Personal scandal vs. institutional protection — Sam Seaborn's private relationship threatens to become public and to damage the White House; C.J., Toby, Danny/the press, Josh and the communications team clash over whether to protect Sam for integrity o...
Personal scandal vs. institutional protection — Sam Seaborn's private relationship threatens to become public and to damage the White House; C.J., Toby, Danny/the press, Josh and the communications team clash over whether to protect Sam for integrity or sacrifice him for optics.
Events in This Arc
In the White House lobby Donna intentionally upends her subordinate relationship with Josh by using an unfolding crisis as leverage. Repeating the warning that "C.J.'s looking for you," she forces …
C.J. clears her office and confronts Sam about his involvement with a woman who turns out to be a call girl. Sam insists his intentions and the relationship's reality matter; …
Danny corners C.J. with knowledge of Sam's compromising relationship and threatens to sniff around for a story. C.J. refuses to let the press turn a private matter into a political …