Toby’s old friend approaches him ready to blow the whistle on his employer’s violations of environmental laws; staff pranks abound on Amy’s first day at the office; Abbey charges Amy…
While Toby and C.J. are in California working on Sam’s campaign, Josh drops Abbey’s agenda in favor of his own, Jed deals with a military hostage situation, and Will runs…
Toby discovers that Will’s frankness, stubbornness, and commitment to ideals is much like his own; Charlie remains on the hunt for an inaugural Bible; Bartlet and the staff continue to…
The staff celebrates election night and encourages Sam to run for the seat in Orange County; Toby continues to worry about how Andrea’s pregnancy will play politically for both of…
Election day finally arrives with the staff eagerly anticipating the outcome; Sam is increasingly concerned about the Wilde campaign in Orange County; Toby worries about the effect of Andy’s pregnancy…
Bartlet, Leo, Josh, Sam and C.J. pull a practical joke on Toby; Sam’s mission to end the Wilde campaign leads him to make a career-altering decision; Jordan backs up Leo…
Donna teaches Toby and Josh an important lesson as their trek homeward continues; Sam staffs the President in Josh’s absence and welcomes an old friend home; Bartlet hires a secretary…
Toby, Josh, and Donna learn the hard way about the lack of accessible public transportation in the heartland when they spend a long day trying to get back to Washington…
Concern arises over the medical board’s decision on Abbey’s actions in treating Jed’s M.S.; Sam tries to get a Senator he doesn’t like to pass a bill for a super-conducter…
The staff and the F.B.I. work to combat a threat to firebomb black churches in Tennessee on Christmas Eve; accompanied by Jordan, Leo testifies before the House committee probing Bartlet’s…
C.J. is outraged about an arms sale to secure an airbase lease with a Middle-Eastern country which perpetuates atrocities against its women; the staff anxiously awaits test results to determine…
Disgruntled that Abbey has decided that the Bartlet’s will be spending the Thanksgiving holiday at Camp David instead of New Hampshire, Bartlet takes out his pique by boring everyone within…
When an American spy submarine suddenly goes silent in hostile North Korea, Bartlet must decide whether to inform the enemy or attempt a secret rescue operation; Abbey learns her past…
The President has a showdown; Donna lies when she appears before the Congressional committee investigating the President; Leo debates with an old friend about the US future stance regarding the…
When Bartlet vetoes the “death tax”, the staff must scramble to keep the veto from being overridden; Josh tries to smooth talk a promising governor who is considering running against…
The senior staff clash with the consultants who are to work on Bartlet’s reelection campaign; C.J. is concerned that the press senses the Bartlets’ marriage could be in trouble; Josh…
Bartlet’s decision about Haiti falls under scrutiny; C.J. makes a horrible blunder in a press conference and is hounded about the president’s health by reporters; the staff disagrees about whether…
On the day of Mrs. Landingham’s funeral, the staff deals with a Haitian presidential crisis and the law suit against the big tobacco companies, and Bartlet must decide about running…
The staff prepares for the worst as they make arrangements for the public announcement of the President’s condition; Sam and Babish grill Abbey about her medical treatment of the President’s…
Babish menacingly questions CJ and Abbey about their involvement in the MS cover-up while Josh asks Joey Lucas to create a hypothetical poll the gauge the public’s reaction; Sam is…
Bartlet authorizes a special ops team to rescue the five DEA agents only to have them caught in an ambush; CJ arranges for the host of “Capitol Beat” to have…
The President delivers his 3rd State of the Union address, what critics call “the speech of his political career” and ends up angering Abbey by what he does and doesn’t…
Leo tries to make Ainsley’s arrival as painless as possible, despite resistance from her new boss and several other White House staffers; Donna helps with the President’s weekly radio address;…
With the accomplice in custody, it’s revealed that the intended target was Charlie, not Bartlet. The staff still awaits news about Josh, and recalls how C.J. and Donna came to…
“In the Shadow of Two Gunmen” is the two-part second season premiere of the American political drama television seriesThe West Wing. Both parts were written by Aaron Sorkin and directed…
Abbey keeps the staff busy with the fallout when she leaks her personal preference for a Federal Reserve Board appointment and discusses child labor on a talk show, prompting a…
Bartlet collapses before his first State of the Union address; Leo publicly admits to his former alcoholism and drug abuse; things get interesting romantically for both Sam and C.J.; Lord…
The president of Indonesia is honored at a state dinner; the staff deals with Hurricane Sarah, a potential teamster strike, and a raid involving children in Idaho; a reporter flirts…
