President Josiah Bartlet relentlessly pressures Vice President John Hoynes to publicly endorse stricter gun control by delivering a pro-gun control speech in Texas, leveraging the grief from a church shooting tragedy against Hoynes' electoral anxieties...
President Josiah Bartlet relentlessly pressures Vice President John Hoynes to publicly endorse stricter gun control by delivering a pro-gun control speech in Texas, leveraging the grief from a church shooting tragedy against Hoynes' electoral anxieties and political defiance.
Events in This Arc
In the White House press room, alive with the ironic backdrop of a football game on TV, C.J. Cregg approaches the podium on a tense Sunday to brief the press …
In the Oval Office, President Bartlet aggressively debates Vice President Hoynes on concealed carry's illogic post-Texas church shooting, pivoting to accuse him of leaking his MS diagnosis to force a …
In the tense aftermath of their explosive confrontation over loyalty, leaks, and gun control, Charlie knocks and enters the Oval Office, interrupting to remind President Bartlet of his Briefing Room …
Leo storms into the Situation Room with sardonic gallows humor masking his dread, grilling Nancy on the U.S.S. Portland's unannounced radio silence in the Yellow Sea, perilously close to North …
In the Oval Office, veteran diplomat Albie Duncan recounts harrowing histories of submarine disasters near North Korea to urge caution against hasty action, but an impatient President Bartlet interrupts abruptly, …
As Bartlet overrides Albie's cautions and mobilizes rescue efforts en route to the Situation Room, satellite communication suddenly restores contact with the U.S.S. Portland (Whiskey Three). The crew reports their …
In the President's private study Bartlet and his therapist Dr. Stanley Keyworth methodically diagnose a national failure: the U.S. ranks 19th in math and science, teachers lack subject grounding, and …
President Bartlet bursts into Josh's office with an urgent, almost impulsive mandate: fold Olympia Buckland's infant‑mortality initiative into the HHS budget before the January 1 printing. Josh accepts the impossible‑sounding …
On a holiday afternoon, President Bartlet unexpectedly summons Josh and orders that Olympia Buckland’s expensive infant‑mortality initiative — or something like it — be folded into the HHS budget and …
President Bartlet disembarks Air Force One into a frenzy of flashing cameras and shouting reporters at Andrews Air Force Base. With effortless charisma, he deflects questions about New Delhi by …
In the tense Mural Room, Nancy firmly asserts Taiwan's geo-strategic value and labels China's militarization reckless, while Leo defends U.S. carrier positions in international waters. The Chinese Ambassador counters with …
C.J. enters her office to confront Charlie over their escalating prank war, taunting him for crazy-gluing her phone in retaliation for her bending schedule rules. Leo interrupts their shouting match, …