The Sorkinizer.

"The West Wing" as written by a machine learning model.

EPISODE ONE

'WE THE PEOPLE'

Written by: Aiaron Sorkin

FADE IN: INT. COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE - DAY

Toby knocks on the door of Sam's open office.

TOBY Let's go.

SAM What's up?

TOBY Banking bill's gonna pass the house, let's prepare a statement.

SAM Crane's sure?

TOBY He said it was in the bag.

Toby and Sam step inside TOBY'S OFFICE. Josh follows them.

JOSH We've got the statement.

TOBY Statement or nothing, we're gonna have to quote it.

JOSH Yeah.

TOBY Don't worry about it.

JOSH Yeah?

TOBY I'm just saying, Crane's sure?

JOSH Yeah.

TOBY Don't worry about it.

JOSH Yeah?

CUT TO: INT. TOBY'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS Josh, Toby and Sam enter.

JOSH Chairman Crane.

TOBY It's in the bag.

JOSH Good.

SAM Don't worry about it.

JOSH I'm just saying, Crane's pretty sure.

TOBY Yeah.

CUT TO: INT. BRIEFING ROOM - DAY

C.J. is doing the briefing.

C.J. Vermeil is gilded silver. Silver covered in gold. The White House has one of the largest collections in the world.

REPORTER 1 And how much does it cost?

C.J. Approximately 125 million dollars.

REPORTER 2 Where does the money come from?

C.J. You’d have to ask the treasury secretary.

REPORTER 3 Do you have the authority to spend that money?

C.J. No.

REPORTER 4 Then how do you spend it?

C.J. We have the largest peacetime military in the world.

REPORTER 5 And what does that mean?

C.J. [looks caught off-guard] You'd have to ask the Treasury Secretary.

CUT TO: INT. HALLWAY - DAY

Toby and Sam are walking. Toby is signing something.

TOBY I'm saying, it's a gray area. I understand the gray area.

SAM But I don't think you are going to be able to sell it to the American people.

TOBY I'm not going to be able to sell it to the American people if I'm not open to the possibility that there's something wrong with me.

SAM I understand. But I don't think you are going to be able to sell it to the American people if you say you're going to reform it.

TOBY I have a plan to fight inflation.

SAM That's a completely different ball game.

CUT TO: INT. THE WHITE HOUSE - HALLWAY - NIGHT 3:35 A.M.

There is an unusual crowding in the White House hallways at this time of night. There are numbers of staffers walking. Among them, we see Toby coming in the Roosevelt Room.

CUT TO: INT. THE WHITE HOUSE PORTICO - NIGHT

President Bartlet, wearing a sweatshirt and jeans, walks towards the Oval Office. He passes by a Secret Service Agent, who whispers to the mike on his wrist.

AGENT Eagle's by.

CUT TO: INT. THE OVAL OFFICE - NIGHT

Leo, wearing a sweatshirt and jeans, walks in the Oval Office. Bartlet is sitting at his desk.

BARTLET You know what this is called?

LEO Bad writing?

BARTLET No.

LEO I know what it is.

BARTLET I don't like using those words.

LEO Well, maybe if you use them wisely.

BARTLET I'm not using them at all!

BARTLET [writes on a piece of paper] LET BARTLET BE BARTLET.

LETTERMAN [walks in] Mr. President?

BARTLET Yes sir?

MAN The C.V.O.'s gonna revise its outyear projections, two commissioners resigned from the F.E.C. this morning, and the N.G.A. endorsed trigger locks.

BARTLET How much?

MAN Up to four hundred and fifty million dollars.

BARTLET How much trouble am I in?

MAN Not much, sir. Trigger locks...

BARTLET I mean actual trouble.

MAN Yes sir.

BARTLET I mean actual people affected.

MAN [looks around the room] ...yes sir.

BARTLET [looks at watch] Uh, when's the McClane meeting?

WOMAN On the phone.

BARTLET [to agent] Thank you. [to agent] What's her name?

SMASH CUT TO: MAIN TITLES.

END TEASER

* * *

ACT ONE

FADE IN: INT. JOSH'S BULLPEN AREA - DAY

Donna and Josh are walking through the bullpen.

DONNA Josh, I don't think the McClane meeting is gonna happen.

JOSH Donna, it's gonna happen.

DONNA No, it's not.

JOSH It always does.

DONNA No, it's not.

JOSH Yes, it is.

DONNA You're kidding me.

JOSH I'm not.

DONNA Okay. [leaves]

JOSH The McClane meeting is gonna happen, Leo. It's the natural evolution of professional courtesy.

LEO Yeah, but Sam's gonna sit with Fitzwallace and the rest of the team this afternoon. They want to hear what you have to say.

JOSH And I've got a few hours to kill, Leo. Why don't we do it in a room?

LEO Yeah.

The three enter the ROOSEVELT ROOM.

FITZWALLACE Josh, what's the alternative?

JOSH For the moment, the alternative is getting indicted for obstruction of justice.

FITZWALLACE Ah-ah-ah-ah!

JOSH The alternative is getting indicted for lying to the FBI. Where is that going to end up?

FITZWALLACE I don't know. You know that I'm honest with you.

JOSH Tell me about the Vermeil.

MANDY It's a very interesting story. First of all, it's not true.

JOSH What are you talking about?

MANDY There's been an investigation.

JOSH What kind of investigation?

MANDY There's been an investigation by the O.E.O.B. into whether or not you've broken any laws while working as a member of the British Secret Service.

JOSH Are you talking about the salad?

MANDY I'm talking about the salad. [grabs some folders and stands up]

JOSH And the Vermeil?

MANDY I've got my own investigation in place, and I'm telling you now, that there's no Vermeil in the White House.

JOSH [pause, to Leo] Well, you did the best you could.

LEO Where's Sam?

JOSH He's filling in for C.J..

MANDY I should also mention that you're cordial with my use of the word 'subpoena'.

LEO Well, not to me.

MANDY I'm just saying. If it's going to be covered in the newspapers, I want to know what the hell the hell the hell the hell the hell the hell the hell the hell the hell happened.

JOSH [opens the door and starts to leave] Mandy?

MANDY Yeah?

JOSH I appreciate you.

END ACT ONE

(More to come!)