MARTIN SHEEN
Good evening, I'm Martin Sheen, and I'm with the cast of The West Wing.
For those of you who tuned in tonight to see our season premiere,
I'm afraid you won't. That'll be next week.
ROB LOWE
We're eager to get back to our continuing storylines,
but tonight we wanted to stop for a moment and do something different.
ALLISON JANNEY
You'll notice a few things different about this show tonight, for instance,
in place of our usual main title sequence,
we'll be putting phone numbers up on the screen where you can pledge donations to groups that are able to help with victims' assistance.
JOHN SPENCER
By now, nobody needs to be convinced that when they named New York's finest
and New York's bravest,
they knew what they were talking about. So we're pleased to tell you that the
profits of tonight's episode will be donated to New York firefighters,
9/11 Disaster
Relief Fund, and the New York Police and Fire, widows and children's benefit fund.
DULE HILL
A helping hand from our family to theirs.
BRADLEY WHITFORD
Now, don't panic! We're in show business, and we'll get back to tending our egos in
short order. But tonight we offer a play. It's called "Isaac and Ishmael.
" We suggest you don't spend a lot of time trying to figure out where this episode comes in in the
timeline of the series. It doesn't. It's a story-telling aberration, if you'll allow.
RICHARD SCHIFF
Next week, we'll start our third season. That's when you'll see stories
about a reelection campaign, an MS disclosure, an embassy in Haiti...
STOCKARD CHANNING
Repealing the estate tax...
ROB LOWE
A fight against Big Tobacco...
DULE HILL
A fight to get our friends back...
JOHN SPENCER
Funding the NEA...
ALLISON JANNEY
A veto override...
STOCKARD CHANNING
A marriage in trouble...
JANEL MOLONEY
And I get a boyfriend.
MARTIN SHEEN
That's all for us. Thank you for listening.