Eleanor Bartlet's public defiance in defending Surgeon General Griffith against her father's potential firing ignites a raw father-daughter rift, pitting family loyalty against presidential authority and political expediency.

As C.J. concludes her charged exchange with Sam outside her office, Carol urgently interrupts to relay that reporter Danny Concannon is on the line, seeking President Bartlet's reaction to a …

President Bartlet storms into the Oval Office seething with anger, wrongly accusing reporter Danny Concannon of breaching protocol by calling his daughter Ellie amid the Surgeon General crisis. C.J. reveals …

In the Outer Oval, Charlie gently eases Ellie's palpable nervousness with casual small talk about her medical school interests, invoking Zoey's mention of oncology or neurology to build rapport amid …