Leo's unyielding loyalty to President Bartlet clashes with Jordan and Cliff's aggressive push for a censure deal to end damaging congressional hearings
Leo's unyielding loyalty to President Bartlet clashes with Jordan and Cliff's aggressive push for a censure deal to end damaging congressional hearings
Events in This Arc
In a flashback to the night of the third debate, nine days before a dead-heat election, Leo McGarry forces a broad smile while greeting two CEOs and a third man, …
Interrupted mid-relapse by Josh's urgent call about the Governor's collapse, a disheveled Leo opens his door to Congressman Gibson, who retrieves his briefcase and spots the damning array of empty …
Emerging from the elevator into the opulent, brightly lit Rayburn House hallway at 10:45 PM, Leo McGarry and Jordan Kendall stride forward with unwavering focus, passing sculptures and portraits. The …
In a tense midnight negotiation, Cliff Calley offers to halt the damaging hearings—including Gibson's explosive testimony—in exchange for a historic censure of President Bartlet. Leo McGarry vehemently rejects the deal, …
As the Oval Office tension resolves with Bartlet's resolute confession to Leo, the scene cuts to the Speaker of the House off-screen directing the Secretary to read House Concurrent Resolution …