
1999 · Drama · 60 min
Inside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.
The Short List
The President confidentially chooses Judge Harrison as his nominee for the Supreme Court. His staff continues to search Harrison's past.

Lord John Marbury
When India sends troops into Kashmir, President Bartlett calls for a British former ambassador to India to help out - over Leo's strong objections.

Take Out the Trash Day
The parents of a brutally murdered gay student are invited to witness the President sign a hate crimes bill into law even though the father doesn't believe that Bartlet expresses a strong enough position on gay rights.

Celestial Navigation
Josh lectures to a large group of college students, recounting one day in the life of the harried senior White House staff. Meanwhile, Sam and Toby rush to Connecticut to help Supreme Court Justice nominee Roberto Mendoza.

The White House Pro-Am
The First Lady's public comments on a White House appointment create problems for the President because he's afraid of incurring his wife's wrath. So Sam explains to Abby the importance of working with the President'a staff in the future.

Let Bartlet Be Bartlet
The West Wing staff are feeling malaise as it seems they never get anything accomplished. Meanwhile, a leaked memo is a land mine that could embarrass the administration.

Mandatory Minimums
A newly energized administration prepares to take on soft money, increase addiction treatment, and remove mandatory minimum sentencing.

What Kind of Day Has It Been
An American Air Force fighter plane gets shot down over Iraq, and, eventually, the pilot is successfully rescued. The space shuttle--with Toby's astronaut brother on board--can't land because of mechanical problems.

In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part II
A suspect in the presidential shooting is caught; staffers anxiously await news on Bartlet and Josh's injuries; flashbacks show how C.J. and Donna joined Bartlet's campaign.

In This White House
After a Republican commentator trounces Sam on television, President Bartlett decides to hire her over the objections of the staff. Josh and Toby mediate a conference between U.S. drug companies and an African President whose country is dying of AIDS.

The Lame Duck Congress
The administration considers recalling Congress to pass a nuclear test ban treaty; a Ukranian politician arrives unannounced at the White House; Sam reluctantly asks Ainsley to summarize a position paper; C.J.'s personal and professional relationship with Danny becomes more complex.

Shibboleth
Dozens of Chinese stowaways are discovered in a container ship in California; Toby looks to pick a fight over school prayer with a recess appointment; Thanksgiving at the White House sees C.J. in charge of turkeys and Charlie looking for the ultimate carving knife.

The Leadership Breakfast
Toby wants to use a bipartisan breakfast to discuss real issues instead of making it a staged event; Sam floats the idea of moving the press room across the street; Leo wants Josh to apologize to a columnist on his behalf; Leo and Toby realize they need to start thinking about reelection.

The Stackhouse Filibuster
A Senator delays a vote for over nine hours. He reads recipes, novels and poker rulebooks to the empty chamber because he wants more stringent requirements on diagnosing and treating autism added to a child health-care reform bill.

Bad Moon Rising
President Bartlett talks to the White House Counsel about the concealment of his MS. An enraged Toby has CJ grill the West Wing staff to find a leaker. Josh and Donna spar over a financial bailout of Mexico.

18th and Potomac
After Joey gives Bartlet and his staff devastating polling figures, they debate how to inform the public of Bartlet's multiple sclerosis. A major factor is the unanswered question of Bartlet's intent to seek reelection.

Two Cathedrals
Josh implements a rash plan to coerce wayward Democrats to support the administration's lawsuit against big tobacco companies. The crisis in Haiti escalates. Bartlet must decide whether to run for reelection--most Democrats hope he won't.

Manchester: Part I
Bartlet announces that he intends to seek reelection. Storms complicate a Haitian rescue mission. Bartlet and his staff travel to New Hampshire to work on campaign matters. C.J. commits an error during a press conference.

Ways and Means
When a prosecutor begins investigating Bartlet's failure to disclose his illness to the staff, C.J. cunningly reveals clues to the press that could force Rollins to be ousted and replaced by someone more favorable to the administration.

War Crimes
After a church shooting, Bartlet asks reluctant Vice President John Hoynes to speak at an antigun rally in Texas, but the uneasy allies confront each other in a starkly frank showdown.

Hartsfield's Landing
Bartlet engages both Sam and Toby in intricate chess matches that mirror the wily game of brinksmanship that Bartlet is playing with the Chinese, who are conducting war games in the Taiwan Strait.

Enemies Foreign and Domestic
A meeting with the new Russian president becomes politically dangerous when surveillance photos show Russia building a nuclear reactor in Iran. C.J. is assigned Secret Service protection after receiving death threats.

Posse Comitatus
Bartlet makes a life-or-death decision regarding a foreign diplomat who is a known terrorist. He ponders the situation during a charity benefit performance of a Shakespeare play about another conflicted leader, Henry VI.

College Kids
Josh and Toby have a plan to make college cheaper. Leo starts talking to a lawyer about the Shareef assassination. A judicial ruling on third-party candidates has troubling implications for the campaign.

Election Night
Election Day. Bartlet and staff begin counting exit poll votes across the country. In a conservative California congressional district, the results have important implications for Sam and maverick Democratic campaign manager, Will Bailey.

Guns Not Butter
A fight for Foreign Aid brings the staff together. Meanwhile Danny is uncovering evidence that is making certain members of the administration increasingly uncomfortable.

Inauguration: Part 2 - Over There
Will struggles to find the words when the Inauguration speech seems to avoid current heart breaking issues.

The California 47th
En route to California to support Sam's troubled campaign for Congress, Bartlet and his staff debate whether or not to announce a controversial tax plan that might damage Sam's chances in conservative Orange County.

Angel Maintenance
At the end of an 18-hour return trip from Manila, as Air Force One is about to begin its descent into Andrews Air Force Base, a cockpit indicator light leads the crew to believe that the landing gear might not be locked down.

Twenty Five
In the wake of his daughter's kidnapping, Bartlet must make a decision between being a father and being President.

7A WF 83429
As the White House reels from the kidnapping of Zoey, the daughter of Democratic President Josiah Bartlet, the government is temporarily passed from Bartlet to the Republican party--specifically Speaker of the House Glenallen Walken.

Disaster Relief
Leo is left manning the fort when the President goes AWOL whilst visiting tornado victims. Josh is not in the position to lend a hand as he deals with the fallout from a gross miscalculation and lack of judgment.

The Warfare of Genghis Khan
When the flash of a secret nuclear detonation is detected over the Indian Ocean, Bartlet calls upon his people to investigate which nation now has the atomic bomb.

Access
A documentary-style look at the day in the life of press secretary C.J. Cregg on a day that turns out to be anything but normal due to a FBI/terrorist standoff.

Gaza
Donna and Admiral Fitzwallace (recurring guest star John Amos) travel with a few Congressmen to the hotly disputed Gaza Strip on a fact-finding mission, trying to sort through the rival issues between the Palestinians and Israelis.

The Hubbert Peak
Josh test-drives an SUV and crashes into a hybrid car resulting in bad publicity for the White House. Annabeth Schott, the new press secretary, has been on the job for a week and prepares to encounter the press corps for the first time.

The Wake Up Call
An Iranian fighter jet accidentally shoots down a British passenger plane, killing 100 people, but C.J. is reluctant to wake the President even as the hawkish British prime minister considers bombing Iran's nuclear reactors in retaliation.

La Palabra
Santos travels to Sacramento, California, for the last few days before Super Tuesday (a day when a large number of states simultaneously hold their primary elections; the single day when the most nominating delegates can be won).

Ninety Miles Away
Speculations surround the nexus between Cuba and the US. Bartlet has a conundrum - continue secret talks with Cuba's dictator and lift an antiquated embargo or yield to bipartisan political fallout and reaffirm 40-year-old sanctions.

Things Fall Apart
The success of the impeccably organized Republican Convention contrasts with the Democrats who look in disarray as the candidates continue to battle to become the Democratic Party presidential nominee.

The Al Smith Dinner
A third-party attack on Santos brings unwanted attention to both his and Vinick's stance on abortion. Meanwhile, Will gets a promotion.

Running Mates
Leo's preparation for the Vice Presidential debate is going badly; Santos makes his last trip home before the election; Will and Kate continue to flirt.

Tomorrow
Santos and his staff prepare for the inauguration as Bartlet and his team look back on their years in the White House.
