A great Christmas episode
Click to viewTIDBIT (For fans and non-fans alike): In this episode, Toby (Richard Schiff) discovers that a homeless man who had died wearing one of his old coats was a Korean War veteran. Using the authority of the president’s office, Toby arranges a full military funeral at the Arlington National Cemetery. President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) is not happy, afraid that this could create precedent. “I can only hope so,” says Toby. He attends the funeral, along with the president’s secretary, Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten), who reveals that she lost her twin sons in Vietnam on Christmas Eve 1970. Also in attendance: Arlington superintendent John C. Metzler, Jr, appearing as himself - presumably the only time he has attended a funeral for a fictitious person. The episode was made with the Pentagon’s full cooperation.
Other great West Wing Christmas episodes: Noel, Holy Night