White House senior staff mount a frantic defense against Republican-led Congressional attempt to override President Bartlet's veto of the estate tax repeal bill, involving whip counts, defector confrontations like Kimball, and a desperate bipartisan de...
White House senior staff mount a frantic defense against Republican-led Congressional attempt to override President Bartlet's veto of the estate tax repeal bill, involving whip counts, defector confrontations like Kimball, and a desperate bipartisan deal with Royce securing seven GOP votes.
Events in This Arc
In the dimly lit Executive Clerk's office late at night, the stoic Kovaleski, accompanied by a uniformed guard, enters and hands rookie clerk Donald Dolan—a nervous second-week employee working alone—the …
Fresh from ejecting Democrat Kimball, Toby urgently calls out for Ginger to connect with Republican Congressman Robert Royce of Pennsylvania, publicly pivoting to a high-risk bipartisan strategy to rally override …
In the hallway outside the Roosevelt Room, after the House override victory, Leo passes Royce, who briskly confirms 'You're home' amid a questioning glance. Leo then shares a proud smile …
In her office, with 'I'm Too Sexy' blasting, C.J. banters playfully with Carol, dissecting the song's hyperbolic bravado as a celebration of feeling 'too good.' Carol then reveals the Majority …
Charlie announces Josh, who enters the Oval Office amid the submarine crisis discussion. Seeking distraction from Albie's dire warnings, Bartlet insists Josh share urgent campaign updates on responding to the …
Toby bursts into Sam's office, masking frustration over the stalled economy section of the State of the Union speech with pie banter, then sharply questions progress and Lisa Sherborne's impending …
In the Communications Office at night, post-meeting tension erupts as Toby dismisses Bartlet's bold cancer-cure pledge for the State of the Union as a futile, post-censure distraction lacking resources or …
Two weeks before the State of the Union, Sam delivers his bold draft pledging a federal crusade to cure cancer within a decade to President Bartlet in the Oval Office …
Immediately after concluding her press briefing on the UN speech delay, Leonard Wallace intercepts C.J. in the Press Room corridor, urgently reporting that reporter Bill Price has missed two deadlines …
McKennen Loboko, the Congolese attaché, enters Leo's office amid C.J.'s update on reporter Bill Price's distraught wife. C.J. launches a blistering accusation, labeling the abduction a shakedown and demanding ransom …
In the shadowed White House hallway at night, after Josh relays reporter Bill Price's ambush death to C.J. and Wallace—who then shatter Janet with the news, her raw cries echoing—Donna …
In the Roosevelt Room, Toby ignites a strategic huddle, warning that sharing space with rival Ritchie at a high-profile Shakespeare gala elevates the Governor while diminishing Bartlet. Josh frets over …
In Josh's bullpen, Donna relays Harry Conroy's Bismarck wake-up call to a defensive Sam—'get up off the dirt'—echoing his post-scandal funk. Toby clears the room and shares a brutal fable …