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The following is a list of writers for the television series The West Wing sorted by the number of episodes written. Contributions are noted in parentheses. Collaborations are noted by dashes.

Aaron Sorkin[edit]

  1. 01-01: "Pilot"
  2. 01-02: "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc"
  3. 01-03: "A Proportional Response"
  4. 01-04: "Five Votes Down" (Teleplay)
  5. 01-05: "The Crackpots and These Women"
  6. 01-06: "Mr. Willis of Ohio"
  7. 01-07: "The State Dinner" — with Paul Redford
  8. 01-09: "The Short List" (Teleplay — with Patrick Caddell / Story — with Dee Dee Myers)
  9. 01-10: "In Excelsis Deo" — with Rick Cleveland
  10. 01-11: "Lord John Marbury" (Teleplay — with Patrick Caddell)
  11. 01-12: "He Shall, from Time to Time..."
  12. 01-13: "Take out the Trash Day"
  13. 01-14: "Take This Sabbath Day" (Teleplay / Story — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Paul Redford)
  14. 01-15: "Celestial Navigation" (Teleplay)
  15. 01-16: "20 Hours in L.A."
  16. 01-17: "The White House Pro-Am" — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Paul Redford
  17. 01-18: "Six Meetings Before Lunch"
  18. 01-19: "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" (Teleplay)
  19. 01-20: "Mandatory Minimums"
  20. 01-21: "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics"
  21. 01-22: "What Kind of Day Has It Been"
  22. 02-01: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"
  23. 02-02: "The Midterms"
  24. 02-03: "In This White House" (Teleplay)
  25. 02-04: "And It's Surely to Their Credit" (Teleplay)
  26. 02-05: "The Lame Duck Congress" (Teleplay)
  27. 02-06: "The Portland Trip" (Teleplay)
  28. 02-07: "Shibboleth" (Teleplay)
  29. 02-08: "Galileo" — with Kevin Falls
  30. 02-09: "Noël" (Teleplay)
  31. 02-10: "The Leadership Breakfast" (Teleplay)
  32. 02-11: "The Drop-In" (Teleplay)
  33. 02-12: "Bartlet's Third State of the Union" (Teleplay)
  34. 02-13: "The War at Home"
  35. 02-14: "Ellie" (Teleplay)
  36. 02-15: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail" — with Paul Redford
  37. 02-16: "The Stackhouse Filibuster" (Teleplay)
  38. 02-17: "17 People"
  39. 02-18: "Bad Moon Rising" (Teleplay)
  40. 02-19: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You" (Teleplay)
  41. 02-20: "18th and Potomac" (Teleplay)
  42. 02-21: "Two Cathedrals"
  43. 03-01: "Manchester: Part I"
  44. 03-02: "Manchester: Part II"
  45. 03-03: "Ways and Means" (Teleplay)
  46. 03-04: "On the Day Before" (Teleplay)
  47. 03-05: "War Crimes" (Teleplay)
  48. 03-06: "Gone Quiet" (Teleplay)
  49. 03-07: "The Indians in the Lobby" (Teleplay — with Allison Abner and Kevin Falls)
  50. 03-08: "The Women of Qumar" (Teleplay)
  51. 03-09: "Bartlet for America"
  52. 03-10: "H. Con-172" (Teleplay)
  53. 03-11: "100,000 Airplanes"
  54. 03-12: "The Two Bartlets" (Teleplay — with Kevin Falls)
  55. 03-13: "Night Five"
  56. 03-14: "Hartsfield's Landing"
  57. 03-15: "Dead Irish Writers" (Teleplay)
  58. 03-16: "The U.S. Poet Laureate" (Teleplay)
  59. 03-17: "Stirred" (Teleplay — with Eli Attie)
  60. 03-18: "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" — with Paul Redford
  61. 03-19: "The Black Vera Wang"
  62. 03-20: "We Killed Yamamoto"
  63. 03-21: "Posse Comitatus"
  64. 04-01: "20 Hours in America"
  65. 04-02: "College Kids" (Teleplay)
  66. 04-03: "The Red Mass" (Teleplay)
  67. 04-04: "Debate Camp" (Teleplay)
  68. 04-05: "Game On" — with Paul Redford
  69. 04-06: "Election Night" (Teleplay)
  70. 04-07: "Process Stories" (Teleplay)
  71. 04-09: "Arctic Radar" (Teleplay)
  72. 04-10: "Holy Night"
  73. 04-11: "Guns Not Butter" — with Eli Attie and Kevin Falls
  74. 04-13: "Inauguration" (Teleplay)
  75. 04-14: "Inauguration: Over There" (Teleplay)
  76. 04-15: "The California 47th" (Teleplay)
  77. 04-16: "Red Haven's on Fire" (Teleplay)
  78. 04-17: "Privateers" (Teleplay — with Paul Redford and Debora Cahn)
  79. 04-18: "Angel Maintenance" (Teleplay — with Eli Attie)
  80. 04-19: "Evidence of Things Not Seen" (Teleplay)
  81. 04-20: "Life on Mars" (Teleplay)
  82. 04-21: "Commencement"
  83. 04-22: "Twenty Five"

Eli Attie[edit]

  1. 03-03: "Ways and Means" (Story — with Gene Sperling)
  2. 03-10: "H. Con-172" (Story)
  3. 03-17: "Stirred" (Teleplay — with Aaron Sorkin)
  4. 04-03: "The Red Mass" (Story)
  5. 04-08: "Swiss Diplomacy" — with Kevin Falls
  6. 04-11: "Guns Not Butter" — with Kevin Falls and Aaron Sorkin
  7. 04-18: "Angel Maintenance" (Teleplay — with Aaron Sorkin / Story — with Kevin Falls)
  8. 04-19: "Evidence of Things Not Seen" (Story — with David Handelman)
  9. 05-05: "Constituency of One" (Teleplay / Story — with Michael Oates Palmer)
  10. 05-12: "Slow News Day"
  11. 05-19: "Talking Points"
  12. 06-03: "Third-Day Story"
  13. 06-11: "Opposition Research"
  14. 06-15: "Freedonia"
  15. 06-18: "La Palabra"
  16. 07-02: "The Mommy Problem"
  17. 07-06: "The Al Smith Dinner"
  18. 07-12: "Duck and Cover"
  19. 07-17: "Election Day Part II" — with John Wells
  20. 07-18: "Requiem" — with Debora Cahn and John Wells

Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr.[edit]

  1. 01-04: "Five Votes Down" (Story — with Patrick Caddell)
  2. 01-08: "Enemies" (Story — with Rick Cleveland and Patrick Caddell)
  3. 01-11: "Lord John Marbury" (Story — with Patrick Caddell)
  4. 01-14: "Take This Sabbath Day" (Story — with Patrick Caddell and Aaron Sorkin)
  5. 01-15: "Celestial Navigation" (Story — with Dee Dee Myers)
  6. 01-17: "The White House Pro-Am" — with Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin
  7. 02-05: "The Lame Duck Congress" (Story)
  8. 02-11: "The Drop-In" (Story)
  9. 02-20: "18th and Potomac" (Story)
  10. 05-15: "Full Disclosure"
  11. 06-08: "In the Room"
  12. 06-20: "In God We Trust"
  13. 07-03: "Message of the Week"
  14. 07-07: "The Debate"
  15. 07-14: "Two Weeks Out"
  16. 07-20: "The Last Hurrah"

Debora Cahn[edit]

  1. 04-02: "College Kids" (Story — with Mark Goffman)
  2. 04-16: "Red Haven's on Fire" (Story — with Mark Goffman)
  3. 04-17: "Privateers" (Teleplay — with Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin / Story — with Paul Redford)
  4. 05-03: "Jefferson Lives" (Story — with Carol Fint)
  5. 05-09: "Abu el Banat"
  6. 05-17: "The Supremes"
  7. 05-20: "No Exit" (Teleplay — with Carol Flint)
  8. 06-04: "Liftoff"
  9. 06-09: "Impact Winter"
  10. 06-16: "Drought Conditions"
  11. 07-01: "The Ticket"
  12. 07-08: "Undecideds"
  13. 07-13: "The Cold" (Teleplay / Story — with Lauren Schmidt)
  14. 07-18: "Requiem" — with Eli Attie and John Wells
  15. 07-21: "Institutional Memory"

Paul Redford[edit]

  1. 01-07: "The State Dinner" — with Aaron Sorkin
  2. 01-14: "Take This Sabbath Day" (Story — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Aaron Sorkin)
  3. 01-17: "The White House Pro-Am" — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Aaron Sorkin
  4. 02-06: "The Portland Trip" (Story)
  5. 02-10: "The Leadership Breakfast" (Story)
  6. 02-15: "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail" — with Aaron Sorkin
  7. 03-04: "On the Day Before" (Story — with Nanda Chitre)
  8. 03-15: "Dead Irish Writers" (Story)
  9. 03-18: "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" — with Aaron Sorkin
  10. 04-05: "Game On"
  11. 04-17: "Privateers" (Teleplay — with Debora Cahn and Aaron Sorkin / Story — with Debora Cahn)
  12. 04-20: "Life on Mars" (Story — with Dee Dee Myers)
  13. 05-07: "Separation of Powers"

John Wells[edit]

  1. 05-01: "7A WF 83429"
  2. 05-02: "The Dogs of War"
  3. 05-14: "An Khe"
  4. 06-01: "NSF Thurmont"
  5. 06-02: "The Birnam Wood"
  6. 06-13: "King Corn"
  7. 06-22: "2162 Votes"
  8. 07-17: "Election Day Part II" — with Eli Attie
  9. 07-18: "Requiem" — with Eli Attie and Debora Cahn
  10. 07-22: "Tomorrow"

Kevin Falls[edit]

  1. 02-04: "And It's Surely to Their Credit" (Story — with Laura Glasser)
  2. 02-08: "Galileo" — with Aaron Sorkin
  3. 02-14: "Ellie" (Story — with Laura Glasser)
  4. 03-07: "The Indians in the Lobby" (Teleplay — with Allison Abner and Aaron Sorkin)
  5. 03-12: "The Two Bartlets" (Teleplay — with Aaron Sorkin)
  6. 04-08: "Swiss Diplomacy" — with Eli Attie
  7. 04-11: "Guns Not Butter" — with Eli Attie and Aaron Sorkin
  8. 04-18: "Angel Maintenance" (Story— with Eli Attie)

Peter Noah[edit]

  1. 05-04: "Han" (Teleplay / Story — with Mark Goffman and Paula Yoo)
  2. 05-13: "The Warfare of Genghis Khan"
  3. 05-21: "Gaza"
  4. 06-05: "The Hubbert Peak"
  5. 06-21: "Things Fall Apart"
  6. 07-05: "Here Today"
  7. 07-10: "Running Mates"
  8. 07-19: "Transition"

Patrick Caddell[edit]

  1. 01-04: "Five Votes Down" (Story — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.)
  2. 01-08: "Enemies" (Story — with Rick Cleveland and Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.)
  3. 01-09: "The Short List" (Teleplay — with Aaron Sorkin)
  4. 01-11: "Lord John Marbury" (Teleplay — with Aaron Sorkin / Story — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.)
  5. 01-19: "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" (Story — with Peter Parnell)
  6. 02-07: "Shibboleth" (Story)
  7. 02-19: "The Fall's Gonna Kill You" (Story)

Mark Goffman[edit]

  1. 04-02: "College Kids" (Story — with Debora Cahn)
  2. 04-16: "Red Haven's on Fire" (Story — with Debora Cahn)
  3. 05-04: "Han" (Story — with Peter Noah and Paula Yoo)
  4. 05-08: "Shutdown"
  5. 05-20: "No Exit" (Story — with Carol Flint)
  6. 06-12: "365 Days"

Lauren Schmidt[edit]

  1. 04-08: "Process Stories" (Story — with Paula Yoo)
  2. 04-15: "The California 47th" (Story — with Paula Yoo)
  3. 05-06: "Disaster Relief" (Story — with Alexa Junge)
  4. 05-18: "Access"
  5. 07-13: "The Cold" (Story — with Debora Cahn)
  6. 07-16: "Election Day"

Josh Singer[edit]

  1. 05-10: "The Stormy Present" (Story — with John Sacret Young)
  2. 05-22: "Memorial Day" — with John Sacret Young
  3. 06-07: "A Change is Gonna Come" (Teleplay — with John Sacret Young)
  4. 06-14: "The Wake Up Call"
  5. 07-09: "The Wedding"
  6. 07-15: "Welcome to Wherever You Are"

Dee Dee Myers[edit]

  1. 01-09: "The Short List" (Story — with Aaron Sorkin)
  2. 01-15: "Celestial Navigation" (Story — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.)
  3. 02-12: "Bartlet's Third State of the Union" (Story — with Allison Abner)
  4. 03-17: "Stirred" (Story)
  5. 03-20: "Life on Mars" (Story — with Paul Redford)

Laura Glasser[edit]

  1. 02-04: "And It's Surely to Their Credit" (Story — with Kevin Falls)
  2. 02-14: "Ellie" (Story — with Kevin Falls)
  3. 03-06: "Gone Quiet" (Story — with Julia Dahl)
  4. 03-08: "The Women of Qumar" (Story — with Felicia Wilson and Julia Dahl)
  5. 03-16: "The U.S. Poet Laureate" (Story)

Carol Flint[edit]

  1. 05-03: "Jefferson Lives" (Teleplay / Story — with Debora Cahn)
  2. 05-11: "The Benign Prerogative"
  3. 05-20: "No Exit" (Teleplay — with Debora Cahn / Story — with Mark Goffman)
  4. 06-06: "The Dover Test"
  5. 06-17: "A Good Day"

Allison Abner[edit]

  1. 02-03: "In This White House" (Story — with Peter Parnell)
  2. 02-12: "Bartlet's Third State of the Union" (Story — with Dee Dee Myers)
  3. 03-05: "War Crimes" (Story)
  4. 03-07: "The Indians in the Lobby" (Teleplay — with Kevin Falls and Aaron Sorkin / Story)

Gene Sperling[edit]

  1. 03-03: "Ways and Means" (Story — with Eli Attie)
  2. 03-12: "The Two Bartlets" (Story)
  3. 04-09: "Arctic Radar" (Story)
  4. 04-14: "Inauguration: Over There" (Story — with David Gerken)

John Sacret Young[edit]

  1. 05-10: "The Stormy Present" (Teleplay / Story — with Josh Singer)
  2. 05-22: "Memorial Day" — with Josh Singer
  3. 06-07: "A Change is Gonna Come" (Teleplay — with Josh Singer / Story)
  4. 06-19: "Ninety Miles Away"

Peter Parnell[edit]

  1. 01-19: "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" (Story — with Patrick Caddell)
  2. 02-03: "In This White House" (Story — with Allison Abner)
  3. 02-09: "Noël" (Story)

Michael Oates Palmer[edit]

  1. 04-04: "Debate Camp" (Story — with William Sind)
  2. 04-13: "Inauguration" (Story — with William Sind)
  3. 05-05: "Constituency of One" (Story — with Eli Attie)

Paula Yoo[edit]

  1. 04-07: "Process Stories" (Story — with Lauren Schmidt)
  2. 04-15: "The California 47th" (Story — with Lauren Schmidt)
  3. 05-04: "Han" (Story — with Peter Noah and Mark Goffman)

Rick Cleveland[edit]

  1. 01-08: "Enemies" (Story — with Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. and Patrick Caddell)
  2. 01-10: "In Excelsis Deo" — with Aaron Sorkin

Felicia Wilson[edit]

  1. 02-18: "Bad Moon Rising" (Story)
  2. 03-08: "The Women of Qumar" (Story — with Laura Glasser and Julia Dahl)

Julia Dahl[edit]

  1. 03-06: "Gone Quiet" (Story — with Laura Glasser)
  2. 03-08: "The Women of Qumar" (Story — with Felicia Wilson and Laura Glasser)

William Sind[edit]

  1. 04-04: "Debate Camp" (Story — with Michael Oates Palmer)
  2. 04-13: "Inauguration" (Story — with Michael Oates Palmer)

David Handelman[edit]

  1. 04-06: "Election Night" (Story — with David Gerken)
  2. 04-19: "Evidence of Things Not Seen" (Story — with Eli Attie)

David Gerken[edit]

  1. 04-06: "Election Night" (Story — with David Handelman)
  2. 04-14: "Inauguration: Over There" (Story — with Gene Sperling)

Alexa Junge[edit]

  1. 05-06: "Disaster Relief" (Teleplay / Story — with Lauren Schmidt)
  2. 05-16: "Eppur Si Muove"

Bradley Whitford[edit]

  1. 06-10: "Faith Based Initiative"
  2. 07-11: "Internal Displacement"

Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno[edit]

  1. 01-08: "Enemies" (Teleplay)

Pete McCabe[edit]

  1. 02-16: "The Stackhouse Filibuster" (Story)

Nanda Chitre[edit]

  1. 03-04: "On the Day Before" (Story — with Paul Redford)

Jon Robin Baitz[edit]

  1. 04-13: "The Long Goodbye"

Alex Graves[edit]

  1. 07-04: "Mr. Frost"
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