What Kind of Day Has It Been
22nd episode of the 1st season of The West Wing / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"What Kind of Day Has It Been" is the 22nd episode of The West Wing, the season finale of the show's first season. It originally aired on NBC on May 17, 2000.[1] Events circle around the attempted rescue of a US fighter pilot in Iraq, and the president taking part in a town hall meeting in Rosslyn, Virginia. The episode was written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Thomas Schlamme. "What Kind of Day Has It Been" is also the name of the first-season finales of both the series Sports Night and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as well as the series finale of The Newsroom, all of which were created by Aaron Sorkin. It was also a quote by Leo in the fourth-season episode "Commencement" in the situation room.[2] Sorkin claimed that he took the phrase from Robert Whitehead, lead producer of Sorkin's A Few Good Men, who used to start meetings at the end of rehearsal days by asking this question.[3]
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Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 22 | ||
Directed by | Thomas Schlamme | ||
Written by | Aaron Sorkin | ||
Production code | 225921 | ||
Original air date | May 17, 2000 (2000-05-17) | ||
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