
- S02E18 - 17 People
- S02E19 - Bad Moon Rising
- S02E02 - In the Shadow of Two Gunmen
- S02E02 - Aflevering 2
- S02E02 - Episode 2
- S02E20 - The Fall's Gonna Kill You
- S02E21 - 18th and Potomac
- S02E21 - Aflevering 21
- S02E21 - Episode 21
- S02E22 - Episode 22
- S02E22 - Aflevering 22
- S02E03 - Aflevering 3
- S02E03 - The Midterms
- S02E03 - Episode 3
- S02E04 - Aflevering 4
- S02E04 - In This White House
- S02E04 - Episode 4
- S02E05 - And It's Surely to Their Credit
- S02E06 - The Lame Duck Congress
- S02E07 - The Portland Trip
- S02E08 - Shibboleth
- S02E09 - Galileo
- S03E01 - Isaac and Ishmael Viewing
- S03E10 - Aflevering 10
- S03E10 - Episode 10
- S03E10 - Bartlet for America
- S03E11 - H. Con-172
- S03E12 - Aflevering 12
- S03E12 - Episode 12
- S03E12 - 100,000 Airplanes
- S03E13 - Aflevering 13
- S03E13 - Episode 13
- S03E13 - The Two Bartlets
- S03E14 - Night Five
- S03E15 - Hartsfield's Landing
- S03E16 - Episode 16
- S03E16 - Aflevering 16
- S03E16 - Dead Irish Writers
- S03E17 - Episode 17
- S03E17 - The U.S. Poet Laureate
- S03E17 - Aflevering 17
- S03E18 - Stirred
- S03E19 - Aflevering 19
- S03E19 - Enemies Foreign and Domestic
- S03E19 - Episode 19
- S03E02 - Manchester
- S03E20 - Aflevering 20
- S03E20 - The Black Vera Wang
- S03E20 - Episode 20
- S03E21 - We Killed Yamamoto
- S03E22 - Posse Comitatus
- S03E03 - Manchester
- S03E04 - Ways and Means
- S03E04 - Aflevering 4
- S03E04 - Episode 4
- S03E05 - Aflevering 5
- S03E05 - On the Day Before
- S03E05 - Episode 5
- S03E06 - Episode 6
- S03E06 - War Crimes
- S03E07 - Gone Quiet
- S03E07 - Aflevering 7
- S03E07 - Episode 7
- S03E08 - The Indians in the Lobby
- S03E09 - The Women of Qumar
- S04E10 - Aflevering 10
- S04E10 - Arctic Radar
- S04E10 - Episode 10
- S04E11 - Holy Night
- S04E12 - Episode 12
- S04E12 - Aflevering 12
- S04E12 - Guns Not Butter
- S04E13 - The Long Goodbye
- S04E13 - Aflevering 13
- S04E13 - Episode 13
- S04E14 - Inauguration, Part I
- S04E14 - Episode 14
- S04E14 - Aflevering 14
- S04E14 - Inauguration
- S04E15 - Episode 15
- S04E15 - Aflevering 15
- S04E15 - Inauguration: Over There
- S04E16 - California 47th
- S04E17 - Red Haven's on Fire
- S04E18 - Episode 18
- S04E18 - Privateers
- S04E18 - Aflevering 18
- S04E19 - Episode 19
- S04E19 - Angel Maintenance
- S04E19 - Aflevering 19
- S04E02 - 20 Hours in America
- S04E20 - Evidence of Things Not Seen
- S04E21 - Life on Mars
- S04E22 - Aflevering 22
- S04E22 - Commencement
- S04E22 - Episode 22
- S04E23 - Twenty Five
- S04E03 - College Kids
- S04E04 - The Red Mass
- S04E05 - Debate Camp
- S04E06 - Game On
- S04E07 - Election Night
- S04E07 - Aflevering 7
- S04E07 - Episode 7
- S04E08 - Process Stories
- S04E08 - Aflevering 8
- S04E08 - Episode 8
- S04E09 - Episode 9
- S04E09 - Swiss Diplomacy
- S04E09 - Aflevering 9
- S05E01 - Episode 1
- S05E01 - Aflevering 1
- S05E01 - 7A WF 83429
- S05E10 - The Stormy Present
- S05E10 - Aflevering 10
- S05E10 - Episode 10
- S05E11 - Episode 11
- S05E11 - The Benign Prerogative
- S05E11 - Aflevering 11
- S05E12 - Aflevering 12
- S05E12 - Slow News Day
- S05E12 - Episode 12
- S05E13 - The Warfare of Genghis Khan
- S05E14 - An Khe
- S05E15 - Full Disclosure
- S05E16 - Eppur si muove
- S05E17 - Aflevering 17
- S05E17 - Episode 17
- S05E17 - The Supremes
- S05E18 - Access
- S05E19 - Episode 19
- S05E19 - Talking Points
- S05E19 - Aflevering 19
- S05E02 - The Dogs of War
- S05E02 - Episode 2
- S05E02 - Aflevering 2
- S05E20 - No Exit
- S05E21 - Gaza
- S05E21 - Episode 21
- S05E22 - Memorial Day
- S05E03 - Jefferson Lives
- S05E04 - Han
- S05E05 - Constituency of One
- S05E06 - Disaster Relief
- S05E07 - Episode 7
- S05E07 - Aflevering 7
- S05E07 - Separation of Powers
- S05E08 - Shutdown
- S05E09 - Abu El Banat
- S06E01 - NSF Thurmont
- S06E10 - Faith Based Initiative
- S06E11 - Opposition Research
- S06E12 - 365 Days
- S06E13 - King Corn
- S06E14 - The Wake Up Call
- S06E15 - Freedonia
- S06E16 - Drought Conditions
- S06E17 - A Good Day
- S06E18 - La Palabra
- S06E19 - Ninety Miles Away
- S06E02 - The Birnam Wood
- S06E20 - In God We Trust
- S06E21 - Things Fall Apart
- S06E22 - 2162 Votes
- S06E03 - Third-Day Story
- S06E04 - Liftoff
- S06E05 - The Hubbert Peak
- S06E06 - The Dover Test
- S06E07 - A Change Is Gonna Come
- S06E08 - In The Room
- S06E09 - Impact Winter
- S07E01 - The Ticket
- S07E10 - Running Mates
- S07E11 - Internal Displacement
- S07E12 - Duck and Cover
- S07E13 - The Cold
- S07E14 - Two Weeks Out
- S07E15 - Welcome to Wherever You Are
- S07E16 - Election Day, Part 1
- S07E17 - Election Day, Part 2
- S07E18 - Requiem
- S07E19 - Transition
- S07E02 - The Mommy Problem
- S07E20 - The Last Hurrah
- S07E21 - Institutional Memory
- S07E22 - Tomorrow
- S07E03 - Message of the Week
- S07E04 - Mr. Frost
- S07E05 - Here Today
- S07E06 - The Al Smith Dinner
- S07E07 - The Debate
- S07E08 - Undecideds
- S07E09 - The Wedding
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