Administration's urgent response to racially motivated church arsons in Tennessee, coordinating federal intervention and National Guard federalization under Bartlet's command amid hearing distractions.
Administration's urgent response to racially motivated church arsons in Tennessee, coordinating federal intervention and National Guard federalization under Bartlet's command amid hearing distractions.
Events in This Arc
In a tense hearing break, FBI Agent Mike Casper briefs Leo on seven new arson threats against black churches in Tennessee, with 25 agents and ATF en route; Leo assigns …
Josh, Mike, and Charlie enter the Oval Office mid-argument as President Bartlet pressures Governor Edward to federalize the National Guard against church arsons, invoking historical precedents amid escalating racial tensions. …
Josh slips into the Republican cloakroom, puncturing the room's guarded formality with historical banter to buy an informal moment with opposing staffers. The tone flips when Josh quietly probes for …
Donna confronts Ellen in a last-ditch attempt to get Senator Grace Hardin to change her mind. Ellen calmly insists the Senator will vote with public opinion, not private appeals; Donna …
After the foreign aid fight collapses, President Bartlet converts defeat into a tactical pivot: he orders a 90-day pause — "set that clock for 90 days" — while refusing to …
At the 6 a.m. press gaggle C.J. uses practiced banter to flatten routine questions, but the mood shifts when Ralph Gish, the science editor, alleges a NASA commission report showing …
Quincy arrives in C.J.'s office and — after hedging — names Stu Winkle as the likely conduit for the damaging stories. While C.J. distracts him on the phone to confirm …
Claire Huddle delivers Hoynes's resignation letter to the Oval in a small, intimate beat that closes the episode. Bartlet's brief, paternal questions — 'Why did you take a cab?' — …