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| - With the exception of only a few episodes, each episode of the West Wing opens with a character saying "Previously on the West Wing." There are only 8 episodes where the tagline is not spoken:
* The Pilot
* Take This Sabbath Day (the episode opens on oral argument before the US Supreme Court)
* Isaac and Ishmael (the episode was aired shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001)
* The West Wing Special Episode (a documentary commemorating the 100th episode of the series)
* Enemies Foreign and Domestic (there is a "previously" montage - but there is no introduction by a cast member)
* "The Dogs of War" - although President Bartlet uses that exact phrase in 7A WF 83429"
* The Stormy Present - the episode begins with President Lassiter (not seen) penning a letter to President Bartlet before Lassiter's death.
* Access - a "documentary" that profiles actual former White House Press Secretaries and weaves in C.J.'s tenure as Press Secretary. Of Note:
* Mandy Hampton, who had only a brief arc on the first season of the show and disappeared without explanation, speaks the tagline in the second and twelfth episodes of the first season of the series.
* Sam Seaborn speaks the tagline in consecutive episodes in Season 1 (1.19 and 1.20) and again in Season 2 (2.14 and 2.15).
* C.J. speaks the tagline in consecutive episodes twice in Season 2 (2.11, 2.12 and 2.20, 2.21), and again in Season 4 (4.17 and 4.18) and Season 5 (5.11 and 5.12)
* C.J. speaks the tagline in three consecutive episodes in Season 5 twice (5.3, 5.4, and 5.5) (5.15, 5.16, and 5.17). and four times at the end of that same season (5.19 through 5.22) and again in Season 6 (6.9, 6.10, and 6.11)
* Leo speaks the tagline in consecutive episodes twice in Season 3 (3.3, 3.4 and 3.14, 3.15).
* Josh does not speak the tagline until the last episode of Season 2 (2.22) and does not speak it at all in Seasons 4 and 5. He speaks the tagline again in Season 6 (6.15)
* Sam speaks the tagline for the last time in Episode 10 of Season 3, six episodes before his departure to run for Congress in California (episode 4.16).
* Toby speaks the tagline in consecutive episodes in Season 4 (4.13 and 4.14).
* In Season 6, Leo speaks the tagline for episodes 6.2 and 6.3, in which Leo suffers his severe heart attack, resulting in his resignation as Chief of Staff. In Season 7, Leo speaks the tagline in episode 7.9, which was the episode immediately prior to the West Wing cast recognizing the death of John Spencer. Prior to episode 7.10, Martin Sheen introduces the episode by stating these are the final episodes of John Spencer's work before his death from a heart attack in December of 2007.
* C.J. closes out the final season, speaking the tagline in the final thirteen episodes of Season 7, for a total of 18 episodes in that season. Frequencies per character:
* C.J. Cregg - 66
* Leo McGarry - 28
* Sam Seaborn - 20
* Toby Ziegler - 14
* Charlie Young - 9
* Donna Moss - 5
* Josh Lyman - 3
* Mandy Hampton - 2 "Winners" by season:
* Season One - Sam, 6 episodes
* Season Two - C.J, 6 episodes / Leo, 6 episodes (tie)
* Season Three - Sam, 8 episodes
* Season Four - C.J., 9 episodes
* Season Five - C.J., 15 episodes
* Season Six - C.J., 11 episodes
* Season 7 - C.J., 18 episodes
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