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In the Roosevelt Room Josh and Toby attempt to sell the Global Free Trade Markets Access Act to skeptical Democrats. When a congressman objects on …
Sam approaches the senior staff on Josh's stoop after checking results, delivering the crushing news: in 12 pivotal races, every incumbent and prior party lost, …
Sam and Toby enter the White House basement via the code word 'Sagittarius,' joining Josh, C.J., Joey, and Kenny in tense anticipation, downplaying dire polls …
In Leo's office, panicked House Democrats Bill and Congressman Wade confront Leo over Bartlet's concealed MS diagnosis, warning it will devastate their party's House majority …
In Sam's office, Sam urgently hangs up from the Minority Leader's office to alert Toby of a surprise House vote on the veto override in …
Josh storms into the Roosevelt Room seeking urgent updates amid the override vote scramble. Sam delivers grim news—they're down four votes, not one, as three …
As Toby exits Leo's office post-hardline directive, Sam urgently pulls him aside, proposing they extend the same concessions—grazing fee moratoriums, farm subsidies, and FDA crackdowns—already …
In Toby's office, Congressman Kimball resumes negotiating concessions for his override vote support—tougher FDA crackdowns on antibiotics, lower ag subsidies, production contracts, GAO review suspension, …
Oliver enters his office to find First Lady Abbey Bartlet in a wheelchair, her ankle in a cast from a hiking mishap. Their banter—sardonic jabs …
In the Oval Office at night, President Bartlet summons Leo McGarry and resolute confesses his deceit regarding his MS, declaring 'I was wrong' and rejecting …
In a moment of quiet revelation amid singing and reading in the Oval Office, President Bartlet abruptly halts, dismissing Charlie's offered lyric as irrelevant. Bursting …
In Leo's office, President Bartlet lightens the tension with nostalgia for Pong before pivoting decisively: rejecting loan guarantees, he pledges to maintain White House government …
After marshaling a roster of high-profile Democrats to press Senator Stackhouse, Josh deliberately removes himself from the room—saying he'll wait outside and taking a seat …
After Sam leaves for a strategy breakfast—still bruised by his manager Scott Holcomb's heavy-handed local tactics—Josh, C.J. and Toby immediately reallocate attention from campaign damage …
During a late Roosevelt Room negotiation, Josh celebrates a bipartisan Chesapeake Bay deal with Republican Tom Landis only to be publicly rebuked by Hill Democrats …