Season 2 – Episode 12 – “The Drop In”
Episode Summary: Leo (John Spencer) tries to convince an unenthusiastic President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) about the merits of an expensive and errant missile defense system while the chief executive ponders…
Season 2 – Episode 11 – “The Leadership Breakfast”
Episode Summary: As a bi-partisan friendship breakfast with members of Congress nears, President Bartlet's (Martin Sheen) staff vigorously debates the merits of including a patient's bill of rights and minimum…
Season 2 – Episode 10 – “Noel”
Episode Summary: Christmas draws near as an unstable Josh (Bradley Whitford) is ordered by Leo (John Spencer) to consult with a doctor who specializes in analyzing trauma victims. What's particularly…
Season 2 – Episode 9 – “Galileo”
Episode Summary: President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) prepares to address thousands of elementary students nationwide as a NASA space probe descends on Mars, but a host of thorny problems suddenly land…
Season 2 – Episode 8 – “Shibboleth”
Episode Summary: As Thanksgiving nears, President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) has his own hot-potato issue when a boatload of persecuted Chinese evangelical Christians arrives in California seeking asylum, while a perplexed…
Season 2 – Episode 7 – “The Portland Trip”
Episode Summary: While President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and some of the staff are en route overnight to Portland for a major education speech, Leo (John Spencer) remains behind to monitor…
Season 2 – Episode 6 – “The Lame Duck Congress”
Episode Summary: A wily President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) considers the extraordinary option of recalling the Senate from a winter holiday to push through a ratification of a new nuclear test-ban…
Season 2 – Episode 5 – “And It’s Surely to Their Credit”
Episode Summary: President Bartlet's (Martin Sheen) controversial -- and conservative -- new choice for associate White House counsel (Emily Procter) has rough sledding on her first day when she suffers…
Season 2 – Episode 4 – “In This White House”
Episode Summary: When a confident Sam (Rob Lowe) is outmatched by a novice Republican adviser, Ainsley Hayes (Emily Procter) on a political point-counterpoint television program, an impressed President Bartlet (Martin…
Season 2 – Episode 3 – “The Midterms”
Episode Summary: As one of the President's staff, Josh (Bradley Whitford) recovers from bullet wounds, the rest of the team pushes on to the "mid-term" congressional elections in November --…