The environmental catastrophe of the Kensington Indio tanker spill off Delaware forces crisis response while igniting Sam Seaborn's internal torment over his past professional role in the ship's negligent design, blocked by attorney-client privilege.
The environmental catastrophe of the Kensington Indio tanker spill off Delaware forces crisis response while igniting Sam Seaborn's internal torment over his past professional role in the ship's negligent design, blocked by attorney-client privilege.
Events in This Arc
Under blinding lights, C.J. announces the President's order for a Special Prosecutor to probe the MS cover-up, triggering a chaotic barrage of reporter questions on procedures, witnesses, subpoenas, and congressional …
Josh confronts Toby and Sam in the bullpen after C.J. storms off from her catastrophic press slip implying Bartlet is 'relieved' to focus on Haiti amid MS scandal. Leo barrels …
Leo disarms Jordan with absurd food-talk before pivoting to a surgical, professional exchange: he explains President Bartlet ordered him to contact Jordan as a lawyer and methodically vets her international-law …
A rapid sequence of crisis decisions escalates into a constitutional and moral turning point. After Special Agent Casper briefs Bartlet on a Patriot Brotherhood-linked raid tied to the KSU bombing, …
Amid persistent reporter badgering on President Bartlet's school voucher stance, C.J. deftly redirects the chaotic briefing to a breaking national crisis: a Coast Guard report of a single-hull VLCC tanker …
In Ainsley's warmly personal office, Sam casually banters about decor and Bach before confessing he procured the faulty Kensington Indio tanker at Gage Whitney, ignoring its risks to seal a …