Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7046 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-11-02
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Dimensions: .80 pounds
• Running time: 954 minutes

From Amazon.com
There is no letdown in talent or skill for the third season of this blue ribbon drama. One could say these 22 episodes play as a continuation of the second season; there are no major new characters or earth-shattering plots and the Emmys rewarded the series with its third straight award for Best Drama (and unlike season 4, no one argued about the laurels). The third year starts with a stand-alone episode "Isaac & Ishmael", a special show created, shot, and broadcast 22 days after the 9/11 events. Although the final results tend to be sermonic, the fact the show was able to drop everything and commit to a new season opener is evident not only of talent, but of a disciplined work force operating at the top of their game.

President Bartlet's (Martin Sheen) decision to run for reelection after the disclosure of suffering MS fuels the fire for the first half of the season. Depositions are filed against the staff, minor mistakes take on more significance, and the White House consul (Oliver Platt) has the run of the table warning of worst-case scenarios. The focus soon turns to the First Lady (Stockard Channing) as the potential "Lady Macbeth" of the scandal. Channing aces her role and turns her birthday celebration ("Dead Irish Writers") into one of the season's highlights. Assistant Donna (Janel Moloney), her boss Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford), and Press Secretary K.D. (Alison Janney) all have charismatic romances, but the ace supporting player this year is John Spencer as the relentlessly loyal Chief of Staff Leo McGarry. Whether delivering the hard truth, accepting the proverbial bullet for the President, or being our guide to how Bartlet ran in the first place (in another wonderful flashback episode, "Bartlet for America"), all roads lead to McGarry. Acting Emmys went to Channing, Spencer, and Janney, but the strength of this show is that the entire cast has glorious moments (Toby's taking on the President's mode of operation, Sam's belief in government, or the President's peculiarities of Thanksgiving are just a few). Recurring guest stars--the likes of Ron Silver, Tim Matherson, Mary Louise Parker, and Mark Harmon--deliver some of their career-best work. Crack writing, a breathless pace, plus you learn a bit about government. What else do you want from a TV drama? --Doug Thomas

On the DVD
ccReel-life to real-life documentary special in which real-life White House veterans talk about their experiences
Third-season making-of documentaries "A Property Master's Story" and "The Chief of Stuff"
Audio commentary on three key episodes by series creator Aaron Sorkin and others
"Political Missteps"
All-new digital transfers
Subtitles: English, Fran�ais, & Espa�

DVD Menu

• Side #1 -- Disc 1, Side A
  • Play All
  • Commentaries
    • Manchester Part II Commentary by Aaron Sorkin, Thomas Schlamme and Allison Janney
  • Episodes
    • Isaac and Ishmael
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • Manchester Part I
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • Manchester Part II
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • Ways and Means
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
  • Languages
    • Spoken Languages: English
    • Subtitles: English
    • Subtitles: Fran�ais
    • Subtitles: Espa�ol
    • Subtitles: Off
• Side #2 -- Disc 1, Side B
  • Play All
  • Episodes
    • On the Day Before
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • War Crimes
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • Gone Quiet
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • The Indians in the Lobby
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
  • Languages
    • Subtitles: English
    • Subtitles: Fran�ais
    • Subtitles: Espa�ol
    • Subtitles: Off
• Side #3 -- Disc 2, Side A
  • Play All
  • Commentaries
    • Bartlet for America Commentary by Aaron Sorkin, Thomas Schlamme and John Spencer
  • Episodes
    • The Women of Qamar
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • Bartlet for America
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • H. Con - 172
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • 100,000 Airplanes
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
  • Languages
    • Spoken Languages: English
    • Subtitles: English
    • Subtitles: Fran�ais
    • Subtitles: Espa�ol
    • Subtitles: Off
• Side #4 -- Disc 2, Side B
  • Play All
  • Episodes
    • The Two Bartlets
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • Night Five
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • Hartsfield's Landing
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • Dead Irish Writers
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
  • Languages
    • Subtitles: English
    • Subtitles: Fran�ais
    • Subtitles: Espa�ol
    • Subtitles: Off
• Side #5 -- Disc 3, Side A
  • Play All
  • Episodes
    • The U.S. Poet Laureate
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • Stirred
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • Enemies Foreign and Domestic
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
  • Languages
    • Subtitles: English
    • Subtitles: Fran�ais
    • Subtitles: Espa�ol
    • Subtitles: Off
• Side #6 -- Disc 3, Side B
  • Play All
  • Commentaries
    • Posse Comitatus Commentary by Aaron Sorkin, Alex Graves and Thomas Schlamme
  • Episodes
    • The Black Vera Wang
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • We Killed Yamamoto
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
    • Posse Comitatus
      • Chapter Index
      • Start
  • Languages
    • Spoken Languages: English
    • Subtitles: English
    • Subtitles: Fran�ais
    • Subtitles: Espa�ol
    • Subtitles: Off
• Side #7 -- Disc 4: Special Features
  • A Property Master's Story
  • The Chief of Stuff
  • Documentary Special
    • Documentary Special
    • Start
  • Deleted Scenes
    • Play All
    • What Did You Fight About?
    • The Chips Are Down
    • A Close Shave
  • Languages
    • Subtitles: English
    • Subtitles: Fran�ais
    • Subtitles: Espa�ol
    • Subtitles: Off

Customer Reviews

West Wing Season 3
This set of dvd's is just as good as the last one! From the days when Aaron Sorkin was still writing the show and it had excellent storylines and characters.....before John Wells made it die a slow and torturous death. I miss Sam Seaborn.... :(

Buy this, it's great!

West Wing soars again!
The third season of the West Wing does not disappoint. All the major characters are given a chance to develop. The DVD opens with a special episode that the cast and writers put together after the September 11, 2001 attacks, then jumps immediately back into the regular storyline with the next episode. Absorbing all the way through.