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SEABORN AGAIN
President Bartlet may not have been eligible for another term, but Rob
Lowe has elected to revisit The West Wing. "One line, and Rob was back where he
left off," executive producer Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr. says of Lowe, who's
reprising the role that resurrected his career when The West Wing premiered in
1999.
Lowe left the show in 2002 in a dispute over salary and sereen time. Now
with the series coming to an end next month, Lowe has signed on to make two
guest appearances, with the first of his episodes airing on April 23.
"It was a great moment," says O'Donnell. "I saw him in the monitor, and
he turned toward the camera and I realized that the series would have been
incomplete without that moment. Seeing Rob and Brad Whitford together again was
like the good old days." Adds executive producer John Wells, "You thought it
was going to be odd, but it wasn't. It was emotional for Rob, and it gave all
of us closure."
SPOILER ALERT
Lowe's return as former White House staffer Sam Seaborn comes after the
election that replaced the Bartlet Administration with President Matt Santos
and his crew. Former Bartlet Chief of Staff Josh Lyman (Whitford) who works for
the new regime, flies to L.A. to convince his old buddy Sam to come on board.
"Sam doesn't want to do it," says Wells. "He's gotten on with his life.
He's working for a law firm and is engaged to be married." But Josh
persists, offering Sam the opportunity to become deputy chief of staff. "In
other
words," Wells says, "Josh wants Sam to become his Josh."
But Josh doesn't make such an enviable role model. "We see Josh as he
has never been before," says O'Donnell. "He's out of control, he's enraged. It
becomes clear that he cannot run the White House without Sam. Sam is the
only person who knows how to manage Josh."
Sam also has some personal advice for Josh, who is having relationship
troubles with Donna. "Josh has to make a decision about their relationship,"
says Janel Moloney, who plays Donna. "Sam influences him and tells him: 'You
are not just your job.'"
But what about Sam's potential new job? Will he, or won't he? Josh will
get the answer when Lowe makes his final visit to the West Wing for the May
14 finale. If our vote counts, he'll say yes.
- Mary Murphy
JOSH: I'm thinking of firing you.
DONNA: You fired me twice already tonight--I'm impervious.