WARNER HOME VIDEO The West Wing: Season 5 - DVD

Ladies and gentlemen: the President of the United States! Glen Allen Walken, the arch-conservative Speaker of the House of Representatives, temporarily takes the reins from President Bartlet while the latter devotes himself entirely to the kidnapping of his daughter. The West Wing staff is torn between their commitments to the current Chief and their loyalty to the previous one. The denouement of the kidnapping crisis and Bartlett's wavering return to the top are just two of the intriguing storylines in a very eventful fifth season, which earned Allison Janney an Emmy for her portrayal of Press Secretary C.J. Cregg. Other highlights in this 22-episode boxset: a surprising new vice president, elbowing for Supreme Court appointments and a prophetic trip to Gaza.