Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc (The West Wing)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
Series = The West Wing


Caption =
Season = 1
Episode = 2
Airdate = September 291999
Production = 225901
Writer = Aaron Sorkin
Director = Thomas Schlamme
Guests = Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Lisa Edelstein
Merrin Dungey
Renee Estevez
John Bedford Lloyd
Janel Moloney
Suzy Nakamura
Tim Matheson
Episode list = List of "The West Wing" episodes
Season list = Infobox The West Wing season 1 episode list
Prev =
Next ="Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" is the 2nd episode of "The West Wing".

Plot

Sam jeopardizes his bright political future when he decides to pursue a relationship with a call girl he recently met, while C.J. arbitrates a disagreement between the President and the Vice President, and the President hires a new White House physician. The White House hires Mandy as a political consultant, much to Josh's chagrin.

President Bartlet connects with his new doctor, Captain Morris Tolliver, whose first child was just born. The episode ends with Leo informing the President that Morris died while en route to a teaching hospital when the military plane he was on is shot down by the Syrian Defense ministry.

Notes

*W.G. Walden's theme music first features in this episode.
*The President tells C.J. that it will say "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" on her grave and goes on to explain the term. Translated from Latin, "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" reads: "After it, therefore because of it." A common logical fallacy, it is the presumption that since one event predates another, that therefore the first event is the cause of the second.
*Josh, through process of elimination, determines that "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" means "After Hoc, Therefore Something Else Hoc".

External links

* [http://epguides.com/WestWing/ The West Wing Episode Guide]
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* [http://thinking-about-the-box.blogspot.com/2008/03/west-wing-post-hoc-ergo-propter-hoc.html Commentary from Thinking About The Box]