The West Wing (1999)

Name: The West Wing
Genre: Drama
Rating: 8.9

Drama

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.

IMDb rating: 8.9 (99,419 votes)
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): Netflix · HBO Max
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

8.41 avg 22 episodes 8.5 → 9.2 50 min avg

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Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	8.5	2,441
2	Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc	8.0	1,772
3	A Proportional Response	8.6	1,743
4	Five Votes Down	8.1	1,572
5	The Crackpots and These Women	8.5	1,733
6	Mr. Willis of Ohio	8.6	1,688
7	The State Dinner	8.2	1,486
8	Enemies	7.9	1,417
9	The Short List	8.6	1,503
10	In Excelsis Deo	9.2	2,271
11	Lord John Marbury	8.1	1,434
12	He Shall, from Time to Time...	8.6	1,439
13	Take Out the Trash Day	8.3	1,382
14	Take This Sabbath Day	8.8	1,706
15	Celestial Navigation	8.9	1,690
16	20 Hours in L.A.	7.8	1,339
17	The White House Pro-Am	7.7	1,273
18	Six Meetings Before Lunch	8.0	1,343
19	Let Bartlet Be Bartlet	8.9	1,552
20	Mandatory Minimums	8.1	1,290
21	Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics	8.5	1,322
22	What Kind of Day Has It Been	9.2	1,710

Season 2 (2000)

8.54 avg 22 episodes 9.4 → 9.7 48 min avg

Big finale
Rebound
Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I	9.4	3,585
2	In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part II	9.3	1,842
3	The Midterms	8.3	1,376
4	In This White House	8.7	1,412
5	And It's Surely to Their Credit	8.4	1,327
6	The Lame Duck Congress	7.6	1,166
7	The Portland Trip	7.7	1,170
8	Shibboleth	8.4	1,508
9	Galileo	8.2	1,237
10	Noël	9.4	2,303
11	The Leadership Breakfast	7.9	1,128
12	The Drop In	7.7	1,103
13	Bartlet's Third State of the Union	8.2	1,163
14	The War at Home	8.4	1,164
15	Ellie	8.1	1,188
16	Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail	8.6	1,364
17	The Stackhouse Filibuster	8.8	1,491
18	17 People	9.0	1,415
19	Bad Moon Rising	8.7	1,215
20	The Fall's Gonna Kill You	8.4	1,149
21	18th and Potomac	9.0	1,414
22	Two Cathedrals	9.7	5,279

Season 3 (2001)

8.20 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 9.1 43 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Isaac and Ishmael	8.2	1,559
2	Manchester: Part I	8.1	1,115
3	Manchester: Part II	8.1	1,072
4	Ways and Means	7.8	1,015
5	On the Day Before	7.9	993
6	War Crimes	8.0	1,002
7	Gone Quiet	7.9	1,007
8	The Indians in the Lobby	8.1	1,067
9	The Women of Qumar	8.0	1,044
10	Bartlet for America	9.1	1,378
11	H. Con-172	8.1	993
12	100,000 Airplanes	8.0	1,339
13	The Two Bartlets	7.8	993
14	Night Five	8.2	1,083
15	Hartsfield's Landing	8.5	1,108
16	Dead Irish Writers	8.2	1,043
17	The U.S. Poet Laureate	8.0	1,014
18	Stirred	8.3	977
19	Enemies Foreign and Domestic	8.4	1,023
20	The Black Vera Wang	8.2	1,016
21	We Killed Yamamoto	8.3	1,005
22	Posse Comitatus	9.1	1,478

Season 4 (2002)

8.17 avg 23 episodes 8.6 → 9.3 46 min avg

Big finale
Rebound

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	20 Hours in America: Part I	8.6	1,268
2	20 Hours in America: Part II	8.8	1,081
3	College Kids	7.9	944
4	The Red Mass	7.7	900
5	Debate Camp	8.1	960
6	Game On	8.9	1,122
7	Election Night	8.6	984
8	Process Stories	7.9	895
9	Swiss Diplomacy	7.6	858
10	Arctic Radar	7.8	869
11	Holy Night	8.2	980
12	Guns Not Butter	7.7	848
13	The Long Goodbye	7.7	1,135
14	Inauguration: Part 1	8.0	864
15	Inauguration: Part 2 - Over There	8.3	903
16	The California 47th	7.9	869
17	Red Haven's on Fire	7.8	854
18	Privateers	7.5	886
19	Angel Maintenance	7.7	858
20	Evidence of Things Not Seen	8.2	934
21	Life on Mars	8.7	1,034
22	Commencement	9.0	1,229
23	Twenty Five	9.3	1,300

Season 5 (2003)

7.87 avg 22 episodes 8.6 → 8.2 42 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	7A WF 83429	8.6	1,044
2	The Dogs of War	8.1	914
3	Jefferson Lives	7.5	868
4	Han	7.7	909
5	Constituency of One	7.5	848
6	Disaster Relief	7.6	828
7	Separation of Powers	7.9	855
8	Shutdown	8.6	1,001
9	Abu el Banat	7.6	827
10	The Stormy Present	7.5	851
11	The Benign Prerogative	7.5	819
12	Slow News Day	7.9	840
13	The Warfare of Genghis Khan	7.7	829
14	An Khe	7.6	813
15	Full Disclosure	7.8	797
16	Eppur Si Muove	7.6	787
17	The Supremes	9.2	1,448
18	Access	7.1	974
19	Talking Points	7.5	775
20	No Exit	7.9	840
21	Gaza	8.5	901
22	Memorial Day	8.2	837

Season 6 (2004)

8.00 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 8.9 45 min avg

Big finale
Rebound
Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	N.S.F. Thurmont	8.0	844
2	The Birnam Wood	8.3	850
3	Third-Day Story	8.0	784
4	Liftoff	8.3	830
5	The Hubbert Peak	7.6	772
6	The Dover Test	7.5	729
7	A Change Is Gonna Come	7.7	748
8	In the Room	8.3	798
9	Impact Winter	8.5	817
10	Faith-Based Initiative	7.9	779
11	Opposition Research	7.8	787
12	365 Days	7.6	746
13	King Corn	7.9	829
14	The Wake Up Call	7.6	777
15	Freedonia	8.1	768
16	Drought Conditions	8.0	847
17	A Good Day	8.4	854
18	La Palabra	8.2	757
19	Ninety Miles Away	7.1	760
20	In God We Trust	8.2	776
21	Things Fall Apart	8.0	737
22	2162 Votes	8.9	908

Season 7 (2005)

8.26 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 9.1 43 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Ticket	7.9	822
2	The Mommy Problem	7.8	772
3	Message of the Week	7.8	737
4	Mr. Frost	7.9	748
5	Here Today	8.5	824
6	The Al Smith Dinner	7.9	745
7	The Debate	8.8	1,216
8	Undecideds	8.0	766
9	The Wedding	7.7	747
10	Running Mates	8.2	758
11	Internal Displacement	7.9	754
12	Duck and Cover	8.4	783
13	The Cold	8.2	797
14	Two Weeks Out	8.0	731
15	Welcome to Wherever You Are	7.7	753
16	Election Day: Part 1	8.6	887
17	Election Day: Part 2	9.1	994
18	Requiem	8.8	975
19	Transition	8.5	793
20	The Last Hurrah	8.3	783
21	Institutional Memory	8.6	789
22	Tomorrow	9.1	1,219