and should not play his game of plainspoken folksiness. Sam's match is set in his own office. Rather than re-election, the two discuss a dispute unfolding between China and Taiwan, and the president's diplomatic maneuvering to prevent the conflict from escalation. This conversation serves as an opportunity for the president to act as a mentor, leisurely telling Sam to "see the whole board" as he wins the match anyway and assuring Sam that he will run for president one day. For humor, the episode includes a subplot of C. J. and Charlie pranking each other following Charlie's refusal to unconditionally give C. J. the president's private schedule. Cast Analysis and legacy In 2014, Allison Janney told The Hollywood Reporter that "Hartsfield's Landing" was one of her favorite episodes, along with the sixth season's "Liftoff" and the third season's "The Women of Qumar". Rob Lowe, drawing on the scene in which the president tells Sam that he will be president someday, commented that Sam should be the president of a West Wing reboot. Real-life towns Hartsfield's Landing, while fictional, has been described as a homage to real-life, small, early-voting New Hampshire towns such as Hart's Location, Dixville Notch, and Millsfield. These towns are able to vote early, like Hartsfield's Landing, due to a New Hampshire law that allows any town with fewer than 100 residents to begin voting at midnight and close the polls when all registered voters have cast their ballots. Analyses conclude that unlike Hartsfield's Landing, Dixville Notch is not a bellwether; it does not reliably predict the winner in the general election for either New Hampshire or the country. The town has, however, correctly predicted the Republican nominee for the presidency in every election since 1968. Reprise In 2020, "Hartsfield's Landing" was reprised in A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote. The entire main cast, with the exception of the deceased John Spencer, returned to their roles for a recorded stage play of the episode in the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. Daniel Fienberg with The Hollywood Reporter termed the reunion "[a] solid recreation of a solid episode for a solid cause". Notes References The West Wing (season 3) episodes 2002 American television episodes