Two Cathedrals

"**Two Cathedrals**"
"Two Cathedrals"
The West Wing episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 22
Directed by	Thomas Schlamme
Written by	Aaron Sorkin
Featured music	"Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits
Production code	226222
Original air date	May 16, 2001
Guest appearances
	Stockard Channing as Abbey Bartlet; Anna Deavere Smith as Nancy McNally; Kirsten Nelson as Young Dolores Landingham; NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper; Lawrence O'Donnell as Dr. Bartlet; John Bennett Perry as Bill Wakefield; Kathryn Joosten as Dolores Landingham;
Episode chronology
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"Two Cathedrals" is the 44th episode and second season finale of The West Wing. It was first broadcast on May 16, 2001, on NBC.

President Bartlet is beset by memories of Mrs. Landingham as her funeral approaches. Meanwhile, the staff deals with a crisis in Haiti and questions from congressional Democrats regarding Bartlet's health, following his disclosure that he has multiple sclerosis (MS). "Two Cathedrals" is widely considered to be one of the greatest episodes of The West Wing and one of the best episodes in television history.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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