The Indians in the Lobby

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Indians in the Lobby
Series = The West Wing


Caption =
Season = 3
Episode = 51
Airdate = November 212001
Production = 227208
Writer = Allison Abner & Kevin Falls and Aaron Sorkin (teleplay)
Allison Abner (story)
Director = Paris Barclay
Guests = Ron Silver
Gary Farmer
Renee Estevez
NiCole Robinson
Georgina Lightning
Armando Pucci
Jenny Gago
Shashawnee Hall
Dave Hager
Episode list = List of "The West Wing" episodes
Season list = Infobox The West Wing season 3 episode list
Prev =
Next ="The Indians in the Lobby" is the 51st episode of "The West Wing".

Plot

It is the day before Thanksgiving and the President is talking turkey to whoever will listen (and everyone must). He is being very boring in his endless descriptions of how to cook and stuff a turkey. He is also rather disgruntled that the family must spend Thanksgiving at Camp David, rather than his New Hampshire farm, because a poll suggests that Americans would prefer that the President spend the holiday at Camp David. Although the President has told Bruno that he and the family are "off limits," Bruno tells the President that they cannot afford to lose even a small advantage with the voters on any issue.

Meanwhile, two Native Americans are encamped in the lobby. They've been stood up by the official who was supposed to meet with them and they aren't about to leave. C.J. is told to make the problem go away. She was all set for the weekend, and is initially dismissive of them—a young, articulate woman and an older man. Eventually, however, she warms to their cause and promises action on several issues. Leo refuses to see them as they are camped in the lobby, and C.J. comes up with a compromise to which they finally agree. Josh is busy with a juvenile who shot his teacher, and who was assisted by his parents to escape to Rome. Now, Josh needs to get him extradited but the Italians are not keen on returning him to Georgia as the state practices capital punishment. Sam deals with a new economic formula for poverty that will classify millions of Americans as below the line for being impoverished.

The President finally calls the "Butterball Hotline" as there seems to be a query over the actual stuffing of the turkey. When he finally gets through, he pretends to be someone from Fargo, North Dakota. The call center woman deals with his inquiry, but adds: "Your voice is very familiar…"

Note

* The episode was originally known as "The Butterball Hotline."

External links

* [http://epguides.com/WestWing/ The West Wing Episode Guide]